2017
Ruth Owens was born to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her childhood was complicated by restrictions to mixed families in many communities and laid the basis for the formation of her cultural identity. She will graduate with a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans after quitting her medical practice of over 25 years. She will continue her artistic pursuits showing with Jonathan Ferrara Gallery of New Orleans, and participating in an artist collective called The Front located in that city’s St. Claude art corridor. Further, the well-respected Vermont Studio Center awarded Ruth an artist residency, which she will attend in July 2018. Notable solo shows include “Baby Love” in 2018 at the University of New Orleans Gallery, “Conspiracies” in 2017 at Barrister’s Gallery in New Orleans, and “Steppin' Out” at Bellarmine Chapel Gallery in 2016. Ruth Owens has also participated in numerous group shows including the “Currents, 2018,” at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, “Honey Trap,” at The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA, “Image and Text” 2017, at Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, “LA Contemporary, 2015” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, “Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” 2015, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, “Imago Mundi: New Orleans: Repatriation,” Prospect.3 Adjunct at the New Orleans Museum of Art, “True Colors,” 2014, at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center, and “NOLA NOW: The Human Figure,” 2012 at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans.
Babydoll Rahrah
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 3/5 RUTH OWENS graduated in 2018 with an MFA from the University of New Orleans after leaving her medical practice of 25 years. She is represented by the Jonathan Ferrara Ga...
Etching
Babydoll Gina
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2/6 RUTH OWENS graduated in 2018 with an MFA from the University of New Orleans after leaving her medical practice of 25 years. She is represented by the Jonathan Ferrara Ga...
Etching
Babydoll Merline
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2/6 RUTH OWENS graduated in 2018 with an MFA from the University of New Orleans after leaving her medical practice of 25 years. She is represented by the Jonathan Ferrara Ga...
Etching
Sunday Sister
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS graduated in 2018 with an MFA from the University of New Orleans after leaving her medical practice of 25 years. She is represented by the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, and belongs to the artist collective, “The Front,” both in New Orleans. Owens’ work is concerned with contributing to and preserving the black archive, and she uses personal super-8 film references in her painting and video art. Artist residencies include the Joan Mitchell Center, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Studios at MASS MoCA. She is slotted to attend the International Studio and Curatorial Program in NY in 2023. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society, and 21c Museum. The artist says of her work… In the sixties, my father was stationed at a military base in the deep South for several years. Although it was prescribed by law, our mixed race...
Paper, Casein, Ink
David and Sweet Ann, study
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS is a figurative painter and video artist whose work mines the intersection of honoring the Black archive and expanding the narrative around personal identity. She was born...
Paper, Casein
David and Sweet Ann
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
In 1959, Ruth Owens was born to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her childhood was complicated by restrictions to mixed fam...
Canvas, Oil
America's Daughter
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Daughter Lithograph, 2016 Signed in pencil lower right Edition: Edition: 40 (15/40) From: America's Family (Five Images) Published by: Valley House Gallery and Sculpture ...
Lithograph
America's Mom II (Small Leticia)
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Mom II (Small Leticia) Lithograph, 2016 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Series: America's Family II (Four images) Edition: 40, of which 20 were retained by the ...
Lithograph
America's Mom
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Mom Lithograph, 2016 Signed lower right (see photo) Numbered lower left From: America’s Family (Intended suite of five Images, only four produced) Edition: 40, (20 of which...
Lithograph
New Baby
By Robert Kushner
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"New Baby" is a lithography by Robert Kushner. Signed in pencil, lower right, "Robert Kushner". The work is number 5 from an edition of 35. The artwork size is 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches...
Lithograph
Beautiful Evelyn
By Lauren Camara
Located in New York, NY
Lauren Camara is a Bronx-based, self-taught artist and graphic designer who creates layered portraits made entirely from carefully cut paper. Her work grows out of everyday encounter...
Textile, Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Abe Ajay, Peggy
By Abe Ajay
Located in New York, NY
Abraham Ajay (also known as Abe Ajay or even 'Ajay') was from a Syrian Pennsylvanian family who came to New York City. He attended the Art Students League and...
Lithograph
