Ruth van Beek 1977

Woont in Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands. Werkt in Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands.

Vertegenwoordigd door:

The Ravestijn Gallery

Ruth van Beek (b. 1977) uses the established visual codes of photography - a shadow, pedestal, dark backdrop, or gesture - to guide viewers into a belief in the incredible rarity or importance of the shown object, even when that object is unidentifiable. From a growing archive of found photographic material, van Beek arranges images in constantly changing ways. The primary source for her odd and playful collages are specialist books and magazines of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Titles on subjects including the proper tending of bonsai trees, the care of cacti, and the art of Japanese flower arranging—often found at thrift stores across Europe and the United States—provide rich material for her unique pieces. From these odd combinations and decontextualized images van Beek makes her work. By cutting and folding, adding shapes of watercolor-painted paper and forging visual connections between found pictures, the artist makes form, scale and colors reverberate, often to unsettling or comical effect. These overt interventions are never hidden; indeed they are central to the work. Van Beek lives and works in Koog aan de Zaan, in the Netherlands.

Her work has been shown internationally with exhibitions at Post Books (Tokyo); The Ravestijn Gallery (Amsterdam), De Warande (Belgium), Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco); Foam (Amsterdam), Les rencontres d’Arles and Fotomuseum Antwerp and has been featured in magazines such as De Gids, The NewYorker, Vogue Magazine, Centrefold Magazine, Foam Magazine, IMA Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, The New York Review of Books, The Aperture Photobook Review, Elephant Magazine and The New York Times.

She has published numerous artist books including The Arrangement (RVB Books, 2013) which was shortlisted for the Aperture Photobook of the Year Award in 2014 and How To Do The Flowers ( APE & Dashwood Books, 2018 ) to widespread acclaim. After her book Eldorado that came out in 2020 she is currently working on a second book with designer Willem Van Zoetendaal. Expected to be released in spring 2023.

Ruth is represented by The Ravestijn Gallery in Amsterdam.

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Crown (Figure 133, enlarged)

2022

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Loaf (Figure 114, enlarged)

2022

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Table with bowls, plates and cuts (1)

2022

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Table with bowls, plates and cuts (2)

2022

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Doily (Figure 138, enlarged)

Articles on Ruth van Beek

Benefietveiling voor W139

Kunstenaarscollectief Dead Darlings organiseert een online benefietveiling waarvan de opbrengst geheel naar W139 gaat, de projectruimte aan de Amsterdamse Warmoestraat.

Wouter van den Eijkel

De keuze van... Anne Colenbrander

In dit deel Anne Colenbrander (Programming & Project Director in de internationale culturele en non-profit sector, 40 jaar)

Oscar van Gelderen & Manuela Klerkx

Onze onverklaarbare emotionele band met objecten

De Nederlandse kunstenaar Ruth van Beek verzet zich niet alleen tegen de traditionele regels en visuele codes binnen de fotografie, maar werkt volledig vanuit haar eigen belevingswereld.

Flor Linckens

De keuze van... Kai van Hasselt

In dit deel Kai van Hasselt (Mede-oprichter en urban strategy consultant bij Noha, 38 jaar)

Oscar van Gelderen & Manuela Klerkx

Tentoonstellingen

Art Rotterdam 2023

Mariken Wessels, Ruth van Beek

9 feb - 12 feb 2023, Rotterdam, Nederland

One of a Kind

Mark Nettenbreijers, The Ravestijn Gallery, Cortis & Sonderegger, Inez & Vinoodh, Blommers & Schumm, Vincent Fournier, Michel Lamoller, Martina Sauter, KYoung, Koen Hauser, Michael Bailey-Gates, Theis Wendt, Robin de Puy, Mariken Wessels, Darren Harvey-Regan, Jan Rosseel, Eva Stenram, Ruth van Beek, Philippe Braquenier, Bownik, Nico Krijno, Anja Niemi, Thomas Kuijpers, Tereza Zelenkova, Patrick Waterhouse, Scheltens & Abbenes

3 aug - 22 oct 2022, Amsterdam, Nederland

The Constructed Image

Katrien de Blauwer, Blommers & Schumm, Sohei Nishino, Matt Lipps, Martina Sauter, KYoung, Michel Lamoller, Cortis & Sonderegger, Inez & Vinoodh, Eva Stenram, Ruth van Beek, Nico Krijno, Koen Hauser, Scheltens & Abbenes, Patrick Waterhouse, Jean-Francois Lepage

4 sep - 5 sep 2021, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2021

Robin de Puy, Nico Krijno, Ruth van Beek

4 jun - 7 jul 2021, Rotterdam, Nederland

The Nursery

Ruth van Beek

21 nov - 16 jan 2021, Amsterdam, Nederland

The Salon Show

Darren Harvey-Regan, Michael Etzensperger, Jan Rosseel, Robin de Puy, Mariken Wessels, Inez & Vinoodh, Eva Stenram, Christopher Anderson, Scheltens & Abbenes, Alinka Echeverría, Ruth van Beek, Philippe Braquenier, Bownik, Vincent Fournier, Anja Niemi, Nico Krijno, Koen Hauser, Cortis & Sonderegger, Tereza Zelenkova, Patrick Waterhouse

13 jun - 29 aug 2020, Amsterdam, Nederland

In bedrijfscollectie van:

AMC

CV

Education: BA The Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1998-2002

Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
2019 HOW TO DO THE FLOWERS, ACT 2 / REHEARSAL 1, NContemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
COLOUR: UNKNOWN, ALYSI Garden House, Milan, Italy
Groupshow, Kunstverein Hildesheim (DE)
#Cute Groupshow NRW Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
2018 How to do the flowers, Act 1, Approche Paris (FR)
How to do the flowers, RIOT, Gent (BE)
Photofairs San Francisco, The Ravestijn Gallery (US)
The Play, Capture Festival Vancouver (CA) sight specific work in public space
The eye is the centre/magnify me, groupshow Ketelfactory, Schiedam (NL)
Conceiler, Groupshow Peckham 24, London (UK)
Photo Espana, Madrid (ES) groupshow curated by Hester Keijser
2017 Seen Fifteen, Burning with pleasure, exhibition on artist books, London (UK)
The Ravestijn Gallery, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL)
Erik Kessels & Friends, NRW Forum, Dusseldorf (DE)
White Dog Blue Ribbon (solo) Âme Nue, Hamburg (DE)
Fabulous Failures, Le Botanique, Brussel (BE)
Cats & Dogs, Israel museum, Jerusalem (IL)
Springvloed, curated by Willem Van Zoetendaal, Nederlands Fotomuseum (NL)
Surface Tension, FOMU Antwerp (BE)
2016 NewDocuments, ETAL Gallery, San Francisco (US)
The Situation Room, solo exhibition The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Between the lines, Archipellago, London (UK)
NewFlash, Rubber Factory New York (US)
Fabulous Failures, Les rencontres d’Arles (FR)
Photography Extended 2, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL)
2015 Is it a Painting (Or is it a Sculpture? Or a Photo, Tique art space Antwerp (BE)
ThisIsItNow, Snapchat exhibition, NewYork (US)
The Pistil’s Waltz, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp (BE)
Metamorphosis, The Flowers Gallery, London (UK)
Photo London, The Ravestijn Gallery, London (UK)
Out of Shape, Tigue Art Space, Antwerpen (BE)
2014 New Arrangements, ( solo ) The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
The Rehearsal, Warte fur Kunst, Kassel (DE)
Grain, Wood, Flax, Turf groupshow, De Voorkamer, Lier, (BE)
Flatland Gallery, groupshow Amsterdam (NL)
Where There’s Smoke, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (US)
Field Works, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork (IE)
24/7 Still life, Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
Nature Morte, Honore #1, Paris (FR)
2013 Accidents from the greenhouse, Metronom Gallery, Modena (IT)
Mina, reconstructie van een decennium, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL)
play, collect, construct, fold and display, gallery LhGWR, Den Haag (NL)
The Ephemera Show, duo exhibition with Koen Hauser, Gallery37, Haarlem (NL)
Printroom, Rotterdam (NL)
The second act, Brakke grond, Amsterdam (NL)
10 jaar SYB, Pa////kt, Amterdam (NL)
Le Garage, Arles (FR)
R.S.V.P, galery Koal, Berlin (DE)
Taste my Photons, Noorderlicht gallery, Groningen (NL)
The Great Blue Mountain Range, Okay Mountain, Austin Texas (US)
Probe #3, Suze May Sho, Arnhem (NL)
Recollecting History, ACF, Amsterdam (NL)
Use me, abuse me, NewYork Photofestival, curated by Erik Kessels, NewYork (US)
Sugary Photographs with tricks, poses and effects, Antwerpen (BE)
Artefacten, galerie37 Spaarnestad, Haarlem NL)
Reconstructions, FOAM_ 3h, Amsterdam (NL)
Public and Private Collections
AMC Collectie, Amsterdam (NL)

Published Books
2020 Eldorado, Van Zoetendaal Publishers (NL)
2018 How to do the flowers, ArtPaperEditions (BE) & DashwoodBooks (US)
2017 The Cast, New Documents (US)
2016 The Levitators, RVB Books (FR)
2015 Manuals nr 3, Lapis Lazuli, Centerfold Editions (NL)
2014 Houseplants covered with snow&Houseplants, Dashwood books (US)
Manuals nr 2, Dancing Figures, Centerfold Editions (NL)
2013 Manuals nr 1, Morning Ritual, Centerfold Editions (NL)
The Arrangement, RVB Books (FR)

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