by Esther Ruiz
This year, we have collaborated with artist Esther Ruiz to create a limitededition of her ceramic and neon sculpture, Beacon XI (now on view at TheAldrich Art Museum). We are seeking tax deductible donations of $3,000 ormore, and will thank donors with one of these lamps.
Photo by Anna Letson
Esther Ruiz (b. Houston, Texas) received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art from RhodesCollege in 2011 and has shown nationally andinternationally at various galleries with soloexhibitions at CHART in New York, The SchneiderMuseum of Art in Ashland, Oregon, ReynoldsGallery in Richmond, Virginia, Monaco St. Louis,Platform Baltimore, and Brooklyn Academy ofMusic. She has also been featured in numerousgroup exhibitions at galleries including TripoliGallery New York, CHART, Sobering Galerie Paris,Deslave Tijuana, LVL3 Chicago and the TorranceArt Museum, among others. She has beenfeatured in The Washington Post, Art NewsMagazine, Art F City and VICE. She has also beena visiting artist at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NewYork, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York,Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, and Santa Barbra City College,among others. Ruiz currently lives and works inBrooklyn, New York and has an upcoming soloexhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary ArtMuseum in Ridgefield, Connecticut this spring anda two-person exhibition with Sally Egbert at TripoliGallery this fall.
