Ruth Stanton




Ruth Stanton is a contemporary artist working primarily in ceramic sculpture, printmaking and installation. Conceptually her practice focuses on acts of exchange and interaction in both personal relationships and in the creation of community. Her sculptural work is characterised by altered domestic objects and organic hand-shaped forms that suggest the interaction of their maker or user. These are often incorporated into interactive installations or social exchanges. Her print work depicts domestic objects, figures, and hands and explores the importance of making in personal identity.

Stanton gained her BFA Honours degree (First Class) from the University of Auckland / Elam School of Fine Arts.

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Education
2014  BFA Hons First Class, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Residencies
2023 – Guanlan Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
2023 – YAC Print Studio, Tianjin, China
2018 – YAC Print Studio, Tianjin, China

Festival Installations
2017 – Under The Bushel, LUX Light Festival, Wellington, New Zealand

​Exhibitions
2026 – Prelude, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2026 – Etched, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2025 – The BIG Print Exhibition, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2025 – Omnia Art Prize 2025, St Kevin’s College, Melbourne, Australia
2024 – Art For All 2024, Fairfield Primary School, Melbourne, Australia
2024 – Vessel,  Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2024 – Omnia Art Prize 2024, St Kevin’s College, Melbourne, Australia
2023 /4 – 2023 Guanlan International Print Biennial, China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China
2023 /4 –  Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia
2023 – Whereabouts: Artists Respond, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2023 – Off the Wall, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2023 – Art Encounters Belgrade, House of King Peter I, Belgrade, Serbia
2023 – Bare, Sol Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 – Connections, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2023 – Blue Mountains Print Prize 2023, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia
2023 – Omnia Art Prize 2023, St Kevin’s College, Melbourne, Australia
2023 – Small Works Art Prize 2023, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 /3 – Artist’s Choice, New England Contemporary Print Gallery, Armidale, Australia
2022 /3 – Off the Wall, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2022 – Emerging Artist Award 2022, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, Australia
2022 – Blue Mountains Art Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia
2022 – Destiny, YAC, Tianjin, China
2022 – Escape, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2021 /2 – Off the Wall, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Tacit Still Life Prize, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Postcards from the North and South 2021, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand / Creative Arts Napier, Napier, New Zealand / Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Australia / Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia / Wharepuke Gallery, Kerikeri, New Zealand
2021 – Peebles Print Prize 2021, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia
2021 – Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Kingston, Australia
2021 – Resist Relief, No Vacancy, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Salon 21 Exhibition, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2021 – That’s Life, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Emerging Artist Award 2021, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Blue Mountains Print Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia
2021 – St Kevin’s Art Show 2021, St Kevin’s College, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Editions 2021, Tacit, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – A Print Talk, Parker Art Center, Meiya Creative Culture Park OCT, Shenzhen, China
2020 /1 – Pride of Place: Julie & Andrew Carter’s Australiana Ceramics Collection, Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2020 /1 – Linden Postcard Show 2020-21, Linden New Art, Melbourne, Australia
2020 – Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, Kingston, Australia
2020 – Monsoon Printmaking 2020, Bindu Space for Artists, Lalitpur, Nepal
2020 – Metamorph, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2020 – International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennale, Burgundy Hall, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 – Editions 2020, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2019 – The Third International Binhai Printmaking Exhibition, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
2019 – Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize Awards Exhibition, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Australia
2019 – Peebles Print Prize, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, Australia
2019 – Peer, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 – Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Australia
2019 – IMPRESS, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018/19 – Summer Salon, Collins Place, Melbourne, Australia
2018/19 – Impressions 2018, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2018 – Rolling 2018, Tianjin Binhai New Area Cultural Centre, Tianjin, China
2018 – Inkmasters Print Exhibition, Inkmasters, Cairns, Australia
2018 – Peer, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2018 – The Exquisite Palette, Tacit Art Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2018 – Editions, Tacit Art Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2017 – Small Works, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 – Gippsland Print Award Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2016 – Ceramicus, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2015 – Love + Intimacy, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
2015 – REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT, Matchbox Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
2014 – WORD, Matchbox Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
2014 – Making Conversations, Glasshouse, Uxbridge Community Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2013/14 – Collaborative work as part of the Curated Collaborative Student Project, Design Shanghai Biennale, The Powerstation of Art, Shanghai, China
2013 – Elam Graduate Show, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
2012 – Eden Arts Art School Awards, Snow White Gallery, Unitec Auckland, New Zealand
2010, 2011 & 2012 – Elam End of Year Shows, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand​

Awards
2023 – Intaglio People’s Choice Award in Connections, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2022 – Highly Commended in the Blue Mountains Art Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia
2022 – Intaglio People’s Choice Award in Escape, Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne, Australia
2021 – Highly Commended in the Blue Mountains Print Prize, Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Glenbrook, Australia​

Press
2024 – Belsito-Riera, Alissia “Whereabouts.” Regional News NZ, no. 216, 2024, pp. 31, www.flipsnack.com/regionalnews/regional-news-issue-216-march-26th-2024.html. Accessed March 29 2024
2019 – Kowarsky, Damon. “Dawn ’til Dusk.” Imprint (Autumn 2019). Print
2018 – Stanton, Ruth. Interview and translation by LinLin Zhao. (2018, November 27). Artist Profile: Ruth Stanton. Retrieved from: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SncF0TwlWsBcbED69rWRyg
2018 – Damon Korwarsky. (2018, November, 29). YAC Tianjin 2018 Artists [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNSUpe3VAg&feature=share]
2017 – Stanton, Ruth. Interview by Anthea Grob. “On Preparing the ‘Under the Bushel’ a commissioned installation”, Ceramics Quarterly 37.1 (2017): 10-13. Print
2014 –  Gardiner, Sue. “Ceramics are the new black.” Art News New Zealand (Autumn 2014). Print​

Collections
Australian Print Workshop, Australia
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia
Young Artist Community, China
China Printmaking Museum, China
Guanlan Printmaking Workshop, China
Private collections in New Zealand, Australia and China