Born 1974. Works and lives in Detroit, USA
Education: MA from Royal College of Art, London 2005.
His work is represented in museums and private collections such as V&A Museum, London; National Museum, Sweden: Icheon World Ceramic Center, Rep. of South Korea; Detroit Institute of Art, USA; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK; Design Museum, Denmark; The Collection of Christian Lacroix, France; Annie and Otto Detlefs Foundation, Denmark. He was awarded the Gold Prize at Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale, Rep. of South Korea, 2011; The Danish Art Foundation’s three year working stipend, Denmark, 2010; The Sotheby’s Award, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2007.
Recent exhibitions include: Overthrown, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA, 2011; WANI, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, France, 2011; Temperance!, Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects, New York, USA, 2010 (solo); Almost nothing, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2009 (solo); Nästan Allting, Galleri IngerMolin, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009 (solo); Irreverant, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA, 2009; You in between, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK, 2008-9; The State of Things, The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen, 2004 (solo).
He is currently the Artist in Residence and Head of Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA.
www.ruhwald.net
Cone (Version 2). Glazed earthenware, 101 x 48 x 48 cm, 2010
Barrier/Frame (Version 3). Glazed earthenware, 56 x 84 x 4 cm, 2010
Breakdown (Version 2). Glazed earthenware, 31 x 28 x 2.5 cm, 49 x 20 x 11.5 cm, 2010
Conditioned Lamp (Version 1). Glazed earthenware, wood, lampshade, metal tubing, electrical components, 187 x 60 x 87 cm, 2010
Installation view, You will see. Various materials and dimensions, 2010
Photos: Tim Thayer
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