Ruth Ewan is a Scottish artist based in Glasgow, who focuses on projects looking at social movements and protests.[1]
Ruth Ewan | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Edinburgh College of Art |
| Agent | Rob Tufnell |
Early life
editRuth Ewan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1980.[2] She studied fine art at the Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2002.[3]
Exhibitions
edit- 2006: Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World Studio Voltaire, London[4]
- 2007: Ours is the world, despite all. Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland[5]
- 2007: Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, Artangel London[6]
- 2010: Damnatio Memoriae, Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany[7]
- 2011: A Lock is a Gate, Art on the Underground, London[8]
- 2011: Brank & Heckle, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee[9]
- 2012: Ruth Ewan, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen[10]
- 2013: A Revolutionary Advent Calendar, MoMA, Warsaw[11]
Projects
editA Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World
editIn 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
editEwan 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
editIn 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
edit- 2006: EASTinternational
- 2008: Cocheme Fellowship, Byam Shaw School of Art
- 2012: CREATE Art Award[19]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ruth Ewan". Ingleby Gallery. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Tufnell, Rob. "Ruth Ewan Bio". Rob Tufnell. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Ruth Ewan, Psittaciformes Trying to Change the World, Studio Voltaire". Studio Voltaire. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "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. - ^ "Did You Kiss the Foot That Kicked You?". www.artangel.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Damnatio Memoriae". www.m1-hohenlockstedt.de (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "A LOCK IS A GATE - Art on the Underground". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Brank & Heckle - Dundee Contemporary Arts". Dundee Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Arkæologiens fravær af liv - kunsten.nu". kunsten.nu (in Danish). 1 October 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Villarreal, Ignacio. "London based artist Ruth Ewan brings to life the French Republican Calendar". artdaily.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Collection, Zabludowicz. "Ruth Ewan - Artists - Collection - Zabludowicz Collection". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World – Ruth Ewan".
- ^ "From Donald Trump to animal rights - the jukebox which only plays protest songs". Yorkshire Post. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Ruth Ewan". Folkestone Artworks. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Tate. "'We could have been anything that we wanted to be (red version)', Ruth Ewan, 2011 | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Jailed poets' voices to be heard in Edinburgh Art Festival works". Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Sympathetic Magick". edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ 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.