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Revision as of 16:50, 24 May 2018
Ruth Ewan is a Scottish artist who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.
Ruth Ewan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aberdeen |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Edinburgh College of Art |
| Agent | Rob Tufnell |
Early Life
Ruth Ewan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1980.[1] She was working towards and completed a fine art degree in the Edinburgh College of Art, between 1998 and 2002.[2]
Exhibitions
- 2006: Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World Studio Voltaire, London[3]
- 2007: Ours is the world, despite all. Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland[4]
- 2007: Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, Artangel London[5]
- 2010: Damnatio Memoriae, Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany[6]
- 2011: A Lock is a Gate, Art on the Underground, London[7]
- 2011: Brank & Heckle, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee[8]
- 2012: Ruth Ewan, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen[9]
- 2013: A Revolutionary Advent Calendar, MoMA, Warsaw[10]
Installations
A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World.
In 2003 Ewan 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[11]. She invites participation from others, via a section on her own website. In April 2018, it was in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bothy Gallery, where some songs included references to Donald Trump.[12]
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 5th October 1793. Each day was made up of 10 hours. It was commissioned for Folkestone's Triennial in 2011.[13]
References
- ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Tufnell, Rob. "Ruth Ewan Bio". Rob Tufnell. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire". Studio Voltaire. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
{{cite news}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 11 (help) - ^ alex.ryley@sunderland.gov.uk (2009-02-12). "Ruth Ewan: 'Ours is the world, despite all.'
Ben Young: 'The House in the Middle.'". www.ngca.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-23. - ^ "Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?". www.artangel.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Damnatio Memoriae". www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "A LOCK IS A GATE - Art on the Underground". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Brank & Heckle - Dundee Contemporary Arts". Dundee Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Arkæologiens fravær af liv - kunsten.nu". kunsten.nu (in Danish). 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Villarreal, Ignacio. "London based artist Ruth Ewan brings to life the French Republican Calendar". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs". Yorkshire Post. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Ruth Ewan". Folkestone Artworks. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-23.