Curriculum Vitae
born in New York / US | |
1967 | High School of Art and Design, New York / US |
1971 | Graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / US |
lives and works in New York / US | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2019 | Afterlife, My 20th Century 23 Nov 2019 - 1 Feb 2020, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE |
2018 | Dream Lover, Max-Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Brühl / DE |
2017 | The Birds, John Marchant Gallery & Eagle Gallery, London / UK/ DE |
2016 | Fountains & Alligators, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE |
2013 | The Unvarnished Truth, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE |
2012 | A Treasure Hunt in a Lazare House, Isis Gallery, London / UK |
Strange Bedfellows, Hosfelt Gallery, New York / US | |
2011 | New Work, Hosfelt Gallery, New York / US |
2009 | Side-Saddle, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco / US |
2008 | Histore un-Naturelle, Isis Gallery, London / UK |
2003 | Red Planet, New Painting by Ruth Marten, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US |
1999 | The Hurricane Series, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York / US |
1997 | The Wavy Bang, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York / US |
1988 | Bockley Gallery, New York / US |
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2017/2018 | What's New? Recent Acquisitions, New York Public Library, Wachenheim Gallery, New York / USA |
Wunderkammer, Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery, London / UK | |
2017 | Erwarten Sie Wunder! Das Museum als Kuriositätenkabinett und Wunderkammer, Ulmer Museum / DE |
Wiesenstück, Van der Grinten Gallery, Cologne / DE | |
Tattooed New York, New-York Historical Society, New York / USA | |
2014 | Reality Sandwich, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE |
Holding it Together – Collage, Montage, Assemblage, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco / US | |
2010/2011 | Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion and Anthropomorphism, Kohler Arts Center, NY / US |
2010 | Surreal Reinventions, (with John Hundt), Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto / US |
2009-2010 | New Drawings, Arin Contemporary, Laguna Beach / US |
2009 | 789 Gallery Beijing, Comme des Garcons graphics installation / CN |
Hair Stories, Halsey Institute, Charleston / US | |
Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot , Germany (travelled throughout Germany) / DE | |
2008 | 100 Stories, Hosfelt Gallery, New York / US |
Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US | |
On Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY / US | |
2007 | Drawn To The Edge, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US |
2006 | Under The Skin, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville / USA |
Twice Drawn, The Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs / USA |
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2005 | Idols of Perversity, Bellwether, New York / USA |
Contemporary Erotic Drawing, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT / US |
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Words in Pictures, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US | |
2004 | Merry, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn / US |
Innocence Found, DFN Gallery, New York / US | |
Mindscapes, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York / US | |
Headgames, Revolution, Ferndale / US | |
2003 | Word Works, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US |
New Work, New Acquisitions, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US | |
40 x 40, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US | |
Double Visions, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US | |
2002 | Hair Stories, curated by Ruth Marten, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US |
2000 | Summer Show, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York / US |
Quirky, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York / US | |
1999 | Marks of Identity, American Museum of Natural History, New York / US |
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City / US | |
Shy, curated by Nan Goldin, Artists Space, New York / US | |
1978 | Punk Art Exhibition, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC / USA |
1977 | X' Biennale de Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris / FR |
1970 | Crafts '70, Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts / USA |
Press & Publication (Selection)
2018 | Book: Ruth Marten, Dream Lover, published by Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR (editor Achim Sommer), Wienand Verlag, Köln, 2018 |
2016 | Book: Ruth Marten, Fountains & Alligators, published by Van der Grinten Galerie & BEL EPOK, Verlag Kettler, Dortmund, 2016 |
2013 | Book: Ruth Marten, The Unvarnished Truth, published by Van der Grinten Galerie, Stefan Schülke Verlag Köln, 2013 |
Weird Fiction Review, 04/2013: The Subversive, Surreal and Irrepressibly Weird World of Ruth Marten, by Katie Lavers | |
2009 | Hautnah – Das Haar in Kunst und Kultur, Museum Villa Rot |
Trunk Volumen One: Hair, Boccalatte Pty. Ltd | |
Haare, Herlinde Koelbl, Hatje Cantz | |
2008 | Carlo McCormack, Paper Magazine, April, 2008 New York |
2007 | Ruth Marten – Histoire-un-Naturelle, (w. essays by Dominque Nahas & Roger P. Thomas) Isis Editions, London |
2004 | Paul Klee and the Decorative Modern Art, Jenny Anger |
2001 | Tenderheaded, Juliette Harris and Pamela Johnson |
1999 | ohnson, Ken, “Ruth Marten at Littlejohn Contemporary.” The New York Times, Oct 22, 1999. Exhibition review |
The New Yorker, Oct. 1999, Exhibition review | |