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YIN YANG, BOBBY, Nashville, Tennessee, September 6 to March 11, 2025
Halcyon Days: Sally Egbert & Esther Ruiz, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York, October 5 - November 11, 2024
INTO THE LIGHT, Curated by Gina Mischianti, Peninsula, New York, NY, October 25 - December 7, 2024
Breaking Bread, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York, November 30, 202 to February 24, 2025
Untitled Art Miami Beach, w/ CHART, Miami Beach, Florida, December 4 - 8, 2024
Banshees, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York, January 10 - February 22, 2025
Zona Maco, w/ Skye Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, February 5 - 9, 2025
XXS, Curated by Wendy White, COUNTY, Palm Beach, Florida, Opening February 8, 2025
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 Uncharted, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut2023 Codex, Paradise Gallery, Sutton, Massachusetts
Partial Light Index, CHART, New York, New York
2022 Hall of Exits, Monaco, St. Louis, Missouri
2020 Discovery, Time Equities Inc. Art In Buildings, West 10th Window, New York, New York
2018 Unearthed, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Hyperion, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon
2017 Static Limit, yours mine & ours gallery, New York, New York
Wells, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington D.C.
2016 Next Wave Art at BAM: Esther Ruiz: Well VI, Curated by Holly Shen, BAM, Brooklyn, New York
Blind Spot, Station Gallery, Marfa, Texas
2015 The Whole is Other than the Sum of the Parts, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Neon Dreams, Kennedy Gallery at Glass Axis, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Time Exposed, Curated by Sarah Tanguy, American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland
Cerebral Settings, Glitch, Memphis, Tennessee
2013 Marking Time, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York
2 & 3 Person Exhibitions
2024 Halcyon Days: Sally Egbert & Esther Ruiz, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York2023 Shapes in Space: Carlton Newton and Esther Ruiz, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2022 Mine Eyes Dazzle: Juan de la Rica and Esther Ruiz, Sobering Galerie, Paris, France
2020 Interpersonal Geometrics: Esther Ruiz and Devin Rutz, Cleo Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2019 Synthetic Dawn: Alex Epstein and Esther Ruiz, De Novo Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Afterglow: Tony Cokes and Esther Ruiz, Deslave Gallery, Tijuana, BC, México
Sarah Cain, Esther Ruiz and Jonathan Ryan, Jacob’s LA, Los Angeles, California
2017 Transfix: Doty Glasco, Joshua Edward Bennett and Esther Ruiz, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 The Dark Clicks On: Robert Davis and Esther Ruiz, New Release Gallery, New York, New York
Post Real World: Wickerham & Lomax, Jonathan Checler and Esther Ruiz , Stream Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Land After Time: Stephen Eakin, Sarah Mullin and Esther Ruiz, E.Tay Gallery, New York, New York
Forms & Fictions: Alex Ebstein, Amanda Martinez and Esther Ruiz, Platform Gallery, Satellite Art Show, Miami Beach, Florida
2014 Landscape with Devices: Noa Dolberg, Esther Ruiz and Phillip Stearns, Fridman Gallery, New York, New York
2010 Cosmic Disasters: Maggie Exner and Esther Ruiz, Odessa Art Space, Memphis, Tennessee
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Shelter Gallery, New York, New YorkVirgo Hardware, Starship, Brooklyn, New York
Eye Candy, Skye Gallery, New York, New York
Northern Lights, View Arts Center, Old Forge, New York
The Side Door to Glory and Oblivion, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York
Devine Lite, Nashville Pantheon, Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee
2023 Currents, Curated by Alex Feim, Morris Adjmi Architects, New York, New York
American History, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York
Friends of Neighbors, Neighbors Chinatown, New York, New York
2022 More Light! CHART, New York, New York
Garden, Ladies' Room, Los Angeles,California
In with the Old: (Nearly) Six Years of P.A.D., The Yeh Art Gallery, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York
Under the Influence of Neon, Art Fair Dijon, c/o Sobering Galerie, Dijon, France
Fourth World, Knockdown Center, Queens, New York
A Fluid & Emphatic Now, Curated by Tinney Contemporary, BOBBY Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee
P.A.D. Retrospective, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, New York
2021 PORTALS, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
Light Show, New Art Dealers Alliance, East Broadway Mall, New York, New York
A+ Celebration, ArtNutri Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
Rose Tint, Curated by Kate Mothes, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, New York
Art Formosa, c/o Gallery Chiao, Taipei, Taiwan
Ultra! Torrance Public Art Project, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Am I Altering Your Aura?, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C.
Garden, Ladies' Room, Los Angeles, California
Surroundings, Reynolds Gallery at 401 Libbie Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Seasonal Repression, Field Projects Gallery, New York, New York
2020 Baker's Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Napkin Show, R.A.G. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Northern Lights, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, New York
Beside Site, Jacob's West, Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, California
2019 Open Toponym, High Tide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pool Party, Curated by Field Projects, C24 Gallery, New York, New York
Everything Has Changed, Camayuhs Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Cloud 9, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Object of Desire, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Los Angeles Notebook, Jacob's West, Venice, California
Highlight Curated: Chelsea, Hollis Taggart, New York, New York
Solid States / Fluid Language, Hicks Gallery at Bucks County College, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Issue 2: Devotional, Organized by FOUR-D Projects, The Church, Troy, New York
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Morir Soñando, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, New York
Other Worlds, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, California
On Reflection, Curated by Bridget Donlon, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Wasteland Dream, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
In Conversation: 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College, Clough-Hanson Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Small Moments, Brilliant Champions Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
The Echoing Green, Prelude Projects, Brooklyn, New York
Miami is Nice, c/o Terrault Contemporary, SpaceCamp, Baltimore, Maryland
Fun House, c/o Timeshare, Zaha Hadid, 520 W. 28th Street, New York, New York
Stopping in Memphis, Art Museum University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Drawer, Curated by Corydon Cowansage, Deli Gallery, Long Island City, New York
San Francisco Art Book Fair, c/o Kayrock Screenprinting, San Francisco, California
Other Nature, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Apollo on Earth, Hilde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
NADA Art Fair, c/o yours mine & ours gallery, New York, New York
Fresh Prints, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, New Jersey
2016 Television, Curated by B.Thom Stevenson, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Rosetta, Curated by Doppelganger Projects, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, New York
The New Classics of Contemporary Glass, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
I am Prepared for Amazing Things to Happen, Charolette Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri
Onion by the Ocean, Organized by Essye Klempner & Elisa Soliven, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York
The Lamp Show, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Collective Design Fair, New York, New York
MDF Blog, Organized by Grayson Cox, Planthouse Gallery, New York, New York
2015 Iridescence, Curated by H+Creative and SP Projects, The Shore Club, Miami, Florida
Warped Tour, Curated by New Release, Lemon City Studios, Miami, Florida
This is Light, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Pure Potentialiity, Curated by Andrea McGinty, Achter de Boom, New York, New York
Almost Famous, Curated by Owen Duffy, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
It Was a Low-lying Foglike Floating, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Virgo Hardware, Curated by Zak Vreeland, S & P Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York
JONALDDUDD, C B Gallery, New York, New York
An Experiment in Sound and Light, Stream Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
ALL THAT, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Private Eyes / Grey Sunsets, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Jewel, Curated by Andrea Bergart and Norte Maar, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, New York
LA Art Book Fair, c/o Kayrock Screenprinting, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, California
2014 Cemeterium, curated by Regina Rex, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, Florida
Object Object!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, California
(harbor) Inaugural Show, Regina Rex/(harbor), New York, New York
Two River, Curated by Tamara Gonzales, One River Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey
Your Attica On The Pacific, Tiger Strikes Astroid, Los Angeles, California
Urban Modulations, The ArtBridge Drawing Room, New York, New York
Odeón, Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Bogotá, Colombia
NY Art Book Fair, c/o Kayrock Screenprinting, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York
Human Machinery, +81 Gallery, New York, New York
Post Psychedelic Dreams, Curated by Kyle DeWoody, Glenn Horowitz, East Hampton, New York
Hello Bushwick, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
french neon / neonpolitik, Songzhuang Jincao Art Space, Beijing, China
High Spirits, Curated by SIGNAL Gallery, Beverly's, New York, New York
Do It Yourself, Livestream Public, Brooklyn, New York
Arts in Bushwick Benefit and BOS Preview, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, New York
99¢ Plus Art Shop, Curated by SIGNAL Gallery, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
remains to be seen, Gallery 216, Brooklyn, New York
Double Take, Youme Haus, Brooklyn, New York
BRUCENNIAL, Organized by Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, New York
Pyramid Scheme, 204 25th Street, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Curio, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
Cocktails and Dreams II, Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Collage Age, Curated by Ballast Projects & John J. McGurk, Culturefix Gallery, New York, New York
Bridges Bushwick, Willaimsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Collage Age, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, New Jersey
Drawing Down the Moon, Curated by Andrew Suggs, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Small Works Show, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Machine Show, Hawkeye Crates, Brooklyn, New York
Show #14:Trust in Me, Field Projects, New York, New York
2012 VOX VIII, Curated by Ruba Katrib and Marlo Pascual, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I Choo-choo-choose You, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York
2011 For, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York
Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Otherworld: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
PASTE, Odessa Art Space, Memphis, Tennessee
Confluence, Odessa Art Space, Memphis, Tennessee
Exhibition Momentum, A.I.M. Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Education
2011 Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art: Sculpture, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee2007-08 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2005-07 Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
Awards/Residencies
2016 Artist Grant Program, Spaceworks NYC2015 Spaceworks Studio Lottery Award Recipient, Williamsburgh Public Library, Brooklyn, New York
2014 ArtBridge Urban Modulations Public Art Installation and Award, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Wayfarers Studio Program, Brooklyn, New York
2009 Deans Fellowship, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
2005 Cinco Ranch Area Art League Award, Katy, Texas
Lectures/ Speaking Engagements
2022 Guest Artist/Curator, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York2021 Guest Critic, Sculpture, Installation, and Video, NYC Crit Club, New York, New York
2020 Curator's Talk, Arts of Life, Chicago, Illinois
2019 Artist Lecture, The Moss Lecture Series at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
2018 Guest Lecturer, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California
2017 Guest Artist/Curator, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York
Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts MFA Program, New York City, New York
2016 Guest Critic, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artist Talk and Demo, Career Day at Williamsburg Charter High School, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Artist Talk, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Artist Talk, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Artist Talk, Kennedy Gallery at Glass Axis, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Artist Lecture, Bushwick Art Crit Group, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York
Artist Talk, American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland
2013 Panel Discussion, Heiner Contemporary, Washington D.C.
2012 Artist Lecture, Alumni Lecture Series at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
2010 Artist Lecture, Research and Creative Activity Symposium at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
Press
2024 Pamela Brown, Uncharted - Aldrich Museum Debuts New Esther Ruiz Sculptures, Redding Sentinel, May 9, 2024, Page 7Maxwell Rabb, 15 Leading Curators Predict the Defining Art Trends of 2024, Artsy Editorial
2023 Maximiliano Duron, Five Shows to Catch in Tribeca This Weekend, Art News
Peggy Stansbery, Mesmerized by Shapes..., The Commonwealth Times
2022 John David O'Brien, Portals: Angels Gate Cultural Center, Artillery Mag
2021 Valentina Di Liscia, NADA is Opening a Fair Booth-Sized Project Space in Manhattan's Chinatown, Hyperallergic
Joanne Hsieh, See a World in A Grain of Sand: An Interview with Esther Ruiz, ChiaoxArt
2020 Nicole Youngblut, Cleo the Gallery: Contemporary Art Gallery Now Open in Savannah, Connect Savannah
Niccolo Tabanelli, Esther Ruiz: Primitive Future, Megaphone Art Blog
William Jaeger, 'Northern Lights' exhibit at Collar Works in Troy, Times Union
Ian Bourland, Why DC Needs Art Galleries, The Washingtonian
2019 Blog Contributor, Afterglow, Terremoto Online
Danielle Krysa, Esther Ruiz, The Jealous Curator
2018 Molly Savard, What Does A Memory Look Like? Sculptor Esther Ruiz wants to show you, Shondaland
Andrew Page, Conversation: Megan Biddle discusses 'Solid States/Fluid Language', Urban Glass Quarterly
Esther Ruiz:Unearthed, LookSEE
Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, FINE ARTS:...Highlights of the Season, Style Weekly
Pictures at an Exhibition: Morir Soñando at Knockdown Center, Art News
A.K. Hirsch, Other Worlds- Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown LA, Quiet Lunch
2017 Mark Jenkins, In the Galleries, The Washington Post
Jana Files, Alumni in the Arts: Esther Ruiz, Rhodes College News
John Chiaverina, Holding It Down: Fisher Parrish Inaugurates Brooklyn Space, Art News Magazine
Angella d'Avignon, Apollo on Earth at Hilde Gallery, Contemporary Art Review L.A.
Michael Anthony Farley, This Week's Must-See Art Events: Esther Ruiz, Static Limit, Art F City
Margaret Williamson Bechtold, Art in the Age of Instagram: Esther Ruiz, A Women's Thing
Martha Schwendender, What to See at New York Art Fairs: The Young Crowd, The New York Times
Adrian Adduci, 16 Artworks We Want to Buy at NADA: #1 Esther Ruiz, Art Zealous
Maximiliano Duron and Katherine McMahon, Habitat: Moonlighting Artists' Side Jobs, Art News Magazine
2016 Michael Anthony Farley and Rae Mcnara, This Week's Must-See Art: And After Time, Art F City
Samantha Katz, Esther Ruiz, Created Here
Scott Robinson, Review: Land After Time, Painting is Dead
Jamie Martinez, Photo Story: Land After Time, Art Fuse
James Davidson, One Water Bed, One Derelict Chinatown Video Shop, ... One Brilliant Exhibition, We Heart
Jerstin Crosby, Art & Statement: The Dark Clicks On by Esther Ruiz, Acid Rain
Kate Messinger, Get Turned On at an Art Show Filled with Neon, The Creator's Project, VICE
2015 Seola Lee, Envisioning Earth's Inevitable End in Esther Ruiz's Neon Sculptures, Baltimore City Paper
Mark Jenkins, Finding Meaning in the 'Patterns' of Ethnicity and Culture, The Washington Post
Irina V Makarova, Esther Ruiz Concrete Sunsets, Metal Magazine
Noemie Jennifer, The Price to Pay: Artists Weigh in on Getting an MFA, The Creators Project, VICE
Joe Turnbul, Concrete Landscapes, The Plus Paper
Dwayne Butcher, That Neon Glow, Bmore Art
Editorial Team, Hemphill at Carroll Square Gallery Present: This is Light, East City Art
Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, Investing in Process, Style Weekly
Lana Bortolot, The Williamsburg Library Has Become a Haven for Artists..., The Wall Street Journal
Jessica McMathis, Neon-Concrete Sculptures Blur Lines of Art and Science, The American Ceramic Society
Jesse Tigges, Studio Proof: "Neon Dreams" Explores the Imagination of Esther Ruiz, Columbus Alive
Elizabeth Trapp, Ethereal Neon Glow Emanates from Works, The Columbus Dispatch
Jesse Tigges, Arts//Previews: Neon Dreams, Columbus Alive
2014 Kinsee Morian, San Diego's Best Art of 2014: Katherine Kanjo: Object, Object!, San Diego City Beat
Jaime Derringer, The Sculpture of Esther Ruiz, Design Milk
Susan C, Before You Visit "Post-Psychedelic Dreams," Get to Know Curator Kyle DeWoody, Complex
Mark Joshua Epstien, September Featured Artist: Esther Ruiz, Painting is Dead
Matt Hassell, One Burning Question with Esther Ruiz, NY Arts Magazine
Hrag Vartanian, 10 Artists to Watch From the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios, Hyperallergic
Julia Sinelnikova, Artists Do It Themselves: Julie Torres' Sprawling Curatorial Project, Bushwick Daily
Hrag Vartanian, Before the Studios Open: Friday Night Shows at Bushwick Open Studios, Hyperallergic
Monica Khemsurov, Eye Candy: Esther Ruiz, Artist, Sight Unseen
Hannah Tartar, Esther Ruiz, Little Paper Planes
Michael Donahue, Party Line: Creative Core, The Commercial Appeal
Eileen Townsend, Cerebral Settings, Exhibit M Blog, Memphis Flyer
Ashton Cooper, Artist-Made Pyramid Scheme Hits Sunset Park, Blouin Artinfo
Anthony Hicks and Corinna Kirsch, Must-See Art Events: Artists Get (Pyramid) Schemed, Art Fag City
2013 Mark Jenkins, D.C. Gallery Shows: Curio, The Straight, Color, Earth, Andes and More, The Washington Post
Lauren Landau, Art Beat December 2, WAMU, National Public Radio
Allison Galgiani, The BIG 10 Art Events Happening This Weekend, October 10, Bushwick Daily
Krista Saunders, 5 Brooklyn Artists You Need to Meet: The Best of Bushwick Open Studios, Downtown Traveler
2012 Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, VOX VIII- The Material Unreal, The Art Blog
2008 Bridgette Mongeon, The Thoughts of a Sculpture Judge, Best of Artists and Artisans
Curatorial Projects
2020 Inside/Outside, Curated by Esther Ruiz & The Arts of Life Curatorial Committee, Circle Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois2018 Mnēmonikos, Curated by Esther Ruiz, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, California
2017 Deconstructed, Terrault Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2014 Almanac: Wayfarers Annual Members Show, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Machine Show, Hawkeye Crates, Brooklyn, New York
2010 I Miss Ashley: Work by Ben Bauermeister, Second Street Studio, Memphis, Tennessee