Malibu native Mike Rubin, pictured above, was planning to attend medical school after graduating from UC Santa Barbara, but decided instead to travel to South America, where he further cultivated his Bachelor of Fine Arts. His first solo art exhibition will open in Argentina next month. Below: One of Rubin’s photographs: “Botoga, Colombia,” shows pedestrians walking past the side of a building, where the bottom half of a man’s body protudes from it onto the sidewalk.