Coralina Rodriguez Meyer: Mother Molds presents the work of Brooklyn- and Miami-based Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (b. 1982) and in particular her Mother Molds series (2018-present). The series features plaster casts of the bodies and bellies of pregnant people affected by the reproductive health crisis among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities in the United States. Representing the site where structural violence meets the individual, Rodriguez Meyer has transformed pregnant bodies into votive objects of goddess-like figures. Each mold is embellished with layers of domestic construction materials and ephemera which situate them within the urban and domestic environments of their sitters. Their decorative excess serves as a riposte to those who would forget these women and their stories or mark them as expendable. 

Coralina Rodriguez Meyer: Mother Molds is organized by Curatorial Assistant Melanie Woody Nguyen. Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is in association with University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative. Artwork production support is made possible by funding from National Association of Latino Arts & Culture (NALAC) NFA, Oolite Arts Ellies Grant, and  MIA Grant Miami Dade County. 

An in-person and socially distant exhibition preview will take place on Tuesday, September 12, 5-8pm. This preview is in collaboration with The Clarice's NextNOW Fest 2023. Free admission.

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