Ruben Ochoa

Ruben Ochoa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Southern California (USC). Born in Oceanside, CA, in 1974, his artistic practice interrogates spatial dynamics through material interventions, often incorporating construction-related mediums to critique sociopolitical and economic frameworks shaping built environments. Contact: rubenoch@usc.edu.

• Solo exhibitions include Watching, Waiting, Commiserating (MCA San Diego, 2016), MATRIX 169: Cloudless Day (Wadsworth Atheneum, 2014), and Crooked Under the Weight (Site Santa Fe, 2009).
• Group exhibitions include Down These Mean Streets (Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2017), Phantom Sighting (LACMA, 2008), and the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

Awards:

• California Community Foundation Fellowship
• Guggenheim Fellowship

Public art projects include Fwy Wall Extraction (2006-2007) and CLASS: C (2001-2005). His works are held in major collections such as LACMA, Hammer Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art.