A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Ruth Bauer’s oil paintings, watercolors, collages and monotypes have been shown in group exhibits in museums (The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Hudson River Museum, The Tucson Museum of Art, The DeCordova Museum, The Brockton Museum, and the Rose Art Museum) and in solo exhibitions in galleries in NYC, Chicago, and Boston. Various forms of narrative have always been part of Ruth Bauer’s art practice, which is multidisciplinary in that she paints, makes collages, writes, has co-created two theater pieces, and is now working on a third stop motion animation project with her collaborator, Blyth Hazen. Her inspiration springs from literature, science, history, or whatever else sparks an idea.
In addition to her work in visual art, Ruth Bauer has also collaborated on multi-media theater projects. She co-wrote the script and directed the art and video design for the award winning multi-media musicalThe Blue Flower which was produced regionally at A.R.T.-The American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. Ruth has been a theater artist-in-residence in the HARP program at the HERE Arts Center in New York, and is a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award for her work on "The Blue Flower". She is the co-creator ofThe War Dept., a theatrical piece by Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer that was originally commissioned by the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, as part of a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. She also collaborated with Blyth Hazen on a project to transform some of the elements of The War Dept. into a stop motion video using puppets and a miniature set. Ruth is currently working with Blyth on the second act of their stop motion project titled Big Sky. Big Sky is a fictionalized memoir and an amalgamation of both of their childhood experiences in Texas dealing with gender roles, beauty standards, religion, race, the expansive landscape, and horned toads.
Ruth is represented by the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA.