Ruth BEARDSWORTH
Artist's Statement
My training as a printmaker using traditional and experimental methods has greatly influenced my concern with making images.
I have always been interested in shape and textures, in simplicity and the tension between realism and abstraction.
Most of my works are transformations of my interest in landscape/nature/objects and their reduction into marks, symbols and compositions - the distillation of matter into basic imagery.
Education
| 1976-1979 | B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Preston Polytechnic. |
| 1979-1980 | M.A. Printmaking, Manchester Polytechnic. |
Academic Experience
| 1980 | Part-Time Lecturer, Manchester Polytechnic. |
| 1981 | Appointed Full-time Lecturer in Printmaking, Grays School of Art. |
| 1996 | Visiting Lecturer, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, M.F.A. Course, Dundee. |
Awards
| 1992 | Shell Expro Award. |
| Scottish Arts Council Project Assistance Award to study Lithography at the Tamarind Institute in New Mexico. | |
| 1996 | Glasgow Print Studio Publication Award. |
Commissions
| With an Eye to the East', Print Folio, Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scottish Arts Council. | |
| 1991 | SSA Centenary Print Folio, Print. |
| 1994 | Design for Etched and Printed Panels, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Intensive Therapy Unit. |
| 2000 | P&O North Sea Ferries, Print. |
Collections
| Newhall Art Collection, Cambridge University |
| Aberdeen Art Gallery |
| Scottish Arts Council |
| Grampian Television |
| BBC Scotland, Glasgow |
| Leeds Education Authority |
| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
| Dunfermline NHS Trust |
| Edinburgh Hospital Trust |
| Shell Oil, Aberdeen |
Bibliography
| Catalogue ' In Search of Paradise', with essays by Clare Henry and Arthur Watson. |
| Brochure, 'Liminal Moments', Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen. |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1981 | Sutton College of Liberal Arts |
| 1984 | Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen, Prints & Paper Pulps. |
| 1996 | Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen, 'In Search of Paradise', Prints, Box Constructions and Paper Pulp Works. |
| 1997 | 'In Search of Paradise', Seagate Gallery, Dundee. |
| 2000 | 'Transitions' Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen. |
| 2002 | 'Liminal Moments', Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 1984 | 'Papertrails', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool. |
| 1985 | 'Peacock 10', Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, U.S.A. |
| 1985 - 86 | 'Smiths Biennale', Stirling, Glasgow. 'One Cubic Foot', Sculpture Exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Aberdeen. Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. |
| 1986 | 'New Art from Scotland', Warwick Arts Trust, London. 'International Paper Art', Duren, Germany. 'Romance, Realism, Risk', Artspace, Aberdeen. 'Prints from Peacock Printmakers', Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. |
| 1987 | 'Paperworks', Ruthin Crafts Centre, Wales. |
| 1988 - 90 | 'Inverclyde Biennale', Glasgow and touring Scotland. |
| 1988 | 'Avant Garden', Glasgow Print Studio. |
| 1989 | 'Artists Choice', Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. |
| 1993 | 'Paperworks', Seagate Gallery, Dundee. |
| 1995 | 'Art 95', London Contemporary Art Fair. |
| 1996 - 97 | 'Scottish Print Open 5', Glasgow Print Studio, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen Print Workshops. |
| 1996 | 'Networking', Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art. 'Peacock 21', Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen. 'Day of the Dead', Glasgow Print Studio. 'Dias de los Muertos', Self help Studio, Los Angeles, U.S.A. |
| 1997 | 'Double Exposure', SSA, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. 'JAR', Seagate Gallery, Dundee. 'Miniatures', Peacock Gallery, Aberdeen. |
| 1998 | '50 Years of Scottish Art', SAC Exhibition. 'Highland and Islands Open' Touring Scotland. |
| 2000 - 02 | 'Monumental Miniatures', Touring Exhibition, Scotland. 'Hinterland', Print Folio, Touring Internationally. |
| 2006 | '20', Joan Hughson Gallery, Glasgow. |
Selected Works (11)
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