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Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya
 








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:


2025- ICA San Diego, curated by Jordan Karney Chaim (forthcomng)

2024- Skinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh, moCa Cleveland, curated by Lauren Leving, Ohio 

2024- Material Art Fair, Murmurs Gallery, CDMX 

2022- James Webb and The Thestral Born Without a Vertebrate, Sargent’s Daughters, NYC

2021- Ex Situ Canis Latrans, Murmurs LA

2020 - Inside the Bowels of the Hoofed Beast, curated by Allegra LaViola, Sargent’s Daughters, 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



Two Person Show:


2023- Roksana Pirouzmand, Murmurs, Frieze Art Fair Focus, Los Angeles, CA



Selected Group Shows:


2025- Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Boderlands,Tucson Museum of Art, curated by Rigoberto Luna (forthcoming)

2025- Murmurs, LA (forthcoming)

2024- Flow States- LA TRIENAL 2024, curated by Susana V. Temkin, Rodrigo Moura, Maria Elena Ortiz

2023- Perhaps the Truth, Ballroom Marfa, curated by Daisy Nam, Marfa TX

2023- La Casa Erosionada, Museo Anahuacalli, curated by Karla Nino de Rivero, Coyoacan MX

2023- Mano Negra, Guadalajara 90210, curated by Yeni Mao, Guadalajara Jalisco, MX

2022- Durian on the Skin, curated by Gan Uyeda, Ghebaly Gallery, LA 

2022- Outburst, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs 

2021- were-:Nenetech Forms, Moca Tucson, curated by Laura Copelin, invitation by Timoh Fahler and rafa esparza, AZ

2021 - Por Vida, Company Gallery, curated by Ken Castaneda, NYC  

2020 - New Waves, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA

2018 - Pasado Manana, Commonwealth and Council, curated by Rafa Esparza and Beatriz Cortes, Los Angeles, CA

 


Special Projects :

2022- ASCO Documentary No movie, costume design, directed by Travis Guitierrez Senger, Los Angeles, CA





Artist Talks:



2024- In person artisk tak with Marco Flores, MoCa Cleveland

2022- In person lecture, hosted by Chirstal Perez LACC VAMA

2022- 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 Lecture, 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:


2023- Mold making workshop, Palm Springs Art Museum

2022- Practicum, Calarts, LA

2019 -Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University Spring 2019, Richmond, VA

2018 -Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University Fall 2018, Richmond, VA



Residencies 


2022-Cabra-Gamma Galeria 

2022- Outburst- Palm Springs Museum of Art 

2021-AIR- MOCA Tucson



Press/Publications:


2024 - Artnews

2023- Hyperallergic

2023- White Hot Magazine 

2022- ARTMEMO

2022- VAS

2021- CARLA

2021- artnet

2021- Art Papers

2021-Hyperallergic 

2021 -  Graphite XII

2020 - nytimes

2020 - artforum

2020 - artishockrevista

2019 -closedistance






Awards:

2023- Toby’s Price, moCa Cleveland 

2022- Queer Art Prize (nominated)

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)