Ruben Esquivel is an artist, creative and maker of Mexican, Spanish, and Native American descent born in Austin, Texas. Ruben describes himself as a muralist, canvas artist, and designer and credits his exposure to various creative outlets growing up to pursuing a multidisciplinary art career. After studying art history in Italy in 2013, Ruben returned to Austin and completed an internship with a local art collective that led to a full-time position. Since then, Ruben has immersed himself in the creative industry through artist management, event production, mural painting, and graphic design. In 2021, Ruben founded East End Eclectic, a full service creative agency that provides opportunities for artists as well as management and consulting services. His current focus is large scale portrait work highlighting indigenous subjects and people of color and  painting them in spaces that once belonged to them.