LAUREN RUTH

Philadelphia, PA

Lauren@Lauren-Ruth.com

www.Lauren-Ruth.com

Education
MFA, Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2010

BA, Studio Art with Honors, Dartmouth College (cum laude), Hanover, NH 2006

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

String (Figure) Theory: Lost and then Found, with Ann Gaziano, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA 2011

Pseudanthium Synthesis, with Soo Sunny Park, PLAYCUBE Mobile Exhibition Space, Hanover, NH 2009

Dome in Flames, with Ann Gaziano, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2009

And somewhere we will meet, Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, Hanover, NH 2007
Arctic Aquarium, Barrows Exhibition Rotunda, Hanover, NH 2007

Continental Droop, Six Loose Ladies/Fiber Arts Vermont Gallery, Proctorsville,VT 2006

 

Group Exhibitions

(upcoming) Contraption, curated by Maiza Hixson, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 2012

Transient, with Ann Gaziano, Gallery 31, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington D.C., Aug 2011

Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition and Art Festival, with Ann Gaziano, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY Summer 2011

Hive/Cave, with Ann Gaziano, Pageant Soloveev Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2011

String (Figure) Theory, with Ann Gaziano, The Receiver Time-Based Media Festival, Charleston, SC 2011

Rapid Smiles, curated by Joe Becherer for the City of Grand Rapids, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI 2010  

National Fall Exhibition, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT 2010

Out of the Woods: 2010 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI 2010

Experiencing Perspectives, Daimler Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI 2009

The Line, curated by Ann Gaziano and Lauren Ruth, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2009

17th Annual Juried Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH 2009

Good Clean Innovative Fun, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2009

Ephemeral Sensuality, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2008

My universe is gigantic, enormous & amazing:A Drawing Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2007    
Dartmouth Senior Majors Exhibition, Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, Hanover, NH 2006

Best of Chautauqua, Chautauqua Institution Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY 2005

Critical Faculties:Teaching with the Hood’s Collections, The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH 2004

Grants, Fellowships, Awards

Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship for Ox-Bow, 2011

Fredrick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, ArtPrize Exhibition Honorarium, 2010

Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, 2009

Dartmouth College General Fellowship (for independent research abroad), 2007

Marcus Heiman-Martin Rosenthal ‘56 Achievement in the Arts Award, Dartmouth College, 2006
Perspectives on Design Exhibition Award, Dartmouth College, 2006

Office of Residential Life Purchase Award, Dartmouth College, 2006

Richter Memorial Trust Grant, Dartmouth College, 2006

 

Residencies

Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI, Fall 2011

Resident Artist, Recyclying Artist in Residency (RAIR), Philadelphia, PA, Aug 2011

Summer Session, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA 2009

Summer Residency, Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY 2005

 

Lectures and Invitations
Visiting Alumni Artist Lecture, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 2011

Visiting Critic, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2011   

ArtPrize Pecha Kucha Lecture Series, The Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2010

Visiting Critic, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, CO 2010

 

Special Projects
Ruthless Animals Collaborative, with artist Ann Gaziano, Philadelphia, PA 2009 - Present

Apprentice, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2010

 

Publications

Jacquelyn Gleisner, "End-troducing," Pravis Makes Perfect, art:21 Blog, Oct 13, 2011, http://blog.art21.org/2011/10/13/praxis-makes-perfect-end-troducing/.

Holly Otterbein, "First Friday Focus," Philadelphia City Paper, May 5, 2011, 22.

"Smile: ArtPrize is Here," front page photograph, The Grand Rapids Press, September 22, 2010, 1.

POD Award 1992-2010, catalog, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2010.

Experiencing Perspectives, exhibition catalog, Daimler Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, 2009.

Senior Majors 2006, exhibition catalog, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2006.

 

Selected Professional Experience
Freelance Graphic Designer, Philadelphia, PA 2010 - Present   

Studio Assistant, Soo Sunny Park, Hanover, NH 2009 - 2010

Library Assistant, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2009 - 2010

Photography Intern, Threads of Life Foundation, Bali, Indonesia 2007
Teaching Assistant and Intern, Dartmouth College Studio Art Department, NH 2006 - 2007

Teaching Assistant, Davidson Ceramics Studio at Dartmouth College, NH 2004 - 2007