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G. Beatriz "Triz" Rodríguez, JD PhD
TrizOne – the Writer, exciter, true school maestra y doctora del Hip Hop – has persisted in her mission to totally transform teaching and learning for nearly 30 years. A vibrant and multifaceted Creative and educational trailblazer across sectors and arts/culture media, Triz pivots seamlessly from empowering classroom teacher to inspiring spray can wall Writer, shaping minds, hearts, and whole communities.
Dra. Rodriguez is a learning scientist and literacies specialist who earned her PhD in Education from UCLA in 2016. Her pioneering work studying with children how Hip Hop and Style Writing practice shape human learning, is fully laid out in her forthcoming book, Remaking Education Now (REN): A True Teacher’s Guide to Hip Hop Pedagogy & Classroom Practice. In REN, Rodriguez offers up a comprehensive, cultural pedagogy blueprint for all teachers and members of the global Hip Hop community, to transform their classrooms and community Ciphas too.
Since 2014, Rodriguez has done business as Universal Style School (US School, USS). USS is a Hip Hop social venture and cultural institution, co-founded with creative partner and husband, Faustino “Dote” Aguinaga of Leon, Gto, Mexico. US School intends to form in 2026 as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) of Texas, continuing upon the prior decade of our 4-core areas of creative works : public painting and wall productions, hands-on programs for all ages, pedagogy services and supports for teachers, and publications and p ... view more »
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MORE ABOUT THIS ARTIST
Artist Type: Multi-Disciplinary: Multiple Art Forms; Teaching Artist/Instructor; Visual Arts: Constructions/Collage, Mixed Media Artist, Muralist, Painter; Aerosol Artist; Place-making Pedagogue
Artist Style: Literary: Children, Documentary, Editor, History, Non-Fiction; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Group Instruction, Guest Speaker, Instruction for Adults, Instruction for Children, Multi-Day Artist Residency, Performer for Schools/Classrooms, Workshop Presenter; Visual Art: Collage, Contemporary, Documentary, Environmental, Experimental, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Interactive, Narrative/Historical, Representational, Site-Specific, Social Commentary; Aerosol Writer of Style/Urban Calligraphy; Social Sciences Scholar
Artist Medium: Acrylic; Collage; Drawing Media; Aerosol paint cans
Artist Statement of Work
Tell us about your work (style, approach, philosophy, subject and/or theme):
My visual artworks are aerosol masterpieces on giant walls, located across SA, the US, and Mexico. The core spray painting practice centers on the name- TRIZ, and writing-stylizing it in fresh, distinctive letter styles, color patterning, and fluid shaping. My works draw on my role as a Geography teacher, creating within the letters cultural landscapes, and using original cultural references (e.g. drips, blends, crowns). These walls and my Style express puro love and light, with vibrant, unexpected color combinations, and sacred geometric flows of Hip Hop movimiento letreado. My works of art, from larger scale Wildstyles on walls to smaller canvas and blackbook works, elicit powerful reactions of ánimo from viewers of all ages and backgrounds.
Those who do this artform call it "Writing" or "Style Writing". Ours is a place-making practice that uplifts ourselves together with our communities. Each version of the self-selected, culturally-derived name, captures the essential self and spirit of the Writer. Our visual slanguaging of writing names on walls, codifies and transforms language and culture, in a fresh masterpiece every time.
As a creative social scientist I have harnessed my aerosol practice to inform my classroom craft as a pedagogue and my rigorous research as a scholar. From my combination of wall-painting, teaching practice, and research, I explain how Hip Hop cultural practice shapes human literacies, language, and learning.
