Born 1983 Monterey, CA
MFA, California College of Arts, 2009
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Knuckles and Bubbles, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2013
Sea Stories Between the Tides, Highlight Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Two person exhibition)
2012
Juice, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Conrad Ruiz, Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2009
Cold, Hard and Wet, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2015
Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA (forthcoming)
2014
Executive Producer, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2013
Two Weeks / Two Works: Conrad Ruiz, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
2012
To Live And Paint In LA, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2011
Boys of Summer: Slamsocks, People’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Boys of Summer: Centerfold, Freak City, Los Angeles, CA
The Elegance of Refusal, Gensler Space, San Francisco, CA
4th of July Show, People’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Group Exhibition, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Boys of Summer III: New Empire, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2009
NADA, Silverman Gallery, Miami, FL
Material Witness, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Wet Paint: 10 Young LA Painters, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Exhibition, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
CCA MFA Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Sketchbook Show, Orange Alley Project, San Francisco, CA
22nd Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Paul McCartney’s Lower Slower part 1V, Fish Space, San Francisco, CA
2008
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Bibliography
2012
Zeitline, Olivia, “Du Sang, Des Vagues, De La Transpiration, Réécrire Magazine, June 25, 2013, France
“New Art Patrons,” Wall Street Journal, 2012
Critic’s Pick, ARTFORUM, November 2012
“Nerds Vs. Jocks,” Flaunt Magazine, cover art, March 2012
2011
California Home + Design Magazine, Cover, November.
Liggins, Heather, “The O.G Radical,” Dirty Dozen Online Quarterly, October.
ERRR Magazine, Issue 13, August.
Showpaper, cover, Issue: 108, June.
McCray, Liz Rice, “The Wild Ride,” BLISS Magazine, April.
“Conrad Ruiz,” Beautiful People Issue, Paper Magazine, April.
Uriza, Arturo, “Conrad Ruiz Es Un Californianio Con Raices Mexicanas,” La Republica, March Barco, Benito, PhotoBlog, May.
Art Practical Editors, “In and Out of Context: Geography Lessons,” Art Practical. February.
“Conrad Ruiz,” New American Paintings # 91, January.
Brown, Brandon, “Conrad Ruiz, Young Jeezy, and the Biggest Watercolor in the World,” SF MOMA Open Space, November.
Kolbeins, Graham, “Conrad Ruiz and The World’s Largest Watercolor,” Future Shipwreck,October.
2010
Bollozos, John, “We Are The New Standard,” Clement and Co. May.
Kenneth Baker, “Conrad Ruiz: Exhibition Review,” San Francisco Chronicle, January. Welch, Brady. “Exhibition Review,” Art Practical, January.
“Conrad Ruiz at NADA Miami Beach,” Berkeley Art Museum Blog, January.
Melendez, Franklin, “Conradical,” Dazed Digital, January.
Huston, Johnny Ray, “Sprinting Toward Babylon,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, December.
2009
Melendez, Franklin, “Conrad Ruiz,” Artslant, December. Carter, Lee.
“Art on the Beach,” Hint Magazine, December.
Houston, Johnny Ray, “Electric Truth,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, August.
Sifre, Gabi, “Conrad Ruiz Paints Flying Animals,” Vice Magazine, May.
