​Ruth Clare Poor

Ruth(ל) Clare Poor

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Ruth, raised in Indiana, uses their art/labor to parse personal and collective memories of the rural Midwest and to investigate intersections between power, religion, american history, faith, and deviancy. Ruth has navigated the majority of their terrestrial existence through three separate, co-created vessels and is newly living through . ______ COQ

 

Poor received their MFA from the Painting & Drawing department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and completed their B.A. in Studio Art and Religious Studies at Cornell College and DePauw University. They currently reside in Chicago, Illinois, where they teach at SAIC, North Central College, College of DuPage, and educate/advise with the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project.

 

They have shown work nationally and internationally at venues such as the University of Chicago [Chicago, IL], Secrist|Beach Gallery [Chicago, IL], Acli Gallery [Monte Castillo di Vibio, IT], the New York Academy of Art [New York, NY], Zolla/Lieberman Gallery [Chicago, IL], Art EXPO [Chicago, IL], The Green Gallery [Milwaukee, WI], ADDS DONNA Gallery [Chicago, IL], Manifest Gallery [Cincinnati, OH], Woman Made Gallery [Chicago, IL], and Indiana University [Bloomington, IN].

 

Ruth is represented by Zolla/Lieberman Gallery [Chicago, IL] and is a current Artist-in-Residence with the Chicago Artist Coalition (2024-2026).

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