Representative work by Brie Ruais
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Artist

Brie Ruais

b. 1982, Southern California · Based in Brooklyn, New York & New Mexico

  • MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts (2011)
  • BA, Brown University (2004)
  • Ceramic Sculpture
  • Performance
  • Land-based Clay

Brie Ruais creates monumental ceramic wall sculptures by engaging her exact body weight in raw clay, physically pushing, scraping, and kicking the material outward from a central point. Her tactile stoneware sunbursts record bodily exertion, landscape orientation, and endurance.

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