EDUCATION
1987 MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1973 BA in American History, Porter College, Santa Cruz
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Sticks and Stones, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Oakland Museum at City Center, Gallery 555
2005 Internal Life, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Introspection, Alysia Duckler Galllery, Portland, OR
Liquid Connections, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2002 Thai-American Art Exchange Project, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Being There: 45 Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum, CA
2002 Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works. Tour Schedule:
J. Wayne Stark University Center Gallery, College Station Texas
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler Texas
Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville Ohio
Art and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Arts Midland Gallery, Midland, Michigan
Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado
1999 The Quality of Glass: Heat and Light, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
1997 Galerie Brulee, Strasbourg, France
L'Chaim!, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
A Matter of Form, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
1996 The Art of Light and Glass, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1995 Group Show, Miller Gallery, New York
1994 Four Sculptors in Glass, Oakland Museum Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA
Form Content Matter, California Polytechnic University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Contemporary Cast Glass, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, CA
Museo Italo Americano, Collaboration with Narcissus Quagliata, San Francisco, CA
1993 Solo Exhibition, Silica Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1992 International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
A Fragile Line, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1989 Verre, Grandeur, Nature, Parc Fleury, sponsored by Ville de Paris, France
Solo Exhibition, Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Alameda County, Berkeley Courthouse
Alexandre and Marine Asseraf, Paris, France
Cast glass urns and lighting , Benaroya Symphony Hall, Seattle, WA
Bob and Jan Bisno, Beverly Hills, CA
Outdoor Fountain, City Place Center, Santa An, CA
City of Oakland, California
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Countertop, Homage a Matisse, Waves, Eliza's Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Entranceway Glass Panels, Emergency Operation Center, Public Arts Program, Oakland, CA
Fairbanks International Airport, AK
Yves and Marie Feunteun, Paris, France
Ann and Gordon Getty
C. Paolino and J. Gidwani, San Francisco, CA
Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Dean and Gerda Koontz, Newport coast, CA
Outdoor Fountain, Green Hill Tower, San Francisco, CA
Musee du Verre, Sars Poteries, France
National Science Foundation, Palmer Station, Antarctica
John and Connie Newnes, Wollengong, Australia
Kristin Newton, Tokyo, Japan
Noto Jima Glass Museum, Japan
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Oregon Health Sciences University, Patient Care Facility
Porter College, University of California at Santa Cruz
Jerry and Judy Rose, Atherton, CA
Ping and Jen Sung, San Francisco, CA
Glass Shelf, Sunset Magazine Ideahouse, Cupertino, CA
Tongatapu Glass Mural, Tokyo DisneySea, Japan
Walt Disney Imagineering
Willow Glen Branch Public Library, San Jose, CA
Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff, Malibu, CA
Kiribati, Private Sculpture Garden, Atherton, CA
AWARDS
2006 National Science Foundation, Antarctic Travel Grant for Artists and Writers
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Ruth, David. “The Mood of Nature”, Art of Glass, Glass Art Committee, China Craft Council, Fall
2006 Grover, Nathan. “Suspended in Glass”, World Art Glass Quarterly, Fall
2005 Internal Life, David Ruth Cast Glass Sculptures, 44 page catalogue
2003 Wagner, David. "Internal Brush Strokes," This Side Up, No 22, Summer 2003
2002 American Craft, "Commisions," April/May, 2002
1999 U.S. Glass Magazine, "Beyond Imagination," May 1999
1988 Le Monde, "Eloge de la Transparence," May 5, 1988
L'Atelier des Metiers d'Art, "Nebulas," No 129, June 1988
1987 L'Atelier des Metiers d'Art, "Le Marcheur de Feu," No 116, March 1987
Cummings, Keith. Techniques of Kiln-Formed Glass, 1997
Waggoner, Shawn. "Exploring Mankind's Inner Life, The Work of David Ruth," Glass Art Magazine, Nov/Dec 1992
Borowsky, Irwin. Artists Confronting the Inconceivable, 1992
Corning New Glass Review: No 12, 1991
Corning New Glass Review: No 4, 1983
