Ruth L. Poor
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Education:
2022 MFA Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019 PBACC Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 BA Studio Art and Religious Studies, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2010 Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA (Music Performance, Religious Studies, and Studio Art courses)
Grants, Honors, and Awards:
2024 Illinois Humanities Envisioning Justice Grant, Illinois Humanities
2023 Best in Show, Permaculture, the Indianapolis Art Center
Curator's Choice + solo show, the Evanston Art Center
2022 Smith Oppenheim Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2021 Ruth Kroon Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SAIC Incentive Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
AXA Art Prize Finalist, AXA Insurance and the New York Academy of Art
2020 Graduate Incentive Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 Joseph and Emily Gidwitz Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014 Accepted Contestant, Studio Visit Magazine
2013 DePauw University Fritz Smith Memorial Art Award
Ellen Steele Huber Memorial Scholarship, DePauw University
Steven Howard Cassidy Scholarship, DePauw University
2012 Naomi Winston Scholarship, NSAL
NSAL National Finalist
NSAL Bud Klein Art Award
DePauw University Vera May Knauer Farber Art Award
3rd place, Low Road Gallery, Low Road Gallery Annual Juried Show (Juror: Abbey Chambers, Herron School of Art and Design)
DePauw Achievement Award
Edgar A. Prevo Scholarship, DePauw University
3rd place, DePauw University, Juried Student Art Exhibition
2011 2nd place, Low Road Gallery, Low Road Gallery Annual Juried Show (Juror: Richard McCoy, Indianapolis Museum of Art)
People's Choice Award, Low Road Gallery, Low Road Gallery Annual Juried Show
2009 Buzza Art Scholarship, Cornell College
Cornell Grant, Cornell College
2008 Best in Show, Swope Art Museum, 41st Student Art Exhibition
Buzza Art Scholarship, Cornell College
Cornell Grant, Cornell College
Solo Exhibitions (and Select Group Shows):
2023 Community/communitas, Aurora, IL, Artesan Gallery
Merging Currents, Chicago, IL, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery (Maria Tomasula, James Ostrander, Ruth L. Poor)
2022 Pink Signage, Chicago, IL, the SAIC Galleries (Jiaming You, Olivia Minshall, Ruth L. Poor)(Curated by Michelle Grabner
2015 Connections, Greencastle, IN, Putnam County Museum
2014 Suspicious Continuation, Greencastle, IN, Low Road Gallery (Emily Wilson, Brittany Sievers, Ruth LizBeth Poor)
Group Exhibitions:
2025 59th Annual CAIN National Art Show, Corpus Christi, TX, Del Mar College
Homecourt Advantage, Chicago, IL, Secrist|Beach Gallery (Curator: Lisa Wainwright)
NIDO Exhibition Alumni Show, Upper Peninsula, MI, Northern Michigan University
CAC Group Show, Chicago, IL, Chicago Artist Coalition
2024 Veil, Drape, Stitch, Chicago, IL, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
Nido III, Monte Castillo di Vibro, Umbria, Italy, A.C.L.I. Gallery
2023 We Love Having You Here: Expressions of Identity in DePauw’s Art Collection, Greencastle, IN, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University
Permaculture, Indianapolis, IN, the Indianapolis Art Center
26th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, IL, Evanston Art Center
Under the Sun, Chicago, IL, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment (Installation), Chicago, IL, the Logan Center for the Arts, the University of Chicago (curated by Michelle Daniel Jones)
32nd Annual International Juried Exhibition, New York, NY, Viridian Gallery (Juror: Heather Ferrell)
International Juried Exhibition, Bedminster, NJ, The Center for Contemporary Art (Juror: Esteban del Valle)
2022 Exit Counseling, Milwaukee, WI, The Green Gallery (west) (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Eye-Diolect (Curated by Susanne Doremus), Chicago, IL, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
Pamphlet Show, Chicago, IL, Patient Info
Midnight Things, Chicago, IL, the Martin
University Without Walls Portrait Project Exhibition (Curated by the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project), Chicago, IL, Haymarket House
2021 New Work Show, Chicago, IL, the SAIC Galleries
AXA Art Prize Exhibition, New York, NY, New York Academy of Art (Jurors: Ian Alteveer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry Cooper, National Gallery of Art, Rita Gonzalez, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Ashley James of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)
2019 Potpourri Rapture 2, Chicago, IL, ADDS DONNA Gallery
The Palette III, Naperville, IL, North Central College, Schoenherr Gallery
With a Capital P, Elmhurst, IL, Elmhurst Art Museum, (participation under José Lerma)
Halo Halo, New York, NY, Pinto International Gallery
Innovations in Fiber, South Holland, MI, South Haven Art Center
2017 The Palette II, Naperville, IL, North Central College, Schoenherr Gallery
2016 The Palette, Naperville, IL, North Central College, Schoenherr Gallery
2015 Artville/Artown, Indianapolis, IN, Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery
Salvage: Stolen Expression, Savannah, GA, Sulfur Studios
2014 17th International Open, Chicago, IL, Woman Made Gallery (Juror: Myra Greene, Columbia College)
Collage Art, Whiting, IN, Studio 659
Inside Out, Naperville, IL, Arterie Gallery (Juror: Teresa Parker, Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies)
11:11 Show, Chicago, IL, Kitchen Space Gallery
Connections, Greencastle, IN, Putnam County Museum
2013 Juried Student Art Show, Greencastle, IN, DePauw University (Juror: Sarah Aubrey, Fort Wayne Museum of Art)
Senior Art Exhibition, Greencastle, IN, DePauw University
2012 National Society of Arts and Letters Bloomington Chapter Annual Exhibition, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University (Juried)
Low Road Gallery Annual Juried Show, Greencastle, IN (Juror: Abbey Chambers, Herron School of Art and Design)
Student Arts Council Gala, DePauw University
Rites of Passage 9, Cincinnati, OH, Manifest Gallery (Juried)
Student Open House, Greencastle, IN, DePauw University
2011 Low Road Gallery Annual Juried Show, Greencastle, IN (Juror: Richard McCoy, Indianapolis Museum of Art) Student Arts Council Gala, DePauw University
2010 Student Art Exhibition, Mt. Vernon, IA, Cornell College
2009 Kirkwood Student Art Exhibit, Cedar Rapids, IA, Kirkwood Community College
2008 41st Student Art Exhibition, Terre Haute, IN, Swope Art Museum (Juror: Patricia Belleville, Eastern Illinois University)
Juried Student Art Show, Greencastle, IN, DePauw University (Juried)
Student Open House, Greencastle, IN, DePauw University
Student Art Exhibition, Mt. Vernon, IA, Cornell College
Art Fairs:
2025 Art EXPO 2025, Chicago, IL, Chicago Artist Coalition, Booth ???
2022 Art Miami 2022, Miami, FL, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Booth AM 134
Publications/Television/Radio:
2023 Venti Journal, Wind, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Summer 2023, venti.journal.com
2022 Vassar Review, Sense & Splendor, Issue 7, pg. 52, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
MFA Issue, New American Paintings, Issue 159, pg.108 - 111
2021 5 portraits, Prison and Neighborhood Arts & Education Project (PNAP) Newsletter, October Issue, October 4, 2021, https://p-nap.org/uww-portrait-project/
2020 article illustrations, “Indiana Women’s Prison Called Ticking Time Bomb As Covid Lockdown Continues”, Side Effects Public Media, Jake Harper, July 20, 2020, https://www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/post/indiana-women-s-prison-called-ticking-time-bomb-covid-lockdown-continues?fbclid=IwAR2dx9nh46l7STBI_I6Af-AtHA93pBz4UoMU8aH8Qqk2JzYtTDdFJFGQG20
various memorials and illustrations, Mourning Our Losses, Et. Al. , 2020 https://www.mourningourlosses.org
set art, A Sweeter Place, Ricardo Bouyett, 5 min.
2019 set art, Work in Progress, Ep. 2, “176, 172, 171”, Abby McEnany, Tim Mason, Lilly Wachowski
2015 The Spinal Cord Perception, 2nd ed, Joshua S. Porter, TBA, 321 pg (cover art)
2013 Spring, Midwestern Review (catalog listing)
2012 Spring and Fall, Midwestern Review, (catalog listing, interview)
March, Student at Large (web listing, publication cover)
Manifest Vol. 63, 8th annual Rites of Passage, Manifest Press (catalog listing)
Inside Out, Arterie Fine Arts Catalogue vol. 21 (catalog listing)
2011 Spring and Fall, Midwestern Review (catalog listing)
Collections (Public, Private, Corporate):
The Company, DePauw University Collection, Greencastle, IN
Love Grows Here I, Ronald McDonald House, Sugar Grove, IL
Love Grows Here II, Ronald McDonald House, Pending Location, IL
the Aviary (mural), North Central College, International Studies Floor, Naperville, IL
Karen, Private Collection, Greencastle, IN
a phile, Private Collection, Greencastle, IN
Pas de Trois, Private Collection, Chicago, IL
The Wild Swans, Private Collection, College Station, TX
Sexting in the Circle, Private Collection, Aurora, IL
Lessons en Rouge, William Lieberman Collection, Chicago, IL
Revolution, William Lieberman Collection, Chicago, IL
Vanni Fucci, Private Collection, Bloomington, IL
Broken Covenant (After the World on a Foot), Private Collection, Aurora, IL
Sorority Soiree, William Lieberman Collection, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions Juried:
2022 Prairie West Art Conference, Romeoville High School, Romeoville, IL
2017 Prairie West Art Conference, Oswego East High School, Oswego, IL
2014 Juried Student Art Show, Oswego East High School, Oswego, IL
Exhibitions Curated:
2024 Veil, Drape, and Stitch, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Politics of Collage, Theatre Y, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist Lectures:
2024 North Central College
2014 Oswego East High School
Artist Residencies:
2024-2026 Chicago Artist Coalition Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
2025 The Poor Farm Residency, the Poor Farm, Little Wolf, WI (Facilitated by: Mark Jeffery, Kelly Kaczynski,and Michelle Grabner)
2024 Nido Residency: Living in the Play, International Center for the Arts, Monte Castillo di Vibio, Umbria, Italy (Facilitated by: Mark Jeffery, Kelly Kaczynski, and Michelle Grabner)
Professional Experience:
2024-current Adjunct Professor (Printmaking I), North Central College, Naperville, IL
2024-current Adjunct Professor (Intro to Studio Art, Intro to Art and Culture), College of DuPage, Glenn Ellyn, IL
2022-current Teacher and Community Advisor (The Politics of Collage, Intro to Studio Art), Prison + Neighborhood Arts and Education Project,UWW/NEIU & Stateville Prison, Joliet, IL
2022-current Lecturer, Painting and Drawing Department (Painting Practice, Multi-Level Figure Drawing, Multi-Level Studio Drawing), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
2022 Press Coordinator, Andrew Falkowski and Michelle Grabner, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Teaching Assistant (Advanced Printmaking in Fibers), Christine Tarkowski, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2022 Teaching Assistant (Art and the Spiritual), Frank Piatek, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021-2022 Painting and Drawing Department Assistant, Andrea Rataiczyk and Eric Lebowski, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021-2022 Substitute Teacher, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021 Teaching Assistant (Art and Esotericism), Frank Piatek and Peter O'Leary, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021 Teaching Assistant (Interdisciplinary Projects in New Media), Benji Pearson and Marcus Theobald, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021 Teaching Assistant (Painting Residency), Richard Hull and Mari Eastman, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021 Teaching Assistant (Figure Drawing), Kayla Risko, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2020-current Studio Assistant (Painting), Phyllis Bramson, UIC and SAIC, Chicago, IL
2020 Teaching Assistant (Figure Painting), Mary Lou Zelazny, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013-2020 Painting Instructor and Studio Manager, Pinot's Palette, Naperville, IL
2009 Slide Room Assistant, Christina Penn-Gotesch, Art History and Criticism, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
2007-2009 Studio Assistant (Glass Blowing), Sharon Owens and Lisa Pelo McNeil, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2007-2008 Studio Assistant (Ceramics), Jeff Schmucki, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN