Ruben Jose Marshall Tikalova since 2003 has been the editorial director and founder of the contemporary arts and lifestyle magazine FAHRENHEITº.
Trajectory
Ruben Marshall received his secondary and higher education in the United States, first, in the high school Blair Academy, New Jersey: Cum Laude. He later graduated with honors as Bachelor of Arts in Management Engineering by Claremont McKenna College, California. Soon after he received the bachelor's degree of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Columbia, New York City. His passion for contemporary art and culture led him to travel to Europe. In France he had the opportunity to study French language and civilization at the Sorbonne in Paris. In this period he became interested in the artistic phenomenon. From his role as creator he became part of the workshop of French s0culptor Gerard Ramon. Passionate of sculpture he took several studies of morphology, drawing, painting and sculpture at L'ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and diploma studies in Art History for University of Cambridge in England, focusing on the work of British sculptor Henry Moore, in the same University he studied the work of the poet and engraver William Blake. As a sculptor, he created several pieces where mannequins were the work of art, presenting in 2005 a selection of his sculptures in the solo exhibition entitled "Between the spiritual and the mundane" in Praxis Gallery, Mexico City, receiving positive reviews for his use of familiar objects to express his particular search of volume in sculpture. In October 2003 he founded, together with colleagues from the Mexican artistic and cultural world, the contemporary arts and lifestyle magazine FAHRENHEITº, being its editorial director since then. This publication has deserved to be studied and presented as part of the most transcendental Mexican magazines of art and culture. For several years he was also head of the column "Chess. Bishop and Aleph" which appeared in the bimonthly printed magazine. As editorial director of FAHRENHEIT°, he promoted the transit of the publication to its digital version, launching in 2009 its website in French, English and Spanish. This page is also a channel of contemporary arts and lifestyle news, which has begun to venture into the field of international news. Since December 2013, he is also the editorial director of the weekly cultural section “FAHRENHEITº”, published in the national newspaper Excélsior. During its long history, Excélsior has given voice to the main characters of the national cultural environment. It is worth to remember the publications arising from its pages, among which is Plural, the literary magazine run by the Mexican writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Octavio Paz, from its origin to the “Excelsior beat” when he left the direction of the magazine, founding then the magazine Vuelta, although Plural was published until December 1994. Ruben Marshall has excelled in the cultural world as part of selection committees in national and international art competitions, such as Miradas Cruzadas in collaboration with the Alliance Française in Mexico, the French Embassy in Mexico, the Image Center, the National Center of the Arts, the National Council for Culture and Arts and the Museum of Mexico City, or Caminos de la Libertad, in collaboration with Azteca Foundation. Because of his trajectory, in 2010 he was invited to join the Board of Directors of the Federation of Alliances Françaises in Mexico, and in 2011 he founded with the French Ambassador in Mexico and Marie-Jo Paz, widow of Octavio Paz, the Circle Victor Hugo for the Arts in Mexico, with the intention of promoting cultural exchange between France and Mexico and the Francophonie. He currently serves as its President.
