Ruti de Vries
Ruti de Vries (b.1989, Tel Aviv; lives and works in Tel Aviv) holds MFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem and also studied for a B.Ed. at HaMidrasha, Beit Berl Art College. She also participated in an exchange program with the Beaux Arts de Paris.
De Vries’ work has featured in solo exhibitions, including at the Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv; PRÁM Studio, Prague; Ha'amakim Gallery, Kibbutz Sha'ar Ha'amakim; Herzliya Artists’ Residence; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; and Schimmel Projects Art Centre, Dresden. She has also taken part in group exhibitions, including at the 8th Drawing Biennale, the Print Workshop, Jerusalem; Parterre, Tel Aviv in collaboration with Fireflies Project; the Petach Tikva Museum of Art; ZUMU, the Portable Museum, Arad; Bat Yam Museum - Moby; and the Janko Dada Museum, Ein Hod.
De Vries’ artistic endeavor cannot be summed up with a single definition. She is a sculptor, painter, collage artist, seamstress, graphic designer and animator. She represents human, hybrid and animal-like creatures using sculpture, installation, collage, sewing and drawing in an approach that oscillates between figuration and abstraction. Her realism results from reciprocal action and reaction between media, materials, cultures, traditions, inspiration sources, and influences. She probes beneath the immediate layer of the consumer culture, delving below its surface to marry it with myths, superstitions, sorcery, fashion, pop, punk, superheroes, obsessions, and clichés. Portrait photo by Goni Riskin; installation photos by Liat Elbling.
