Sergio Rodriguez Jarro went back to his lifelong artistic interests in 2000, while serving at the University of Miami as Vice President for Real Estate and Facilities. This followed a very rewarding professional life that included in the last few years serving the City of Miami Beach as City Manager, and the City of Miami as Assistant City Manager and Director of the Departments of Planning, Building and Zoning, and Public Works, as well as of the citywide Homeless Program
The timing for his pursuit of artistic expression, more specifically, through painting, silkscreening and other visual media, coincided with the maturity that usually goes hand-in-hand with the freedom offered by years of personal and professional fulfillment
As an artist, his renewal of experimentation is expressed mostly in his spiritual beliefs and family values and in his Cuban origin and the many years in Florida and the United States, his new-old country. This experimentation has found expression in objective and non-objective forms. Hopefully, this newly found freedom will continue to challenge him in pursuing always-changing pictorial explorations
He has exhibited in several national and international, group and individual shows. In the most recent one: "The 13th Painting, Drawing, Print & Photography Juried International Art Exhibition” at www.UpstreamPeopleGallery.com, 2 of his entries from the Spiritual Series shown on this site, received special recognition.