Ruben Alcantar

Ruben Alcantar is a Milwaukee-based artist who dabbles in many art mediums from tattooing, oil painting, digital art, and murals, with a focus on realism. 

When Ruben is not working at his tattoo shop, he is traveling the country with “Villain Arts”, a tattoo convention hosted in almost every major city. In 2020, Ruben set out to paint murals with friends across Milwaukee for the “BLM” movement. Not knowing much about spray painting, Ruben caught on rather quickly and painted 10 murals throughout the summer of 2020, garnering local and national news coverage for the murals. 

With his newfound love for making murals, Ruben hopes to continue to make his city and others more colorful and beautiful. Ruben will celebrate the rich history and culture of Milwaukee’s Latino community using Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple as his inspiration.