BIOGRAPHY

David Ruggeri has been drawing and painting as long as he can remember. Having attended art school in the early 1990s and since garnering his PhD, MBA, Master of Economics, and MPH degrees, Ruggeri has used his vast experiences to create and inform his pop art and graffiti-style paintings.

You can often find Ruggeri using bright colors and eye-catching patterns. His bold, colorful pieces take inspiration from graffiti artists, pop culture, conservation initiatives, and range from whimsical to thought provoking. A variety of media and techniques are used, such as spray paint, acrylic paint, and ink. Layers and textures are developed to provide additional depth to pieces, so one can barely refrain from reaching out and touching the canvas.

Ruggeri’s work has been exhibited in galleries across the nation, such as New York City, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Additionally, he has shown his work at nationally recognized art fairs, including those in Miami, Atlanta, Jackson Hole, Ketchum Idaho, St. Louis, and Detroit.

CURRICULUM VITAE

2022
Art Fair on the Square (Madison, WI)
Palmer Park Art Fair (Detroit, Michigan)
Elaine Fleck Gallery, Group Show, June (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Van Der Plas Gallery, “At A Crossroads” Group Show, April 29- May 8 (New York, New York)
Artsfest (Springfield, Missouri)
Soulard Art Gallery, “Wonderful World of Animals” Group Show, March 25- April 17 (St. Louis, Missouri)
Angad Arts Hotel, “Re-Play” Featured Artist, March 4- May 29th (St. Louis, Missouri)
Soulard Art Gallery, “Pop Goes the Easel” Group Show, February 18- March 18 (St. Louis, Missouri)

 2021
Jones Gallery, March Group Show (Kansas City, Missouri)
Artsfest (Springfield, Missouri)
San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, May Group Show “Call of the Wild” (Encino, California)
Melvin and Burks Gallery, Group Show (Lakeland, Florida)
Angad Arts Hotel 4th Biannual Exhibition, May- October Group Show (St. Louis, Missouri)
Palmer Park Art Fair (Detroit, Michigan)
Leeper Park Art Fair (South Bend, Indiana)
Art Fair Jackson Hole (Jackson, Wyoming)
Sun Valley Art Fair (Ketchum, Idaho)
Funky Ferndale Art Fair (Ferndale, Michigan)
Shaw Art Fair (St. Louis, Missouri)

PRESS

2022
Living St. Louis, PBS 9, St. Louis, MO- May 2022
Ozarks FOX AM, Springfield, MO- May 2022
Springfield Business Journal- May 2022
St. Louis Magazine- May 2022
HEC TV, April 2022
The City Life- March 2022
Tekrati.com- March 2022
The Common Reader- March 2022
KLOU 103.3- March 2022
St. Louis Magazine- February 2022
KTVI St. Louis, MO- February 2022
Authority Magazine- February 2022
isopixel.net- January 2022
Trendhunter.com- January 2022
NFTCalendar.io- January 2022

 2021

KSDK Fox 5, St. Louis, MO- October 2021
KC Podcast Network, Kansas City, MO- September 2021
KMVT CBS 11, Twin Fall, ID- August 2021
Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID- August 2021
USA Art News- July 2021
KHOL, Jackson Hole, WY- July 2021
Creative Chats Podcast- July 2021
The Left Brain Artist Podcast- June 2021
WSBT CBS, South Bend, IN- June 2021
South Bend Tribune, South Bend, IN- June 2021
The Goshen News, Goshen IN- June 2021
Hour Detroit Magazine, Detroit, MI- June 2021
The Oakland Press, Sterling Heights, MI- June 2021
Let’s Talk Art with Brooke- May 2021
LA Daily News, Los Angeles, CA 2021
KY3 NBC, Springfield, MO- May 2021
Ozarks FOX AM, Springfield, MO- April 2021
The Ladue News, Ladue, MO- March 2021
KC Podcast Network, Kansas City, MO- March 2021
The Pitch, Kansas City, MO- February 2021

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis and Administration, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Master of Public Health, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Master of Science in Applied Economics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
MBA, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
B.S., Business Administration, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO