Diego Rodriguez-Warner, b. 1986 in Managua, Nicaragua, lives and works in Aurora, CO. In 2008, he studied under the Cuban Minister for Fine Arts, Lesbia Vent Dumois, in Havana, and in 2009 he earned a BA from Hampshire College, followed by an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013. He is a recipient of both Toby Devan Lewis (2013) and a Joan Mitchell Fellowships (2020). Rodriguez-Warner has exhibited internationally and nationally in Berlin, Denver, Havana, Los Angeles, New York City, Marfa, and Miami among others. In 2020, His work was featured at, and acquired by, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR. He is represented in public and private collections around the world and has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at major museums, including the Washington Pavilion, South Dakota; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; the Museo De Las Americas, Denver; and the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs.