Contact / Info – Reuben Margolin

Reuben Heyday Margolin

Current Installations

Confluence – Soon to be revealed location in The Netherlands
Contours – Lyrical Partners, New York City, New York
Cadence – Citizen, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Filament – Experimenta, Heilbronn, Germany
River Loom – Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
Cambrian Wave – Index Ventures, San Francisco
Balance – Belasting & Douane Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Helix Wave – Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, Arkansas
Nimbus – Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Nebula – Hilton Anatole, Dallas Texas
Magic Wave – Technorama – the Swiss Science Center
Tule Wave – David Brower Center, Berkeley, California
Hexagonal Wave – The Putnam, Davenport, Iowa
Copper Square Wave – Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Yellow Spiral Wave – Meyer Sound, Berkeley, California
Soda Fountain – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Talks and Documentaries

WisdomVR virtual reality footage from my shop available on Oculus.
MakeTV documentary showing the shop and making the Yellow Wiggle.
Poptech talk with autobiographical material.
TED talk with lots of wave video.
Wired documentary about making the Nebula.

Shows and Commissions

Oct 2024	Cadence commissioned by Citizen, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oct 2024	Confluence commissioned by a soon to be disclosed location, The Netherlands
Dec 2023	Pentagonal Wave at the Industrial Art Show, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Oct 2023	Caterpillar with Chariot at Maker Faire, Vallejo, California
Summer 2022	Yellow Wiggle at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
Mar 2022	Caterpillar with Chariot at Hormiguero, Madrid, Spain
Nov 2016	Contours created for Lyrical Partners.
Feb 2016	River Loom commissioned by the Boston Museum of Science.
April 2015	Helio Curve created for Hyundai Motor Company.
May 2013	Round Wave – installed at Phaeno, Wolfsburg, Germany.
Nov 2012	Cambrian Wave – installed at Index Ventures, San Francisco, California.
May 2012	Balance – installed at Belasting & Douane Museum.
Dec 2011	Nimbus – installed at Latin School of Chicago.
Sept 2011	Helix Wave – installed at Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, AR
Feb 2011	Connected – a collaboration with Gideon Obarzanek and Chunky Move.
Oct 2010	The Tule Wave installed at the David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA.
Oct 2010	The Yellow Spiral installed at Meyer Sound, Berkeley, CA
Oct 2010	The Pentagonal and Yellow Wiggle at the Sonoma County Museum.
Sept 2010	The Nebula installed at the Hilton Anatole, Dallas TX.
July 2010	The Soda Fountain installed at JPL, Pasadena, CA.
Aug 2009	The Spiral Wave at the SFMOMA Artist Gallery.
June 2009	The Yellow Wiggle at 101 California St. San Francisco, CA
May 2009	The Soda Bottle Wave at the Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA.
April 2009	The Round Wave at the Device Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Mar 2009	The Yellow Wiggle and the Pentagonal Wave at the Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
Dec 2008	The Yellow Wiggle and The Pentagonal Wave at the Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Nov 2008	Opening for the Magic Wave: a permanent installation commissioned by Technorama – The Swiss Science Center.
Oct 2008	The Pentagonal Wave at Kinetica, London.
Sept 2008	The Round Wave in a group show at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA.
April 2008	The Redwood Wave and Yellow Rings at the Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA.
April 2008	The Hexagonal Wave in the Rotunda of Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA. On-going installation.
Jan 2008	The Hexagonal Wave over the New Century Chamber Orchestra, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2007 – 2008	The suspended version of the Copper Square Wave over the entry of the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA. Now a permanent installation!
Oct 2007	The Table Top Wave at the 21st Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
Oct 2007	Collaborated with REBAR on the Parkcycle, San Francisco, CA.
Sept 2007	Collaborated on the VeloDisco, Burning Man, NV.
April 2007	Commissioned to make 70 Table Top Waves for the Exploratorium’s 30th annual awards dinner, San Francisco, CA.
Oct 2006 thru Feb 2007	Free-Standing Wave & Round Wave Exhibited at San Francisco’s Exploratorium.
Oct 2006	20th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition – The Hexagonal Wave Model displayed, Emeryville, California
Dec 2005	Studio opening for The Spiral Wave, Emeryville, California
Oct 2005	19th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition – The Round Wave displayed, Emeryville, California
July 2005	Studio opening for The Round Wave, Emeryville, California
Jan 2005	Studio opening for The Square Wave, Emeryville, California
June 2003	Three-month group show of sculpture at the Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Jan 2003	Three-month show of Paintings from Scotland at The Temescal Café, Oakland, California
July 2002	Group show of sculpture at the Derek Ellen Gallery, New York, New York
June 2002	Four-month window display entitled “Ten Years of Mechanical Oddities” featuring the Basmati, at G&G Hardware, Oakland, California
Dec 2001	Excerpts from the “Traveling Commons” published in the winter issue of Whole Earth Review
Aug 2001	Group show of sculpture at 333 Capp St., San Francisco, California
Apr 2001	Co-teaching of a workshop on building pedal-powered washing machines, during the DIY Skill-Share, Berkeley, California
Mar 2001	Demonstration of Caterpillars, Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, California
Feb 2001	Showing of Mechanical Butterflies at the Kalaghoda Art Festival and the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bombay, India
Jan 2001	Showing of Mechanical Butterflies at National Institute of Design, and the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, India
Oct 2000	Demonstration of Caterpillars at the San Jose Tech Museum, California
July 2000	Private showing of The Elegant Chenille at the Headless Studios, San Francisco, California
July 2000	Private showing of Caterpillars and related art, Oakland, California
Feb 2000	Guest lecturer on mechanical caterpillars at the Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Nov 1999	8′ x 10′ commissioned mural, Geology Department, University of Florida in Gainesville
Sept 1999	Private showing of paintings and The Wooden Oruga at Orchardton House, Scotland
Oct 1998	Private showing of drawings and paintings, including pastels from Mexico, in Berkeley, California
1997	Blank’s 1997 Wild Wheels calendar and Art Cars: the Cars, the Artists, the Obsessions, the Craft, published in 2002
1994	Showing of The Traveling Commons from California to Texas; participation in Houston’s Art Car Ball, and inclusion in Harrod
May 1993	Group show of sculpture at Harvard’s Carpenter Center of the Arts

Education

Jan – May 1998	Monumental painting at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Russia
May 1996 – Dec 1997	Classical drawing and painting at the Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy
June 1993	BA in English from Harvard University
June 1988	Graduation, Berkeley High School
1976 – 1980	Student, Berkeley Child Art Studio

Residencies, Internships and Grants

Summer 2002 & 2003	Artist residency at The Tartaja Cave, Venta Micena, Spain
Nov 2000 – Feb 2001	Artist residency at Kanoria Centre for the Arts, Ahmadabad, India
Feb – Oct 1999	Artist residency at Orchardton House, Castle Douglas, Scotland
1993 – 1994	Grant from the Institute of Natural and Cultural Resources to build a traveling round table and produce an accompanying newsletter

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