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{{Short description|Scottish artist}}
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[[File:Ruth Ewan We could have.jpg|alt=A ten hour clock|thumb|We Could Have Been Anything We Wanted To Be - Ruth Ewan Folkestone Triennial 2011]]
[[File:Ruth Ewan We could have.jpg|alt=A ten-hour clock|thumb|We Could Have Been Anything We Wanted To Be - Ruth Ewan Folkestone Triennial 2011]]
'''Ruth Ewan''' is a Scottish artist who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.
'''Ruth Ewan''' is a Scottish artist based in Glasgow, who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inglebygallery.com/artists/36-ruth-ewan/overview/|title=Ruth Ewan|website=Ingleby Gallery|language=en|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Ruth Ewan was born in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland, in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/ruth-ewan|title=Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection|last=Collection|first=Zabludowicz|website=Zabludowicz Collection|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> She studied fine art at the [[Edinburgh College of Art]], graduating in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robtufnell.com/Artists'%20pages/Ruth%20Ewan/ruthewanbio.html|title=Ruth Ewan Bio|last=Tufnell|first=Rob|date=|website=Rob Tufnell|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
Ruth Ewan was born in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland, in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/ruth-ewan|title=Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection|last=Collection|first=Zabludowicz|website=Zabludowicz Collection|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> She studied fine art at the [[Edinburgh College of Art]], graduating in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robtufnell.com/Artists'%20pages/Ruth%20Ewan/ruthewanbio.html|title=Ruth Ewan Bio|last=Tufnell|first=Rob|website=Rob Tufnell|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
*2006: Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World Studio Voltaire, London<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.studiovoltaire.org/exhibitions/archive/ruth-ewan/|title=Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire|work=Studio Voltaire|access-date=2018-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2006: Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World Studio Voltaire, London<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.studiovoltaire.org/exhibitions/archive/ruth-ewan/|title=Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire|work=Studio Voltaire|access-date=2018-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2007: Ours is the world, despite all. [[Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art]], [[Sunderland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngca.co.uk/exhibs/default.asp?id=110&prnt=18|title=Ruth Ewan: 'Ours is the world, despite all.' <br>Ben Young: 'The House in the Middle.'|last=alex.ryley@sunderland.gov.uk|date=2009-02-12|website=www.ngca.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
*2007: Ours is the world, despite all. [[Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art]], [[Sunderland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngca.co.uk/exhibs/default.asp?id=110&prnt=18|title=Ruth Ewan: 'Ours is the world, despite all.' <br />Ben Young: 'The House in the Middle.'|date=2009-02-12|website=www.ngca.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
*2007: Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, [[Artangel]] London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/did-you-kiss-the-foot-that-kicked-you/|title=Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?|website=www.artangel.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
*2007: Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, [[Artangel]] London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/did-you-kiss-the-foot-that-kicked-you/|title=Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?|website=www.artangel.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
*2010: ''Damnatio Memoriae'', Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, [[Hohenlockstedt]], Germany<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de/kuratieren/2010/ruth-ewan-damnatio-memoriae/|title=Damnatio Memoriae|website=www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de|language=de|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
*2010: ''Damnatio Memoriae'', Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, [[Hohenlockstedt]], Germany<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de/kuratieren/2010/ruth-ewan-damnatio-memoriae/|title=Damnatio Memoriae|website=www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de|language=de|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
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== Projects ==
== Projects ==


=== A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World. ===
=== A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World ===
In 2003 Ewan began a project that is still ongoing to create an archive of songs that carry a message about changing the world. She used her own research, and that of other people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/ruth-ewan|title=Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection|last=Collection|first=Zabludowicz|website=Zabludowicz Collection|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> She invites participation from others, via a section on her own website.<ref>http://ruthewan.com/projects/a-jukebox-of-people-trying-to-change-the-world/</ref> In April 2018, it was in the [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]], Bothy Gallery, where some songs included references to Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T27556070974&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=0_T27556203635&backKey=20_T27556203636&csi=250237&docNo=3|title=From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs|last=|first=|date=2018-01-15|work=Yorkshire Post|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
In 2003 Ewan began a project that is still ongoing to create an archive of songs that carry a message about changing the world. She used her own research, and that of other people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/ruth-ewan|title=Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection|last=Collection|first=Zabludowicz|website=Zabludowicz Collection|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> She invites participation from others, via a section on her own website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ruthewan.com/projects/a-jukebox-of-people-trying-to-change-the-world/|title=A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World – Ruth Ewan}}</ref> In April 2018, it was in the [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]], Bothy Gallery, where some songs included references to Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T27556070974&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=0_T27556203635&backKey=20_T27556203636&csi=250237&docNo=3|title=From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs|date=2018-01-15|work=Yorkshire Post|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>


=== We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be. ===
=== We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be ===


Ewan created new clocks based on the [[French Republican Calendar]] which ran for 13 years from 5 October 1793. Each day was made up of 10 hours. The work is made up of ten clocks, and was commissioned for [[Folkestone]]'s Triennial in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.folkestoneartworks.co.uk/artists/ruth-ewan/|title=Ruth Ewan|date=2013-04-12|work=Folkestone Artworks|access-date=2018-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
Ewan created new clocks based on the [[French Republican Calendar]] which ran for 13 years from 5 October 1793. Each day was made up of 10 hours. The work is made up of ten clocks, and was commissioned for [[Folkestone]]'s Triennial in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.folkestoneartworks.co.uk/artists/ruth-ewan/|title=Ruth Ewan|date=2013-04-12|work=Folkestone Artworks|access-date=2018-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
There are two clocks which were made in addition to the initial ten, one red and one black. The red version is held by the Tate Britain, and the black by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/ewan-we-could-have-been-anything-that-we-wanted-to-be-red-version-t14387|title=‘We could have been anything that we wanted to be (red version)’, Ruth Ewan, 2011 {{!}} Tate|last=Tate|work=Tate|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-GB}}</ref>
There are two clocks which were made in addition to the initial ten, one red and one black. The red version is held by the Tate Britain, and the black by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/ewan-we-could-have-been-anything-that-we-wanted-to-be-red-version-t14387|title='We could have been anything that we wanted to be (red version)', Ruth Ewan, 2011 {{!}} Tate|last=Tate|work=Tate|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Sympathetic Magick ===
In 2018, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, Ewan collaborated with magician Ian Saville to commission 16 political magicians to perform at various venues through the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/jailed-poets-voices-to-be-heard-in-edinburgh-art-festival-works-1-4773988|title=Jailed poets' voices to be heard in Edinburgh Art Festival works|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/1037240-sympathetic-magick/|title=Sympathetic Magick|website=edinburghfestival.list.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* 2006: [[EASTinternational]]
* 2008: Cocheme Fellowship, Byam Shaw School of Art
* 2012: CREATE Art Award<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ruth Ewan|last=Ruth.|first=Ewan|date=2012|publisher=Dundee Contemporary Arts|others=Dall, Rhea., Domke, Graham., Schiess Højmose, Kirstine., Dundee Contemporary Arts (Art center), Kunsthal Charlottenborg.|isbn=9788788944808|location=Dundee|pages=90|oclc=835592302}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Silent Agitator]]''


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 15:54, 18 June 2023

Ruth Ewan
Born
Aberdeen
NationalityBritish
EducationEdinburgh College of Art
AgentRob Tufnell
A ten-hour clock
We Could Have Been Anything We Wanted To Be - Ruth Ewan Folkestone Triennial 2011

Ruth Ewan is a Scottish artist based in Glasgow, who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.[1]

Early life

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Ruth Ewan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1980.[2] She studied fine art at the Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2002.[3]

Exhibitions

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Projects

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A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World

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In 2003 Ewan began a project that is still ongoing to create an archive of songs that carry a message about changing the world. She used her own research, and that of other people.[12] She invites participation from others, via a section on her own website.[13] In April 2018, it was in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bothy Gallery, where some songs included references to Donald Trump.[14]

We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be

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Ewan created new clocks based on the French Republican Calendar which ran for 13 years from 5 October 1793. Each day was made up of 10 hours. The work is made up of ten clocks, and was commissioned for Folkestone's Triennial in 2011.[15] There are two clocks which were made in addition to the initial ten, one red and one black. The red version is held by the Tate Britain, and the black by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.[16]

Sympathetic Magick

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In 2018, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, Ewan collaborated with magician Ian Saville to commission 16 political magicians to perform at various venues through the city.[17][18]

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ruth Ewan". Ingleby Gallery. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ Tufnell, Rob. "Ruth Ewan Bio". Rob Tufnell. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire". Studio Voltaire. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Ruth Ewan: 'Ours is the world, despite all.'
    Ben Young: 'The House in the Middle.'"    . www.ngca.co.uk. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?". www.artangel.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Damnatio Memoriae". www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ^ "A LOCK IS A GATE - Art on the Underground". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Brank & Heckle - Dundee Contemporary Arts". Dundee Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Arkæologiens fravær af liv - kunsten.nu". kunsten.nu (in Danish). 1 October 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  11. ^ Villarreal, Ignacio. "London based artist Ruth Ewan brings to life the French Republican Calendar". artdaily.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  12. ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  13. ^ "A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World – Ruth Ewan".
  14. ^ "From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs". Yorkshire Post. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Ruth Ewan". Folkestone Artworks. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  16. ^ Tate. "'We could have been anything that we wanted to be (red version)', Ruth Ewan, 2011 | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Jailed poets' voices to be heard in Edinburgh Art Festival works". Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Sympathetic Magick". edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  19. ^ Ruth., Ewan (2012). Ruth Ewan. Dall, Rhea., Domke, Graham., Schiess Højmose, Kirstine., Dundee Contemporary Arts (Art center), Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Dundee: Dundee Contemporary Arts. p. 90. ISBN 9788788944808. OCLC 835592302.
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