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British artist Reuben Dangoor creates work heavily influenced by current affairs and his surroundings in London.

When his portraits of Stormzy, Skepta & Dizzee Rascal were unveiled in Tate Britain Museum’s for his debut exhibition 'Legends of the Scene' he gained coverage from around the globe as the first artist to bring the stars of the Grime movement into a British museum. Having had coverage across New York Times, GQ, Hypebeast, Artnet, Highsnobiety, Evening Standard front cover, BBC News, Sky News and many more. Reuben has also had work displayed in The Design Museum 'Art of Politics' exhibition. This year Reuben had three works in Design Museum's Sneaker Exhibition as well as having his work appear on Netflix's hit series 'Master of None'. Reuben recently also made his TV debut on BBC Three show 'Tonight with Target' appearing alongside M Huncho after doing M Huncho's album artwork.

In summer 2018, Reuben Dangoor had a huge viral moment when his line drawings of the England football squad were picked up online, in print and on TV. Reuben Dangoor's viral piece of Gareth Southgate was later acquired by the Southgate family, this also led to Reuben announcing the England squad for the Euro's. As a big Arsenal fan he has been lucky enough to work on their kit launch with Adidas as well as releasing a limited Oyster card and T-shirt.

His 3-D billboard for the BBC’s hit Dracula series went viral around the world and went on to win multiple marketing and advertising awards. Last year saw the sold out release of Reuben’s first shoe collaboration with Adidas Predator which made him the first artist to collaborate on the Predators. This year Reuben has gone on to collaborate with Arlo Parks on her world tour campaign and merchandise. FIFA 22 launched an exclusive ingame "David Beckham" kit designed by Reuben and David Beckham in partnership with Unicef. Reuben was also recently commissioned by Penguin Books and Mo The Comedian to illustrate for his debut book. Other recent collaborations include NBA, Call of Duty, Nandos, Disclosure, Drag Race UK, Beats By Dre, Marcus Rashford.

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