Sterling Ruby
![Ashtray 606, 2021](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_606_pierre_marie_giraud_8694.jpg)
ceramic
7 x 50.5 x 23.5 cm
2.76 x 19.88 x 9.25 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8505
![Ashtray 649, 2022](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_649_pierre_marie_giraud_8693.jpg)
ceramic
6 x 30.5 x 27.9 cm
2.36 x 12.01 x 10.98 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8504
![Ashtray 628, 2022](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_628_pierre_marie_giraud_8690.jpg)
ceramic
7.3 x 34.3 x 29.2 cm
2.87 x 13.5 x 11.5 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8501
![Ashtray 639, 2022](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_639_pierre_marie_giraud_8692.jpg)
ceramic
7.6 x 43.5 x 26.7 cm
2.99 x 17.13 x 10.51 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8503
![ASHTRAY 654, 2023](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_654_pierre_marie_giraud_8687.jpg)
ceramic
5.7 x 33.3 x 24.8 cm
2.24 x 13.11 x 9.76 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8498
![Ashtray 612, 2022](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_612_pierre_marie_giraud_8689.jpg)
ceramic
5.4 x 38.1 x 15.2 cm
2.13 x 15 x 5.98 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8500
![ASHTRAY 525, 2019](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_pierre_marie_giraud_6984.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
5,4 x 37,1 x 30,8 cm
1.97 x 14.57 x 11.81 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6888
![ASHTRAY 466, 2019](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_pierre_marie_giraud_6976.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
6,4 x 46,7 x 45,7 cm
2.36 x 18.11 x 17.72 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6880
![Ashtray 366, 2016](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_5298.jpeg)
ceramic
3,8 x 21,6 x 16,5 cm
1.5 x 8.5 x 6.5 in.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 5281
![ASHTRAY 597, 2021](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_597_pierre_marie_giraud_7621.jpg)
ceramic
7.6 x 43.5 x 28.9 cm
2.99 x 17.13 x 11.38 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7513
![ASHTRAY 583, 2021](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_583_pierre_marie_giraud_7618.jpg)
ceramic
5.7 x 26.4 x 19.4 cm
2.24 x 10.39 x 7.64 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7510
![Ashtray 590, 2021](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_590_pierre_marie_giraud_7620.jpg)
ceramic
7 x 37.5 x 31.1 cm
2.76 x 14.76 x 12.24 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7512
![ASHTRAY 587, 2021](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_587_pierre_marie_giraud_7628.jpg)
ceramic
4.8 x 18.4 x 13.7 cm
1.89 x 7.24 x 5.39 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7520
![Ashtray 393, 2016](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_5304.jpeg)
ceramic
3,8 x 27,9 x 21 cm
1.5 x 11 x 8.3 in.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 5287
![ASHTRAY 586, 2021](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_ashtray_586_pierre_marie_giraud_7627.jpg)
ceramic
5.1 x 20.6 x 21 cm
2.01 x 8.11 x 8.27 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7519
![HEART (6835), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6327.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
58,4 x 38,1 x 6,4 cm
22.83 x 14.96 x 2.36 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6263
![HEART (6710), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6316.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
68,6 x 35,6 x 5,1 cm
26.77 x 13.78 x 1.97 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6252
![HEART (6695), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6309.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
48,3 x 41,3 x 6,1 cm
18.9 x 16.14 x 2.36 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6247
![CLUB (6723), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6318.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
66,7 x 17,1 x 7,6 cm
25.98 x 6.69 x 2.76 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6254
![CLUB (6724), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6319.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
74,9 x 8,3 x 7,9 cm
29.13 x 3.15 x 2.76 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6255
![CLUB (6705), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6314.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
60,6 x 7 x 7,6 cm
23.62 x 2.76 x 2.76 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6251
![CLUB (6811), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6325.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
53,3 x 8,6 x 7,6 cm
20.87 x 3.15 x 2.76 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6260
![CLUB (6837), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6328.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
58,1 x 24,1 x 8,3 cm
22.83 x 9.45 x 3.15 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6264
![CLUB (6842), 2018](http://pierremariegiraud.com/cspdocs/artwork/images/sterling_ruby_pierre_marie_giraud_6332.jpg)
Ceramic, glazes
53,3 x 14,6 x 5,1 cm
21 x 5 3/4 x 2 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6268
American, born in 1972, in Bitburg, Germany
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Sterling Ruby works in a wide range of aesthetic and material strategies, from polyurethane, bronze, steel and ceramic sculptures; to drawings and collages; photography and video; spray-paint and oil paintings; as well as textile works, including quilts, tapestries, garments and soft sculptures.
Ruby has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies, urban culture, craft, masculinity, public art and civic monuments, prisons, globalization, American domination and decline, waste and consumption.
Public collections include Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; Des Moines Art Center; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.