Ruth Chambers
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Ruth Chambers is an artist
working out of Regina, Saskatchewan
. As an installation artist, she works with a wide range of media. Her artworks have incorporated everything from unfired clay
and found objects to the latest in audio-visual media. Chambers’ work has also explored a vast array of thematic elements. Some of her sculptures have depicted inner elements of the human body, depicted in such a way that they force questions about the relationship between the physical and the metaphysical. Other works by Chambers combine elements of classical design (such as Tuscan order
columns) with fragile natural imagery, such as fluttering oak leaves.
Chambers has exhibited throughout both Canada and the United States. She is a founding member of Petri’s Quadrille, a Regina-based artists’ collective. She has exhibited at institutions such as the Burlington Art Centre
, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
, and the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
working out of Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
. As an installation artist, she works with a wide range of media. Her artworks have incorporated everything from unfired clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
and found objects to the latest in audio-visual media. Chambers’ work has also explored a vast array of thematic elements. Some of her sculptures have depicted inner elements of the human body, depicted in such a way that they force questions about the relationship between the physical and the metaphysical. Other works by Chambers combine elements of classical design (such as Tuscan order
Tuscan order
Among canon of classical orders of classical architecture, the Tuscan order's place is due to the influence of the Italian Sebastiano Serlio, who meticulously described the five orders including a "Tuscan order", "the solidest and least ornate", in his fourth book of Regole generalii di...
columns) with fragile natural imagery, such as fluttering oak leaves.
Chambers' art and exhibitions
Chamber’s more recent installation art explores both natural and architectural themes. Recent pieces incorporate unfired clay objects placed in darkened space; the pieces are then activated by dramatic lighting and visual projections. This type of work is both thought provoking and evocative of completely visceral reactions.Chambers has exhibited throughout both Canada and the United States. She is a founding member of Petri’s Quadrille, a Regina-based artists’ collective. She has exhibited at institutions such as the Burlington Art Centre
Burlington Art Centre
The Burlington Art Centre is an art centre in close proximity to Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. There are exhibitions and educational programs, studios and activities at the Art Centre. The Centre is a non-profit registered charitable organization. It provides free admission...
, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is the provincial art gallery for the province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the central downtown region of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with a branch gallery in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia....
, and the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan.