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 (forthcoming)
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:
2025- In person group panel, “More-than-humans”: espiritualidad, ancestralismo, y post naturaleza. With Naomi Rincon Gallardo, The Instutute for Posnatural Studies and Fabrice Hyber, Museo Tamayo, organized by Anaïs Lepage (forthcoming)
2024- In person artist walk through, MoCa Cleveland
2024- In person artisk tak with Marco Flores, MoCa Cleveland
2022- In person lecture, hosted by Christal 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:
2024- Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists
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)