Aleph Contemporary for AccessArt
19 NOVEMBER 2021 - 17 DECEMBER 2021Notes
Thoughts of Van Gogh and Heidegger passed my mind as I painted these boots of a friend who was staying, but what was most intriguing to me was the leftover traces of human presence, both in the muddy boots, but also in the watering can and spray bottle encrusted in lime plaster from when we re-rendered the front of the house.
Ruth is interested in the relationship between humans and the material world: how we shape matter, write meaning into it, and are shaped by it.
MA (distinction) and BA (2.1) in Art History at The Courtauld Institute of Art (2012-16).
Diploma in portraiture (2-year full time) at The Heatherley School of Fine Art (2016-18).
Prizes include the Emerging Artist Bursary for Devon Open Studios (2021) The Heatherley Portrait Prize (2018) and the ‘Worlds End Studios Prize’ (2017). Selected exhibitions include the ‘Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize Exhibition 2019’ at Piano Nobile and the ‘Royal Society of British Artists 2019 Exhibition’ at the Mall Galleries.
Art residencies include the ‘CWND Artist Residency’ in Canary Warf, the art residency ‘Continuum’ at Husk in Limehouse and several art residencies on construction sites across London including Fenchurch Street and Battersea Power Station
Website: www.ruthhelensmith.co.uk
Instagram: @ruth.helen.smith
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