The Stony Rises Project
Ruth Johnstone
Ruth Johnstone spent her early years in the Western District of Victoria where her undergraduate art education began in Warrnambool, followed by RMIT and a subsequent relocation to Melbourne. She completed a Master of Art in Dublin and a PhD through the School of Art at RMIT University in 2004 where she is currently a senior lecturer.
She has been the recipient of several international artists’ residencies in Italy, Republic of Ireland and most recently Northern Ireland as artist in residence at the Belfast Print Workshop, where she also curated the exhibition ReVisioning Australia for the 2008 Belfast Festival. Ruth works in the fields of print, sculpture and installation. She has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally since 1982, with 60 curated exhibitions in Australia, Austria, Ireland, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, The Phillipines and the United Kingdom. Recent exhibitions include Shared Sky at The Ian Potter Centre at NGV Australia, Darwin’s Bastards at Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, and Double Life at Project Space, RMIT University, Melbourne, along with the associated recently published Double Life book.
Her work is in the Australian national art collections of Parliament House and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra and state collections of New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria and in international collections, including the print collection of the British Museum. She has completed seven art commissions in Australia and Ireland.
The Stony Rises Project
A NETS Victoria Touring Exhibition developed by the RMIT Design Research Institute. Curators: Lisa Byrne, Professor Harriet Edquist and Associate Professor Laurene Vaughan
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