Born: 1984, Mexico City, Mexico. Contact: alancruiz@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions:
Frame (traced). Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 2022
Container and Contained. The Kitchen, NY. 2021
Enclosures. Bad Reputation. Los Angeles, CA. 2019
WS-ANSIA. Space 3127, Chattanooga, TN. 2019
Infrapolitics. 1708 Gallery. Richmond, VA. 2019
Against Nature. Wave Hill, Bronx, NY. 2013.
Ground Control. Washington Art Association Project Room. Washington Depot, CT. 2008.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Building Information. Architekturmuseum TU Berlin. Berlin, DE. 2022
Sorting Things Out. Curated by Magnus Schaefer. Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf, DE. 2021
Real Estate, F, Houston, TX. 2020
Structures of Feeling. Curated by Piper Marshall. Galerie Maria Bernheim. Zürich, SUI. 2020
it grows between. Efrain Lopez Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2019.
Overture. Callicoon Fine Arts. New York, NY. 2019
Omnipresence. Curated by Elisa R. Linn, Joseph Lubitz, Ellen Pavey, and Manabu Yahagi. (Catalogue)
The Kitchen, NY. 2018
Housewarming. Curated by Adjustments Agency & Jessica Kwok
Western Standards
TG, Nottingham, UK. 2018
Souvenirs: New New York Icons
Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, NY. 2017
Settle/Unsettle. Organized by Xavier Acarín
Abrons Arts Center, NY. 2017
Public Formats. Curated by Xavier Acarín
Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY. 2017
The Queens International. Curated by Hitomi Iwasaki & Lindsey Berfond (Catalogue)
Queens Museum. Queens, NY. 2016
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program Exhibition.
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY. 2016
Subject to Capital. Curated by Joshua Lubin-Levy
Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY. 2016
Minor Acts. Curated by Nova Benway & Joshua Lubin-Levy
Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY. 2015
Tightened, As If by Pliers. Curated by Leeza Meksin & Joshua Bienko.
Ortega y Gasset Projects: Knockdown Center, Queens, NY. 2014.
A Union of Voices. Horatio Jr., London, UK. 2014.
The Invitational. Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY. 2014.
Intangible Horizons. ArtSites, Riverhead,
Trouble Every Day. Curated by Dmitry Komis
Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY. 2013.
"if color then also dimension; if flatness, then texture, etc." Curated by Melissa Levin
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council: Building 110, Governors Island, NY. 2013.
Ulterior Intersections. Curated by Yoab Vera
Vera & Melchor de Arcenegui, New York, NY. 2013.
Archipelago. Curated by Kaegan Sparks
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY. 2013.
B-OUT. Curated by Scott Hug
Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY. 2012.
The Quality of Presence. Curated by Dmitry Komis
Chelsea Hotel. New York, NY. 2012. [Read]
100x100. Curated by Wayne Northcross
Triangle Art Association, New York, NY. 2011.
In Case We Don't Die. Curated by Bibi Katholm
KPH Volume. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2011.
Navigating Darkness. Curated by Mira O'Brien & Helen Homan Wu (Opalnest)
Tape Modern. Berlin, Germany. 2011.
Transregional Aesthetics. Curated by Alan Ruiz
Castle Inn Gallery. Delaware Water Gap, PA. 2011. [Catalogue]
Anonymous Presence. Curated by Yoab Vera
Y Gallery, NY, NY. 2011.
Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial. Curated by Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz.
Bronx Museum. 2011. [Catalogue]
Digital Works. Curated by Marisa Olson
LBI Foundation for the Arts + Sciences, Loveladies, NJ. 2010.
Power Solitaire. Curated by Whitney Claflin
Partners, New Haven, CT. 2009.
Awards + Residencies
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship (Architecture). 2022
Chinati Foundation, Artist in Residence. Marfa, Texas. 2021
Creative Capital Award. 2019
Creative Campus Fellow. Spring, 2019. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
Abrons Arts Center. AIRSpace Program. 2016 - 2017.
Artist in Residence. Youth Insights Program, Whitney Museum of American Art. 2015
Rema Hort-Mann Foundation. Emerging Artist Grant. Nominee. 2015
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. 2013.
Islip Museum Carriage House Arts Grant. 2013.
The Art & Law Program. 2013.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Swing Space Residency, New York, NY, 2012.
AIM - Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY, 2011.
Yale-Norfolk, Norfolk, CT, 2005.
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate Fellowship. 2005.
Lectures + Panel Discussions:
"Ambient Conditions of Everyday Life" Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX. Online. 2021
"Ambient Conditions of Everyday Life" Alan Ruiz in conversation with Ingrid Schaffner. Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX. Saturday, October 9, 2021.
"Visions of Clouds" Truant School, Brussels, BE. July, 27, 2021. Online.
"Codes: Phenomena, Symbols, Messages" Technische Universität Berlin, DE. Architecture Theory/Philosophy III. June 28, 2021. Online.
"Containing Anxiety for Institutions" Artists or Institutions: Session 1. SculptureCenter and The Artist's Institute. 2021. Online.
Exhibiting Architecture - Media, Methods, Agents. Architectural Association Visiting School Zurich. 2020. Online.
Donald Judd Reading Group. "Instigator" The Museum of Modern Art, NY. 2020
"Screens and Protocols" Artist Talk. Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. 2020
"Spatial Alchemy" Creative Capital Retreat, 2019.
Posenenske Session: Form. Rey Akdogan & Alan Ruiz. Dia Beacon, Beacon, NY. 2019.
Aeshtetics of Ideology. American Artist, Alaina Clare Feldman, Alan Ruiz. Pioneer Works. 2019.
Aesthetics of Resistance. Park McArthur, Jason Loebs, Alan Ruiz. Moderated by Liam Consdine. Socialism in Our Time Conference, New York, NY. 2019.
In Relation Roundtable: Producing Space. Lucy Hunter, Joshua Lubin-Levy, Alan Ruiz
Pioneer Works. 2018
"Radical Formalism"
College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, California.. 2018
"Indirect Action"
Parsons School of Constructed Environments. 2018
New Iconicities
Storefront for Art & Architecture. 2017
Propagate: Critical Pedagogies
SFMOMA. 2017
Institution Building: Abrons Arts Center 1975/2017. Lo-Yi Chan, Tim Hartung, Alan Ruiz
Abrons Arts Center. 2017
Lourdes Correa-Carlo and Alan Ruiz in conversation. Moderated by Christian Camacho-Light.
Knock Down Center. 2017
The Public is in Bits and Bubbles, With Dennis Adams, BB (Francisca Benítez and Christina Bueno), Colby Chamberlain, Lucas Freeman, Marisa Jahn, Ann Lui, Antoni Muntadas, Alan Ruiz, and Gediminas Urbonas
Storefront for Art & Architecture. 2017
INTERSpace: Alan Ruiz & Matthew Schrader. Moderated by Leah Pires,
Abrons Arts Center. 2017
Mexican Tertulia. CCNY Baxter St. 2016.
BOMB Magazine: Again, with Feeling. MoMA PS1. 2016
"Radical Formalism"
Living Labor: Marxism and Performance Studies.
New York University. 2014
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 2013
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY. 2013
Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY. 2011
Bibliography:
Considine, Liam. "Infrastructure/Aesthetics" Art Journal, 81:1, 81-95. 2022
Schaefer, Magnus. Sorting Things Out. Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf, DE. 2021
Schwendener, Martha. "3 Gallery Shows to See Right Now". New York Times, July 21, 2021.
Ruiz, Alan. "Thank You For Your Flexibility," Movement Research Performance Journal. Spatial Practice (Editor, Issue 54). 2020
Deschenes, Liz. Ruiz, Alan. "FPS_WS". F-Magazine. REAL ESTATE. 2020
Contemporary Art Daily. February 20, 2020
Sullivan Zoe, Arts Group Evaluates Five Years of Fair-Pay Certification. Next City. 2019.
Myers, Allison. Alan Ruiz: Infrapolitics. Art Papers, October Issue 2019.
Hutcheson, Rachel. Alan Ruiz Infrapolitics at 1708. Lucid RVA. 2019.
High, Thomas. Alan Ruiz's Infrapolitics. Cool Hunting. 2019.
Shields, Rebecca. Infrapolitics by Alan Ruiz at 1708 Gallery. Style Weekly. 2019.
Lubitz, Joseph. Overture. Brooklyn Rail. 2019.
Lubitz, Joseph. Impasse-Escape. Omnipresence. Whitney Independent Study Program. 2018
Halley, Peter. Portfolio. BOMB Magazine. 2018.
Ruiz, Alan. "Non-Representational Things: On the Recent Work of Amir Nikravan". Nathalie Karg Gallery. 2017.
Ruiz, Alan. "Social Object Relations: Window Breaking and Projective Identification". Archinect. 2017.
Ruiz. Alan. "Life After Sundown: Disco Architecture in the Global City". Archinect. 2017.
Ruiz, Alan. "Radical Formalism". Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. 2016.
Lubin-Levy, Joshua "Subject to Capital". Abrons Art Center. Catalogue. 2016
Ruiz, Alan. "Western Standards" TDR: The Drama Review, Volume 59, Number 4, New Materialism and Performance. Winter 2015 (T228), pp. 2-3. MIT Press.
Interview with Youth Insights. The
Ruiz, Alan. "Tom Burr by Alan Ruiz". BOMB Magazine. Winter 2015.
Ruiz, Alan. "No-Stop City". Invisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture, Issue 23: Blueprints, Rochester University. 2015
Architizer: http://architizer.com/blog/learn-the-building-blocks-of-optical-illusion-architecture/ 2014.
Bronx Art Exchange: http://www.baxnyc.com/2013/11/04/abre-los-ojos-and-see-the-light/ 2013.
Purple Diary. 2013.
PROJECT Building 110. 2013. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Eberhart, Jennifer. Examiner.com. 24 September, 2012.
Esplund, Lance. "Video Artist on Pause, Prodigies in Play." The Wall Street Journal. 9
Kim, Joy. Yale MFA Painting Catalogue. 2009.
Affiliations:
New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations and Social Systems. Executive Committee, President.
A. K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems, Member.
Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. Advisory Board.
Education:
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
Yale University, MFA.
Pratt Institute, BFA.
Central St. Martins, London, UK.