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ARTIST BIO:
Australian Ruth Marshall received a BFA in sculpture and printmaking at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Marshall was awarded the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship to attend Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where she graduated with her MFA in 1995. Working at the Bronx Zoo, home of the Wildlife Conservation Society, influenced Marshall deeply. Since then she has became internationally known for her hand knit pelts of exotic animals endangered by the illegal skin trade. Each of her one-of-a-kind textiles represents an individual animal she spends months researching and recreating. She currently resides in New York City and teaches as an adjunct professor part time at the School of Visual Arts.
PRESS Recent Highlights:
2013
Book / "Innovations in Constructed Forms", by Samantha Elliott / TBA
2012
Book / "Textiles: The Art of Mankind", by Mary Schoeser / published by Thames & Hudson
Book / "Vanished into Stitches", by Ruth Marshall / published by Createspace / available on Amazon
Article/ Bangor Daily News, April 7 '12
2011
Book / "Craft Activism" by Joan Tapper, Gale Zucker / published by Random House
Article / NY Daily News, Mar 18 '11
Intvw / VOGUE knitting, Spring Issue '11
Intvw / Bronx Ink, Mar 7 ‘11
2010
Intvw / The New Design Times, Nov 21 '10
Intvw / Fully Flummoxed, Nov 4, '10
Article / Textile Arts Center, Nov 3 ‘10
Article / Surface Design Magazine, Fall '10
Guest Blogger / Museum of Arts & Design blog: Sep 22, Oct 25, Oct 27
Article / Knitting Out Loud, Aug 22 ‘10
Intvw / produced & syndicated by Lionbrand, Feb 16 '10
Article / Paloma Textiles, Feb 06 '10
Article / MyCentralJersey, Feb 1 '10
Article / Recorder Newspaper, Jan 21 '10
Article / The New York Times, Jan 8 '10
Article / Surface Design Magazine, Annual '10
ARTIST RESIDENCY Recent Highlights:
2011
Montsalvat / Melbourne, Australia
RSP/ DSG / Berlin, Germany
Wave Hill / New York, NY
2010
Museum of Arts and Design / New York, NY
EXHIBITION Recent Highlights:
2014
VANISHED INTO STITCHES, The Arsenal, New York City, NY.
2013
KNIT, PURL, SOW, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, NY. Oct-Jan.
VANISHED INTO STITCHES, solo show / Montsalvat / Melbourne, Australia / April - June
ABOVE THE DIN: UNSTRUCTURED CONVERSATIONS", Artworks! / New Bedford, MA,
2012
VANISHED INTO STITCHES, first solo museum show / Maine Museum of Art / Bangor, ME
2011
GREEN: THE COLOR AND THE CAUSE, The Textile Museum / Washington D.C.
Exhibitor and Guest Lecturer at VOGUE LIVE / New York, NY
FIBER IN THE 21st CENTURY, Lehman College Art Gallery / New York, NY
2009
STITCHED, LOOPED & KNITTED, Mills Building / San Francisco, CA
SLICK, Centrequatre / Paris, France
RECONSTRUCTION, The East/West Project / Berlin, Germany
KNITTED, KNOTTED, NETTED, Hunterdon Art Museum / Clinton, NJ
BIG CATS, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
2008
SNAKE SERIES, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art / Scottsdale, AZ
BIG CAT SERIES, San Jose Museum / San Jose, CA
SNAKE SERIES, Indiana State Museum / Indianapolis, IN
IVY, Rupert Ravens Contemporary / Newark, NJ
2007
BIG CAT SERIES, Contemporary Istanbul / Istanbul, Turkey
BRONX BIENNIAL, Longwood Art Gallery / Bronx, NY
SNAKE SERIES, Museum of Arts and Design / New York, NY
2006
SNAKE SERIES, Contemporary Istanbul / Istanbul, Turkey
NEW WORK, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
SNAKE SERIES, Mass Art / Boston, MA
WORK INCLUDED IN THESE COLLECTIONS AMONG OTHERS:
The Henry Buhl Collection
Columbia University
Walker Art Center
David Stark Collection
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Yale University
Smithsonian Institute
Contemporary Magazine
RESEARCHER BIO: Australian Ruth Marshall worked at The Bronx Zoo (home of the Wildlife Conservation Society) for 14 years. Her hands on research and the Zoo’s extensive archives inspired Marshall to begin a series of hand knits pelts. Each one-of-a-kind textile is based off an individual animal studied in person or through scientific records. After leaving the Zoo in April of 2009, Marshall began working with institutions worldwide to chart the patterns of Felidae Family in their collections. Her research has documented the patterns of pelts of Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars and Ocelots.
BIG CAT RESEARCH Highlights:
2012
Research and charting specimens with Melbourne Museum / Melbourne, Australia
2010
Charting Archived Pelts with Museum of Natural History / New York, NY
Photo shoot with The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History / New York, NY
Charting Pelts of Live Animals with Bronx Zoo/ New York, NY
Charting Pelts based on Scientific Data at Bronx Zoo Library / New York, NY
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING Highlights:
2012
Guest Speaker, Big Apple Knitting Guild / NYC
Guest Speaker, Textile Society of America Symposium / Washington D.C.
Lecture Series, University of Maine Museum of Art / Bangor, ME
2011
Guest Artist, VOGUE Knitting Conference / New York, NY
2010
Knitting Workshop Series, Wave Hill Cultural Center / New York, NY
Lecture, Wave Hill Cultural Center / New York, NY
Guest Artist Series, Museum of Arts & Design / New York, NY
2009
Knitting Workshop Series, Hunterdon Art Museum / Clinton, NJ
Lecture, Lower Manhattan Public School, New York, NY
05 - ‘09
Lecture & Liaison to numerous school groups, in conjunction Bronx Zoo Education Dept / Bronx, NY
TEACHING:
2004 - Present
Fine Art Instructor / School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
AWARDS:
2007
Brio Award, Bronx Council of the Arts / Bronx NY
1993
The Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship, University of South Australia / Australia
EDUCATION:
1995 MFA, Pratt Institute / Brooklyn, NY
1991 BFA, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology / Melbourne, Australia
