Ruth Root was born 1967 in Chicago
Lives and works in New York
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1994
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993
BA, Brown University, 1990
Solo exhibitions
2016
Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid
356 S. Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015
Oid, Odd & Oval. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2014
The Dartmouth Experiment, Dartmouth College, Hanover, Germany
2011
Ruth Root. The suburban, Oak Park, IL, USA
Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
2009
Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Maureen Paley, London, UK
2008
Gallery Minmin, Tokyo, Japan
Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2005
Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria.
2004
Maureen Paley Interim Art, London, UK.
Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2003
Statements, Art Basel, Miami, USA
Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
2001
Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
2000
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
1999
Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
1997
Ruth Root; Abstract Paintings for Beds. AAA Gallery, NY, USA
Wesleyan College, Macon
Group exhibitions
2018
Thursdays through Sundays, 2018 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, USA
Inherent Structure, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus. USA
2016
Looking Back/The 10th White Columns Annual - Selected by Matthew Higgs, White Columns, NY, USA
2012
To the Venetians II: Chris Martin, Matt Rich and Ruth Root, curated by Carrie Moyer and Dennis Congdon, RISD Painting Department, Providence, RI, USA
2011-12
The Indiscipline of Painting. Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, UK, touring to the Mead Gallery, Universtiy of Warwick, UK
2009-10
Trail Blazers in the 21st Century. The David and Ruth Robinson Eisenberg Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada
2008
Unique Act. Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland
Take Me There Show Me The Way. Haunch of Venison, NY, USA
2007
Bushels, Bundles & Barrels. Superfund Investment Center, NY, USA
Don’t Look, Contemporary Drawings from an Alumni’s Collection Martina Yamin, class of 1958.
Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, USA
The Painting Show-Slipping Abstraction. Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK
2006
it is, “what is it”. Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
Ruth Root, Alex Brown, Cameron Martin, Sally Ross. Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Extreme Abstraction (curated by Claire Schneider and Louis Grachos). Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
Trade. White Columns, NY, USA
2004
City Maps. ArtPace, San Antonio, TX, USA
2003
The Contemporary Art Project, Collection. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
Greetings from New York: A Painting Show. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
20th Anniversary, Welcome Home. Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Corp., NY, USA
Permanent Collection On View. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2002
Emotional Rescue: the ContemporaryArtProject Collection (Curated by Linda Farris).
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
Jump (curated by Ross Neher). The Painting Center, NY, USA
I-Beam. Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY, USA
Inheriting Matisse: The Decorative Contour in Contemporary Art (Curated by Michelle Grabner). Rocket Gallery, London, UK
Acme Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract Redux. Danese Gallery, NY, USA
State of the Gallery. Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
Sam collect – contemporary art project. Seattle Art Museum, WA, USA
2001
The Approximative. Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Painting show (curated by Laura Owens). Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2000
Greater New York (curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Laura Hoptman) PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, NY, USA
Fuel Serve (curated by Kenny Schachter). Kenny Schachter/Rove, NY, USA
Salty Salute. West Wing Art Space, Toronto, Canada
Perfidy -Exhausted Embrace (curated by Martyn Simpson and Daniel Sturgis). Convent Sainte Marie de La Tourette, Eveux, France
Kosmobiologie (curated by Nancy Chaikin). Bellwether Gallery, NY, USA
1999 Fifteen (Curated by Walter Robinson). Deutsche Bank, NY, USA
Free Coke. Greene Naftali Gallery, NY, USA
1998
Home and Away (curated by Kirsty Bell). Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Corp., NY, USA
Son-of-a-Guston (curated by Nina Bovasso). Clementine Gallery, NY, USA
Cambio, Part 2 (curated by Kenny Schachter) Museo Universitario Del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Sassy Nuggets. Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, USA
New Museum Benefit Auction. Pierogi 2000 Portfolios, NY, USA
Superfreaks: Part II, Odyssey. Greene Naftali Gallery, NY, USA
1997
Cambio (Curated by Kenny Schachter). 526 West 26th St., NY, USA
Wrong Place, Right Time (Curated by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech). Temporary Space, NY, USA
Vague Pop (Curated by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech). View room, NY, USA
1996
The Experimenters (Curated by Kenny Schachter). Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, NY, USA
Taking Stock (Curated by Kenny Schachter). 25 Broad Street, NY, USA
Texas Meets New York (Curated by Kenny Schachter). Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, VA, USA
Bump. The Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY, USA
The Death of the Death of Painting. Curated by Kenny Schachter, USA
1995
Lookin’ Good, Feelin’ Good. 450 Gallery, NY, USA
Eat or Be Eaten / Painting. Not Painting, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo. NY, USA
X-Sightings. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
1994
Crash. Thread Waxing Space, NY, USA
Lectures
2001
Conversations with Contemporary Artists. MoMA, NY, USA
Awards
1996
National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-Atlantic Grant in Painting
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
Bibliography
2009
Between Painting and Sculpture. James, Nicholas. artslant.com, 25 January
Painting Abstraction; New Elements in Abstract Painting. Nickas, Bob. Phaidon, New York, 2009
2008
Ruth Root. The New Yorker, 3 March 2008
Ruth Root. Rosenburg, Karen. The New York Times, 22 February 2008, p.22
The Hugh Lane Gallery: Unique Act. Image Interiors, April 2008
Colours on form. White, Lucy. Metro, 2 April 2008
2007
Art: The Painting Show. Januszczak, Waldemar. Sunday Times Culture, 18 February 2007
2005
AC, Ruth Root: Maureen Paley. Modern Painters, May
2004
Ruth Root. Campagnola, Sonia. Flash Art, Summer 2004
Ruth Root. Pozuelo, Abel H., El Cultural, May 2004
Ruth Root. Carpio, Francisco. ABC Cultural, June 2004.
Ruth Root. Pardo, Tania. Exit Express, June 2004
Ruth Root at Andrew Kreps Gallery. Boyce, Roger. Art in America, February 2004
2003
Ruth Root: Andrew Kreps Gallery. Richard, Frances. Artforum, September 2003
New York New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple. Kerr, Merrily. Flash Art, July-Sept. 2003
Ruth Root. Burton, Johanna. Time Out New York, May 15-22, 2003
Ruth Root. www.flavorpill.com, May 10, 2003
Ruth Root. Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, May 9, 2003
2002
Some Things Old, Some Things New. Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2002
2001
Coughlan, Reeder, Root, Weatherford. Isé, Claudine. Tema Celeste, September/October 2001
Gallery Beat. Schmerler, Sarah. Art on Paper, July-August, 2001
Ruth Root. Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, April 27, 2001
Ruth Root. Mahoney, Robert. Time Out New York, May 10-17, 2001
These Paintings Are Watching You. Naves, Mario. The New York Observer, May 7, 2001
Cigarette break. Wehr, Anne. Time Out New York, April 19-26, 2001
2000
New York. Cibulski, Dana Mouton. Art Papers Magazine, November / December 2000
Ruth Root. Conti, Tiziana. Tema Celeste, November 2000
Salty Salute at the West Wing Art Space. Dault, Gary Michael. The Globe and Mail,September 30, 2000
Greater New York. Orange, Mark. Untitled, Autumn, 2000
The Emergent Factor. Kino, Carol. Art in America, July 2000
Kosmobiologie. Hunt, David. Time Out New York, July 27, 2000
Man Made. Shave, Stuart. i-D, April 2000
Ruth Root. Sumpter, Helen. Hot Tickets, March 2000
Ruth Root. Cook, Mark. The Big Issue, March 2000
New York Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways. Cotter, Holland. The New York Times, March 6, 2000
Beautiful Dreamers. Turner, Grady. Flash Art, January-February 2000
1999
Ruth Root. Cotter, Holland. Art in Review, The New York Times, March 1999
Ruth Root. Pinchbeck, Daniel. The Newspaper of New York, March 1999
Ruth Root. Schmerler, Sarah. Time Out New York, March 1999
Met Life. Spaid, Sue. The Village Voice, March 1999
Son of a Guston. Turner, Grady. Flash Art, January, 1999
1995
Eclectic Exhibition Opens at the Anderson Gallery. Metro Weekend, November 1995
The Expected and Unexpected – A Fun Mix From Near and Far. Huntington, Richard. The Buffalo News, July 1995
Nasty at Times. Huntington, Richard. The Buffalo News, December 1995
Eat or Be Eaten. Victor, Mathieu. Artvoice, November, 1995
Catalogues
2002
Sam Collects Contemporary Art Projects. Reddy Young, Tara. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 2002
2001
The Approximative. Dailey, Meghan and Gingeras, Alison M. Mink Ranch Productions, Paris, 2001
2000
Perfidy: Surviving Modernism. Groom, Simon. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 2000
1999
European Galleries. Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, 1999
Pierogi Press, vol. 3. Swenson, Susan. New York, 1999
1997
Cambio. Schachter, Kenny. Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, New York, 1997