Ruben Ochoa
- 1974
- Born in Oceanside, CA
- Lives and works in Los Angeles
- 2003
- MFA, University of California, Irvine
- 1997
- BFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
- 1996
- Parsons School of Art and Design, New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2020
- "Ruben Ochoa," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- “Sampled and Surveyed,” Art + Practice, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- 2016
- "Tripping the Light Fantastick," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- “Ruben Ochoa: watching, waiting, commiserating,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA (Link)
- 2014
- "MATRIX 169: Ruben Ochoa, ‘Cloudless Day,’" The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (Link)
- 2013
- "Dislocated Masses," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2011
- "Cores and Cutouts", Locust Projects, Miami, FL
- 2010
- Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
- 2009
- Charles H. Scott Gallery at Emily Carr University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- "Crooked Under the Weight," Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- Collapsed, Peter Blum, Soho, New York, NY
- three the hard way, Peter Blum Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
- 2008
- Fall of the Wall [paper], Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin, Germany
- 2007
- A Recurring Amalgamation, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- Clastic Rupture, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
- 2006
- Extracted, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
- Freeway wall next to a, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2005
- Borrowed Ladders, ESL Ι Esthetics as a Second Language, Los Angeles, CA
- 2004
- Greyscale, Voz Alta Projects, San Diego, CA
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
- 2018
- "Forty and Nine," 49 South Van Ness Forum Sculpture Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA
- 2013
- "Duet: Ruben Ochoa and B.J. Vogt", Duet St. Louis, MO, curated by Daniel McGrath
- 2011
- Beta-Space: Kevin Appel and Ruben Ochoa, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- 2009
- ArtBasel Miami, two person presentation with Tam Van Tran, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Booth
- 2007
- Swap, collaboration with Mark Bradford, LACMA: On-Site, Charles White Elementary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2006
- Storage, collaboration with Marco Rios, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Embryonic Loop, collaboration with Marco Rios, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
- 2005
- Caltransposed with Peter Tavera, Gallery 727, Los Angeles, CA
- 2004
- Rigor Motors, collaboration with Marco Rios, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA, CA
- Projects by Ruben Ochoa and Michael Queenland, The Project, Los Angeles (curated by Lauri Firstenberg)
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2026
- "Day-to-Day: Rhythm, Routine, Resistance," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2023
- "Outside: In," Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
- "The Land of Milk and Honey / La tierra queue mana leche y miel," Organized by the MexiCali Biennial, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- 2022
- "Lonesome Crowd West: Works from MOCA’s Collection," The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- "Church for Sale," The Haubrok Collection and the National Gallery Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- COLA Fellowship Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Los Angeles CA (Link)
- "Church for Sale," Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
- 2020
- "South East North West: New Works from the Collection," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "To Tame a Wild Tongue: Art After Chicanismo," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
- 2019-2020
- " Bound to the Earth: Art, Materiality, and the Natural World," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
- "Open Space," BACKSPACE, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Sorcerer’s Burden," The Contemporary Austin, Texas
- 2019
- "Sculpture," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Centennial: 100 years of Otis College Alumni," Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- "Common Bonds: Artists and Architects on Community," Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (Link)
- 2018
- "Maker Faire San Diego," San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
- 2017
- “Vantage,” Finishing Concepts, Los Angeles, CA
- “Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (Link)
- “Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Space,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
- 2016
- "Artworks for Change," Online Exhibition (Link)
- 2015
- "Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; travelled to the Menil Collection, Houston, TX
- 2013
- Nasher XCHANGE: 10+ Celebration, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, curated by Jeremy Strick
- "Reverberations," Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
- "Hook, Line and Sinker: Contemporary Drawings from the Collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl", Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
- 2012
- Lost Line: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "no desaster: sammlung haubrok bei falckenberg," Phoenix-Hallen, Harburg, Germany
- The Very Large Array: San Diego/Tijuana Artists in the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Downtown, Jacobs Building, San Diego, CA
- "my.LA," haubrok foundation, Berlin, Germany
- 2011
- Greater LA, curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
- The Future Generation Art Prize @ Venice Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Papadopoli, Venice , Italy
- 2010
- Summer Group Show, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- The Artists Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980-2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Future Generation Art Prize, PinchukArtCenter, Kiev, Ukraine
- Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- Between Here and There: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
- Invisible City, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain (Curated by Kris Kuramitsu and Christopher Miles) traveling to: Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi, India; Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, Germany; Instituto Cervantes, Tokyo, Japan
- 2009
- Counter Intelligence, Luckman Gallery at California State University, Los Angeles, CA
- Collecting History: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
- Collectors XXIV, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Dibujar es Pensar Proyecto Magenta, Monterrey, Nuevo Len, Mexico
- 2008
- "it’s about sculpture," haubrok foundation, Berlin, Germany
- From and About Place: Art from Los Angeles, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel, Curated by Alma Ruiz (catalogue)
- In the Round: The 90th Anniversary of OTIS College of Art & Design, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Puerto Vallarta Arte Contemporneo 08, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (organized by Pilar Perez)
- WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Phantom Sightings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (curated by Rita Gonzalez,Howard Fox and Chon Noriega) travelling to: Tamayo Art Museum, Mexico City, Mexico; Mexico Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX; Museum Alamdea, San Antonio, TX; El Museo del Barrio / Americas Society, New York, NY; Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2007
- Multifaceted Lens, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
- Performance Z-A, 25th Anniversary for the Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
- Viva Mexico! Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, curated by Magda Kardasz, traveling to BWA Wrocław Contemporary Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland.
- Latitude, Artcore, Los Angeles (organized by Pilar Tompkins)
- Range, d.e.n Gallery, Los Angeles (curated by Kristi Lippire)
- 2006
- Mexicali Biennial, La Casa de la Tia Tina, Mexicali, Mexico
- The Newsstand Project, newsstands throughout Los Angeles (organized by Dan Bayles)
- Agent Once, Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles (organized by Jason Keller)
- 25 Bold Moves: Emerging Artists Exhibit, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
- An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life, REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Otis: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2005
- Happenstance, Harris-Lieberman Gallery, New York (curated by Lauri Firstenberg)
- Drive by and relax, UPSPACE, Los Angeles (curated by Chris Sicat)
- Borderless Dreams, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
- Drive Time, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- Empire.Style, ART2102, Boyle Heights, CA (curated by Peter Zellner)
- passerby, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA (curated by Cassandra Cobelentz)
- 2004
- FREEWAVES_Inter-State: Video on a Go, REDCAT Theater, Los Angeles, CA
- 2004 California Biennial, Arist-in-residence, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- Land of the Free: Americana, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA (curated by Tyler Stallings)
- 2003
- Picarte! Photography Beyond Representation, Heard Museum, Phoeniz, AZ
- Recess, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles (curated by Brienne Arrington and Dan Bayles)
- Happy Beautiful Desirable, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
- 2002
- Better Look Twice, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- Whacked, Los Angeles (curated by John Souza)
Selected Projects
- 2006-2007
- Fwy Wall Extraction, 10 fwy eastbound below Soto St and Marengo Blvd intersection, Los Angeles (produced by Creative Capital Foundation)
- 2006
- Disrup, LA><ART Billboard Project, La Cienega Blvd between Venice and Washington, Los Angeles
- aint that revolutionary, LA><ART Billboard Project, corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Highland Ave, Hollywood, CA (in conjunction with the exhibition An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life, REDCAT, Los Angeles)
- 2001-2005
- CLASS: C, mobile artist space featuring over 75 artists, curators, and collaborators throughout Southern California
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2021
- COLA Fellowship Grant, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- 2013
- California Community Foundation, Getty Fellow, Mid-Career Artist (Link)
- 2010
- Future Generation Art Prize Nomination, Victor Pinchuk Foundation
- 2008
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) Investing in Artist Grant
- 2006
- Rockefeller Fellowship: New Media
- 2005
- International Studio and Curatorial Program Residency (ISCP-NYC), August-November 2007
- Creative Capital Foundation: Visual Arts Grant
- 2004
- Nimoy Foundation, California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art: Artist-in-Residence
- California Community Foundation: Emerging Artist Fellowship
- The Durfee Foundation: Artists Resource for Completion Grant
- 2002
- University of California Institutional Research Award (UCIRA)
Teaching Experience
- 2018
- Associate Professor of Practice, USC Roski School of Art and Design
Bibliography
- 2023
- Voon, Claire. "An environmental art festival in Los Angeles seeks to counteract climate despair and inspire action," The Art Newspaper, September, 20
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- Allen, David. "MexiCali Biennial art show migrates to The Cheech in Riverside," The Press-Enterprise, March 9 (Link)
- Stromberg, Matt. "Tamales, Celebs, and Hungry Collectors at Frieze LA," Hyperallergic, Febraury 17 (Link)
- Durón, Maximilíano. "The Best Booths at Frieze LA 2023, From Poignant Reflections on History to an Art Gallery in a Van," ARTnews, February 16 (Link)
- Escárcega, Patricia. "Ruben Ochoa Puts Hidden Labour Under The Spotlight," Frieze, February 15 (Link)
- Finkel, Jori. "A Vehicle for Social Justice, Bound for the Frieze Art Fair," The New York Times, February 13 (Link)
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- Ludel, Wallace. "Frieze Los Angeles bringing a skyscraper, a truck- based gallery and more to Santa Monica Airport," The Art Newspaper, February 2 (Link)
- 2022
- "Church for Sale Works from the Haubrok Collection and the Nationalgalerie Collection," Exhibition Catalogue, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- 2021
- Miranda, Carolina. "Newsletter: How artist Nari Ward uses castoffs to create charged worlds at Deitch gallery," LA Times, July 3 (Link)
- Almino, Elisa Wouk. "A Tribute to Los Angeles’s Street Vendors," Hyperallergic, April 28 (Link)
- Keh, Pei-Ru. "Snapchat and LACMA celebrate diversity in LA," Wallpaper, April 23. (Link)
- Robarts, Stu. "Snapchat’s Five Los Angeles AR Monuments: What Are They & How To View Them," ScreenRant, April 16 (Link)
- Azzarello, Nina. "LACMA + snapchat bring artist-designed augmented reality monuments to L.A. (and your home)," Designbloom, April 13 (Link)
- Vankin, Deborah. "Fruit carts flying over MacArthur Park: How you can see LACMA’s first AR monuments," Los Angeles Times, April 13 (Link)
- 2020
- Vankin, Deborah. "LACMA turns to Snapchat again, this time for a virtual monuments project," Los Angeles Times, December 8
- 2019
- Fernandez, Javier. "Beauty at the Border: A collection of Art in Architecture pieces at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry," GSA, August 5 (Link)
- Delson, Susan. "Playful Riffs on Fact and Fiction," Wall Street Journal, July 26 (Link)
- 2018
- Shimi Roth, Minhae. "Locust Projects Turns 20: Remembering Its Most Memorable Exhibits," Miami New Times, December 4 (Link)
- Safari, Ida, “Ruben Ochoa at Art + Practice,” Artillery, January 2 (Link)
- 2017
- Shang, Danielle, “Collectors of Color on the Importance of Supporting Under-Recognized Artists,” Hyperallergic (web), November 28 (Link)
- Zellen, Jody, “Ruben Ochoa at Art + Practice,” Art and Cake (web), October 7 (Link)
- Goldberg, Vicki, “Mean Streets, Kind Cameras,” New York Times, July 28 (Link)
- Jacobson, Louis, “At the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, a Fresh Look at Urban Photography,” Washington City Paper (web), July 21
- 2016
- Miranda, Carolina, “Last chance to see Ruben Ochoa’s latest twist on his urban landscape obsession: Giving rust new life,” Los Angeles Times (web), April 13 (Link)
- Wilcox, Larry, “Ruben Ochoa at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,” ArtReview, Summer (Link)
- Buscemi, Lauren, “Report: San Diego,” art ltd., August
- Peterson, Karla, “Test Drive: Night at the museum,” The San Diego Union-Tribune (web), November 19
- 2015
- Knight, Christopher, Review: Apparitions at the Hammer explores low-tech art in a high-tech world, Los Angeles Times, February 13 (Link)
- 2014
- Hickson, Patricia, "Nothing But Blue Skies," brochure for "Ruben Ochoa: Matrix 169, ‘Cloudless Day,’" published by Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
- "Best Bets: June 2014," Hartford Magazine, June (Link)
- Smith, Anna M., "Nasher XChange: Ruben Ochoa," exhibition catalog to "Nasher XChange", published by The Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
- 2013
- Ruben Ochoa: Flock in Space, Trinity River Audubon Center, Exhibition Pamphlet for Nasher XCHANGE: 10 Years, 10 Artists, 10 Sites, Dallas: Nasher Sculpture Center, October
- Nasher Sculpture Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary, CBS Dallas-Forth Worth, October 18
- Herren, Michael, "7 LA Artists to Watch," LA Confidential, October
- 100 Best Fall Shows, Modern Painters, September
- Nasher Sculpture Center launches ambitious project to turn all of North Texas into an outdoor museum, Dallas Voice, August 23
- Bentley, Alex, Nasher Sculpture Center unveils plans for first Nasher Xchange sculpture at Trinity River Audubon Center, Culture Map Dallas, June 14
- 2012
- Einspruch, Franklin, Ruben Ochoa, Art in America, March 8
- 2010
- Boehm, Mike, New art prize nets winner $100,000 from billionare collector Victor Pinchuk, The Los Angeles Times, December 10 (Link)
- Burge, Russell, Critics Pick: Ruben Ochoa, artforum.com, May
- Pincus, Robert L., Echoes of Duchamp at the MCASD, San Diego Union Tribune, April 11
- Johnson, Ken, Art Review: Phantom Sightings, The New York Times,
- Myers, Holly, Ruben Ochoa: In a construction zone, Los Angeles Times, March 7
- 2009
- Adlmann, Jan Ernst, Santa Fe, Art In America, December
- Momin, Shamim, Ruben Ochoa essay in Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculptures and Installation, Phaidon Press
- Art & Space: Ruben Ochoa, BOB International Magazine of Space Design, Issue #062, Fall
- Davis, Kathryn M., Santa Fe, Art Ltd., July
- Cotter, Holland, Ruben Ochoa: Collapsed, the New York Times, July 17
- Fairfield, Douglas, Art In Review, Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo, July 10
- Fischer, Zane, Pssst! Hey, Mom: SITE has an art exhibition that mothers (and others) will love, Santa Fe Reporter, July 8
- Tobin, Richard, Critical Reflections: Ruben Ochoa/ Crooked Under the Weight, THE Magazine, July 2009
- Weideman, Paul, Four Off the Floor, the New Mexican Pasatiempo, June 26
- Exhibitions: Ruben Ochoa, SITE magazine, Summer
- Dault, Julia, Critics Pick: New York, Ruben Ochoa at Peter Blum, Artforum, May
- Galleries-Downtown: Ruben Ochoa, The New Yorker, April 13
- Saltz, Jerry, This Road Goes Somewhere, New York Magazine, April 6
- Von Taube, Annika, Los Angeles, Sleek Magazine, Winter
- 2008
- Place, Vanessa, Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement, X-Tra Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 2, Winter
- Chang, Richard, A Broader Biennial, Orange County Register, October 26
- Chang, Richard, California Biennial reaches beyond the Golden State, The Arts Blog, ocregister.com, October 24
- Young, Paul, The Radar Art, Angeleno, October
- Ruiz, Alma, Interview with Ruben Ochoa, From and About Place: Art from Los Angeles, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, September – November
- Kotz, Liz, Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, Modern Painters, September
- Guha, Rohin, Ruben Ochoa @ LAMCA, Blackbook.com, August 7
- Dambrot, Shana, Report: New York City, The Ghost of Jason Rhoades, Art Ltd, July
- Ezrha Jean, LAs Cultural art (r)evolution, Artillery, July/August
- Danto, Arthur C., Unlovable, The Nation, May 26
- Bryan-Wilson, Julia, Review: Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, Art Forum, Summer
- Johnson, Reed, Puerto Vallartas Not Just for Tourists, its for Artists too, Los Angeles Times, June 4
- Guggenheim Fellows of 2008, Art In America, June/July
- Canning, Susan, Whitney Biennial: New York, Art Papers, May
- Machida, Nico, Interview with Ruben Ochoa, ArtSlant, May 19
- Dabkowski, Colin, New at the Knox, The Buffalo News, May 11
- Vikram, Anuradha, The LA Annual, Artillery, May/June
- Gleason, Mat, Beyond Expectations: How Phantom Sightings Defeats Clich, ArtScene, May 1
- Miles, Christopher, LACMA East: Phantom Sightings Chronicles the Rise of Post-Chicanoism, LA Weekly, April 30
- Chang, R, O.C. Museum of Art hires guest curator for biennial, The Arts Blog, ocregister.com, February 11
- Lacavo, Richard, The Simple Life, Time, March 13
- Cohn, Marilyn, The Big Apple: Whitney Biennial, For Your Art, March 13
- Schuker, Lauren A.E., The Fine Art of Less, The Wall Street Journal, March 7
- Dalton, Trinie, 2008 Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, The Whitney Museum of American Art, March
- Dockary, Sean and Hugo Hopping. Social Studies: An Art and Social Engagement, X-TRA Contemporary
- Art Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 3, Spring
- MJ, Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Transparenz durch Trugbilder, Taz.de, January 16
- Gonzalez, Rita, Howard N. Fox, and Chan A. Noriega, Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement LACMA Publications, March
- 2007
- Viva Mexico, (Exhibition Catalogue), Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warszawa
- Paterson, Carrie, Ruben Ochoa: A Recurring Amalgamation, Art Circles, Issue #5, Fall
- Vogel, Carol, Whitney Biennial Stretches to Armory, New York Times, November 16
- Artists Announced for 2008 Whitney Biennial, Artforum.com, November 16
- Campagnola, Sonia, Live from Los Angeles, Flash Art, November/December
- Gray, Emma, L.A. Confidential, artnet, October 12
- Continuing and Recommended: Ruben Ochoas A Recurring Amalgamation at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Art Scene, October
- Mizota, Sharon, Ruben Ochoa: A Recurring Amalgamation at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artforum.com, September 22
- Gray, Emma, Emma Grays Top 10 Shows in Los Angeles this Month, Daily Magazine, Saatchi Online, September
- Myers, Holly, When nature and urban life conflict, Los Angeles Times, September 14
- Becker, Jack; Slade, George, Multifaceted Lens: Photography and Public Art, Public Art Review, Spring/Summer
- Freeman, Tommy, The Trans-Aestheticization of Daily Life at the Sweeney Art Gallery, Artweek, May
- Allsop, Laura; Alizarin Harvey, Polly; Lawley, Alanna, Consumed, ArtReview, June, p. 42
- Szupinska, Joanna, Ruben Ochoa, Artillery, Volume 1, No. 4, March
- 2006
- Westerbeck, Colin, Photo Synthesis: Fwy Wall Extraction, West Magazine, Los Angeles Times, December 24
- Kim, Clara, Ruben Ochoa: Extracted, Contemporary, Issue 88, p.73
- West, Kevin, The Van Man, WWDscoop, September, p. 60
- Myers, Holly, Freeways connect and divide, Los Angeles Times, September 15, p. E22
- Gray, Emma, L.A. Confidential, Artnet, October 13
- Satorius, Katherine, Ruben Ochoa at LA><ART, Artweek, November, p. 17
- Campagnola, Sonia, Focus Los Angeles: A Survey of Contemporary Los Angeles Art, Flash Art, January/February, page 73
- Finkel, Jori, Recipe for Revolution: Take 11,000 Photos, New York Times, January 29, section 2-32
- Isenberg, Barbara, Otis College of Art and Design: The First 88 Years, Otis: Nine Decades of Art (catalogue), p. 14
- Pollack, Barbara, Happenstance, Time Out New York, Issue 536, January
- 2005
- Gonzalez, Rita, Strangeways Here We Come, Recent Pasts: Art in Southern California from the 90s to Now, published by jrp ringier
- Cotter, Holland, Happenstance, New York Times, December 30, p. B37
- Willis, Holly, State of the Art: A Field Guide from Acken to Zittel, LA Weekly, October 28, p. 52
- Tumlir, Jan, California Biennial, Artforum, February, p. 168
- 2004
- Pincus, Robert L., Turning in to the O.C.: Biennial belly laughs, The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 7
- Knight, Christopher, Biennial arrives, and so does a museum, Los Angeles Times, October 13, p. E1, E7
- Armstrong, Elizabeth and Hofman, Irene, The Big Sweep: Paradox in Paradise, California Biennial (catalogue), Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, p. 12-21, 92-95
- Cavallo Collins, Gina, Through the Lens Violently, Phoenix New Times, January 15 <http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issue/2004-01-15/art.html/print.html>
- 2002
- Contreras, V. Wade, CLASS C: Ruben Ochoa Rolls Over Artistic Barriers, September <http://beyondmainstream.com/index.php3?inc=arts/artist_ruben_ochoa.php>
Public Collections
- Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Perez Art Museum, Miami, Florida
- Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY