Reminisce (artist)
Reminisce | |
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Born |
Ruby Rose Neri 1970[1] |
Nationality | American |
Education |
University of California, Los Angeles (MFA, 1998), San Francisco Art Institute (BFA, 1994)[1] |
Known for | Graffiti, murals, sculpture, and painting |
Movement | Mission School |
Reminisce (aka REM, pseudonyms of Ruby Rose Neri)[2] is a sculptor, painter, and former street artist from San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, known for her portrayal of horses.
Biography
Ruby Neri is the daughter of Bay Area Figurative sculptor Manuel Neri.[2] In the early 1990s, while attending San Francisco Art Institute, she began painting monochromatic graffiti horses in public spaces in San Francisco.[3][4] Her work was well received by the general public in San Francisco.[4]
She is also a gallery artist and muralist, receiving a BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994.[5] Her painting during this time is described as being influenced by Nicole Eisenmann, Raymond Pettibon, and Mike Kelley.[6] Neri contributed mural work to such sites as the Clarion Alley Mural Project and the Redstone Building.[7][8] A founding member of what later came to be known as the Mission School,[9] she was a close collaborator with other notable graffiti artists, such as Twist and Craig "KR" Costello, and Dan "Plasma" Rauch, as well as Mission School painter Alicia McCarthy.[9][10]
In the late 1990s, Neri quit working with graffiti,[11] and moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles. While there, she focused on sculpture, creating figurative but abstract cubist sculptures of horses.[12] She received her MFA from UCLA in 1998.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Ruby Neri: CV, David Kordansky Gallery (website), 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- 1 2 "Reminisce Remembered" by Amor Sans Blague, Motility Blog, April 30, 2005.
- ↑ "Reminisce" by D.S. Black, Shaping San Francisco Digital Library. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- 1 2 Piece By Piece (documentary film), by Nic Hill, 2006.
- ↑ Ruby Neri: Bio, China Art Objects (website), 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ↑ "Low Cool" (art review) by Glen Helfand, Thing.net, February 27, 1996.
- ↑ Clarion Alley Mural Project by Megan Wilson, MeganWilson.com, 2006.
- ↑ Redstone Labor Temple Mural Project, by Aaron Noble, Creative Work Fund (website), June 10, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- 1 2 "Ten by Twenty" (art show review) by SFS Staff, SF Station (website), November 16, 2004.
- ↑ "Infinity Rainbow: Alicia McCarthy at Rare" by Stephanie Lee Jackson, StephArt.com, 2001.
- ↑ Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents by Nicholas Ganz and Nancy MacDonald, 2006. ISBN 0-8109-5747-7
- ↑ "Ruby Neri". John Natsoulas Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
Further reading
- Bluhm, Erik. 2005. "Ruby Neri". ArtUS #8.
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 1997. Bay Area Now: A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art.
External links
- "artist: reminisce", Transit: a database of graffiti from San Francisco.
- "Reminisce's horses in the streets of San Francisco", Art Crimes (website), 1995.
- "Ruby Neri: New Sculpture, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Artleak.org, October 2002.