Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova challenges the absoluteness of psychological and utilitarian narratives existing in the experience and memory of familiar objects. Informed by Minimalist, Modernist, and Conceptual art histories, Rodriguez-Casanova creates sonnets of sculpture and installation wherein simple structure and clean execution give way from the physical to the metaphysical with graceful slight-of-hand. Inspired by realms of personal space such as domestic architecture, furnishings, and lawns, Rodriguez-Casanova can interrupt a door to make it a threshold.
Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova was born in Havana, Cuba and lives and works in Miami, FL. Rodriguez-Casanova has participated in prestigious residencies including the Ville de Paris-Culturefrance at Récollets in Paris, France (2011). His recent exhibitions include the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL (2011) and Locust Projects, Miami, FL (2010). His work has been featured in publications such as The Miami Herald and Art in America.