Ruth Devriendt
°1991, Bruges, Belgium.
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium.
Ruth Devriendt’s artistic pursuit is an everlasting voyage aimed at translating the marvels of our surroundings and our existence as ‘beings’. Her curiosity is piqued by the human condition and its impact on the environment. She meticulously weaves together forgotten materials and identities, capturing the fringes and unraveling edges of society. Utilizing paint, needle, thread, graphite, and wax, she sculpts her images akin to fashioning an organic living entity from scratch - starting with the skin - the canvas - and evolving to the bones - the frame. Observations serve as the cornerstone of her creative process. Her paintings defy convention, sewn, torn, and inverted to yield wrinkles, bellies, with yarn either loose or tethered. A spectacle for curious paleontologists and enthusiasts of wonder. You're graciously invited to explore with liberated eyes and engage in an experience akin to possession.
Selected exhibitions:
2023, Artist represented in Gallery Ben Benaouisse, ONGOING
2023, Fear, PAK, Beernem [Group exhibition]
2023, Skin, Black Swan Gallery, Bruges [Group exhibition]
2023, Walking on thin ice, Lieven Cateau (curator), Ghent [Group exhibition]
2023, Lipstick on a cup of coffee, PAK, Gistel [Group exhibition]
2023, Out Of Office, CCbrugge, Brugge [Group exhibition]
2022, Pandemic Manifesto, Art Telex, Antwerpen [Group exhibition]
2022, Prijs Frans Dille, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen [Group exhibition]
2022, Niet Leuk Niet Mooi, De Tinnepot, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2022, Permanent Collection, OPEK, Leuven [Selected]
2022, Renewing earth through waste in Art, Renewi, Brussels [Selected]
2021, A Butterfly’s scream, PAK, P.C. Sint-Amandus, Beernem [Group exhibition]
2021, Buitenspoor, Raam, Chinastraat Ghent [Group exhibition]
2021, Jardin de Fair, P.C.Guislain, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2021, Terrain Vague, Plein Magazijn, Antwerp [Group exhibition]
2021, Stevig, De Tinnepot, Ghent [Solo exhibition]
2021, Belgicart, De Bozar, Brussels [Group exhibition] /canceled
2021, Buy Local, Kunsthal, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2021, Fingerflower, Raam 103, Ghent [Solo exhibition, residence]
2021, Antwoordtentoonstelling Sylvie De Meerleer, CC Brugge, Bruges [Group exhibition]
2020, The Canvas, Antwerp [Solo exhibition]
2020, SANT, Belfort, Bruges [Group exhibition]
2020, Buy Local, Kunsthal, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2020, Na al dat terugplooien op…. CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg [Group exhibition]
2019, Invloed, Vivenkapelle [Group exhibition]
2019, Listen to me, De Zebrastraat, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2019, Couple, Nau Gallery, Prague [Group exhibition]
2019, Drawings, Galerie Dolmen, Prague [Group exhibition]
2018, Jardin de Fair, P.C.Guislain, Ghent [Group exhibition and personal project]
2018, LUCA Showcase, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussel and Leuven [Group exhibition]
2018, LUCAgrad18, Luca School of Arts, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2018, Algemene Bezorgdheden, Het Caermersklooster, Ghent [Solo exhibition (Masterjury)]
2018, An Exhibition Without a Title, Kolder, Ghent [Group exhibition]
2017, Keepsake, Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg [Group exhibition]
2016, Price of the landscape Michel Depypere, Kuurne [Selected]
2016, Un Salon Sous Le Pont, Berlin [happening and group exhibition]
2016, Off-Work nr 3, Drawing Review, Parcifal Neyt [Magazine publication]
2016, VAART 2, Ghent [Open studio]
2015, Red Cross Art Contest, Ronse [Selected]
2015, TRANSMISSIONS, Bruges [Group exhibition]
2015, VAART 2, Ghent [Open studio]
2014, Rundgang HGB, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig [Group exhibition]
2014, Something International, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig [Group exhibition]
2013, Naive Narrative Aesthetics, Ghent [Performance of a drawing marathon]
2012, Theater Platteau, Kasteel Wallemote, Izegem [Group exhibition]