RESUME

Esther Ruiz | B. 1986 Houston, TX

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Uncharted, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
2023 Codex, Paradise Gallery, Sutton, Massachusetts Partial Light Index, Chart Gallery, New York, New York
2022 Hall of Exits, Monaco, St. Louis, Missouri
2020 Discovery, Time Equities Inc. Art In Buildings, New York, New York
2018 Unearthed, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia 2018 Hyperion, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon
2017 Static Limit, yours mine and ours gallery, New York, New York2017 Wells, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington D.C.2016 Next Wave Art: Esther Ruiz, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York 2016 Blind Spot, Station Gallery, Marfa, Texas2015 The Whole is Other than the Sum of the Parts, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland2015 Neon Dreams, Kennedy Gallery at Glass Axis, Columbus, Ohio2014 Time Exposed, The American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland2014 Cerebral Settings, GLITCH, Memphis, Tennessee 2013 Marking Time, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York

Two & Three Person Exhibitions
2024 (forthcoming) Sally Egbert & Esther Ruiz, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York
2023 Shapes in Space: Carlton Newton & Esther Ruiz, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia 2022 Mine Eyes Dazzle: Esther Ruiz and Juan De La Rica, Sobering Galerie, Paris, France 2020 Interpersonal Geometrics: Esther Ruiz & Devin Rutz, Cleo Gallery, Savannah, Georgia 2019 Synthetic Dawn: Alex Ebstein & Esther Ruiz, De Novo Gallery, Washington D.C.
2019 Afterglow: Tony Cokes & Esther Ruiz, Deslave Gallery, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico 2018 Sarah Cain, Esther Ruiz, Jonathan Ryan, Jacob’s LA, Los Angeles, California
2017 Transfix, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana2016 The Dark Clicks On: Rob Davis & Esther Ruiz, New Release Gallery, New York, New York 2016 Land After Time, E.Tay Gallery, New York, New York
2014 Landscape with Devices, Fridman Gallery, New York, New York2010 Cosmic Disasters: Maggie Exner and Esther Ruiz, Odessa Art Space, Memphis, Tennessee

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 (forthcoming) [YIN—YANG], BOBBY, Nashville, Tennessee
2024 (forthcoming) Virgo Hardware, Starship Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (forthcoming) 2024 Summer Reading, Shelter Gallery, New York, New York2024 Northern Lights, View Arts Center, Old Forge, New York
2023 The Side Door to Glory and Oblivion, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, New York
2023 Devine Lite, Nashville Pantheon, Nashville, Tennessee 2023 More Light!, Chart Gallery, New York, New York
2022 In with the Old, Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York
2022 Under the Influence of Neon, Art Fair Dijon, c/o Sobering Galerie, Dijon, France
2022 Fourth World, Knockdown Center, Queens, New York
2022 A Fluid & Emphatic Now, BOBBY, Nashville, Tennessee 2022 P.A.D. Retrospective, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, New York
2021 PORTALS, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
2021 Light Show, New Art Dealers Alliance, East Broadway Mall, New York, New York A+ 2021 Celebration, ArtNutri Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 Rose Tint, Curated by Kate Mothes, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, New York Art 2021 Formosa, c/o Gallery Chiao, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Ultra! Torrance Public Art Project, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California Am I 2021 Altering Your Aura?, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C. 2021 Garden, Ladies' Room, Los Angeles, California
2021 Seasonal Repression, Field Projects Gallery, New York, New York
2020 Baker's Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California 2020 Northern Lights, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, New York
2019 Open Toponym, High Tide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 Everything Has Changed, Camayuhs, Atlanta, Georgia
2019 Cloud 9, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2019 Object of Desire, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Los Angeles Notebook, Jacob’s West, Venice, California
2018 Highlight Curated: Chelsea, Hollis Taggart, New York, New York
2018 Solid States / Fluid Language, Hicks Gallery at Bucks College, Newtown, Pennsylvania 2018 Issue 2: Devotional, Organized by FOUR-D Projects, The Church, Troy, New York 
2018 Morir Soñando, The Knockdown Center, Queens, New York
2018 Other Worlds, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2918 On Reflection, Curated By Bridget Donlon, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Wasteland Dream, LVL3, Chicago, Illinois
2017 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College, Clough Hanson Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2017 The Echoing Green, Prelude Projects, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Stopping in Memphis, Art Museum University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 2017 Drawer, Deli Gallery, Long Island, New York
2017 Other Nature, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
2017 The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Apollo on Earth, Hilde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 Fresh Prints, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, New Jersey
2016 Television, Curated by B.Thom Stevenson, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2016 Rosetta, Curated by Doppelgänger Projects, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, New York
2016 The New Classics of Contemporary Glass, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
2016 I am Prepared for Amazing Things, Charolette Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri 2016 Onion By the Ocean, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York
2016 The Lamp Show, Curated by Zoe Alexander Fisher, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2016 MDF Blog, Organized by Grayson Cox, Planthouse Gallery, New York, New York
2015 Warped Tour, Curated by New Release, Lemon City Studios, Miami, Florida Private 2015 Eyes / Grey Sunsets, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2015 This is Light, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington D.C.
2015 Almost Famous, Curated by Owen Duffy, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2015 It Was a Low-lying Foglike Floating, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 Private Eyes / Grey Sunsets, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2014 Cemeterium, Curated by Regina Rex, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, Florida
2014 Object Object!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, California
2014 TWO TWO ONE, Regina Rex, New York, New York
2014 Two River, Curated by Tamara Gonzales, One River Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey 2014 Your Attica On The Pacific, TSA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2014 Post Psychedelic Dreams, Grey Area at Glenn Horowitz, East Hampton, New York
2014 Hello Bushwick!, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 french neon / neonpolitik, Songzhuang Jincao Art Space, Beijing, China
2014 High Spirits, Curated by SIGNAL Gallery, Beverly's, New York, New York
2014 Arts in Bushwick Benefit and BOS Preview, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2014 99¢ Plus Art Shop, Curated under SIGNAL Gallery, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2014 Double Take, Youme Haus, Brooklyn, New York
2014 BRUCENNIAL, Organized by Vito Schnabel and The BHQF, New York, New York
2013 CURIO, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
2013 Dreams and Cocktails II, Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Drawing Down the Moon, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2014 Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2013 Trust in Me, Field Projects, New York, New York
2012 VOX VIII, Curated by Ruba Katrib, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011 FOR, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York
2010 OTHERWORLD, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee 2010 Confluence, Odessa Art Space, Memphis, Tennessee

Education
2011  Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee

Awards/ Residencies
2016 Artist Grant Program, Spaceworks NYC
2015 Spaceworks Studio Lottery Recipient, Williamsburg Library, Brooklyn, New York  2014 ArtBridge Gowanus Public Art Installation Award, New York, New York
2011 Wayfarers Studio Program, Brooklyn, New York
2009 Dean’s Fellowship, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee

Lectures/ Speaking Engagements 
2022 Guest Artist/Curator, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2021 Guest Critic, Sculpture, Installation, and Video, NYC Crit Club, New York, New York 2020 Curator's Talk, Arts of Life, Chicago, Illinois
2019 Guest Lecturer, The Moss Lecture Series, Rhodes College, Memphis Tennessee 2018 Guest Lecturer, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California
2017 Guest Artist/Curator, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts MFA program, New York, New York 2016 Guest Critic, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016 Artist Talk and Demo, Williamsburg Charter High School, Brooklyn, New York 2015 Artist Talk, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2015 Almost Famous Artist Talk, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2015 Neon Dreams Artist Talk, Kennedy Gallery at Glass Axis, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Artist Lecture, Bushwick Art Crit Group, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Time Exposed Artist Talk, The American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland 2013 CURIO Panel Discussion, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
2012 Artist Lecture, Alumni Lecture Series at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
2010 Popular Objects, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium at Rhodes

Press
2024 Pamela Brown, Uncharted - Aldrich Museum Debuts New Esther Ruiz Sculptures, Redding Sentinel, May 9, 2024
2024 Maxwell 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
2023 Peggy Stansbery, Mesmerized by Shapes..., The Commonwealth Times
2021 Valentina Di Liscia, NADA is Opening a... Project Space in... Chinatown, Hyperallergic 2021 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..., Connect Savannah
2020 William Jaeger, Northern Lights at Collar Works, Times Union Albany2020 Ian Bourland, Why DC Needs Art Galleries, The Washingtonian
2018 Molly Savard, What Does A Memory Look Like, Shondaland
2018 Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, Highlights of the Season, Style Weekly
2018 2018 A.K. Hirsch, Other Worlds-Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown LA, Quiet Lunch 2017 Jana Files, Alumni in the Arts: Esther Ruiz, Rhodes College News
2017 Mark Jenkins, In the Galleries: Esther Ruiz, The Washington Post
2017 John David O'Brien, Portals: Angels Gate Cultural Center, Artillery Mag
2017 Angella d’Avignon, Apollo on Earth at Hilde Gallery, Contemporary Art Review L.A.
2017 Margaret Williamson Bechtold, Art in the Age of Instagram: Esther Ruiz, A Women’s Thing 
2017 Adrian Adduci, 16 Artworks We Want to Buy at NADA: #1 Esther Ruiz, Art Zealous
2017 Max Duron and Katherine McMahon, Moonlighting Artists’ Side Jobs, Art News Magazine 2016 Michael Farley and Rae Mcnara, This Week's Must-See Art, Art F. City
2016Scott Robinson, Review: Land After Time, Painting Is Dead 2016 Samantha Katz, Esther Ruiz, Created Here
2016 Jerstin Crosby, Art & Statement: The Dark Clicks On by Esther Ruiz, Acid Rain
2016 Kate Messinger, Get Turned On... Art Show Filled with Neon, Creator's Project, VICE
2015 Irina V Makarova, Esther Ruiz | Concrete Sunsets, Metal Magazine
2015 Seola Lee, Envisioning Earth's Inevitable End..., Baltimore City Paper
2015 Michael Anthony Farley, Gestalt Theory and Space Operas in Neon, Art F City
2015 Noémie Jennifer, Visions of the Future in Concrete and Neon, Creator's Project, VICE 2015 Mark Jenkins, Finding Meaning in the 'Patterns' of Ethnicity & Culture, The Washington Post 2015 Dwayne Butcher, That Neon Glow, Bmore Art2015 Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, Investing in Process, Style Weekly
2015 Lana Bortolot, A Library That's Happening, The Wall Street Journal
2015 Jessica McMathis, Neon-Concrete Sculptures..., The American Ceramic Society
2015 Jesse Tiggs, Studio Proof: “Neon Dreams” Explores the Imagination, Columbus Alive2015 Elizabeth Trapp, Ethereal Neon Glow Emanates from Works, The Columbus Dispatch
2014 Kinsee Morian, San Diego’s Best Art of 2014, San Diego City Beat
2014 Jaime Derringer, The Sculpture of Esther Ruiz, Design Milk
2014 Mark Joshua Epstien, September Featured Artist: Esther Ruiz, Painting is Dead
2014 Matt Hassell, One Burning Question with Esther Ruiz, NY Arts Magazine
2014 Hrag Vartanian, 10 Artists to Watch From the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios, Hyperallergic
2014 Monica Khemsurov, Eye Candy:Esther Ruiz, Artist, Sight Unseen
2014 Michael Donahue, Party Line: Creative Core, The Commercial Appeal
2014 Eileen Townsend, Cerebral Settings, Exhibit M Blog, Memphis Flyer
2014 Ashton Cooper, Artist-Made Pyramid Scheme Hits Sunset Park, Blouin Artinfo 2014 Anthony Hicks and Corinna Kirsch, This Week's Must-See Art Events, Art Fag City
2013 Mark Jenkins, D.C. Gallery Shows: Curio..., The Washington Post
2013 Lauren Landau, Art Beat December 2, WAMU, National Public Radio
2013 Allson Galgiani, The BIG 10 Art Events Happening This Weekend, Bushwick Daily
2013 Krista Saunders, 5 Brooklyn Artists You Need to Meet: The Best of BOS, Downtown Traveler
2012 Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, VOX VIII- The Material Unreal, The Art Blog

Curatorial Projects
2018 Mnēmonikos, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, California
2017 Deconstructed, Terrault Contemporary, 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