Eli Ruhala

Installation Images

Selected Works

Eli Ruhala
2nd stage watercolor (Looking), 2025
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
29 1/2h x 17 1/2w inches
Eli Ruhala
2nd stage watercolor (Slipping), 2025
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
29 1/2h x 17 1/2w inches
Eli Ruhala
2nd stage watercolor (Floating), 2025
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
29 1/2h x 17 1/2w inches
Eli Ruhala
2nd stage watercolor (Pulling), 2025
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
29 1/2h x 17 1/2w inches
Eli Ruhala
2nd stage watercolor (Wading), 2025
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
29 1/2h x 17 1/2w inches
Eli Ruhala
2nd stage watercolor (Dissolving), 2025
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
29 1/2h x 17 1/2w inches

Biography

Eli Ruhala (b. 2000) lives and works in Dallas, Texas.  He earned his BFA in painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA at Texas Christian University.  Earlier this year, Ruhala was selected by Matthew Higgs of White Columns, New York to participate in “Open University” at the Dallas Contemporary where he was also named the inaugural recipient of the McReynolds Prize.  In addition, Ruhala has received numerous grants and awards including Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award from the Dallas Museum of Art.

Exhibitions

On-site and Individual Works

Eli Ruhala

Studies
Talley Dunn Gallery
Fall 2025

Off-site

Eli Ruhala

Eli Ruhala
White Columns
November 8 – December 20, 2025

Eli Ruhala

Soft Proclivities
Moudy Gallery
April 11 -13, 2025

Eli Ruhala

Open University
Dallas Contemporary
January 24 – March 9, 2025

Eli Ruhala

Significant Otherness
Art League Houston
January 17 – April 11, 2025

Eli Ruhala

The(ir) Art of Loving
2024

Videos

Press

Southwest Contemporary

“Eli Ruhala: Post Obsession”
by Harrison Blake
September 5, 2025