Approved: 16.08.2010

Ruth Wallace

Artist, Teacher

Approved: 16.08.2010

Most of my work focuses either on the figure, or intimations of it, or on empty interiors. It explores the borderland between absence and presence and between the familiar and the strange and addresses themes of memory and traces. I often return to motifs of women's clothing and wallpaper to suggest both a domestic context and vestiges and echoes of people who are no longer present. I am interested

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Artist Statement

Most of my work focuses either on the figure, or intimations of it, or on empty interiors. It explores the borderland between absence and presence and between the familiar and the strange and addresses themes of memory and traces. I often return to motifs of women's clothing and wallpaper to suggest both a domestic context and vestiges and echoes of people who are no longer present. I am interested in the sense of the walls of empty homes holding narratives and presences within them.

CV & Education

Qualifications

MA Fine Art (Research), University of the West of England, Bristol (2007)

BA Visual Communication (Illustration), Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, Wiltshire (1982)

 

Group exhibitions

2021

Society of Graphic Fine Art Annual Open Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, 2 - 13 November 2021, Kennaway House, Sidmouth, Devon
Unreal Estates, online from 3 November 2021, physical exhibition, Bristol 2022, venue and dates tbc
Broadway Arts Festival Exhibition, Theatrebarn, Bretforton
Spring Open Exhibition, The Absent Gallery, online
Merge, 44AD Artspace, Bath, online

2020
Reflections 2020, South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts - Winner of Pegasus Arts Award for Best Mixed Media
Society of Women Artists Annual Open Exhibition, online
Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, online
Broadway Arts Festival Exhibition, Little Buckland Gallery, online
Secret Postcard Exhibition and Auction, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2019
167 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
This Woman's Work, Fringe Arts Bath Festival
Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Victoria Gallery, Bath
BV Open Studios, Bristol

2018

Broadway Arts Festival Exhibition, Little Buckland Gallery, Worcestershire

Light and Shade (Sightlines Projects), Christmas Steps Gallery, Bristol

Two-Faced, Cedar's Hall and Heritage Courtyard Gallery, Wells

Secret Postcard Exhibition and Auction, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Victoria Gallery, Bath

2017

Secret Postcard Auction, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Contemporary Art Open, CICCIC, Taunton - First Prize Winner

2016

164 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy - People's Choice Award Winner

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

Pay and Display, Centrespace, Bristol

2015 

RWA Archive Project Exhibition with HATCH Drawing Group, Royal West of England Academy

Secret Postcard Auction, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Imagined Postcards, Drawn 2015, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

2014

162 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

DRAW 14, Society of Graphic Fine Art Annual Open Exhbition, Menier Gallery, London

BV Studios Group Show, Sidcot Galleries, Sidcot, North Somerset

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

Hampstead Affordable Art Fair (Bowlish Gallery)

2013

161 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

The Femail Project, ARTicle Gallery, School of Art, Birmingham City University

Drawn, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Hampstead Affordable Art Fair, Bowlish Gallery stand, Hampstead, London

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

2012

160 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

New Visions, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bristol

Wells Art Contemporary, Wells and Mendip Museum, Wells, Somerset

Wunderland II, TactileBOSCH Gallery, Cardiff

2011

HerStory by Women's Work, The Link Gallery, University of Winchester, Winchester

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

2010

Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, invited artist demonstrator

Open Studios, BV Studios, Bristol

Smoke, Black Swan Gallery, Frome

2009

157 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Affordable Art Fair, Temple Meads, Bristol

Affordable Art Fair, The Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

Chelsea Art Fair, Old Town Hall, Chelsea, London

Drawing Room II, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Wessex and West Country Women Artists, Bowlish Gallery, Shepton Mallet

2008

156 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Drawing Interiors: Fran Richardson and Ruth Wallace, Bristol Drawing School, Bristol

King-sized, Centrespace, Bristol

2007

MA Graduation Show, University of the West of England, Bristol

 

Teaching

2008  till present - Drawing classes and workshops, Royal West of England Academy Drawing School, Bristol