Installations

During 2015, as Visiting Artist at the Institute for Systems Biology, Ruffner interviewed the ISB  senior faculty for her ‘Poetic Hybrids’ project at the Seattle Art Museum (and other venues.)   Following those interviews in 2015, the ’Aesthetic Engineering’ bronze and glass sculptures were exhibited throughout ISB.  This exhibit will continue through 2017.

Solo Exhibition: Aesthetic Engineering, Huntsville Museum of Art, Installation view.
2014, steel, stainless steel and glass.

Aesthetic Engineering: The Imagination Cycle, Installation view
2010, steel, stainless steel and glass

2007, stainless steel, glass, fiberglass and mixed media

Museum of Glass
A mixed-media installation which urges viewers to pause and contemplate art, life and creativity. Within six large gold frames, the steel elements include a heart, an arrow and a large chain. The sculptural forms range from spiritual to whimsical. Using metaphor and symbolism, Ruffner has created a glimpse into another world.

Heller Gallery, NYC
steel, stainless steel, glass, aluminum and roses
Dimensions:  various
2001

Seattle Art Museum
glass, steel, bronze and rose petals
Dimensions:  various
2000

Meyerson Nowinski Gallery
wall panels of glass, mirrors and wood
Dimensions:  various
1998

Laumeier Sculpture Park Museum
steel, glass and roses
Dimensions:  various
2001

Bellevue Art Museum
glass, wood, steel and tchotchkes
dimensions: various
1995

Museum of Northwest Art
1998

Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art
steel tornado with 1,000 glass drops
18' x 9' x 9'
1990

Tacoma Art Museum
1995

Fay Gould Gallery

Lust, Relationship, Communication
7 Stations of Intimacy
Station 1 - Lust, Station 2 - Relationship, Station 3 - Communication Station 4 - Marriage Station 6 - Scorn Station 7 - Transcendence/Art

Traver-Sutton Gallery