John Ruszel

John Ruszel is an artist living and working in Berkeley, California. Ruszel’s work explores scientific concepts, the equipment used to study them, and the visualizations created to explain them. Through his understanding of these concepts and through a process of oversimplification and iteration, he creates highly organized, graphic artworks using both digital and traditional drafting tools. The works are conjured in computer-aided design and drafting software like AutoCAD and AxiDraw pen plotter. Once his compositions are planned digitally, Ruszel moves to a drafting board, where he executes the drawings on paper by hand using a drafting arm, and paints the pieces with gouache.