Michael Ruh
I try to make the most complete aesthetic statement possible by the simplest means I can think of. I strive to create pieces of the utmost of aesthetic complexity and flexibility while utilising a minimum of colour and decoration.
My physical surroundings often provide the inspiration for my work. My String and Cocoon vessels have evolved from the delicate patterns on sandbars caused by receded water, or lines drawn into fresh snow by leafless windblown shrubs.
Education
2005 BFA Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
1992–1996 Instituut voor Kunstambachten ( I.K.A.), Mechelen, Belgium Hot Glass Course
1988–1990 Universidad de Las Colinas, Elche, Spain
1984-1985 University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.Sculpture
1979–1983 Drake University / College of Fine Arts, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Sculpture
Selected Exhibitions
2007 Collect, V&A, London
2006 Origin, Somerset House, London
2006 Studio Space, CAA Gallery, London
2005 Collect, V&A, London
2004 Lustre, Tullie House, Carlisle
2004 Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness on
Windermere, Cumbria
Awards
2005 Eureka Project, Design Nation, London
2003 Setting up GrantCrafts council
2001` Finalist Design for Scandinavia Award
Museum Collections
2005 Graal Vase Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria