Shellyne Rodriguez is a multi-media artist born and raised in the Bronx. She creates environments inhabited by her sculptures, collages, drawings and paintings, which work together in a manner that is reflective of hip hop culture. Her work explores the tension between hope and despair using autobiographical content as well as socio-historical markers to examine the passions of the soul as understood and examined through the Baroque. Shellyne graduated with her BFA from The School of Visual Art’s Visual & Critical Studies Program and completed her MFA at Hunter College. Ms. Rodriguez is currently based in New York City.