Alan Ruiz is an artist whose work explores the way space is produced both as material and as ideology. His work has been shown in exhibitions at the Queens Museum, The Storefront for Art and Architecture, The Kitchen, TG, Nottingham, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts.  His writing has been featured in Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, Millenium Film Journal, TDR, BOMB Magazine, Archinect, Headmaster, and InVisible Culture, among others. He has participated in residencies with Whitney Museum’s Youth Insights Program, Abrons Arts Center and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Ruiz received an MFA from Yale University and was a fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program. He teaches at Pratt Institute and in the Department of Visual Studies at The New School.