RUBIN

Rubin - Miami Art Basel 2011

2011-12-08T18:59:00.000-08:00

Last year I promised my self not to miss Miami Art Basel again. After 4 days of roadtripping down the east coast me and my wife finally arrived to Miami. First thing I walked into was The Wynwood Walls. One of the most impressive collection of walls I've ever seen. Amazing work by one of my all-time heroes Futura 2000, Retna, Roa etc.

I love the beach but I was in Miami to paint, so there was no time for chillin' on the beach. The weather was perfect and I had a great time painting. Big thanks goes out to Eser for organizing the wall above. See you next year Miami!

Miami Art Basel in Polaroids

2011-12-08T18:36:00.001-08:00

I brought my old Polaroid camera to Miami. Ran out of film pretty quick, but here's a few random shots from this years Miami Art Basel.

Recap - Rooftop Legends NYC 2011

2011-11-13T20:35:00.001-08:00

There´s no better place to say bye-bye to the summer than from a rooftop –the size of an entire block – in lower east side, Manhattan. This killerSaturday contained two of my favorite features: Graffiti & plenty ofsunshine.
This marked my third year painting on Rooftop Legends, and the walls were justas impressive as usual. Among my fave pieces were Doves, Knows, T-Kid &Ske, but it was the tributes to Kase 2 – who passed away recently – that touchedme the most.

A big shoutout to the man himself, Jesse for putting so much time andeffort into making Rooftop Legends happen.

Hope to see you again next year!

Tats Cru

Style master PART1 in action.

KASE 2 tribute in the works.

JESSE

CYCLE

RUBIN detail

COPE 2

INDIE 184

Rooftop Legends 2011

2011-10-05T14:02:00.001-07:00

Rooftop Legends 2011 is a graffiti event presented by the New Design High School in the Lower East Side of New York City. The show takes place on the Schools open rooftop - the size of a full city block.

This years event takes place on Saturday Oct 8th between 2-7pm. Check out brand new work from artists like Rubin, Wane, Toolfly, Cope2, Indie, Slave, Keo, Cycle, Nicer, BG183, Dmote, Bio and many more.

DP ONE of the Heavy Hitters / Turntable Anihilists will be the RTL 2011 show DJ.

Find more info at http://rooftoplegends2011.blogspot.com/ and Facebook.

Rubin, Gouge & Jeks CAS - Sweden 2011

2011-10-05T14:01:00.001-07:00

My first CAS productions with GOUGE and JEKS and my last piece before heading back to NYC after almost two months in Sweden. Gouge came up with the idea of doing a differen ind of Western theme. A Sheriff buried in chains among skulls and snakes with the cross going through his head!

If you also take a closer look to my work in Sweden this summer, you'll notice they all have one thing in common. I managed to stick to my own promise of having a grey background on every single piece. Maybe a little bit boring but I like routines, less thinking and much easier :)

We also borrowed some lyrics from the Black Sabbath song "Dirty Women" from the very underated album "Techinal Ectasy".

The sleepy city is dreaming the night away....

Rubin & Gouge - Sweden 2011

2011-10-05T13:58:00.000-07:00

Took the early morning train to Uddevalla to meet up with my man GOUGE from Stockholm. The theme this time was orange. A lot of orange!

I also tried to freestyle and improvise more because that's something I really haven't been doing since like 1993.....

I also borrowed a line from the zero tolerance policy in my former hometown Göteborg:

"Klotter och annan skadegörelse som inte åtgärdas, kan leda till otrygghet!"

Translated to English it goes something like: "Graffiti and other types of vandalism which is not corrected, could lead to insecurity!"

Graffiti Mariestad Group Exhibition

2011-07-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

In the summer of 2010 more than 600 artists from around the world participated in Graffiti Mariestad, which became one of the biggest graffiti murals in the world.

Visit Stadslaboratoriet at Konsthallen in Mariestad to view prints, photos, videos etc. from Graffiti Mariestad. Stadslaboratoriet is curated by Anna Viola Hallberg.

Opening hours: Wednesdays-Sundays 12PM-8PM.
The exhibition runs until Sep 5th, 2011.

Wall Talks Festival in Sabadell

2011-07-15T05:37:00.000-07:00

It is with great regret that I have to announce that I won't be able to participate at the international graffiti and street art festival, WALL TALKS, which takes place in the outskirts of Barcelona in Sabadell.

Good luck to all the artists and see you next year!

- Rubin

Rubin - Sweden Rock Festival 2011

2011-06-21T02:08:00.000-07:00

Spent a few days at Sweden Rock Festival painting a huge trailer at the festival site.
My main focus nowadays are on the letters and the style, but I used to do a lot of characters in the nineties. The headliners at the festival were Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest, so I decided to include them both. It was fun painting characters again and I might do more in the future but my focus will remain on the style which has always been the most important thing for me.

Also check out my report from the festival for Highlights Blog, but it's only available in Swedish at the moment.

Big thanks to Alex and crew at Sweden Rock, see you next year!

Rubin - The Bronx

2011-06-14T09:16:00.000-07:00

A great day with the 4Burners crew. Sunshine, cold beer and loud music, what else can you ask for? Good times! See the whole wall here.

4Burners Summer Preview 2011

2011-05-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

Rubin - 5 Pointz reopening party 2011

2011-05-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

Painted at the annual reopening party at 5 Pointz. The day started a little bit rough because I forgot my bucket paint at the subway and I spent an hour and a half waiting for the train to come back but the paint was gone. Big thanks to Semor & Pesk for two busy days of painting.

Rubin - Venice Beach 2011

2011-05-03T20:44:00.000-07:00

Spent a wonderful day painting at Venice Beach together with Peak.

Read more about it at Venice311.org.

Graffiti Burners Book

2011-04-25T18:40:00.000-07:00

A Burner is a piece of graffiti that is so good that it burns everything else around it. In other words, it is the best. In cities worldwide, graffiti art is constantly being taken to higher levels. The will to burn all resistance, to outdo all the others, brings about unexpected and amazing results.

Graffiti Burners shows us how techniques have been refined and letter construction distorted, how colour combinations have blossomed and concepts developed. The competition for mastery is burning hot! In addition to amazing pictorial material, several of the writers talk about their pieces and what burners mean to them. Moreover, they offer tips and guidance to those who want to do a burner of their own.

Graffiti Burners offers a unique opportunity to acquaint oneself with the progress of the last few years; to be inspired and impressed. In Graffiti Burners the world’s foremost writers show us their favourite works. In short, the best of the best! Aroe (UK), Bates (DK), Bio (USA), Kacao77 (D), OsGemeos (BR), Rime (USA), Scan (CA) and Suiko (JP) are just a few of the contributors to the book.

Rubin & Gauge
Oslo, Norway 2010

Boaone, Duro & Hocus
Berlin, Germany 2010

Trama, Keats, Egs, Form 76, Golden Green & Milk
Hamburg, Germany 2010

Swet & Puppet
Copenhagen, Germany 2010

Dwane, Dudes, Disey & Wasted
Mariestad, Sweden 2010

Check out preview at: http://www.dokument.org/images/extramaterial/3115_2_GBB_preview.pdf

Rubin - Los Angeles 2011

2011-04-23T09:55:00.000-07:00

Spent a couple of sunny days in LA painting and visiting the opening of the Art In The Streets exhibition at the MoCA. Did this piece at the La Fonderie Atelier in Silver Lake.
Big thanks to Frame and Shandu for all the help.

Also check out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubin415/
http://www.facebook.com/rubin415

Rubin & Dasic - Austin TX 2011

2011-03-28T08:50:00.000-07:00

I finally made it to Austin and SXSW. Great weather, good music, a lot of beer and fantastic people. Also a lot of writers from all over, most of whom also visited Clogged Caps in San Antonio, where I also painted.

"It's Like Music", Austin the live music capital of the world.

Check out Dasic's website at www.dasicfernandez.com and more pictures at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubin415/
http://www.facebook.com/rubin415

Rubin & Sen2 - The Bronx

2011-03-23T17:11:00.000-07:00

I usually plan my paintings pretty well but lately I've been trying to be more loose and just go with the flow, especially when it comes to the color scheme. I also try to be more flexible when it comes to the outlines and adjust them to the shape off the wall and this piece is a perfect example off all above. Another aspect is not to forget to have fun while doing it, which for me is the most important thing.

Enjoy!

Rubin & Gouge - Sweden 2011

2011-02-17T11:21:00.000-08:00

Big wall together with the one and only Mr. Gouge.

Rubin now on Facebook www.facebook.com/rubin415

Also check out:

www.myspace.com/rubinone

rubin415.tumblr.com

Rubin Official Facebook Page

2011-01-26T02:15:00.001-08:00

Check out the official Rubin Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rubin/178699752153605?v=wall

Rubin Featured in Kingsize Magazine

2011-01-24T13:39:00.000-08:00

Rubin is featured twice in the latest issue of Kingsize Magazine.

Other writers included are Skil, Gauge, Jeks, Wane & Kaos to name a few.

Rooftop Legends 2010 - Part 2

2011-01-17T03:35:00.001-08:00

More pictures from Rooftop Legends 2010.

Summer Recap 2010

2011-01-05T07:33:00.000-08:00

New York, Berlin, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen were among the cities I visited last summer.

Enjoy!

2010 in pictures

2011-01-01T10:59:00.000-08:00

I picked 10 photos to illustrate the year of 2010.

Spray Paint Kills

2010-12-01T16:36:00.000-08:00

Painting without a mask ain't cool!

Rooftop Legends 2010

2010-12-01T16:21:00.000-08:00

Nice Pictures from the Lower East Side rooftop where Rooftop Legends takes place every spring.

Read more about this years project here.

Sen2, Rubin, Owns - The Bronx

2010-11-16T19:57:00.000-08:00

Boogie down Bronx! Collage by Roman

Rubin - New York - The Bronx

2010-10-29T09:22:00.000-07:00

Nice warm October day in the backyard at Da Bakery.

Rubin - Berlin

2010-10-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

Part of wall with HOCUS, CASH, MUSK, BERO, SOKER & BOA.

Rubin & Jeks

2010-09-22T02:29:00.001-07:00

Great day with JEKS in Mariestad.
Check out www.graffitimariestad.se fore more info.

Rubin, Egs & Trama

2010-08-31T01:16:00.000-07:00

Suomi Finland summer time!

See a bigger image of the whole wall here.

Rubin Shop - Postcard (set of 8)

2010-08-16T10:34:00.000-07:00

This is the first collection of Rubin postcards. 9 close-ups from the works of summer 2009.

These high quality postcards are printed on glossy, 12 pt paper, and come in a package of eight.

More info can be found here.

Rubin Shop - Fall 2010 Collection

2010-08-09T06:46:00.001-07:00

The highly anticipated release of the RUBIN Fall 10' collection is finally here.
First out is a brand new tote bag with the "gas mask" pattern.

The bag is only printed in 25 copies. Get your bag here.

Rubin - Berlin

2010-08-06T02:39:00.000-07:00

Track, Rubin, Idea - Berlin, Germany - July 2010.

Rubin Featured In UP 42

2010-07-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

Check out Rubin in the latest issue of UP Magazine.

Rubin - Roskilde Festival 2010

2010-07-23T05:16:00.000-07:00

My 16th year at Roskilde Festival and one of the best years ever!

See you next year!

Rubin - Peace & Love Festival 2010

2010-07-07T06:48:00.001-07:00

Staying busy in the sunshine.

My final day of painting at this year's Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge, Sweden.

Peace & Love Festival

2010-06-27T10:47:00.000-07:00

39 graffiti artists from all around Europe will paint more than 300 square meters at this years Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge Sweden.

The event is hosted by Framkonst.

Summer of peace & Love starts now!

Rubin vs Walter White

2010-06-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

Ever watched Breaking Bad?

Patch is a big fan of Breaking Bad and the main character Walter White.

See the whole wall here.

Rubin - Summer In Helsinki

2010-06-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

Summer in Helsinki. Big ups to Trama and NSO.

Se the whole wall here.

Exhibition on May 28th

2010-05-10T07:38:00.001-07:00

Check out new Rubin canvas works at the Ritz in Gothenburg, Sweden on May 28th at 9pm.
New Rubin spring 2010 T-shirt collection will also be available together with the first in a brand new collection of Rubin postcards.

The first 20 guests will recieve free goodie bags!

RITZ

Bastionsplatsen 2, Göteborg, Sweden (map)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121956521156860

Rubin - Spring Colors 2010

2010-05-08T10:22:00.001-07:00

Spent a sunny day finishing off a long wall I've spent a lot of time on.

Rubin - Spring In Helsinki

2010-04-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

Spent the easter in Helsinki, Finland. Spring has finally arrived to Finland.

Part of production done together with EGS(big thanks!), POE and PUST.
Hope to be back in Finland soon!

Rubin - Spring in New York

2010-04-06T03:25:00.000-07:00

The sun was shining and you could finally feel the spring in the air.

Part of production done together with Jank, More Amore, Logek and Seleka.

Great day in the Bronx!

Rubin - Da Bakery, Bronx

2010-03-30T06:11:00.000-07:00

If you're in New York, don't forget to visit Da Bakery.
Great place, great people. Big thanks to Sen2, Beond69, Logek and everybody else!

Graffiti Galore Gallery

2010-03-15T06:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everybody who came to the Graffiti Gallery show at IVANAhelsinki pop-up store in New York. Hope to see you all soon.

Alos big thanks to Dr Dub who made a kick-ass funky mix all the way from Barcelona!

Check out pictures at:

http://www.itsenyc.blogspot.com
http://www.cope2.blogspot.com

If you're on Facebook, also check out pictures at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=346204888104

Graffiti Galore

2010-03-08T16:59:00.001-08:00

Pop in for 2500 square feet of graffiti debauchery as RUBIN and COPE2 host the graffiti exhibition GRAFFITI GALORE in co-operation with Finland´s leading indie label IVANA HELSINKI and LOVE CONTEMPORARY to celebrate the new PopUp-store on 238 Mulberry Street in Nolita, on March 12th 2010.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

COPE2 / RUBIN / INDIE184 / SEN2 / BATES / FLITE TDS / KONGO / LAZOO / ELLIS GALLAGHER / THEMO

Friday, March 12th 2010 at 7pm
Open Finlandia Vodka bar between: 7-8PM

DJs, BYO!

IVANAhelsinki & Love Contemporary
Pop Up Store/Art Factory
238 Mulberry Street (between Spring & Prince, map)
New York

DARE - R.I.P.

2010-03-07T11:05:00.000-08:00

Thanks for all the graffiti and for the inspiration throughout the years.

/ Rubin

Rubin Online Shop

2010-02-25T05:22:00.000-08:00

The official Rubin Online Shop in now open.
Check out brand new T-shirts, canvases etc.

Rubin Featured in Kingsize Magazine

2010-02-24T03:24:00.000-08:00

Check out Rubin in the December issue of Kingsize Magazine.

A nice feature about graffiti in 1989 & 2009 by Jacob Kimvall.

Rubin - New Canvas Works

2010-02-13T14:34:00.000-08:00

Don't forget to check out my exhibition at Tryckakuten (map here) if you happen to visit my home town Göteborg in Sweden.

The exhibition is open Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m and will run through February, 2010.

Rubin - Exhibition - Fri Jan 29, 2010

2010-01-27T04:09:00.000-08:00

When:

Friday, January 29, 2010 600 PM - 11:00 PM EST

Where:

Tryckakuten.se

Kastellgatan 18

Göteborg, Sweden

Facebook event:

http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=308865051152&ref=ts

Rubin - New York - The Bronx 2010

2010-01-18T10:10:00.000-08:00

First piece of 2010. Great times at Da Bakery in the Bronx.

Big thanks to Sen2 and Beond69.

Rubin - Goodbye 2009

2010-01-07T22:07:00.001-08:00

Last piece of 2009.

Rubin - November Rain

2009-12-17T14:20:00.000-08:00

It rained a lot in in Sweden in November. Whatever you do, don't visit Sweden in November!

Rubin Goes Red

2009-12-02T13:04:00.000-08:00

Swet kicked off the "SWET goes RED" project yesterday, but I spent a weekend in the rain earlier in November with this red devil.

Rubin - Rooftop Madness - Part 2

2009-11-13T08:50:00.001-08:00

More rooftop action!

Ironlak, Montana and Molotow mixed.

Rubin at Da Bakery in The Bronx

2009-10-26T02:47:00.000-07:00

Spent a day on the rooftop at Da Bakery in The Bronx.

Great shop and a big thanks to Sen 2!!!

Rubin - New York - The Bronx

2009-10-19T02:45:00.000-07:00

I just came back from another visit in New York. Had a great time as usually.

Spent a sunny day painting at Tuff City.

Hellsinki

2009-09-23T14:05:00.000-07:00

Helsinki is my favorite city at the moment, really like it. Spent a day painting with Trama. It wasn't an easy wall to work on but it came out pretty ok.

Rooftop Madness

2009-09-12T15:47:00.001-07:00

We finally got Ironlak in Sweden. I mixed Ironlak with Montana and good ol' Molotow. Seemed to work fine even though Ironlak is acrylic based.

Work In Progress

2009-09-06T14:24:00.001-07:00

Summer is over and fall is here once again. Indian summer weather means painting!

Summer 2009 Recap

2009-08-22T15:42:00.000-07:00

It's been a nice summer with lots of painting. Here'e a selection of summer 2009 detail shots.

Peace out!

Helsinki, Finland

2009-08-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

Had an amazing time in Finland. Great beer & nice people.

Special thanks to TRAMA who organised everything and introduced me to a lot of Finnish painters.

Also big thanks to Mike Sirén from www.pakkotoisto.com for letting me use his pictures from the photo shoot he did in front of my piece.

Can't wait to get back!!

Sunny sunday afternoon

2009-07-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

Had a great day yesterday. The sun was shining and I was painting all day at a nice spot.

Got also rid of some scrap cans.

Roskilde Festival 2009

2009-07-06T11:37:00.001-07:00

I just came back from my 15th Roskilde Festival and I miss it already.

See you next year!

Ney York - The Bronx

2009-06-29T07:57:00.000-07:00

I visited Tuff City in The Bronx during my latest visit in New York.

Great place, nice people and wonderful weather!

Sommarstart.se

2009-06-17T14:14:00.001-07:00

I painted at www.sommarstart.se in Kungälv, Sweden. Unfortunately the weather sucked and I had to finish painting a couple of days afterwards.

New York - Rooftop Legends

2009-06-16T13:50:00.000-07:00

Busy trip to New York with a lot of painting. Did a piece at the Rooftop Legends 2009 exhibition.

Fantastic space and location.

Thank you Jesse!

Rubin415.com - Welcome!

2009-06-07T14:04:00.000-07:00

Hi, my name is Rubin and I'm a graffiti writer from Sweden.
I've been working hard on this site for the last couple of months and I'm very happy to finally launch www.rubin415.com.

I've been writing graffiti since 1985 before I was 10 years old so there's a lot of stuff to dig in the archives. I'll publish both new and rare old never seen before stuff from the past, so be sure to check out this site once in a while.

Peace!
/ Rubin