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500 South Dixie Highway, Suite 201
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-444-0333 Rmillares@millares.net

EDUCATION

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, May 2006

Boston College, Boston, MA, May 2002

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

September 2025 November 2025, La Cometa, Exilio, Miami, FL

March 2024 March 2025, Lowe Art Museum University of Miami, What Goes Up, Must Come Down, Coral Gables, FL

November - December 2022, No Vacancy, Patria y Vida, Sculpture, Miami Beach, FL

September 2021, Art Kiosk, Opposition Camp, Sculpture, Redwood City, CA

February - March 2021, Illuminate Coral Gables, Yes/No, Sculpture, Coral Gables, FL

December 2019, Untitled Art Fair, Monuments, Sculpture, Miami Beach, FL

August - October 2018, National Gallery of the Bahamas, Plastico Fantastico Hot Water, Mixed Media, Nassau, Bahamas

September - October 2017, Pan American Art Projects, Paint by Number, Painting, Sculpture, Miami, FL

March 2017, VOLTA New York, Painting, New York, NY

April May 2016, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Mother Pages, Installation/Sculpture, Hollywood, FL

April 2014, Central Bank of the Bahamas,Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), Video/Sculpture, Nassau, Bahamas

July September 2013, Spinello Projects,State of the Book, Installation/Performance, Miami, FL

December 2012, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood,Love on an Escalator, Video, Hollywood, FL

March 2012, WDNA Gallery,MAN or WAR, Drawing/Sculpture/Video/Performance, Miami, FL

Search 2010, 777 Studio-Gallery,A Great Disorder is An Order, Sculpture/Drawing/Installation, Miami, FL

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

December 2024, Zilberman Gallery, Truth, Old, Past, Sculpture/Performance, Miami, FL

December 2023, Jayaram, Making Miami, Sculpture, Miami, FL

November 2023, Dimensions Variable, You Are Here, Sculpture, Miami, FL

October 2023, Dennis & Debra Scholl Private Collection, Work on Paper, Miami, FL

July 2021, Oolite Arts, Where there is Power, Sculpture, Miami, FL

October 2019, Dennis & Debra Scholl Private Collection, Work on Paper, Miami, FL

April 2019, Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), IKT Miami, ARTiculating Sustainability, Miami, FL

April 2019, The Havana Biennial, Detras del Muro, Video, Havana, Cuba

April 2019, Blockhouse, Cantos Comunes, Video & Installation, Havana, Cuba

December 2018, Free @ Brickell City Center, Video, Miami, FL

December 2018, Art Basel Miami Beach Official Artist Studio Visits, Miami, FL

November 2018, Brickell City Center, Love on an Escalator, Performance, Miami, FL

December 2017, Art Basel Miami Beach Official Artist Studio Visits, Miami, FL

December 2017, Art Miami, Painting, Miami, FL

December 2017, Pan American Art Projects, Art vs. Fetishism or The Utility of Idolatry, Sculpture, Miami, FL

December 2016, Art Basel Miami Beach Official Artist Studio Visits, Miami, FL

December 2016, Art Miami, Painting, Miami, FL

December 2015, Art Basel Miami Beach Official Artist Studio Visits, Miami, FL

December 2015, 100 Degrees In The Shade, Miami, FL

December 2015, Ping Pong Art Basel Miami, Silk Screen/Video, Miami, FL

November 2015, Pioneer Works, Projector Unicorn, Performance, Red Hook, NY

June 2015, Ping Pong Art Basel, Silk screen prints/Sculpture/Installation, Basel, Switzerland

December 2014, Art Basel Miami Beach Official Artist Studio Visits, Miami, FL

December 2014, Ping Pong Art Basel Miami, Sculpture, Miami, FL

June 2014, Ping Pong Art Basel, Installation, Basel, Switzerland

April 2014, Hillside House,Transforming Spaces, Sculpture and Silkscreen Print, Nassau, Bahamas

December 2013, Art Basel Miami Beach Official Artist Studio Visits, Miami, FL

November 2013, Elsewhere Museum, Book Loot, Performance, Greensboro, NC

October 2013, Hillyer Art Space Site 95, Sculpture/Installation, Washington, D.C.

May 2013, Art House of Delray,Sustain, Sculpture, Delray, FL

December 2012, Spinello Projects,Closer, Video/Performance, Miami, FL

December 2012, Rua Piratininga 36O Fim, Silkscreen Prints on Paper, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

October 2012, Philadelphia City Hall,Dialogo 365 : Carpe Diem, Silkscreen Prints on Paper, Philadelphia, PA

October 2012, Crane Art Space,Inside the Moment, Video, Philadelphia, PA

October 2012, Art Live Fair, Sculpture/Performance, Miami, FL

May 2012, White Box,Perfect Lovers A Frieze Special Project, Video, New York, NY

March 2012, Fountain Art Fair, Performance, New York, NY

March 2012, Arte Americas Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL

October 2011 - May 2012, Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Video/Installation, Miami, FL

December 2011, Legal Art Art Basel, Video, Miami, FL

December 2011, Pulse Art Basel, Video, Miami, FL

October 2011, Wynwood Art Fair, Performance/Sculpture, Miami, FL

September 2011, de la Cruz Collection,Optic Nerve XIII, Video, Miami, FL

September 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art Miami (MOCA), Optic Nerve XIII, Video, Miami, FL

July - September 2011, Tampa Museum of Art,Syntax, Video/Installation, Tampa, FL

Summer 2011, L'Athletique d'Haiti, Base Paint, Painting/Design, Cite Soleil, Haiti

June 2011, Dorsch Gallery,Noise Field, Video, Miami, FL

May 2011, The Invisible Dog Art Center,Obstacle,Performance/Video/Installation, Brooklyn, NY

May 2011, Ideobox Artspace,Base Paint Auction, Drawing/Video, Miami, FL

April 2011, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood,All-Media Juried Biennial, Video, Hollywood, FL

December 2010, Spinello Gallery,Littlest Sister, Video Installation, Miami, FL

December 2010, Art Basel at The Epic,Base Paint, Painting/Design, Miami, FL

October 2010, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse,Heart Happening, Performance, Miami, FL

March 2010, Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, Sculpture/Video/Installation, New York, NY

March 2010, Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, Performance, New York, NY

March 2010, 777 Studio-Gallery,A Great Disorder is An Order, Sculpture/Drawing/Installation, Miami, FL

October 2009, Salon Adelphi,At The Ventanita, Installation, Brooklyn, NY

October 2009, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse,Hope Blossoms, Performance and Sculpture, Miami, FL

December 2008, Art Studio Miami, Art Basel, Drawings, Miami, FL

February 2005, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse,Come Together, Performance, Miami, FL

RESIDENCIES

April 2018, Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), New Providence, Bahamas

April 2017, Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), New Providence, Bahamas

August – November 2015, Pioneer Works, Red Hook, NY

June 2015, Dialogues in Cuban Art, Havana, Cuba

April 2015, Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

June 2014, Performing Arts Forum (PAF), St. Erme, France

August 2013, Proyect(o) Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), Nassau, Bahamas

August 2010, Greensboro, NC, Elsewhere Collaborative

AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS & RECORDS

2023 Making Miami - The story of the artists that lived and worked in Miami between 1996-2012 and who shaped the city we love, Exile Books

2022 No Vacancy Miami Beach Juror’s Choice Award, Miami Beach, FL

2022 Miami Individual Artist Stipend Program, Miami, FL

2021 Ellies Creator Award, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL

2015 100+ Degrees in the Shade – A Survey of South Florida Art, [NAME] Publications

2011 Optic Nerve XIII, Finalist, MOCA, Miami, FL

2009 AAA032 Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana, magazine publication featuring Millares & Company office design and artwork

2008 City Beautiful Award for Outstanding Interior Office Space, presented by Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce

2024 Wait For It, americana album

2021 Wait For It, rock & roll EP

2017 CHICKEN LIQUOR, rock & roll album

2010 At The Ventanita, rock fusion album 

2007 Ruben Millares Acoustic, acoustic album

2005 Exit, rock EP

2003 Friends, rock album

1999 Smiling Gums, rock EP

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

Millares & Company, PA, Coral Gables, FL, Interior design of corporate offices, concept, layout, materials, drawings, sculpture

Smiling Gums, Miami, FL, 1999-2013, Rock Musical Group, Highlights include shows at CBGB's, New York, NY, and Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Come Together, Miami, FL

CHICKEN LIQUOR, Miami, FL 2013-present, Rock & Roll Musical Group

Wait For It, Catskill, NY 2020–present, Rock & Roll Musical Group