Ruben Cirugeda is a visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
A life spent drawing, painting and devoted to studying visual art. Since childhood attending formal classes to paint with oils, Ruben has continued his passionate appreciation and enjoys working with a wide variety of media. Much of his focus is towards contemporary portraiture on large-sized canvases. Ruben’s style often combines a traditionalist approach with his own unique interpretation. Often a marriage of his two passions, classic traditionalist with abstraction and today’s popular culture.
Until recently Ruben has spent twenty years as a creative in the advertising industry. He began his career as an art director in some of the Australia’s top agencies - DDB, Clemenger BBDO and M&C Saatchi. Art has always been his true passion and now dedicates himself fully towards his pursuits in the arts.