Miljohn Ruperto
Miljohn Ruperto 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.Work
Ruperto's work has been described as "speculat on the nature of assumed facts and construction of truth," 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." The work, a series of photographs of imaginary plants based on illustrations from the Voynich Manuscript, is an ongoing collaboration with Danish artist Ulrik Heltoft. Ruperto and Heltoft "created with 3-D modeling software that blends found images and textures into uncanny amalgamations... strikingly mysterious plant forms that appear to levitate against their deep black backgrounds."
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.