Reuben Negron’s art is firmly rooted in the narrative tradition. Although his work crosses disciplines, the intent maintains a singular focus – to tell stories of people and events that would normally go unsung. His comics, paintings and photos set to explore the delicate intricacies of the mundane – even when the content may at first appear taboo. The stories themselves are often taken from, or inspired by true-life events. Even the more ambiguous narratives have their seeds planted firmly in something Reuben has encountered personally.

Clients include Anthropologie, Automobile Magazine, Disney, For Beginners Inc., Hatch Creative Studio, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Pottery Barn, P.S.K.W., Senior Golfer Magazine, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the U.S. Open.

He is a regular contributor to the comic-anthology, Rabid Rabbit.

He is represented by Like the Spice Gallery, located in Brooklyn, New York.

To download a PDF version of his full CV, click HERE.

 

born 12 february, 1979, orlando, fl., usa

education

2004 School of Visual Arts, MFA, New York, NY

2001 Center for Art and Culture, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France

2001 Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA, Magna Cum Laude, Baltimore, MD

solo exhibitions

2010 (ANNOUNCED) Like the Spice, Brooklyn, NY

2009 Dirty Dirty Love, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Works:Preworks, Memorial Gallery, Farmingdale, NY
curated by Professor Allison Puff

2004 Exquisite Corpse, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Marshall Arisman and David Sandlin

selected group exhibitions

2009 Off The Clock, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009 New Breed, Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Andrew Michael Ford

2009 Bridge Art Fair, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008 The Dog Came Out of the Woods..., StoneFox Artspace, New York, NY
curated by Kelly Lindner

2007 The Accidentally Real, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, NY
curated by Duston Spear

2006 Rabid Rabbit, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Marshall Arisman and Rabid Rabbit

2005 SVA Alumni Society Exhibition and Auction, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Jen Bekman, Jennifer Blessing, Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin, Pippa Cohen, Anne Ellegood,
Rachel Gugelberger and Shamim Momin

2005 Everyday People Can Lead Extraordinary Lives, Art Center of Battle Creek , Battle Creek , MI

2005 Characters: Scene II, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
curated by Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin

2005 Characters: Scene I, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
curated by Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin

2004 Three Male Artists, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Regina Abramovich and Katy Shubert

2004 Happy Art for a Sad World, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin

2004 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Marshall Arisman and David Sandlin

2003 Postcards From the Edge, Gallerie Lelong, New York. NY

2003 2nd Annual Green Chimneys Auction, Spike Gallery, New York, NY

2003 Turning Page, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), New York, NY

2002 Prevailing Human Spirit, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2000 Vernissage, Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
curated by Ken Tisa

2000 Paper Veins Biennial 2000, HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
curated by Virgil Wong

special projects

2007 Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia, Exhibition Mural with Viktor Deak
The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, on international tour through 2013.
Organized by the HMNS and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

selected publications

2005 to present Rabid Rabbit, an award winning, independent comic anthology, New York, NY

2010 Poetry For Beginners, written by Margaret Chapman and Kathleen Welton, Steerforth Press, Hanover, NH

2009 Democracy For Beginners, written by Robert Cavalier, Ph.D., Steerforth Press, Hanover, NH

2006 New York Press, Underground Comics Spectacular, March, 2006

2005 Everyday People Can Lead Extraordinary Lives, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

2003 Las Manos Del Pianista, written by Eugenio Fuentes, Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, ES

2003 Playboy Magazine, Annual Fiction Competition, October 2003

2001 Spectrum 8: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Annual

2000 Communication Arts, Illustration Annual 41