The department of Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design is excited to host Miljohn Ruperto on Tuesday, February 7! Join us in-person from 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Forum for this special artist lecture and Q&A session.
Miljohn Ruperto (b. 1971 Manila, the Philippines) received his MFA from Yale University in 2002 and his BA in studio art from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999. Ruperto has exhibited his work internationally at numerous venues, including Friends Indeed, San Francisco (2020); Singapore Biennale (2019); Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2019); Archivo 1984 Gallery, Makati City (2019); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018, 2012); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2018); Koenig & Clinton, Brooklyn (2017); REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles (2017); Kadist, San Francisco (2017); ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2016–17); Para-Site, Hong Kong (2016); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2016); Magazin4 Bregenzer Kunstverein, Austria (2015); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2014); and Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Saskatchewan (2014), among others. In 2019, he participated in the Acts of Life critical research residency NTU CCA Singapore and MCAD Manila, commissioned by the Goethe-Institut.
Ruperto works across media and disciplines, often in collaboration with others. Typically drawing from historical and anecdotal events, Ruperto creates replicas and outlines from enactments to speculate on the nature of assumed facts and truth.
