2023
Allen, David. "MexiCali Biennial art show migrates to The Cheech in Riverside," The Press-Enterprise, March 9
Stromberg, Matt. "Tamales, Celebs, and Hungry Collectors at Frieze LA," Hyperallergic, Febraury 17
Durón, Maximilíano. "The Best Booths at Frieze LA 2023, From Poignant Reflections on History to an Art Gallery in a Van," ARTnews, February 16
Escárcega, Patricia. "Ruben Ochoa Puts Hidden Labour Under The Spotlight," Frieze, February 15
Finkel, Jori. "A Vehicle for Social Justice, Bound for the Frieze Art Fair," The New York Times, February 13
Frieze Los Angeles. "Frieze Projects Los Angeles 2023" Frieze, February 3
Ludel, Wallace. "Frieze Los Angeles bringing a skyscraper, a truck- based gallery and more to Santa Monica Airport," The Art Newspaper, February 2
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
Almino, Elisa Wouk. "A Tribute to Los Angeles’s Street Vendors," Hyperallergic, April 28
Keh, Pei-Ru. "Snapchat and LACMA celebrate diversity in LA," Wallpaper, April 23.
Robarts, Stu. "Snapchat's Five Los Angeles AR Monuments: What Are They & How To View Them," ScreenRant, April 16
Azzarello, Nina. "LACMA + snapchat bring artist-designed augmented reality monuments to L.A. (and your home)," Designbloom, April 13
Vankin, Deborah. "Fruit carts flying over MacArthur Park: How you can see LACMA’s first AR monuments," Los Angeles Times, April 13
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
Delson, Susan. "Playful Riffs on Fact and Fiction," Wall Street Journal, July 26
2018
Shimi Roth, Minhae. "Locust Projects Turns 20: Remembering Its Most Memorable Exhibits," Miami New Times, December 4
Safari, Ida, "Ruben Ochoa at Art + Practice," Artillery, January 2
2017
Shang, Danielle, "Collectors of Color on the Importance of Supporting Under-Recognized Artists," Hyperallergic (web), November 28
Zellen, Jody, "Ruben Ochoa at Art + Practice," Art and Cake (web), October 7
Goldberg, Vicki, "Mean Streets, Kind Cameras," New York Times, July 28
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
Wilcox, Larry, "Ruben Ochoa at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," ArtReview, Summer
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
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
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
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
2002
Contreras, V. Wade, CLASS C: Ruben Ochoa Rolls Over Artistic Barriers, September