ABOUT JOãO RUAS
Illustrator and visual artist from Brazil who is known for his highly detailed prints and pen and ink drawings. He shares a majority of his realism inspired pieces to Instagram for his over 140,000 followers and to his self titled website.
He graduated with his bachelors degree in Graphic Design. In 2009, he participated in his first group show at the LeBasse Gallery in New York. That same year, he hosted his first solo exhibition at Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles.
His works have been featured and published in several press outlets including Wired, Playboy, The Sunday Times, and Black Dragon Press.
He was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Other artists who have also exhibited at Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles include Lauren Brevner and Glenn Arthur .
