Ruth Shortt

Selected Biography:

Born in Ireland

EDUCATION -  

1994 National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland | B.F.A., Honors Degree

SOLO EXHIBITION -  

2000 "FAS", Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, NC | "Glass Express" Dumbo Arts Center, New York | 1998 Museum of Modern Art, Caracas, Venezuela | 1997 Glass Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, Islip, New York

AWARDS -  

1994 Waterford Crystal Artist in Residency Award

ARTISTS STATEMENT -

There's a common reaction against beauty in art.  They say it distracts from the deeper meaning, as if you make beautiful things you have nothing more to say.  However, I see it as a language with which to communicate, to touch people.

STATEMENT -

Short is interested  "primarily with the body's relationship to its interior biological structure and the exterior environment in which it exists." This dual focus contributes to the physical allure of the objects. - Linda Luise Brown, Creative Loafing