Albert Reyes (b. 1971, Los Angeles) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work channels the gritty, surreal undercurrents of American pop culture through a distinctly personal and accessible lens. Raised in the working-class suburbs of East L.A., Reyes developed his practice on the streets—tagging, drawing, and collecting discarded imagery—long before ever entering a gallery space. His work blends lowrider aesthetics, political dissent, and spiritual unease with the obsessive qualities of folk art, often using found materials like old book covers, flattened cardboard boxes, and junk mail as canvases.

Best known for his graphite portraits and his immersive haunted house installations, Reyes creates spaces that blur the lines between high art and underground culture. His process is raw and immediate, grounded in the DIY ethos of punk and graffiti scenes, yet it delivers pointed commentary on class, media saturation, and psychological trauma. Whether drawing with pencil directly onto salvaged ephemera or building walk-through experiences in his backyard, Reyes invites the viewer into a haunted dream state—one both familiar and unsettling.

Reyes’ work has been exhibited in galleries and alternative spaces across the U.S., including Face Guts in Los Angeles, where his 2024 show drew collectors, artists, and fans from all walks of life. Despite his growing recognition, he remains outside the conventional art market—more concerned with truth and resonance than trend or resale.

In a cultural landscape that often favors polish and marketability, Albert Reyes stands as a reminder of why people make art in the first place: to process the world, to reach each other, and to leave a mark that doesn’t need permission to matter.