RUTH SCHEUING
450 Heatley Ave.
Vancouver, BC,
V6A 3G5, Canada
(604) 254-6322
rscheuing@shaw.ca 

EXHIBITIONS:

2010

Silkroad, exhibition and artist residency at Surrey Art Gallery Tech Lab.

2008

Textile Art in Canada, (Telos publication launch) Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles.

2008/9

What Use is Art History, curated by Ann Rosenberg, touring Comox Valley Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Okanagan, Penticton, and Evergree Cultural Centre, Coquitlam., BC.

2007

'to walk a line' as part of Digital Threads, a web project organized by the Textile Museum of Canada.
<www.digitalthreads.ca>

2006

Explorations in Fibers, Doris Ulman Galleries, Berea College, Kentucky.
About Jacquard, Centre de Textile Contemporain de Montréal  (CMCT), Montreal,  Quebec.

2005

Transgressions of Nature, 2person with Lesley Richmond, Craft House Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Shadow of Production: Work from the Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.
Niche: Fit and Form within Contemporary Sculpture, works from the collection ;
Confederation Arts Centre Art Gallery, PEI, curated by Kevin Rice and Shauna McCabe.

2004
2003/4

11th International Lodz Triennale of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland (by invitation).
Old Traditions - New Interpretations: Marianna Corless and Ruth Scheuing. 2 person exhibition,
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam,  BC.
Thinking Textiles, group exhibition, curated by Deborah Koenker, Richmond Art Gallery, BC.

2000 -02

e-textiles: ventures - jacquard weaving, group exhibition curated by Mariette Rousseau-Vermette, touring:
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto; + locations in Canada,
Australia and USA; CD-ROM catalogue.

2001

Digital Garden / Jardin Numérique for Tissue Urbain, a mixed media installation, Montreal.

2000

CONNECTION, re-CONNECTION, inter-CONNECTION, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
group exhibition curated by Ilona Hay.
Material, Process, and Objects: Expanding the Practice of Fiber Arts,  Prichard Art Gallery,
University of Idaho, Moscow Idaho. group exhibition curated by Layne Goldsmith.
Language of Crafts, Canadian Crafts Museum, Vancouver; group exhibition curated by Ron Kong.

1999

Digital Identities; Transforming Communities: Reinventing Ourselves, Surrey Art Gallery, BC.
group exhibition curated by Elizabeth Kidd.

1998

Dressing Down; group exhibition, curated by Robin Metcalf at Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ont.
webs://textiles and new technologies; preparation of a web project 'to weave a virtual web'
invitational exhibition curated by Emily Dubois, UC Davis, California.
Heroes, Goddesses and Monsters: Artists Interpretation of the Odyssey across 25 Centuries; group exhibition,
Bowden College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine, USA.
Built to Code, with Katy Campbell and Laiwan, curated by Susan Edelstein at ArtSpeak Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1997

Tracing Purpose; International Invitational Exhibition; Kansas City.

1996

SYMPO - FIBRES  international  de Saint - Hyacinthe;  invitational artist residency and symposium,
Centre Expression, Saint - Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Afterimages: Representing the Absent Body, group exhibition curated by Gil McElroy, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.
Patternings, 2 person exhibition, curated by Carole Badgely, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver.

1995

8th International Lodz Triennale of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland  (by invitation).
Untitled, group exhibition curated by Janis Bowley, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

1994
1993/4

Go  Figure, group exhibition curated by Ann Rosenberg, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC.
Corpus, group exhibition curated by Bruce Grenville;  Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon + touring.

1993-5

Empty  Dress, group exhibition curated by Nina Felshin for Independant Curators Inc. New York, touring  in USA and Canada.

1993

Anatomy of a Suit, solo exhibition, curated by Sarah Quinton, Contemporary Gallery, Textile Museum, Toronto.
Critical Images, group exhibition curated by Liane Davidson, Surrey Art Gallery, BC.

1992

Radical Textiles, solo exhibition curated by Jon Winet; Southern Exposure, San Francisco, Ca.
Geometry of the Body, solo exhibition curated by Gemey Kelly, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB.
Vestiges, group exhibition curated by Catherine Phoenix, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS.

1991

Intertextile, solo exhibition curated by Glenn Allison; Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Man.
Sixiéme Biennale de la Tapisserie Contemporaine de Montréal; at Expression, Centre Exposition, Sainte Hyacinthe,
and Maison de la Culture Marie Uguay, Montréal, Q.

1990

Buried Stories, group exhibition with Wilma Needham and Eva Manly; SAW Gallery, Ottawa.
Soft  Ground, 4 person exhibition curated by Franklyn Heisler, Muttard Art Gallery, Calgary, Ab.

1989

1987

13  Men or  Penelope, solo exhibition at: Powerhouse Gallery/La Centrale, Montreal, Q;
Galerie d'Art, Université de Moncton, NB and UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, NB.
13  Men, solo exhibition, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

1986

The Continuous Thread,  group exhibition, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Alterations, solo exhibition, The Other Gallery, Banff, Alta.

1985

AVATAR, juried exhibition (honorable mention), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.

1984

Use-full / Use-less, solo exhibition Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Satire as Discontent, group exhibition, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS.

EDUCATION:

1989
1985-86 
1981-84
1967

Arts Administration Program, The Banff School of Management, Banff, Alta.
Visual Art Studio Program Residency, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alta.
Bachelor in Fine Arts , Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS.
Diploma in Chemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland.

TEACHING & ARTS ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT:
since 1992
1992-2004
1989-1991
1987-1989
1984-1985

Instructor  Textile Arts Program, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC.
Coordinator  Textile Arts Program, Capilano College.
Assistant Head-Textiles, Art Studio, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alta.
Director/Coordinator, Artist-Run Centre Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, NB.
Assistant Coordinator, Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Halifax, N.S.

GRANTS + AWARDS:

2007
2001+03
2001
1997
1996
1995/91
1993/90/89
1992
1992/89
1995/85  

Canada Council Project Grant
Nomination for Bronfmann Award
Canada Council A Grant
BC Arts Council Project Assistance
Recipient of Chalmers Award in Crafts
Canada Council B Grant
Canada Council, Travel Grant
Canada Council, Chalmers Project Grant
New Brunswick Travel Grant and Portfolio Grant
Banff Centre Scholarship

PUBLIC  COLLECTIONS:
 

Canada Council Art Bank
Centre Expression, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Galerie d'Art Universite de Moncton, New Brunswick
New Brunswick Art Bank
Surrey Art Gallery, BC
Vancouver Art Gallery, B. C.
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta

PUBLICATIONS:

2009

Art Textiles of the World Canada, Telos, Brighton UK.

2007

Flowers and Leaves: Constructing Nature, Craft Perception and Practice, Vol.III, ed.Paula and Nissa Gustafson and Amy Gogarty, Ronsdale Press.

2006

Industrial Change and the Jacquard loom under the French Revolution and Napoleon, An essay for CD_ROM Catalogue for exhibition 'About Jacquard', CMCT(Centre de textile contemporain de Montreal) .

2005

Ruth Scheuing:Flowers and Leaves: Constructing Nature, Capilano  Review, series 2,no46 spring issue.

2000/1

Nature as Code, Textile Society of America conference, Santa Fe, proceedings.

2000

Louise Bérubé: Woven Images; for Craft Arts International, Australia, summer issue.

1999

Material Matters:  The Art and Culture of Contemporary Textiles, published by YYZ, Toronto, a series of essays by various authors, co-edited by Ingrid Bachmann and Ruth Scheuing.

1998

Contemporary Truths: Recent Works of Tass Mavrogordato and Ann Newdigate, The Craft Factor, Saskatoon, Winter 1997/98, pp. 20-22.

1997

Spinning Tales: This is Not a Fairy Tale, for Inversions, MAWA Publication, Winninpeg.
The Unraveling of History, for Ars textrina , Vol.24, Winnipeg p.49-60

1995

Penelope or the Unraveling of History as part of New Feminist Criticism: Critical Strategies, edited by Katy Deepwell, published by Manchester University Press.

1994

Patternings, Semiotext(e) Canadas, edited by Jordan Zinovitsch, publ. Semiotext, New York.