Eddie Ruscha is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Los Angeles, California. Art and music have always gone hand in hand for Ruscha. Eddie has released many records over the years on respected labels such as Beats In Space/RVNG, Good Morning Tapes, and Invisible Inc to name but a few – producing different styles of electronic psychedelic music in addition to creating much of the visual art to accompany it. Recent projects include “Green Mirror” (Secret Circuit) and “Who Are You” (E Ruscha V), as well as composing score for film and ambient soundscapes for the ongoing series of “Slow Show” performances choreographed by Dimitri Chamblas and presented at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Los Angeles, Lafayette Anticipation, Paris and LUMA, Arles. He also recently made an album with Peter Zummo, one of Arthur Russell’s most consistent collaborators.

He has co-composed several film scores with Oscar winning sound designer, Nicolas Becker which have been presented at the Cannes film festival.

Ruscha’s visual style is highly informed by unschooled graphic design, animation, psychedelic album, comic and poster art, Italian interiors and fashion, as well as all manner of fine art movements in the hope of blurring the lines between them. He is represented by Cedric Bardawil Gallery in London.

Skirting the usual results of airbrush art, Ruscha attempts to shatter forms and skew perspectives flirting with a style sometimes devoid of the artist's hand, infusing warmth in color and tone.  Ruscha has likened his process to playing the Theremin synthesizer, an instrument controlled without physical contact by the musician.

Eddie Ruscha graduated from California Institute of Art in 1991. His work has been in numerous exhibitions including The London Institute, Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, among many others.

For more info, check out this interview with gallerist Cedric Bardawil with photos by Anders Larsson:
In the studio with Eddie Ruscha

Portrait by Lee Thompson, of Flying Studio