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American; b. 1979, Orlando, Florida

EDUCATION

2004 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2000 Center for Art and Culture, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 This House of Glass, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Dirty Dirty Love, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Works:Preworks, Memorial Gallery, Farmingdale, NY. Curated by Allison Puff.
2004 Exquisite Corpse, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Marshall Arisman and David Sandlin.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Texas Contemporary, Like the Spice Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 SCOPE New York, Like the Spice Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Hotter Than July: A Sexploration, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Savannah Spirit.

2010 SCOPE Miami, Like the Spice Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 Off the Clock, 92Y Tribeca, New York, NY
2010 Off the Clock, Mile End Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London, UK
2010 Art Hamptons, Like the Spice Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2010 Marked: A Show of Figure, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Semántica, Museo de Arte de El Salvador (MARTE), San Salvador, El Salvador. Curated by Ana Urquilla.

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 NY, Like the Spice Gallery, New York, 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

2005 SVA Alumni Society Exhibition and Auction, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY.
Curated by Jen Bekman, Jennifer Blessing, 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 Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

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.

PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS

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

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2010 Artist in Residence, Limans Cultural Exchange, Limans, France
2003 W.K. Kellogg | World Studio Foundation Grant
2002 Unalane Foundation and Coyne Foundation Grants
2000 Artist in Residence, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000 World Studio Foundation Scholarship - The Starr Foundation Award
1999 Society of Illustrators Annual Student Scholarship Competition

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Regular contributor to Rabid Rabbit, an award-winning independent comic anthology
2010 The Deathlings, written by Ian Struckoff, Black Label Comics, Lawrence, MA, 2010
2010 Poetry For Beginners, written by Margaret Chapman and Kathleen Welton, For Beginners Books, Danbury CT
2009 Democracy For Beginners, written by Robert Cavalier, Ph.D., For Beginners Books, Danbury CT
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

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Toset, Joan Cornelius, "Virtudes Públicas, Vicios Privados." Devora Ran, www.devoraran.com, Ed. 6, 2011
Saltz, Jerry, "The Exhibition Exhibit." New York Magazine, February 2011
Topper, "Reuben Negron - Peintures Narratives et Érotiques." Roomantic, www.roomantic.fr, 11 August 2010
Mak, Gerry, "New Art/Reuben Negron." Lost At E Minor, www.lostateminor.com, 26 July 2010
Hanna, Stacy, "Kids, Artists Bring Ideas to Life Through Comic Book Workshop." Battle Creek Enquirer, August 2005
Hanna, Stacy, "Local Comic Book Draws Attention." Battle Creek Enquirer, June 2005
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Telling Tales of History, Myth, Fantasy (and Real Life, Too)." The New York Times, April 2005
Casey, Sheilagh, "Artists’ Characters Stretch the World at SICA." The Two River Times, April 2005
Streitfeld, L.P., "Restoring the Character Balance at Silvermine." The Advocate and Greenwich Times, April 2005
Kearns, Jack, "SICA Studio in Long Branch: Characters, Scene I." The Long Branch Press, March 2005

CATALOGS

The Inaugural SVA Alumni Society Auction Catalog, exhibition catalog. Published by MF Productions and the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, September 2005
Characters: Scene I and II, exhibition catalog, essay by Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin. Published by the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ and The Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, March 2005