Born, 1963 in Jhang, Pakistan
Over the last 20 years, Ruby Chishti has produced a series of lyrical sculptures and installations that touch on tenacity and fragility of human existence, migration, Islamic myths, gender politics, memory, universal theme of love, loss and of being human.
She is primarily a representational sculptor, she was formally educated at the National College of Art in Lahore, Pakistan. Ruby has held residencies internationally, she has received fellowships and awards including recent VSC/Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship. Her installations, sculptures, and sitespecific works have been exhibited at Asia Society Museum NY, Queens Museum, rossi & rossi Hong Kong, Aicon Gallery (London & New York), Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, Arco Madrid, Art Hong Kong, India Art fair and The Armory Show NYC to name a few. Chishti’s work has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers and books including Unveiling the visible by Salima Hashmi, Memory-Metaphor-Mutations by Salima Hashmi and Yashodhra Dalmia and The eye still seeks: Pakistani Contemporary Art by Salima Hashmi & Matand Khosla.
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Ruby Chishti
Wandering, 2020
Old military jacket, polyester, wire mesh, thread
47h x 28w x 10d in
Ruby Chishti
The Blind Spot In History II, 2020
Cloth, thread, yarn, found fabrics, polyester, archival glue
28h x 36w in
Ruby Chishti
The Blind Spot In History III, 2020
Cloth, thread, yarn, found fabrics, polyester, archival glue
28h x 36w in
Ruby Chishti
Ghost - Victory Arch, 2020
Wire mesh, polyester, apoxy clay, gold leaf, fabric, paint , and archival glue on board
40h x 21w x 7d in
Ruby Chishti
Warp and Weft, 2020
Steel, apoxy clay, paint, fabric, thread
55h x 55w in
Ruby Chishti
The Present is a Ruin Without the People, 2016
Recycled textiles, wire mesh, thread, wood, embellishment, metal scrapes, and archival glue; with sound
82h x 128w x 12d in
Ruby Chishti
Mother, Wake Me Up At 7:00, 2020
Recylcled fabric, thread, wood, paint, wire mesh
38h x 23w x 9d in
Ruby Chishti
An intangible sanctuary of ocean and starts II, 2020
Men’s vintage wool overcoat, cloth, thread flicking powder, wood, paint, archival glue, dried moss
100h x 74w x 14d in
Ruby Chishti
You Read And Write History, We Make And Live It, 2020
Wire mesh, cardboard, fabric, polyester, thread, spicy clay, paint
42h x 45w in
Ruby Chishti
Heavenly Bodies, 2020
Borrowed image of Cygnus Wall in Narrowband, polyester, cloth, metal, and archival glue
60h x 72w in
Ruby Chishti
Untitled, 2019
Gauze bandage, polyester fabric, lace, and brassiere
Ruby Chishti
Essence of Time VI, 2020
Found crochet lace, embellishment, wire mesh, cloth scraps, metal
15h x 19w x 4d in
