Painter and writer Ruben Nusz (pronounced news) (he/him) was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the son
of a carpenter and a bookkeeper. He has exhibited paintings and sculptures at galleries and museums across
the United States, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Blanton Museum
of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego). His work is featured in the permanent collections
of the Walker Art Center, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, the North Dakota Museum of Art, the
Weisman Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Nusz has received a number of awards and fellowships including a Visual Arts Fellowship from the McKnight
Foundation. His work has been reviewed online and in print by, among others, MPR, Hyperallergic,
Coolhunting, and Artforum. Recent exhibitions include How to Look Wrong at Weinstein-Hammons Gallery
and Pas de Deux at Dreamsong.
He is also co-founder of Location Books, an independent publisher that provides contemporary artists
opportunities to produce new work in book form. Location artist books are found in art libraries throughout
the United States, including the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern
Art (New York), SFMOMA, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Midway Contemporary Art.
Nusz’s writing has been featured online and in various print journals, including The Walker Art Center
Magazine, Kenyon Review, New American Writing, and The Georgia Review. An essay he wrote on the work
of painter Hartmut Austin is featured in the book Here r More, available at Printed Matter.
He is represented by Weinstein-Hammons Gallery and lives and works in the Twin Cities.