Reuben Brown [he/him] is an emerging visual artist and curator currently based in Belfast, N.Ireland, specialising in 3D-CGI (computer-generated) animation and filmography, interactive installation and performance. His transdisciplinary artistic practice reflects thematically on; the representation of (primarily queer) digital artists within the topical contexts of the imminent metaverse, the generation of ephemeral spaces and the cultural phenomena of club-cultures and club-communities, utilising emerging technology and innovative new-media in the hope of generating a unique effervescence within contemporary artistic-spheres.
Interested in exploring the possibilities of collaboration, he is an active member of several emerging and established arts collectives in N.Ireland: Catalyst Arts, Flax Arts, the Digital Arts Studios/DAS, and QSS Artist Studios and Gallery in East Belfast, in which he is a studio-holder. He is also the founder and director of emerging Belfast-based scenography, visual arts and ephemeral architecture collective ‘club [construction]’ (see below*).
He has exhibited extensively locally, nationally and internationally, including several major solo-exhibitions and curatorial projects, notably “cloakroom” at club [construction] ! at DAS/Digital Arts Studios; Belfast [March 2024], JOYRIDE! at Portview Tradecentre; Belfast [September 2023], club [construction] at Arcade Gallery and Studios; Belfast [June 2023], and SPECTRUM at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre; Dublin [March 2024] supported by the Arts Council of Ireland through their Late Night Arts Pilot Scheme 2024.
He was awarded the Support for Individual Artist Practice Award (2023-24) and the Individual Artist Digital Evolution Award (2022-23) from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and as a result his artistic practice is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland through the National Lottery. He was also the recipient of the 2024 Catalyst Arts Toolbox Microgrant. After graduating from Belfast School of Art with a BFA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture/Lens with a first class honours in June 2022 he was awarded the QSS Artist Studios and Gallery Bursary, identified by the Irish Arts Review as one of nine ‘New Generation Graduates’, and long and shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Visual Arts Awards.
*’club [construction]’ is an emerging scenography, visual arts and ephemeral-architecture collective, based in Belfast, N.Ireland, curated by visual artist Reuben Brown. With the representation of emerging (primarily queer) digital-artists on the island of Ireland at the forefront, ‘club [construction]’ was founded at a critical time for cultural-spaces and the digital-arts in Ireland. The collective aims to operate the visual arts as ‘tools’ of generation and activation, through employing experimental, innovative and decentralised approaches such as exhibitions, interactive installations, film-screenings, participatory performances and encounters with space.
For project enquires please contact via reubenbrownart@gmail.com or via @reubenbrownartist/Instagram.
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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