Esther Ruiz b. 1986

Esther Ruiz (b. 1986, Houston, TX) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BA in Studio Art from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN in 2011. Working across material and metaphysical concerns, Ruiz has developed several distinct bodies of work, including Beacons, Land Samples, Volumes, and Wells. Her sculptures combine Euclidean forms, such as cylinders, semicircles, and triangles, into colorful, expressive compositions. Mirrored wall works act as entry points into these constructed landscapes, while freestanding and wall-mounted sculptures function as objects within them.

Ruiz has had solo exhibitions at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT and The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR. Her work has been presented in New York at Asya Geisberg Gallery, Fridman Gallery, CHART, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, among others, as well as nationally at institutions including Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL; Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA; and Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA. She has been a visiting artist at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY; and Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA.