Rusty Scruby (b. 1964) is a Dallas artist known for cutting and weaving paper and photographs into mathematically precise constructions. He initially studied aerospace engineering in college before changing his major to music composition, and studied at Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas; he eventually turned to art while incorporating elements of his earlier studies into his work. He often uses music and mathematical configurations of waves in his fabrications, cutting photographs into modular units and reassembling them into undulating "photographic reconstructions" that read as an image from a distance and dissolve into abstraction up close. His practice has expanded to works on paper constructions, wooden cube networks and hand-knit wool. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, as well as Microsoft and Capital One.
