Steven Rodrig was born in Havana, Cuba in 1963. From an early age he was fascinated by experimenting with unconventional materials to create art. His imagination and innate technical prowess evolved while studying mechanical structure at Aviation High School in Long Island City, NY. He honed his skills further while repairing computers and other electronic equipment.

Steven’s innovative sculpture, which he refers to as “PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Mixed Media”, is created from recycling and restructuring circuit boards and electronic parts. The artist states, “My goal is to manipulate each PCB into becoming an organic life form where the PCB characteristics become part of the living fabric helping to shape its meaning. Part of my discovery has been to develop special tools and use other tools in an unconventional way in order to manipulate each circuit board to form something other than what it was originally intended.”

Steven’s subjects range from insects, flowers and still life to intricate cityscapes. The titles he chooses, such as “Dragonfly on Limited Time to Transfer Data” and “Sea Turtle Searches for Deep Data”, offer insight into his wry wit and ingenuity.

His extraordinary three dimensional forms are the fruits of creative vision and response to our environmental concerns. In the hands of Steven Rodrig computer parts, otherwise destined for the landfills, are now the components of sculpture that conveys an important message. He states, “It seemed a waste to me to have these individually perfect pieces discarded.”

Steven is a visionary who has attracted the attention of art collectors, geeks, the environmentally conscious, and leaders in the art world. Recently the internationally acclaimed sculptor Willard Boepple selected his art to be featured in an International Juried Sculpture exhibition at Rogue Space, New York, NY. Manhattan Arts International now features his art in its online gallery.

Popularity for Steve’s creative innovation is evidenced by his tremendous Internet exposure such as the Web site ecofriend.org, where it is stated: “Working to save the millions of discarded printed circuit boards from reaching the landfills and remaining their for a few thousand years, environmentally conscious designer and computer geek Steven Rodrig is designing artwork from old PCB’s that can then grace your living room.” The Web site Geek.com credited him as taking electronic recycling to a whole new level.

Steven will certainly be chronicled in art history as one of the pioneering artists of this decade known for taking recycled materials to new artistic heights.