Born and grown up in Hackney, East London, Reuben Dangoor began drawing as a child, inspired by the creativity that he breathed in his family thanks to his father’s photographs and his mother’s paintings.

In 2015 Reuben Dangoor made a name for himself with his series of illustrations entitled “Legends of the Scene” in which he represented Skepta, Stormzy and D Double E as noblemen of the 1700s, on horseback or posing in elegant salons.
Music is not the only thing that makes the illustrator’s heart beat faster. Among his recurring subjects, we also find sport, especially soccer and especially Arsenal, a team for which Ruben is a fan.

But, there is also another very frequent subject in Reuben Dangoor’s illustrations, the so-called Britishness, the typical British character. Ruben is an Englishman who tells the British, their manias and contradictions, touching on issues related to politics and current affairs.

With simplicity and intelligence, the artist creates conceptual illustrations that are impossible not to understand and, precisely because of their direct and universal character, Instagram proved to be the right place to show them.

We have selected only some of Reuben Dangoor’s illustrations, but not to miss his next works follow him on Instagram.