Isaac Ruder (they/he) is an artist and designer living in Long Beach, CA, US. Visit their office to view commercial work.
Ruder's work is expressed through design ephemera, filmmaking, 3D animation, sound design, installation, and publication. Design systems echo throughout speculative virtual landscapes. Digital avatars perform under strict surveillance. Queer cyborgs bathe in industrial soundscapes, blissfully unaware of the environmental destruction their lifestyle relies on.
Image Credit: April Sol
Exhibitions & Screenings
Sweet July, 2024
LABOCINE (virtual)
Brooklyn, NY
Dream of a Dog, 2023
Museo del Perro (curated by Home Cinema)
Amsterdam, NL
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology, 2023
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
Portland, OR
SPECTRA LIVE, 2023
Spectra Studio
Los Angeles, CA
Poetic Realities, 2022
The New Wight Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Perspective Slip, 2021
The New Wight Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Student Film Showcase, 2021
Hammer Museum (virtual)
Los Angeles, CA
Infrared Love (solo), 2021
UCLA Experimental Digital Arts (virtual)
Los Angeles, CA
Cursed, 2020
Hellavision Television (virtual)
Minneapolis, MN
Limitless Spaces, 2019
MCAD MFA Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
Hellavision Television #7, 2019
Trylon Cinema
Minneapolis, MN
Je Bent Zelf een Kleurboek, 2018
PIP Optie B
The Hague, Netherlands
Made@MCAD (juried), 2016
MCAD Main Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
Behind the clouds its lovely (solo), 2016
MCAD Black Box Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Mean (Guerrilla Girls Takeover), 2016
MCAD Main Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
Unmapping the World (juried), 2015
CIG Chaumont
Chaumont, France
Summer Doldrums, 2013
Volume One Gallery
Eau Claire, WI
Experience
Designer & Developer
BioBAT Art Space
Brooklyn, NY (Remote)
2024–Present
Editor & VFX Artist
Rebeca Méndez Studio
Los Angeles, CA
2022–23
Freelance Designer
Monograph
Remote
2022
Teaching Assistant
UCLA Design Media Arts
Los Angeles, CA
2020–22
Freelance Designer & Developer
IN-FO.CO
Los Angeles, CA
2019–21
Designer
Frank Collective
Los Angeles, CA
2018–19
Designer
Sprout & Ovechkin
Los Angeles, CA
2017–18
Design Intern
Aspen Art Museum
Aspen, CO
2017
Designer
MCAD DesignWorks
Minneapolis, MN
2014–16
Studio Assistant
Location Books
Minneapolis, MN
2013–14
Residency
Materials Art Arc Research Stn (m.a.a.r.s.)
Joshua Tree, CA
2018
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
MFA, Design Media Arts, 2022
Thesis: Industrial Culture
Produces Weird Artifacts and
Queer Cyborg Anxieties
Advisor: Jenna Caravello
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
BFA, Web and Multimedia Environments, 2016
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK)
Study Abroad, Graphic Design, 2015