Naomi Rodriguez
Naomi "nomi" Rodriguez is 21 years old, miami-hialeah born and bilingual. an Afro-Indigenous Latina and an active interdisciplinary visual and performance design technology artist/designer.
currently pursuing a BFA in Interarts Performance with a minor in Latina/o Studies at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.she uses narrative design and surrealist storytelling through performance design and technology and color (with a love for fiber arts). she focuses on portraying identity and engaging audiences through experimental and immersive experiences.
Main Work
Performance Design
Currently worked on multiple student productions in: Projection Design, Lighting Design, Assistant Design & Tech, Hair/Makeup Artist, or Costume Design.
Video Work
a practice for video work and editing to better aid skills in projections and artistic directing.
Recreation & Gigs
Fiber Arts
a love for fibers that transcends the boundaries of fashion design and craft.
Publications
previously and currently publishing articles based in music or identity-based writing.
Graphic Design
created some posters and graphics for multiple productions.
FIBER ARTS
cyberpunk wearable (2022)
road less taken. (2022)
silence in violence. (2022)
gender neutral fashion (2022).
what collectivity does the daughter of a darkskinned mother listen to (2023)
chains and links. (2023)
Jose Celso Barbosa (2023).
black sheep ceremony (2024).
The Shadows of My Ancestors. (2024)
El Matador. (2024)
PERFOMANCE DESIGN (SELECTED)
PUBLICATIONS
MusicMecca
The News Stan(d) @
Fan To Band (Selected)
Michigan In Color at
The Michigan Daily
RESUME
growing pains 2022
Music, lyrics, and book by Dana Pierangeli
Directed by Kendall Young
Projection DesignNominated for Excellence in Technical Achievement by Lime Arts Productions
Disrupted: A Senior Thesis 2022
Directed by Nicole Denise White
Lighting Design, Creative Collaborator
Next To Normal 2022
Directed by Alex Lee
Assistant Costume and Projection Designer
MUSKET's Little Shop of Horrors 2022
Directed by Sam Aupperlee
Makeup/Hair Designer
photos by ellie vice
If The World Ends Tomorrow, It's All Your Fault 2023
Directed and Written by Marta Frank, Maddie Vassalo
Lighting Designer, Tech Coord.
photos by ellie vice
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin 2023
Directed by Aidan B. Jones
Makeup & Wig Designerphotos by cole carrico
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf 2024
Directed by Sarah Oguntomilade
Costume Designer
photos by ellie vice
Look What's Here 2023
Professor Scott Crandall
Set Designer, Costume Designer, Lighting Designer, Technical Coord.
MUSKET's Catch Me If You Can 2024
Directed by Sam Hendeman
Hair and Makeup Coordinator
photos by Georgia McKay
CONVERGENCE: STUDENT FASHION SHOW
Directed by Naomi Rodriguez, Preston Williams
Production by Naomi Rodriguez, Maddie Vassalo, Dana Gray, Lauren Kopp
GRAPHIC DESIGN & LOGO WORK
