About
Ruth Stanton is a contemporary artist working primarily in ceramic sculpture, printmaking and installation. Conceptually her practice focuses on acts of exchange and interaction in both personal relationships and in the creation of community. Her sculptural work is characterised by altered domestic objects and organic hand-shaped forms that suggest the interaction of their maker or user. These are often incorporated into interactive installations or social exchanges. Her print work depicts domestic objects, figures, and hands and explores the importance of making in personal identity.
Stanton gained her BFA Honours degree (First Class) from the University of Auckland / Elam School of Fine Arts.
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Education
2014 BFA Hons First Class, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Residencies
2023 - Guanlan Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
2023 - YAC Print Studio, Tianjin, China
2018 - YAC Print Studio, Tianjin, China
Festival Installations
2017 - Under The Bushel, LUX Light Festival, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Exhibitions
2023 - Whereabouts: Artists Respond, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
2023 /4 - 2023 Guanlan International Print Biennial, China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China.
2023 /4 - Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia.
2023 - Off the Wall, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2023 - Art Encounters Belgrade, House of King Peter I, Belgrade, Serbia.
2023 - Bare, Sol Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2023 - Connections, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2023 - Blue Mountains Print Prize 2023, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia.
2023 - Omnia Art Prize 2023, St Kevin's College, Melbourne, Australia.
2023 - Small Works Art Prize 2023, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 /3 - Artist's Choice, New England Contemporary Print Gallery, Armidale, Australia.
2022 /3 - Off the Wall, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 - Emerging Artist Award 2022, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 - Blue Mountains Art Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia.
2022 - Destiny, YAC, Tianjin, China.
2022 - Escape, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 /2 - Off the Wall, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Tacit Still Life Prize, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Postcards from the North and South 2021, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand / Creative Arts Napier, Napier, New Zealand / Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Australia / Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia / Wharepuke Gallery, Kerikeri, New Zealand.
2021 - Peebles Print Prize 2021, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia.
2021 - Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Kingston, Australia.
2021 - Resist Relief, No Vacancy, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Salon 21 Exhibition, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2021 - That's Life, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Emerging Artist Award 2021, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Blue Mountains Print Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia.
2021 - St Kevin's Art Show 2021, St Kevin's College, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Editions 2021, Tacit, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - A Print Talk, Parker Art Center, Meiya Creative Culture Park OCT, Shenzhen, China.
2020 /1 - Pride of Place: Julie & Andrew Carter's Australiana Ceramics Collection, Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2020 /1 - Linden Postcard Show 2020-21, Linden New Art, Melbourne, Australia.
2020 - Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Kingston, Australia.
2020 - Monsoon Printmaking 2020, Bindu Space for Artists, Lalitpur, Nepal.
2020 - Metamorph, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2020 - International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennale, Burgundy Hall, Istanbul, Turkey.
2020 - Editions 2020, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 - The Third International Binhai Printmaking Exhibition, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China.
2019 - Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize Awards Exhibition, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Australia.
2019 - Peebles Print Prize, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia.
2019 - Peer, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 - Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Australia.
2019 - IMPRESS, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2018/19 - Summer Salon, Collins Place, Melbourne, Australia.
2018/19 - Impressions 2018, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
2018 - Rolling 2018, Tianjin Binhai New Area Cultural Centre, Tianjin, China.
2018 - Inkmasters Print Exhibition, Inkmasters, Cairns, Australia.
2018 - Peer, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
2018 - The Exquisite Palette, Tacit Art Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2018 - Editions, Tacit Art Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2017 - Small Works, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2017 - Gippsland Print Award Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2016 - Ceramicus, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
2015 - Love + Intimacy, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand.
2015 - REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT, Matchbox Studios, Wellington, New Zealand.
2014 - WORD, Matchbox Studios, Wellington, New Zealand.
2014 - Making Conversations, Glasshouse, Uxbridge Community Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
2013/14 - Collaborative work as part of the Curated Collaborative Student Project, Design Shanghai Biennale, The Powerstation of Art, Shanghai, China.
2013 - Elam Graduate Show, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand.
2012 - Eden Arts Art School Awards, Snow White Gallery, Unitec Auckland, New Zealand.
2010, 2011 & 2012 - Elam End of Year Shows, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Awards
2023 - Intaglio People's Choice Award in Connections, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 - Highly Commended in the Blue Mountains Art Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia.
2022 - Intaglio People's Choice Award in Escape, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 - Highly Commended in the Blue Mountains Print Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia.
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Press
2024 - Belsito-Riera, Alissia "Whereabouts." Regional News NZ, no. 216, 2024, pp. 31, www.flipsnack.com/regionalnews/regional-news-issue-216-march-26th-2024.html. Accessed March 29 2024.
2019 - Kowarsky, Damon. "Dawn 'til Dusk." Imprint (Autumn 2019). Print.
2018 - Stanton, Ruth. Interview and translation by LinLin Zhao. (2018, November 27). Artist Profile: Ruth Stanton. Retrieved from: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SncF0TwlWsBcbED69rWRyg
2018 - Damon Korwarsky. (2018, November, 29). YAC Tianjin 2018 Artists [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNSUpe3VAg&feature=share]
2017 - Stanton, Ruth. Interview by Anthea Grob. "On Preparing the 'Under the Bushel' a commissioned installation", Ceramics Quarterly 37.1 (2017): 10-13. Print.
2014 - Gardiner, Sue. "Ceramics are the new black." Art News New Zealand (Autumn 2014). Print.
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Collections
Australian Print Workshop, Australia.
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia.
Young Artist Community, China.
China Printmaking Museum, China.
Guanlan Printmaking Workshop, China.
Private collections in New Zealand, Australia and China.
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