RUBEN MARTINEZ: Exhibit II

Photographed by Steve Lucero

Ruben Martinez (b. March 28, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA) began drawing at a very young age and his love for art grew—from a steady diet of video games, Saturday morning cartoons, and MAD magazine. As a teenager, Ruben developed an obsession with surrealism, religious art and dark art. That obsession is now expressed through the self taught hand which works mostly in pen and ink; with the occasional detour into oil painting. Using a form of automatic drawing, he allows his creations to slowly be pulled from the subconscious. The worlds he creates and the beings that populate them can be described simply as—surreal.

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