STERLING RUBY makes richly glazed biomorphic ceramics, large-scale spray-painted canvases, poured urethane sculptures, nail polish drawings, various forms of collage, and hypnotic videos. His work is a form of assault on both materials and social power structures. He takes his subject matter from a wide range of sources, including marginalized societies, maximum security prisons, modernist architecture, artifacts and antiquities, graffiti, bodybuilders, the mechanisms of warfare, cults and cult members, and urban gangs.
SELECTED BIO
STERLING RUBY (b.1972) lives and works in Los Angeles. He holds a BFA from The Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA.
Selected exhibitions include: MoMA, New York; ICA, Philadelphia (both 2009); GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy (solo) (2008-09); Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (solo); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; The Drawing Center, New York (solo) (all 2008); The Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art (2007); The California Biennial, Newport Beach (2006); The Renaissance Society, Chicago; The Turin Triennial (both 2005-06); Aspen Art Museum (2005); Netherlands Media Art Institute: Montevideo, Amsterdam (both 2005).
A monograph on Sterling Ruby's work was recently published by JRP Ringier.
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Selected Bibliography
Russeth, Andrew. "Sterling Ruby in New York." Artinfo.com. 6 Nov. 2009. Web.
Heiser, Jörg. "Rack the Jipper." Sterling Ruby. Zurich: JPRinger, 2009. 97-103.
Robinson, Walter. "WEEKEND UPDATE." artnet. 22 June 2009. Web.
Myers, Julian. "Who is Sterling Ruby?" Frieze. Apr. 2009: 98-101.
Trezzi, Nicola. "Sterling Ruby." Flash Art. May - June 2008: 153.
Smith, Roberta. "Subtraction." The New York Times. 25 Apr. 2008: E29.
Smith, Roberta. "Sterling Ruby." The New York Times. 21 Mar. 2008: E29.
Banai, Nuit. "Sterling Ruby." Time Out New York, 24-30 May 2007: 89.
Orden, Abraham. “The Minute.” artnet. 7 May 2007. Web.
Holte, Michael Ned. “Sterling Ruby: Marc Foxx.” Artforum. Dec. 2006: 315-316.
Myers, Holly. "Shape Shifter." Art Review. Issue 6, Dec. 2006: 52-56.
Taft, Catherine. “Sterling Ruby.” Modern Painters. Dec. 2006: 75-77.
Hawkins, Richard. "Sterling Ruby: Long Live the Amorphous Law." Flash Art. Oct. 2006: 78-80.
Myers, Holly. “Freeways Connect and Divide.” The Los Angeles Times. 15 Sept. 2006.
Holte, Michael Ned. “Sterling Ruby.” 2006 California Biennial. Oct. 2006: 136-139.
Taft, Catherine. “Sterling Ruby.” Flash Art. No. 246, Jan. - Feb. 2006.
