Miljohn Ruperto

Miljohn Ruperto (born 1971, Philippines) is a Los Angeles-based visual artist.

Education Ruperto received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. and utilizing "an intriguing play between an apparent sense of control, or purpose, and the actual lack of it." His work "challenges fixed conceptions of truth and history, and instead speaks of an indeterminacy and subjectivity of experience that renders truth and fiction near indistinguishable."

In 2012, the Whitney Biennial featured Ruperto's "Voynich Botanical Studies."

In 2017, Ruperto's solo show at REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles, featured his installation "Geomancies," which included a film, photographs, video works, and a performance piece. The installation wove together elements taken from science, mythology, American history, literature, and horror film. In 2019, "Geomancies" was included in the 2019 Singapore Bienniale.

Ruperto's artwork was also part of the 2018 Industrial Art Bienniale in Labin, Croatia, and the 2021 Jakarta Bienniale.

Collections

Ruperto's work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, the Walker Art Museum, and the Cantor Arts Center, among others.