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Kelly Ruth is an emerging artist having spent a decade employed as the dyer/painter for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s wardrobe department. Through working alongside many world-class artists during this period she learned much of what she has applied to her career as a painter. In the last five years she has concentrated on painting, exhibiting in Miami, Florida, Calgary, and many exhibits in Winnipeg. She continues to use dye work in her one of kind clothing line, which she has developed in relationship to her paintings. In the past couple of years she has been dying linens, which she uses as the ground for her paintings. Her work deals with her personal navigation through a world that she feels at odds with. In an attempt to come to terms with the reality around her she creates a new landscape with characters, who seek truth amongst the rubble and desolation of a world gone awry.
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Professional Experience
2004-2009 Self Employed Textile dyer/painter for Ballet companies across Canada
1997 – 2004 Head textile dyer/painter for The Royal Winnipeg Ballet
2000 Textile dyer for the stage production of The Lion King, Toronto
1994 -1997 Wardrobe co-coordinator for The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
Costume Design
2008 Kevin Nikkel’s short film entitled ,Reflections
2007 Marc Boivin’s , Aria , for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School aspirants
2006-2007 Shakespeare In The Ruins , A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2006 Ruth Cansfield Dance, Navigating Space
2000-2002 Groundswell, Exotica and Cage d’oiseau
1999 Groundswell, Design Assistant to Paul Daigle on, Seven Deadly Sins
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Selected Works, High Octane Gallery inside the Gas Station Theater
2008 Perspectives of a Ground Squirrel, The Piano Nobile Gallery in Winnipeg
2007 Talefeathers, at Cre8ery in Winnipeg.
Group Exhibitions
2011 Time Raiser Event Winnipeg
2010 The Stone Age, St Norbert Arts Center
2010 Girls! Girls! Girls! at The Gas Station Arts Center
2010 13 who knew..., at the Graffiti Gallery in Winnipeg.
2009 Open Cluster, at Cre8ery in Winnipeg.
2009 Time Raiser Event, Calgary
2008 99 Pieces Of Art On The Wall, at Cre8ery in Winnipeg.
2008 In Transit, Perspectives Of Downtown Winnipeg, at Outworks in
Winnipeg.
2008 Manitoba Craft Council, Members Showcase, at Cre8ery in Winnipeg.
2007 99 Pieces Of Art On The Wall, at Cre8ery in Winnipeg.
2007 Group Exhibit at Art Fusion Gallery in Miami, FL.
2006 Hatchings, at The Adelaide McDermot Gallery in Winnipeg.
Performances
2008 Live painting at the Cordially yours Craft Sale and Rock Show, at the Lo
Pub in Winnipeg.
2008 Live painting performance with Cameron Johnson at the Graffiti Gallery,
in Winnipeg.
2007 Live painting performance with Cameron Johnson at the Graffiti Gallery,
in Winnipeg.
2007 Live painting performance with Cameron Johnson at the Edge Gallery, in
Winnipeg.
Artist Talks
2008 DIY, Philosophy In Action at MAWA in Winnipeg.
Exhibit Curator
2008 The Seven Inch Show, at The Edge Gallery in Winnipeg.
Awards
2011 Winnipeg Arts Council professional development grant
2011 Manitoba Arts Council Professional development grant
2010 Winnipeg Arts Council Creation/Production Grant
2007 Winnipeg Arts Council professional development grant
Professional Affiliations
Manitoba Craft Council
Board Member of MAWA
Board Member of The West Central Women's Resource Center
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