About Ruby’s practice is primarily concerned with the reconstruction of familiar forms to present and document the extraordinary as authentic. A variety of media including paper cut outs, the readymade, animal matter and sounds are collected, manipulated and reassembled to create new ambiguous forms as works on paper, performances, installations, films and pieces of music. These collages aim to present an unnatural history with it’s own folklore, where the boundaries between cryptozoic speculation and scientific evidence are obscured. A fascination with herpetology, it's history, symbolism and future conservation, roots her material and conceptual investigations. By placing herself within her work, Ruby creates fleeting self portraits which allow for a vicarious existence. Here she is able to document different aspects of her ‘Self’ and embellished accounts of personal experiences, set within her own invented myths. Her music and lyrics support these visual works; collected sound recordings are digitally manipulated, collated and used to create songs, which are then performed in response to specific sites and events.
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Solo Exhibitions 2018 Into Gold, PAPER Second Exhibition Space 2017 Ermine, Chetham’s Library, Manifest Arts Festival Manchester 2017 The Land Is, PAPER Gallery Manchester
Selected Group Exhibitions 2019 Un Staged PAPER and Leicester Print Workshop 2018 Into a Light With PAPER +LLE, Saatchi Gallery London 2018 Tracing Paper Show, PAPER Gallery Manchester 2018 Message from Manchester, 48 Hours Neukolln, Berlin 2018 Like the Lines of a Hand C4RD London 2017 Like the Lines of a Hand PAPER Gallery Manchester 2017 Curiosities AIR Gallery Altrincham 2017 Intimate The Old Courts Wigan 2017Fountain Fountain Bury Art Museum and Gallery 2017 John Hyatt Rock Art Performances, HOME Manchester 2016 The Cat Show, PAPER Gallery Manchester 2016 Bankley Open Call, Manchester 2016 The Human Condition, East Street Arts Leeds 2016 Chamber of Commerce GM Arts Prize Show Manchester 2016 RITE, Islington Mill Salford 2016 Utopia, Dystopia, Fringe Arts Bath 2016 Free For Arts Manchester 2016 Sound and Vision, PAPER Gallery Manchester
Art Fairs 2017 The Manchester Contemporary 2017 Line and Fold, Basel Switzerland 2015 sluice___ London
Residencies 2016 + PAPER Gallery Studio Artist Manchester 2016 Exploring PAPER AIR Programme Manchester 2016 Contemporary Art Practice Degree Residency The Manchester College 2015 PAPER Gallery Studio Artist Manchester 2014 Artfunkl Residency Manchester
Awards 2017 GM Arts Prize Shortlisted 2016 GM Arts Prize Emerging Contemporary Visual Artist Runner Up
Selected Performances 2019 No Such Thing, A Portrait with Salamanders Manifest/PAPER 2019 Not Quite Light Night (with Simon Woolham) The White Hotel 2018 Nile Chorus (with Simon Woolham) Manchester Museum 2018 In the Mirror With Me Neukölln Berlin 2017 Self in Shed The Manchester Contemporary 2017 Ermine Chetham’s Library Manchester 2017 Buddha of the Bathroom Manchester Art Gallery, Bury Art Gallery 2017 The Land Is PAPER Gallery and HOME Manchester 2016 Fowl Walcot Chapel Bath and Islington Mill Salford 2015 Menagerie in Blue sluice___2015 London and University of Salford 2014 Helix Duette (with Marina Kelly) ArtFunkl Manchester
Ongoing Collaborations 2017+ Buddha of the Bathroom/The Moth with Mike Chavez Dawson 2016+ Collaborative practice & The Frog with Simon Woolham 2013 + Recordings and performances with Dirty Freud
Discography *2019 No Such Thing LP 2017 Ermine OST 2017 The Land Is LP 2016 Hymns for the Men EP 2015 Menagerie in Blue OST
Selected Publication and Press 2019 Visit Manchester HAUNT Collaboration Interview 2018 Cotton On Manchester Interview 2017 Manifest Podcast Interview 2017 BBC Radio Manchester Interview and film 2017 CCQ January Artist Feature 2016 Creative Tourist Exhibition Preview 2016 PAPER Magazine, Folklore and Spectrograms Interview 2016 The Lucky Jotter Artist Showcase 2015 Illustration for Simon Young (The Mysterious Rolling Wool Bogey)