Reuben Merringer is a Los Angeles-based artist, writer, performer, and educator. His practice traverses traditional and experimental forms and materials, unified by an attraction to social and scientific theories that expose or suggest liminal spaces that evade simple categorical distinction. He teaches at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena where he stresses the importance of criticality to art and design students as they learn to express themselves through writing.
EDUCATION
2018
Master of Fine Arts, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2017
Abroad in Kunstochschule Berlin-Weißensee (Malerei)
2008
Bachelor of English, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Selected to attend Undergraduate Writer’s Workshop, taught by Lan Samantha Chang
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting (with Honors), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Untitled Exhibition, Empire Tavern, Burbank, CA
2018
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ahmanson Foundation Graduate Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2017
Eyes (in Three Parts), C7 Gallery and Hixon Courtyard, Pasadena, CA
Untitled Exhibition, The Ralph M. Parsons Graduate Art Lobby Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2016
Untitled Exhibition, Goodan Family Graduate Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Untitled Exhibition, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Graduate Art Lobby-Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Untitled Exhibition, Ahmanson Foundation Graduate Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2015
Untitled Exhibition, Painting Project Room, Pasadena, CA
Untitled Exhibition, Market on Main, Ottumwa, IA
2008
Meandering, Bella Jolie, Iowa City, IA
2002
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Checkered Space, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Day the Dawns for You, Will Also Dawn for Me, Scranch Hideout, Twentynine Palms, CA
Everything I Want to Say to the World Right Now, Meridian Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
OPAF 2020, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
2019
Feel the Burn, PØST LA at MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bigger than Us, Scranch Hideout, Twentynine Palms, CA
OPAF 2019, Other Places Art Fair (with Scranch Hideout), Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2018
Fountain Show, Raymond Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Some Ruins, Scranch Hideout, Twentynine Palms, CA
2017
Incognito, 48 Stunden Neuköln, Berlin, Germany
H2, SEZ Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016
Inauguration, O.A. Gallery, Culver City, CA
FAR BAZAAR, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
Always a Body, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, IA
2015
Untitled Exhibition, The Chait Galleries, Iowa City, IA
PUBLICATIONS & READINGS
2020
Stir Crazy Vol. 1, Other Places Art Fair
i didn’t know about the inside of me, Meridian Art Exhibitions
Everything I want to say to the world right now, Meridian Exhibitions
2016
ArtCenter Talks, Research Assistant, edited by Stan Douglas, David Zwirner Books
2014 - Present
Live Music Reviews, mxdwn.com
2011
Positioning, BlazeVOX11
OTHER PROJECTS
Pink Grapefru, experimental music and sound collective, Los Angeles, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019 - Present
Part-Time Faculty, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
*Teaches Writing Studio and Writing Studio: Intensive
**Inclusive Teaching Certified, Columbia University