Waves Portraits Rickshaws Other Work Contact / Info
Reuben Heyday Margolin
reubenmargolin@yahoo.com
(510) 420-1244

Venta Micena, Spain 2003
Education
Jan. ‘98 - May ‘98 Monumental painting at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Russia
May ‘96 - Dec. ‘97 Classical drawing and painting at the Charles H. Cecil Studios,
Florence, Italy
June 1993 BA in English from Harvard University
June 1988 Graduation, Berkeley High School
1976 - 1980 Student, Berkeley Child Art Studio
 
Residencies, Internships and Grants
Summer ‘02+’03 Artist residency at The Tartaja Cave, Venta Micena, Spain
Nov. ‘00 - Feb. ‘01 Artist residency at Kanoria Centre for the Arts, Ahmadabad, India
Feb. ‘99 - Oct. ‘99 Artist residency at Orchardton House, Castle Douglas, Scotland
1993 - 1994 Grant from the Institute of Natural and Cultural Resources to build
a traveling round table and produce an accompanying newsletter
 
Shows and Commissions
Oct. 2006 thru
Feb. 2007
Free-Standing Wave & Round Wave Exhibited at San Francisco's Exploratorium.
Oct. 2006 20th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition - The Hexagonal Wave Model displayed, Emeryville, California
Dec. 2005 Studio opening for The Spiral Wave, Emeryville, California
Oct. 2005 19th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition - The Round Wave displayed, Emeryville, California
July 2005 Studio opening for The Round Wave, Emeryville, California
Jan. 2005 Studio opening for The Square Wave, Emeryville, California
June 2003 Three-month group show of sculpture at the Bedford Gallery, Walnut
Creek, California
Jan. 2003 Three-month show of Paintings from Scotland at The Temescal Café,
Oakland, California
July 2002 Group show of sculpture at the Derek Ellen Gallery, New York, New York
June 2002 Four-month window display entitled “Ten Years of Mechanical Oddities”
featuring the Basmati, at G&G Hardware, Oakland, California
Dec. 2001 Excerpts from the “Traveling Commons” published in the winter
issue of Whole Earth Review
Aug. 2001 Group show of sculpture at 333 Capp St., San Francisco, California
Apr. 2001 Co-teaching of a workshop on building pedal-powered washing
machines, during the DIY Skill-Share, Berkeley, California
Mar. 2001 Demonstration of Caterpillars, Chabot Space and Science Center,
Oakland, California
Feb. 2001 Showing of Mechanical Butterflies at the Kalaghoda Art Festival
and the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bombay, India
Jan. 2001 Showing of Mechanical Butterflies at National Institute of Design,
and the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, India
Oct. 2000 Demonstration of Caterpillars at the San Jose Tech Museum, California
July 2000 Private showing of The Elegant Chenille at the Headless Studios, San
Francisco, California
July 2000 Private showing of Caterpillars and related art, Oakland, California
Feb. 2000 Guest lecturer on mechanical caterpillars at the Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Nov. 1999 8' x 10' commissioned mural, Geology Department, University of
Florida in Gainesville
Sept. 1999 Private showing of paintings and The Wooden Oruga at Orchardton
House, Scotland
Oct. 1998 Private showing of drawings and paintings, including pastels from
Mexico, in Berkeley, California
1997 Blank's 1997 Wild Wheels calendar and Art Cars: the Cars, the Artists,
the Obsessions, the Craft, published in 2002
1994 Showing of The Traveling Commons from California to Texas;
participation in Houston's Art Car Ball, and inclusion in Harrod
May 1993 Group show of sculpture at Harvard's Carpenter Center of the Arts