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Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya
Ruben's lil monsters are a fantastic becoming that center around anthologies and social issues concerning; border culture, abjection, and mestizaje. Aided by magical realism, nahualismo, Sci-Fi, and the labor of his family. His work hybridizes and creates parallels between; land, the human, and the animal as a way to investigate the process in which violence eradicates, erases, and erodes communities of color.
Education:
2020 - MFA, Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2018 - BA in Spanish, New Mexico State University
2017- BA in Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at El Paso
SELECTED WORK:
Solo Shows:
2021- Ex Situ Canis Latrans, Murmurs LA
2020 - Inside the Bowels of the Hoofed Beast, curated by Allegra LaViola, Sargent’s Duaghters, NYC
2019 - So U Thot it Was A Chupacabra Eating Ur Goat…Well Guess What Patricia, Its Actually Quetzalcoatl Come Down For Lunch, Richmond, VA
Group Shows:
2021- were-:Nenetech Forms, Moca Tucson, curated by Laura Copelin, invitaiton by Timoh Fahler and rafa esparza
2021 - Her Kind, Sargent’s Daughters, curated by Allegra LaViola
2021 - 100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, curated by Joseph Ian Henrikson
2021 - Senses of Brown, Armory Access (online exhibition) curated by Cesar Garcia-Alvarez
2021 - Land Chapters, Artist Field, curated by Estefania Puerta and Abbey Meaker, VT
2021 - Por Vida, Company Gallery, curated by Ken Castaneda, NYC
2020 - NADA MIAMI, online art fair, curated by Sargent's Daughters, NYC
2020 - New Waves, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2019 - American Fine Arts, BBQLA, curated by Timoh Falher, CA, TX, OK, MO, MN
2018 - Plain Sight Residency Gallery, Curated by Savvy Wood, Los Angeles, CA
2018 - Pasado Manana, Commonwealth and Council, curated by Rafa Esparza and Beatriz Cortes, Los Angeles, CA
Artist Talks
2021- In person lecture, hosted by UCLA VALS
2021- In person lecture, invited by Timoh Fahler and rafa esparza, University of Arizona
2021 - In person lecture, invited by rafa esparza, hosted by BOFFO residency, Fire Island NY
2021- Zoom Artist Lectrue, University of Washington, hosted by Rowen Foster
2021- Zoom Artist Lecture, Yale, hosted by Yale School of Painting
2020- Zoom Artist Lecture, MICA, hosted by Abigail Lucien
2020- Zoom Artist Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, hosted by Paul Esposito
Teaching
2019 -Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University Spring 2019, Richmond, VA
2018 -Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University Fall 2018, Richmond, VA
Press/Publications
2021- CARLA
2021- artnet
2021- Art Papers
2021-Hyperallergic
2021 - Graphite XII
2020 - nytimes.com
2020 - artforum
2020 - artishockrevista
2019 -closedistance
Awards
2019 - P. F Miller Graduate Scholarship in sculpture. VCU, Richmond, VA (2019)
2019 - Clopton Scholarship nominee. VCU, Richmond, VA (2019)
2019 - Graduate Research Grant. VCU, Richmond, VA (2019)