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'''Ruth Ige''' (born 1992) is a ]-born painter based in ], ]. Her work was part of the major group exhibition ''Aotearoa Contemporary'' at ] in 2024. She has been part of multiple solo and group exhibitions, notably participating in multiple international exhibitions. '''Ruth Ige''' (born 1992) is a ]-born painter based in ], ]. Her work was part of the major group exhibition ''Aotearoa Contemporary'' at ] in 2024. She has been part of multiple solo and group exhibitions, notably participating in several international exhibitions.


== Background == == Background ==
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== Art == == Art ==
Ige draws on the dramatic, regal and elegant precolonial and present-day Nigerian ] as her main inspiration for her painting, noting that Nigerian cultural clothing is a work of art in itself.<ref name=":0" /> It is important for her to display African culture through a contemporary lens, exhibiting the traditional, contemporary, and futuristic aspects in her works.<ref name=":0" /> As such, her works, while rooted in history and the present, also explore future imaginings.<ref name=":1" /> The figures often existent in her paintings interchangeably shift between history and fiction, familiar and fantastical, familiar and otherworldly.<ref name=":1" /> As such, Ige aims for her works to be difficult to write off and stereotype due to their abstract, mysterious qualities, creating narratives within her paintings that are enigmatic and unexpected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Ige |url=https://thisisspace.co.nz/artists/ruth-ige |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=SPA_CE |language=en}}</ref> Ige draws on the dramatic, regal and elegant Nigerian ] as her main inspiration for her painting, noting that precolonial and present-day Nigerian clothing is a work of art in itself.<ref name=":0" /> It is important for her to display African culture through a contemporary lens, exhibiting the traditional, contemporary, and futuristic aspects in her works.<ref name=":0" /> As such, her works, while rooted in history and the present, also explore future imaginings.<ref name=":1" /> The figures often existent in her paintings interchangeably shift between history and fiction, familiar and fantastical, recognisable and otherworldly.<ref name=":1" /> As such, Ige aims for her works to be difficult to ] due to their abstract, mysterious qualities, creating narratives within her paintings that are enigmatic and unexpected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Ige |url=https://thisisspace.co.nz/artists/ruth-ige |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=SPA_CE |language=en}}</ref> She describes her works as a love letter to the black diaspora, her paintings being a tool of healing, escape, resistance and empowerment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=STEVENSON |title=STEVENSON |url=https://www.stevenson.info/exhibition/6795 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=STEVENSON |language=en}}</ref>


Typically, Ige uses thick, gestural brushstrokes of blue, black, and white to create compositions that present figures void of features.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Ruth Ige Gives Freedom the Capacity to Dream in Paint |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/08/30/artist-ruth-ige-gives-freedom-the-capacity-to-dream-in-paint |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=www.culturedmag.com |language=en}}</ref> In an interview with the Art Paper magazine, Ige explained that she has a deep love of blue, and by using it as her main colour, the viewer can become more immersed in the space.<ref name=":0" /> She also connects with the cultural significance of blue, which has been a colour to carry language and symbolise legacy, dignity and protection, which therefore envelopes the figures in her works, protecting them.<ref name=":0" />
''Her works usually combine blue and black change elaborate later''

== Exhibition history ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Exhibition
!Location
!Solo or Group
|-
|2024
|''Aotearoa Contemporary''
|Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland
|Group
|-
|2024
|''And you are of the heavens of the earth''
|Stevenson, Cape Town
|Solo
|-
|2024
|''Summer Paintings''
|Gow Langsford, Auckland
|Group
|-
|2022
|''Between Two Dimensions''
|Robert Projects, Los Angeles
|Solo
|-
|2021
|''The poetic notions of blue''
|McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
|Solo
|-
|2021
|''My Whole Body Changed into Something Else''
|Stevenson, Cape Town
|Group
|-
|2020
|''A Place Apart''
|City Gallery, Wellington
|Duo
|-
|2020
|''Three Painters''
|McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
|Group
|-
|2019
|Group Show
|Karma, New York
|Group
|-
|2019
|''Two Oceans at Once''
|ST PAUL St Gallery, Auckland
|Group
|-
|2019
|''Pleiades: Seven Sisters of New Zealand''
|Gow Langsford, Auckland
|Group
|-
|2019
|''On the Verge of Blue''
|SPA_CE, Napier
|Group
|-
|2018
|''The Silence Before the Morning''
|Weasel Gallery, Hamilton
|Solo
|-
|2018
|''Never an Answer: 12 Abstract Painters''
|The Vivian, Matakana
|Group
|-
|2018
|LISTE
|Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
|Group
|-
|2017
|''Dirt Future''
|Artspace, Auckland
|Group
|}
<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Ige |url=https://thisisspace.co.nz/artists/ruth-ige |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=SPA_CE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Ige, The Astronomer, 2021 |url=https://gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/324/works/artworks-26494-ruth-ige-the-astronomer-2021/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Gow Langsford |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

Revision as of 21:34, 7 January 2025

Ruth Ige (born 1992) is a Nigerian-born painter based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her work was part of the major group exhibition Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in 2024. She has been part of multiple solo and group exhibitions, notably participating in several international exhibitions.

Background

Ige is of Yoruba descent on her father's side and Igbo descent on her mother's side. In 2016, she graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Auckland University of Technology. One year after graduating, in 2017 she participated in her first group exhibition at Artspace in Auckland.

Art

Ige draws on the dramatic, regal and elegant Nigerian fashion as her main inspiration for her painting, noting that precolonial and present-day Nigerian clothing is a work of art in itself. It is important for her to display African culture through a contemporary lens, exhibiting the traditional, contemporary, and futuristic aspects in her works. As such, her works, while rooted in history and the present, also explore future imaginings. The figures often existent in her paintings interchangeably shift between history and fiction, familiar and fantastical, recognisable and otherworldly. As such, Ige aims for her works to be difficult to stereotype due to their abstract, mysterious qualities, creating narratives within her paintings that are enigmatic and unexpected. She describes her works as a love letter to the black diaspora, her paintings being a tool of healing, escape, resistance and empowerment.

Typically, Ige uses thick, gestural brushstrokes of blue, black, and white to create compositions that present figures void of features. In an interview with the Art Paper magazine, Ige explained that she has a deep love of blue, and by using it as her main colour, the viewer can become more immersed in the space. She also connects with the cultural significance of blue, which has been a colour to carry language and symbolise legacy, dignity and protection, which therefore envelopes the figures in her works, protecting them.

Exhibition history

Year Exhibition Location Solo or Group
2024 Aotearoa Contemporary Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland Group
2024 And you are of the heavens of the earth Stevenson, Cape Town Solo
2024 Summer Paintings Gow Langsford, Auckland Group
2022 Between Two Dimensions Robert Projects, Los Angeles Solo
2021 The poetic notions of blue McLeavey Gallery, Wellington Solo
2021 My Whole Body Changed into Something Else Stevenson, Cape Town Group
2020 A Place Apart City Gallery, Wellington Duo
2020 Three Painters McLeavey Gallery, Wellington Group
2019 Group Show Karma, New York Group
2019 Two Oceans at Once ST PAUL St Gallery, Auckland Group
2019 Pleiades: Seven Sisters of New Zealand Gow Langsford, Auckland Group
2019 On the Verge of Blue SPA_CE, Napier Group
2018 The Silence Before the Morning Weasel Gallery, Hamilton Solo
2018 Never an Answer: 12 Abstract Painters The Vivian, Matakana Group
2018 LISTE Art Fair Basel, Switzerland Group
2017 Dirt Future Artspace, Auckland Group

References

  1. ^ "Meet Ruth Ige". The Art Paper. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  2. eloise (2020-11-24). "RUTH IGE | Aotearoa Art Fair". Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  3. ^ "Melanie Roger Gallery: Ruth Ige". melanierogergallery.com. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  4. "Ruth Ige". SPA_CE. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  5. STEVENSON. "STEVENSON". STEVENSON. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  6. "Artist Ruth Ige Gives Freedom the Capacity to Dream in Paint". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  7. "Ruth Ige". SPA_CE. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  8. "Ruth Ige, The Astronomer, 2021". Gow Langsford. Retrieved 2025-01-07.