Sterling Ruby



Ashtray 590, 2021
Ashtray 590, 2021
Ceramic
7 x 37.5 x 31.1 cm
2.76 x 14.76 x 12.24 in

Ashtray 554, 2020
Ashtray 554, 2020
Ceramic
7.6 x 31.1 x 25.7 cm
2.99 x 12.24 x 10.12 in

Ashtray 630, 2022
Ashtray 630, 2022
ceramic
5.7 x 28.6 x 30.2 cm
2.24 x 11.26 x 11.89 in

Ashtray 553, 2020
Ashtray 553, 2020
Ceramic
5.4 x 38.1 x 34.3 cm
2.13 x 15 x 13.5 in

Ashtray 442, 2017
Ashtray 442, 2017
Ceramic
6.4 x 43.2 x 38.1 cm
2.52 x 17.01 x 15 in

ASHTRAY 466, 2019
ASHTRAY 466, 2019
Ceramic, glazes
6,4 x 46,7 x 45,7 cm
2.36 x 18.11 x 17.72 in

Ashtray 420, 2016
Ashtray 420, 2016
Ceramic
7.6 x 44.5 x 39.4 cm
2.99 x 17.52 x 15.51 in

Ashtray 432, 2016
Ashtray 432, 2016
Ceramic
6.4 x 30.5 x 31.8 cm
2.52 x 12.01 x 12.52 in

Ashtray 238 (NA), 2012
Ashtray 238 (NA), 2012
ceramic
4,4 x 31,8 x 22,9 cm
1,7 x 12,5 x 9 in.

Ashtray 646, 2022
Ashtray 646, 2022
Ceramic
6.3 x 29.5 x 18.4 cm
2.48 x 11.61 x 7.24 in

ASHTRAY 525, 2019
ASHTRAY 525, 2019
Ceramic, glazes
5,4 x 37,1 x 30,8 cm
1.97 x 14.57 x 11.81 in

Ashtray 645, 2022
Ashtray 645, 2022
Ceramic
6.3 x 34.6 x 25.1 cm
2.48 x 13.62 x 9.88 in

ASHTRAY 587, 2021
ASHTRAY 587, 2021
ceramic
4.8 x 18.4 x 13.7 cm
1.89 x 7.24 x 5.39 in

ASHTRAY 586, 2021
ASHTRAY 586, 2021
ceramic
5.1 x 20.6 x 21 cm
2.01 x 8.11 x 8.27 in




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.