Miguel Angel Reyes

Miguel Angel Reyes is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Otis College of Art and Design in the Game and Entertainment Design department. His academic role involves teaching art students while maintaining an active practice as a portrait and figurative painter, muralist, printmaker, and illustrator.

Education:

• Southwestern Community College (1981–1984)
• Otis College of Art and Design (1984–1987), where he earned his BFA in Communication Arts

Reyes' artistic practice merges expressionist brushwork with saturated palettes to celebrate Latin traditions. His photographic expertise deeply informs his painting and printmaking, creating intimate connections between subjects and viewers through street, club, and studio-based imagery.

Key scientific awards include:

• 2012 Self-Help Graphic Honoree
• 2001 CSW Artist of the Year
• 1998 Viva Arts Award
• 1992 Vogue/Sotheby's Cecil Beaton Fashion Illustration Award

Reyes has secured notable clients like Disney, AltaMed Health Services, and Dave Koz. He also contributes to community projects such as the Wall/Las Memorias mural (2007) and coordinates figure drawing workshops at the Tom of Finland Foundation.