
Brie Ruais (b. 1982, Southern California, California, USA) is an artist working in ceramic sculpture, installation, and performance video. Ruais received her MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts in 2011 and her BFA from New York University in 2004. She has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries including Museum of New Art, Portsmouth; Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Houston; Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam; Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles; Albertz Benda Gallery, New York; The Anderson Collection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Cooper Cole, Toronto; American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Nicole Klagsbrun, New York; among others. Ruais’ work is currently featured in the exhibition “Strange Clay” at the Hayward Gallery, London, UK. Ruais lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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Museum of New Art
Broken Open, 2022
Installation at Museum of New Art, Portsmouth, USA
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Hayward Gallery
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, 2022
Installation at Hayward Gallery, London, UK
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Albertz Benda Gallery
Brie Ruais: Some Things I Know About Being in a Body, 2021
Solo show at Albertz Benda Gallery, New York, USA
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Moody Center for the Arts
Brie Ruais: Movement at The Edge of the Land, 2021
Solo show at Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Houston, USA
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Night Gallery
Spiraling Open and Closed Like an Aperture, 2020
Solo show at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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Locating Home, 130 lbs
Locating Home, 130 lbs, 2022
Glazed stoneware, pigmentes stonewar, hardware
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Mapping the Land by Hand, 130 lbs
Mapping The Land By Hand, 130 lbs, 2022
Glazed stoneware, pigmentes stonewar, hardware
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Scratching the Surface, 130 lbs
Scratching the Surface, 130 lbs, 2022
Glazed stoneware, pigmentes stonewar, hardware
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Intertwining Bodies, Roots, Hair (130 lbs times 3)
Intertwining Bodies, Roots, Hair (130 lbs times 3), 2022
Glazed stoneware, pigmentes stonewar, hardware
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Plant Dreaming Deep
Plant Dreaming Deep, 2022
Video
Edition of 3, 2 AP
17 minutes
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Star Made by Punching the Sky (19)
Star Made by Punching the Sky (19), 2021
Glazed stoneware
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Star Made by Punching the Sky (18)
Star Made by Punching the Sky (18), 2021
Glazed stoneware
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Star Made by Punching the Sky (17)
Star Made by Punching the Sky (17), 2021
Glazed stoneware
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Albertz Benda Gallery
Ways, 2019
Solo show at Albertz Benda Gallery, New York, USA
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Night Gallery
Brie Ruais, 2018
Solo show at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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Young World
According to the Body, 2016
Installation at Young World in Detroit, Michigan
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130 lbs. of Proximal Frontage
130 lbs. of Proximal Frontage, 2015
Installation at Mesler/Feuer, New York, USA
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Red Pushes 1, 2, and 3 (130lbs each)
Red Pushes 1, 2, and 3 (130lbs each), 2017
Glazed ceramic and unfired clay
3 parts each, approx.
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Landscape Painting with 130lbs of Clay (Dark Sky Law), 130lbs (AKA Black Horizon)
Landscape Painting with 130lbs of Clay (Dark Sky Law), 130lbs (AKA Black Horizon), 2016
Glazed ceramic, hardware
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Star I Made by Punching the Sky (7)
Star I Made by Punching the Sky (7), 2018
Fired clay, gaze
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Star I Made by Punching the Sky (5)
Star I Made by Punching the Sky (5), 2018
Fired clay, glaze
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Star I Made by Punching the Sky (4)
Star I Made by Punching the Sky (4), 2018
Fired clay, glaze
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Spreading Out from Center in Five Directions (Left Arm, Left Leg, Right Arm, Right Leg), 130lbs,
Spreading Out from Center in Five Directions (Left Arm, Left Leg, Right Arm, Right Leg), 130lbs, 2016
Fired clay, glaze, hardware
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Affirmation Pot: Me TOO
Affirmation Pot: Me TOO, 2018
Porcelain, glaze
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Affirmation Pot: Grab Back
Affirmation Pot: Grab Back, 2018
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Affirmation Pot: I Decide What Goes Inside
Affirmation Pot: I Decide What Goes Inside, 2018
Porcelain, glaze
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Affirmation Pot: Me Too
Affirmation Pot: Me Too, 2018
Porcelain, glaze
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Affirmation Pot: My Body My Choice
Affirmation Pot: My Body My Choice, 2018
Porcelain, glaze
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Gutted
Gutted, 2017
Paper pulp, fibrous roots
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Scalped
Caught in a Spiral, 2017
Paper pulp, horse hair
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Holding the center
Holding the center, 2017
Paper pulp, wintered organics from the artist's garden
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Cornered, 125lbs
Cornered, 125lbs, 2016
Glazed ceramic, hardware
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Spreading Out Sideways From All Seven (130lbs)
Spreading Out Sideways From All Seven (130lbs), 2017
Porcelain, gold leaf, hardware