Gideon Rubin
Gideon Rubin paints anonymous subjects in broad, gestural brushstrokes using a colour palette that focuses on tonal qualities rather than colour. Inspired by photographs found in old photo albums, glossy magazines and old master paintings, Rubin’s compositions remain open to interpretation, evoking memories and stories through the subject’s posture, their clothing or the way they style their hair.
Rubin received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA from the Slade School of Art in London. Selected solo shows include Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris; Monica De Cardenas, Milan; Gallery EM, Seoul; Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco; Freud Museum, London; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya; and San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
In 2014, Rubin received the Shifting Foundation grant, and he was invited to participate in the Outset Residency Program, Tel Aviv in 2013; the LA Brea Studio Residency, Los Angeles in 2018; and the Palazzo Monti Residency Program, Brescia in 2019.
Represented by Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, Cologne, St Moritz; Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco; FoxJensen Gallery, Sydney, Auckland; and Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv. Gideon Rubin lives and works in London.
