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Ruth Addinall
Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions
2009 European Commission, London
Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder
2008 Flaubert, Edinburgh
Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh
Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 Florence Biennale
Cortereal Gallery, Portugal
2006 Gallery Cora, Montreal
Artdecaf, Glasgow
2005 Just Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Iona House Gallery, Oxfordshire
" My subject matter generally comes from everyday life, representing experiences that I hope most people could recognise: rituals of everyday existence, especially those that connect us with our inner selves. There is often for me a strong undercurrent of reference - 'homage' of a sort - to the family of image-makers to which, as an artist, I feel I belong.
The 'monumental' aspect to some of my work is in part because I see people's lives as often quite heroic, but more importantly, I am drawn to the monumental for stylistic reasons. So my figures and their settings are not realistic but stylised to fit my pictorial world.
I studied French at University. My degree studies included a course in Art History, which stimulated an interest in the visual arts. I started painting in my late twenties and have supported myself since then from painting and music teaching. In 2000, I took a six-month sabbatical in Paris, and in 2001-2002 I studied sculpture at the Frink School of Sculpture. "
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