BIOGRAPHY
In a small southwest town known mostly for its proximity to another small town where a famous outlaw met his maker, Jak Ruiz was born. His early years were spent chasing dreams written in basketball diaries. It wasn't until a fateful day in 2008 at a Taco Bell in NYC where art revealed itself to be his purpose. His intuitive instinct and panoramic observation have self-taught the cultivation of styles which have blossomed throughout his life ever since. He works in abstract, figurative and landscape at the direction of his current thematic and creative focus.
ARTIST STATEMENT
.In my current series, I blend classical understanding and contemporary art atheistic to create a visual abstract poem with compositions that touch on topics such as power, permanence, love, family, history and war. The series is set in a vast dreamlike landscape where figures and color play their part to harmonize the scene. I apply and brush away oil paint from the canvas in a process of continual addition and edition, reflecting on the fragility of the present that also provides space for new creative possibilities as this visual poem weaves in and out of dreams to tell its tale.
SOLO SHOWS
Koda
985 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
July – September 2017
Wayward Social
35 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn, NY
March – April 2017
Porter Gastropub
Volgograd, Russia
January 2016 – Present
The Fillmore
696 Grand St, Brookyn, NY
January 2016 – September 2017
The Fillmore
75 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
April 2015 – December 2016
The Fillmore, SONYA
366 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
April 2015 – December 2016
Greenwich Village Bistro
13 Carmine Street, New York, NY
November 2013 – March 2014
Pushkin Creperie Bakery
541 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
October 2013 – January, 2014
SUD
1108 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
June – December 2013
Brooklyn Kolache Co.
520 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
July – October 2013
GROUP SHOWS
Bushwick Open Studios: Filtergeist
538 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY
September 22 – October 31, 2017
The Coffee Art Project
69th Regiment Armory, NY
September 16 – 18, 2016
SONYA Art Walk
Bedford Styvesant, Brooklyn, NY
May 17 – 18, 2014
The Purple Show, SONYA
Bedford Styvesant, Brooklyn, NY
April, 2014
The Yellow Show, SONYA
Bedford Styvesant, Brooklyn, NY
March, 2014
Pushkin Creperie Bakery
541 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
January 12 – February 23, 2014
Night of The Arts
LGBT Center, NY
November 13, 2013
Free Candy
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
October 14 – November 14, 2013
CONTACT ME
I always look forward to meaningful and creative collaborations.
If you are an artist or a collector, please get in touch.
Email: info@jakruiz.com
Instagram: @jakruiz.art