ABOUT
Orly Ruaimi is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA. She received her MFA in Studio Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute before relocating to LA. Orly art awards include; Lady Gaga International Design Competition, the Spring Design Award at AAU, a nomination for the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award at The International Sculpture Center, the Harold E. Weiner Memorial Fund Award in Sculpture, and the Edwin Anthony & Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarship. One of her notable works is a site-specific installation entitled "I'll Fight You Just to Get Peace", exhibited alongside Mel Ziegler's "A Living Thing" at the Walter McBean Gallery in San Francisco. Orly's video "Risk Management" was also selected for the MFA Film Festival at the New People Cinema in San Francisco and exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University in 2018.
Orly's artwork has been exhibited at a range of venues, including the de Young Museum, Richmond Art Center, Diego Rivera Gallery, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, The San Francisco Mint, Cannery Gallery 108 & 112, LA Artcore Brewery Gallery, Facebook Headquarters, New Mexico State University, Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University, LACDA in LA, and Arena1 in Santa Monica, CA. She also completed the following art residencies: 18th Street Art Center, HANGAR in Portugal, Asylum Arts, The University of Texas El Paso, New Mexico State University, MASS MoCA in Massachusetts, and Otis College Of Art And Design in Los Angeles. In 2018 Orly founded her private studio/gallery, STEEL CAT STUDIOS, and began teaching at Otis College of Art and Design.PAST PROJECTS,
2012-2015
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