Installation: Superheroine La Borinqueña by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
About This Event
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, creator of La Borinqueña, a writer at Marvel Entertainment and Editor-in-Chief at Darryl Makes Comics LLC, mounts an installation at CMOM Exhibitions. The work draws on his experience as an art director and cultural producer (Somos Arte and Studio Edgardo) and on the character's associations with Puerto Rican patriotism, social justice and equality to present themes geared toward young visitors.
About Superheroine La Borinqueña
At CMOM Exhibitions, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez presents an installation centered on La Borinqueña, his Puerto Rican superheroine and a modern emblem of diaspora identity. Drawing on his background as an art director and cultural producer, the exhibition traces how the character moves from comic-book narrative into visual culture, community history, and civic themes, in a format designed for kids and families. In New York City, where Puerto Rican cultural life has long shaped public space, the work reads as both pop iconography and cultural record. Its clearest strength is its insistence that representation can be built, not granted.
About the Artist
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is a New York–based comics creator and cultural producer known for creating La Borinqueña, a superhero figure rooted in Puerto Rican history and civic struggle. He writes for Marvel Entertainment and serves as Editor-in-Chief at Darryl Makes Comics LLC, alongside running creative services through Somos Arte and Studio Edgardo.