 DAVID RUTH
Resides: California Statement SOFA CHICAGO 2007 EXHIBITOR Studio Antarctica Born: 1951, Berkeley, California Curriculum Vitae Education B.A. American History, Porter College, UC Santa Cruz, Arts Council Award, 1973 M.F.A. Glass, California College of Arts and Crafts, 1987
Workshops Roger Darricarrère, Studio Los Angeles 1974 Dick Marquis, Studio Berkeley, CA 1979 Dale Chihuly and Fritz Driesbach, Pilchuck, WA 1980
Award Solo Exhibitions William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008 Oakland Museum at City Center, Gallery 555 “Light Markers,” 2006 “Internal Life,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA 2005 “Introspection” Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 “Liquid Connections” Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA, solo show; 2004 Solo Exhibition, Silica Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 1993 “David Ruth Sculptures” Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France 1989 “Fire Walker” Regional Exhibition Space Program, Winona Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, CA 1986 Solo Show, Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985
Group Exhibitions “Cold+Hot 2008” Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007 SOFA Chicago 2007, Micaela Gallery “Cold+Hot 2007” Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007 World Art Glass Quarterly Artists, J. Morgan Gallery, San Jose 2007 “CCA: A legacy in Studio Glass 40 years 1967-2007”, Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA 2007 Palmer Station Art Show, Palmer Station, Antarctica 2006 Salon d’Eté, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 “Color Fields” D & A Fine Arts, Studio City, CA - 2006, 2-person “Hot Shop” 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2005 “Botanica 2005” Copia, Napa, CA 2005 “Touch of Glass, Sculpture” Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2005 History of Kiln-Worked Glass, Bulls eye Gallery, Portland OR 2005 San Francisco Airport Museum, Bay Area Glass 2005 Opening Exhibition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA 2003 “Small World” Silpakorn University, Bangkok Thailand 2003 “Thai-American Art Exchange Project” Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 2002 “Being There: 45 Oakland Artists,” Oakland Museum, CA; 2002 “Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works,”.touring show: J. Wayne Stark University Center Gallery, College Station, Texas, 1999 Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, 1999-2000 Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville Ohio, 2000 Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 2000 Arts Midland Gallery, Midland, Michigan, 2001 Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado, 2001 “The Quality of Glass: Heat and Light,” Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA 1999 California Design, San Francisco CA 1999 “Collector’s Circle” California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA 1998 Galerie Brulée, Strasbourg, France 1997 “L'Chaim!” The Jewish Museum San Francisco, CA 1997 “A Matter of Form,” Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 1997 25th Annual Master/Apprentice Exhibition, California Contemporary Craft Assoc. San Rafael, CA 1997 Silicon Valley Gallery for Art and Technology, San Jose, CA 1996 “The Art of Light and Glass”, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA 1996 Group Show, Miller Gallery, New York, 1995 “Beyond Boundaries” Festival of the Lake, Oakland, CA 1995 “Best of Cast Glass” Bell Gallery, Southampton, MI 1995 “Four Sculptors in Glass”, Oakland Museum Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA 1994 “Form Content Matter”, California Polytechnic University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA 1994 “Contemporary Cast Glass”, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, CA 1994 “Tesori nel Mediterraneo" Museo Italo-Americano, Collaboration with Narcissus Quagliata, San Francisco, CA 1994 “Full Spectrum” California Contemporary Crafts Association, Corte Madera, CA 1994 “Abstraction in Glass” Northern Arizona University Gallery AZ 1993 “Verre, Grandeur, Nature” Parc Fleury, sponsored by Ville de Paris, France 1989 “International Exhibition of Glass” Kanazawa, Japan 1992 Fire Arts Show, Commemorating the Oakland Hills Fire, Four locations in Oakland, sponsored by the Oakland, Museum of California 1993 A Fragile Line, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA 1992 Glas Metamorphosen, Rolandseck, Germany 1988 Bay Area Glass” Pence Gallery, Davis, CA 1986 “Glass” Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA 1985 “Contemporary Studio Glass” Redding, CA Art Museum 1985 “Fused Glass International” Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA 1984 “Michigan Glass Month” Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1984 “Image Light and Structure” Oakland County Galleria, Pontiac MI 1984 Cal Crafts XIII, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1983 American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, CA 1982 “20th Annual Designer-Craftsman” Richmond Civic Arts Center, Richmond, CA 1981 California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA 1981 Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, CA 1981 “Current Trends in Glass” Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, CA 1980 Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA 1977
Arts-Related Employment Studio Artist 1987-present Adjunct Professor of Art California College of the Arts (Arts and Crafts) 2000-2003 Program Coordinator, Musée du Verre, Sars Poteries, France 1988-9 Studio sheet stained glass making consultant, Nairobi Kenya 1995 Millennium Project Consultant, White Rock BC, Canada 1998-9 Ruthglass, Santa Cruz, CA studio and stained glass sheet making, general partner, 1976-82 Evergreen State College, stained glass instructor 1974-5 Genesis Glass Ltd. sheeting making company, assistant 1975-6 Bonny Doon Art Glass, studio assistant 1973-5
Workshops Taught Master Class, International Festival of Glass, Sturbridge England 2006 California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA 1995 University of California at San Diego Craft Center 1995 Boulder, CO, D&L Stained Glass 1990 Musée du Verre, Sars Poteries, France 1987-9 Sars-Poteries, Musée-Atelier du Verre France 1987, 1988 Wiesbaden, Germany 1987 Zurich, Switzerland 1987 Eagle Foundry, Gawler, South Australia, 1984 Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle WA, 1982 Miasa Bunka Cultural Center, Nagano, Japan 1983 Oklahoma City, OK 1982 St. Charles MO. 1982 Fusing Workshop Teaching asst at Pilchuck Glass School, WA for Ray King 1980
Lectures Palmer Station, Antarctica “Science Lecture” 2006 International Festival of Glass, Sturbridge England 2006 Stanford University, Art and Industry Program 2000 California College of Arts and Crafts 1977 sheet glass demonstration, 1983, The Great California Glass Symposium, 1998 on David Ruth San Jose State University CA, demonstration 1981, lectures 1979, 1985, 1990, 1996 Royal College, London 1988 Prisma Studio, Nairobi, Kenya 1995 Santa Monica College, CA 1992 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, WA 1976, 1978, 1985 San Francisco, State University, 1984, 1980 Sydney, Australia, 1984 Auckland, New Zealand, 1984 Japan-American Center, Kyoto 1983 Glass Search, Dallas, TX 1982 Minnesota 1982 Glass Art Society lectures: on New Flat Glass 1979; on Roger Darricarrère 1986 on David Ruth 1994 Israel Museum, lecture 1994 Jerusalem Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan 1985 lecture Centré del Vidrio, Barcelona, Spain, 1988
Artist in ResidencePalmer Station, Antarctica 2006 NSF grant Uroboros Glass Company, Portland, OR 2006 Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand July 2003 Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France 1987-8 Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR 1982
Commissions John Qualtrough, Buttercup Foundation, Clayton, CA 2007 sea-form panel Stephas House, Tennessee, 10’foot counter top 2005-7 City Place Fountain for Robert H. Bisno, Developer, Santa Ana, CA; completion: late 2006 Nancy Bauer, William Gage, Oakland, CA Private residence bathroom counter tops 2005 Green Hill Tower Apartment Owners Association, San Francisco, CA; Takaroa Fountain 2004 Robert and Paula Sanders; Vivaldi Fall, a sculpture for residence; 2004 Drummond/Reitman Residence Gold Mountain, CA; Four specialty glass shelves made to be inset in furniture; McDonald and Moore, designers, Ivan Shongoff, architect 2004 Karen Freedman small piece of cast Pyrex for table insert; 2004; Anne Scalapino Dining room shelf and colored, cast Pyrex front door panel; 2001-4 Ken Tarlow, Smart Inventions, San Rafael, CA Pyrex prototype for a cooking device 2004 George Rodriguez and Brendan Walter, New Orleans, LA and Carmel, CA Blue Dog; castings in various glasses 2002- present; Adrian Brooks, San Francisco, CA; coffee table for residence, San Francisco, CA 2003; Rasdal Residence; Glass buffet and hallway shelves, Los Altos, CA; McDonald and Moore interior designers; 2003 Barbara and John Chilton, huge cast counter top for kitchen/dining area in private residence 2003; Lee Slaf, Scotts Valley CA, Sea-theme bathroom counter top for residence; 2003; EPac, San Leandro, CA Fused and water-jet cut sign for business; 2003; Maj. Britt Hillstrom, Berkeley, CA collaboration with sculpture 2003 Marcy Neuberg, Milwaukee, WI custom glass casting for home 2003 Van Mourik St. Helena, CA custom glass castings for furniture 2003 Barbara Nagel, Corona Del Mar, CA Private Dancer, Collaboration with sculpture; 2003 Robert and Judy Aptekar, Stinson Beach, CA custom home window 2003-5 Steve Kirsch, Los Altos Hills, CA Cast Pyrex glass slab for fountain, 5 x 9 feet, textured and bent for a fountain sculpture designed by Baile Oakes 2002 Dean Koontz, Newport Coast, CA 40-foot cast glass; bar top for private residence 2002; Doug Alp, San Jose, CA glass shelf for living room in private residence 2002 St. Ignatius Church, University of San Francisco, CA; Altar top, Brayton & Hughes, designers 2002 Miller-Stein, designers, counter top for private residence in CO 2002 Joseph and Deborah Conley Residence, Alameda, CA; Front of house entry panels, Dressing room panel, Stairway panel; 2001, ongoing Isa Restaurant, San Francisco, CA Counter top 2001 El Camino Office Building, Palo Alto CA Pyrex fountain tongue, Brayton and Hughes, designers 2000 Pamela Hanley, San Francisco, CA custom glass castings for residence 2000 Harper-Baird Residence, Oakland, CA Three panels for the front door, residence.; Bennett Christopherson, Architect; 2001; Ping and Jen Sung private apartment Gold Letter Counter Top; 2000 Tokyo Disney Sea, Japan, Tongatapu Glass Mural, 100-foot 22-panel cast glass installation 2000 Eliza’s Restaurant, San Francisco, CA, Countertop, Homage à Matisse, Waves; 1999 Sunset Magazine Idea House, Cupertino, CA, Glass Buffet shelf, 1999 Benaroya Symphony Hall, Seattle, WA; Four Urns at entrance way, LMN Architects, Seattle and lighting specialty glass for concert hall walls and ceiling, Taylor-Stokes Lighting, Sausalito, CA, designers; 1998 Jerry and Judy Rose, Private Sculpture Garden, Atherton, CA, Kiribati, cast Pyrex glass sculpture, 1998 Jawahar Gidwani and Catherina Paolino; kitchen counter, entrance panel, glass terrazzo flooring - private residence; 1998 City Studios, designers, San Francisco, CA slumped glass sink for private residence 1998 Steven Ruth, San Francisco, CA; Blue Spiral Coffee Table; 1998 Keith Beckwith, Oakland, CA custom cast glass table top for residence 1997 Mexico City Synagogue; Acapulco 70; Memorial Panel, collaboration with Narcissus Quagliata; 1995 Sea-themed Floor Panel for East Bay Collectors, Collaboration with Narcissus Quagliata 1995 Mark and Elyse Gainor, Long Beach, CA, cast glass sculpture, Nebula, for private residence 1995 Ray and Elaine Dove, private residence, Berkeley CA, Donald Olsen, architect, floor panel for base of stairway 1995 Bob and Jan Bisno, residence, Beverly Hills, CA huge freestanding sculpture cast glass 1992 Custom Pyrex table 2005 Kathleen Lewis, Pyrex table, Portland, OR 2005
Public CommissionsEmergency Operation Center, Public Arts Program, Oakland, CA Entranceway Glass Panels, interior metal railing and glass inserts; 1999 Alameda County Courthouse, Berkeley, CA; Mounted cast glass panels, completion: 2006 Oregon Health Sciences University, Kohler Pavilion Patient Care Facility, wall-mounted cast glass panels, completion: 2006 Willow Glen Branch San Jose Public Library, 2006-8 Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska, wall of glass and metal 2007-8
Public Collections Porter College, University of California at Santa Cruz Musée du Verre, Sars Poteries, France Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York Oakland Museum, California Noto Jima Glass Museum, Japan City of Oakland, California City of Walnut Creek California National Science Foundation, Palmer Station, Antarctica
Bibliography David Ruth, The Mood of Nature, Art of Glass magazine, Glass Art Committee, China Craft Council, Fall, 2007 David Ruth, Suspended in Glass, Nathan Grover, World Art Glass Quarterly, Fall 2006 Antarctica Sun Article by David Ruth, 2006 Antarctic Sun article about David Ruth, 2006 World Art Glass Quarterly, Fall 2006, David Ruth Suspended in; Glass David Ruth:; Internal Life; 3 essays and photos, 44-page booklet 2005 Marvin Lipofsky, A Glass Odyssey, 2004 This Side Up; Internal Brush Strokes, by David Wagner, No. 22, Summer 2003 The Small World; The 3rd Thai Contemporary Art Project; 2002-2003 American Craft, Commissions, April/May 2002 U.S.Glass Magazine, “Beyond the Imagination”, May, 1999 Santa Cruz Sentinel, Hearts of Glass Museum Highlights a crystalline medium Jan 22, 1999 Sunset Magazine, Sunset Idea House Fall 1999 Techniques of Kiln-Formed Glass by Keith Cummings, 1997 Pâte de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass, Jim Kervin and Dan Fenton 1997 San Francisco Chronicle, Coming Up, Through a Glass Lightly; Nov. 19, 1995 Oakland (CA) Tribune; “Simply Art, the Art of Light and Glass”; Nov. 18, 1995 Glass Art Magazine; “Exploring Mankind's Inner Life, The Work of David Ruth” by Shawn Waggoner, Nov/Dec 1992 Artists Confronting the Inconceivable; By Irwin Borowsky, 1992 Glass Art Magazine “Artists Confronting the Inconceivable; Award Winning Glass Sculpture” July 1992 Corning New Glass Review; No. 12 1991, No.4, 1983 Glass Art Magazine; “Bay Area Glass: Congenitally Worldly, Inherently Irrepressible”, Nov. 1990 Le Monde; “Eloge de la Transparence”, May 5, 1988 Paris L'Atelier des Métiers d'Art, “Nebulas,” No. 129, June 1988; L'Atelier des Métiers d'Art; “Le Marcheur de Feu”, No. 116, March 1987 Glass Art Society Journal; Roger Darricarrère; 1912-83, by David Ruth; 1986 Stained Glass Magazine, “David Ruth”; Vol. 79 no. 4 1984-5 South Australian Crafts; “International Visitor,” Winter 1984 Glass Fusing Book I, Boyce Lundstrom & Daniel Schoewrer, 1983 Honoho Geijutsu (Japan Ceramics) article by Kristin Newton, No.3, 1983 Mainichi Unden (Magazine) Japan “Nagano Arts Gathering” November 30, 1983 Omachi Mainichi Shimbun (Newspaper) Japan “Special Skills Come from Afar” July 19, 1983 Studio Magazine: “RUTHGLASS; Specializing in the Spectacular” No. 17, 1980 Glass Magazine: “Architectural Glass”; Vol. 7, No. 1, 1979 Glass Art Society Newsletter; “New Sheet Glass Manufacturers”; Vol. 3 No. 1 1978
Media Events Australian TV 1984 French TV interview; 1989 Disney Video Project 2000 KUSP Santa Cruz CA Interview; 1999
Gallery Representatives Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, Or D & A Fine Arts, Studio City, CA 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA Micaëla Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private CollectionsFoster Goldstrom, Oakland, CA Ann and Gordon Getty, San Francisco, CA Dean and Gerda Koontz, Newport Coast, CA Yves and Mary Feunteun, Paris, France Edward Weller, San Francisco, CA Jerry and Judy Rose, Atherton, CA Bob and Jan Bisno, Beverly Hills, CA Howard and Donna Seegar, Temecula, CA Kristin Newton, Tokyo, Japan Winston Brill, Redmond, WA Tad and Masumi Oride, San Francisco, CA
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