Rukaiah "Ruki" El is a multimedium, multidimensional, and multifarious fine artist emerging from New Jersey. Her works challenge the duality of beauty and discomfort, varying from contemporary sculptures to self-inclusive paintings with vivid narratives depicting her life as a queer, Black woman.
Student Curators on Their Black History Month Exhibition
For Black History Month, Black FIT students created an exhibition that expressed their perspective in Out of Body or Out of Place? The exhibition includes visual depictions of intense racial dysmorphia, impostor syndrome, and ostracism. The curators were Rukaiah (Ruki) El, Fine Arts ’24 (with a double minor in Art History and African American & Africana Studies) and Kira Cunningham, Fashion Design ’25, both members of the Black Student Union. El is the Director of Digital Media/PR for the BSU and Cunningham is the Treasurer. Read the Q&A