WORKS | CV | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
EDUCATION
2011 MFA, Columbia University’s School of the Arts, New York, NY
2004 BFA, Studio Art, New York University, Steinhardt School, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Broken Ground, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, USA
2016 According to the Body, YoungWorld, Detroit, USA
Where You No Longer Are, There is Your Desert, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, New York, NY
2015 130 lbs. of Proximal Frontage, Mesler/Feuer, New York, NY
2014 Dugout, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
Brie Ruais, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2013 XO, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
Two Wholes, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2012 Unfolding // Performing Sculpture, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Brass Tacks, curated by Ryan Wallace, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
True Lies, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Covers Rock: Brie Ruais, Letha Wilson, September, Hudson, NY
Brie Ruais and Lina Puerta, Dieu Donne, Brooklyn, NY
I go, you go, good to go, Unclebrother, Hancock, NY
Hand Over Hand, Dennis Miller, New York, NY
Post-Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
Squid Ink, with Rosey Keyser, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Ruins, Curated by Danielle Mysliwiec and Natalie Campbell, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC
2016 Breather, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK
3 Sculptors, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Splotch, Curated by Eileen Jeng, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
Blue Jean Baby, September, Hudson, New York, NY
Mal Maison, Curated by Ashton Cooper, Maccarone, New York, NY
Low, Curated by Ethan Greenbaum and Michael DeLucia, Lyles and King, New York, NY
2015 Artists in Crafted: Objects in Flux, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Road to Ruin, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
Performative Process curated by Ryan Steadman, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Familiar and the Indefinable in Clay: The Scripps 71st Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, USA
2014 Next, Arsenal, Toronto, Canada
Geometries of Intimacy, Curated by Jess Wilcox and Clara Halpern, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
EAF14: 2014 Emerging Artist Fellowship exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Next, Arsenal, Montreal, Canada
Anna Betbeze & Brie Ruais, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Organized with Nicole Klagsbrun, Los Angeles, CA
On The Blue Shore of Silence, Tracy Williams and Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
A Topography of Chance, Curated by Jessica Silverman, Fused Space, San Francisco, CA
Lovers, Curated by Martin Basher, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
Speaking Through Paint: Hans Hofmann’s Legacy Today, Curated by Deborah Goodman Davis and Stacey Gershon, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, USA
2013 Ajar, Curated by Natasha Llorens, Reverse, Brooklyn, NY
Come Together: Surviving Sandy Year 1, Curated by Phong Bui, Brooklyn, NY
Where The Sun Don’t Shine, Curated by 247365, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Vessels, The Horticulture Society of New York, New York, NY
Exhibition Curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Marc Selwyn Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
ADAA, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Exhibition Curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Omar Khayyam, Eli Ping Gallery, New York, NY
2012 NADA Miami Beach, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, Miami, FL
Contemporary Ceramics, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Peekskill Project V: The New Hudson River School, The Hudson Valley Contemporary Center for Art, Peekskill, NY
The LIC Block Party, SculptureCenter, Queens, NY
Abject, 111 Front Space Galleries, Suite 200, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
AIRspace Artists in Residence Show, Abrons Art Center/Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Movement in Three Parts, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Material, curated by Doru Olowu, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY
2011 BYTS Bosch Young Talent Show, Stedelijk Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Paul Clay, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY
Fabric as Form, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Columbia University MFA Thesis Exhibtion, The Fischer Landau Center for the Arts, Queens,,NY
2010 Durer’s Rhinocerous, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
The Record Show, Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA
B-Sides, 6-8 Months Project Space, New York, NY
First-Year MFA Exhibition, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Tragic Sense of Life, Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Rochester, NY
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2016 Dieu Donne Papermaking Residency, New York, NY
2015 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency, Snowmass Village, CO
2014 Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship, New York, NY
The Shandaken Project Residency, Hudson Valley, NY
2012 Guest Artist Exhibition Series, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Abrons Art Center & Henry Street Settlement, AIRspace Residency, New York, NY
2008 Vermont Studio Center, Sculpture Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2005 The Philadelphia Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Martha Schwendener, “What to See in New York’s Art Fairs this Week”, New York Times, March 2, 2017
Julie Baumgardner, “A Guide to America’s Next Great Art Neighborhood”, The New York Times Style Magazine, Jan 11, 2017
2016 Anthony Hawley, “Mail Maison”, Modern Painters, October/November, 2016
Paul Laster, “Weekend Edition: 12 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before February 15”, The Observer, Feb 11, 2016
2015 Ryan Steadman, “The Top Ten NYC Gallery Shows of 2015”, The Observer.com, December 17, 2015
Ashton Cooper, “In The Flesh: Brie Ruais’ delicately bruised ceramics offer a gutsy take on the self-portrait”, Cultured Magazine, Fall 2015
The New Yorker, Goings on About Town, Shortlist, “Brie Ruais”, June 8 & 15, 2015
Dylan Kerr, “Full-Contact Ceramics: Sculptor Brie Ruais on Wrestling Conceptual Statements From Mountains of Clay”, Artspace.com, August 27, 2015
“If Walls Could Talk”, Blinnk.com, May 5, 2015
Scott Indrisek, “5 Must-See Gallery Shows” Blouin Artinfo.com, June 12, 2015
Dan Duray, “Untitled and Zack Feuer Galleries Will Merge on the Lower East Side, Artnews.com, March 11, 2015
2014 James Trainor, Artsy.com, “Up and Coming: Through the Medium of Clay, Sculptor Brie Ruais Lays Herself Bare”, Oct 2014
Scott Indrisek, Modern Painters, “Kick it, Push it: A Sculptor gets physical with clay, Nov 2014
James Trainor, BOMB Magazine, “Brie Ruais, Artists on Artists”, Fall 2014
Scott Indrisek, BlouinArtInfo.com, “Brie Ruais Get’s Physical with her Material”, Sept 9, 2014
Leah Ollman, The Los Angeles Times, “Getting Physical with Clay and Fiber at Marc Selwyn”, Aug 2, 2014
Roman Astrauskas, Magenta Magazine Online, “Ring of Desire: On Brie Ruais’ Nearly Torn Away”, May 2014
Kendra Jayne Patrick, TurbulanceArtProject.com, “Brie Ruais”, April 2014
Wendy Vogel, Modern Painters, “Brie Ruais, Reviews in Brief: New York”, March 2014
Modern Painters, “Hit List: Things We Like”, February 2014
Lilly Wei, Art News, “Claytime! Ceramics Find Its Place in the Art-World Mainstream”, January 2014
2013 David Colman, Architectural Digest, “Art Scene: The Next Generation”, December 2013
Corydon Cowansage, Art Haps.com, “Interview with Brie Ruais”, October 27, 2013
Abraham Adams, Artforum.com, Critics’ Picks, “Ajar”, October 30, 2013
John Arthur Peetz, Artforum.com, Critics’ Picks, “Where The Sun Don’t Shine”, July 18, 2013
Chloe Rossetti, Artforum.com, Critics’ Picks, “Vessels”, June 28, 2013
Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times, Art in Review, “Vessels”, June 20, 2013
Zoe Jellicoe, The Word, “Xavier Hufkens presents Clarissa Dalrymple”, Jan 22, 2013
2012 Site95.com, Weekly Artist Feature, June 4, 2012
Michael Wilson, Time Out New York, “Movement in Three Parts”, April 24, 2012
David Everitt Howe, Sculpture Center Tumblr, Dead Weight, June 2012
2011 Joan Sherman, The Huffington Post, “Young Artists Look at Old Masters”, August 15, 2011
The New Yorker, “Goings On About Town, Paul Clay”, August 15, 2011
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, “Paul Clay”, June 3, 2011
2010 Columbia Spectator, “Art Exhibit More Strange Than Standard”, April 4, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Vitamin C: New Perspectives in Contemporary Art, Clay and Ceramics, by Phaidon Press (forthcoming Fall 2017)
2015 Emily Zilber, Crafted: Objects in Flux, Exhibition catalog by MFA Boston Publications, 2015
The Familiar and the Indefinable in Clay: The Scripps 71s Ceramic Annual, show catalog
2014 Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, editor Jack Flam
2013 XO: Brie Ruais, Artist’s Book including a conversation with Sarah Sze, published by Nicole Klagsbrun, Nov. 2013
LECTURES & TEACHING
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, St. Olaf College Department of Art, Northfield, MN (Forthcoming)
2016 Ceramics for Adults, Abrons Art Center, NY, NY
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Critiques, and Workshop, Indiana University, Ceramics Department, Bloomington, IN
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Rhode Island School of Design, Ceramics Department, Providence, RI
2013 Sculpture I, Columbia University, NY, NY
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, New York Studio Residency Program, NY, NY
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Adelphi University, Art Department, Long Island, NY