Ruth Beer

Biography

Ruth Beer is a Vancouver-based artist interested in interdisciplinary approaches to artistic practice. Her artwork that includes sculpture, video, photography and interactive projections has been shown in national and international exhibitions. She has been awarded several public art commissions and is a member of the RCA. She is the recipient of major federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants for research-creation projects. Recent artworks related to the "Trading Routes" project are intended to evoke cultural and geographic transitions through abstraction, representation and processes exploring materials, forms, colour and media.



She is Professor of Visual Art and Assistant Dean of Research in the Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice and the Audain School of Visual Art at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.