David Ruth

Born
1951 Berkeley, CA

Education
1987 M.F.A.,California College of Arts and Crafts
1973 B.A.,American History, Porter College, UC Santa Cruz, Arts Council Award

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1993 Silica Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1989 Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France

Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
"Functional Fine Art", curated by Marna Braunstein Clark, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
45 Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum, CA
2001
“Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works”, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado, (touring)
1999
“The Quality of Glass: Heat and Light,” Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
1997
Galerie Brulée, 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
“Tesori nel Mediterraneo”, Museo Italo Americano, Collaboration with Narcissus Quagliata,San Francisco, CA
1992
“International Exhibition of Glass” Kanazawa, Japan
“A Fragile Line”, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

Public Collections
Porter College, University of California at Santa Cruz
Musée du Verre, Sars Poteries, France
Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Oakland Museum, California
Noto Jima Glass Museum, Japan
City of Oakland, California