Ruth Fernandes
Artistic Voyager
Explore the artistic journey of Ruth Fernandes through fabrics, paintings, and sculptures.
Official Website: ruthfernandes.com
Artist's Statement
Artist's Statement
My works predominantly use the media of fabrics to express my artistic urges and ideas, and I am doing painting, collages, and cardboard sculpture. I am originally from Israel and graduated from an art school there. Later studied photography, printmaking, and sculpture at different schools in the United Kingdom and the United States. I have lived in the United States, Mexico, and Bulgaria for over twenty years. I have moved from Bulgaria to Spain to explore the possibility of my artistic voyage.
International Experience
Lived and worked in Israel, UK, USA, Mexico, Bulgaria, and Spain
Diverse Media
Fabrics, painting, collages, and cardboard sculpture
Multidisciplinary
Photography, printmaking, and sculpture
Selected Exhibitions
1
2025
Casa Adnew, solo show, Casabermeja, Spain
2
2013
Art in the Garden, solo show, Yaffo, Israel
3
2012
Art on the Yehuda Hayamit Street, group show, Yaffo, Israel
4
2007
Galeria Mahanayim, solo show, Kibbutz Mahanayim, Israel
5
2005
Taller La Comuna Plástica, solo show, Guadalajara, Mexico
6
2004
La Mandrágora, solo show, Guadalajara, Mexico
More Exhibitions
1
2003
Museo del Ex Convento del Carmen, solo show, Guadalajara, Mexico
2
2002
Paramount Theatre, solo show, Seattle, WA, USA
3
2000
Collusion Unlimited Gallery, solo show, Seattle, WA, USA
4
2000
Automatic Gallery, solo show, Seattle, WA, USA
5
1999
Governor's Office, solo show, Olympia, WA, USA
Early Exhibitions
1
1998
Project 416 Gallery, solo show, Seattle, WA, USA
2
1997
Solart Gallery, group show, Seattle, WA, USA
3
1995-1997
Wonderful of Art Gallery, the four group show, Seattle, WA, USA
4
1994
King County Art Commission Gallery, solo show, Seattle, WA, USA
Featured Artworks

Longing
130×120 cm
Lost in the Sea
124×92 cm
A New Beginning
162 cm
Bus Stop
Burlap, spray, and covers of cigarette boxes
190x127 cm
Paintings

The Three
223×121 cm
The Window
183×77 cm
Lost in the Sea
124×92 cm
She
124×67 cm
Woman
122×72 cm

Against the Sky
80×60 cm
Two Women
192×89 cm
Dreaming
122×102 cm
The Heron
Acrylic and fabrics
60×80 cm

The Walk
Acrylic and fabrics
90×80 cm
The Floating
Acrylic
65×55 cm
Flowers
;
The Irises
Acrylic
79×62 cm
The Amaryllis
62×47cm


Flower
45×61 cm
Fabrics


Burning Tree
110×90 cm

From Chaos
130X100 cm
Flying
170×165 cm
The Mother and the daugther
187×170 cm
The hosting bird
193×130 cm
In the garden
140×140 cm
A Virgin
130×175 cm
Broken Wings
156×116 cm
Dia de Muertos
198×150 cm
Blooming under Fabric
125×103 cm
Odysseus and Sphinx
160×150 cm



The Lost
185×135 cm
Flying Homes
135×175 cm
Romano and Juliet
193×180 cm
Two Who Were One
160×120 cm
The Dancer
190×135 cm
Woman
125×180 cm
Music
180×155 cm
Walking women
90x86 cm

The Tigers
150×150 cm
The Sleeping Princess
122×102 cm
The After
Fabrics and papers from magazine
70×53 cm
Night Time
66×61 cm
Blanket
200×100 cm
White Dress


Syria
Mixed Materials 120×100 cm
White Black Red
228×46 cm

Memory
105×70 cm
A Gift
Acrylic and a dress
144×93 cm
Collages


Another War
Acrylic and fabrics
116×80 cm

Family
175×135cm


Damn Day
Acrylic and fabrics
118×100 cm

Poem
Inspired by Abraham Sutzkever's poems
Acrylic and Fabrics
135×125 cm

Gothic Story
Acrylic and fabrics
145×145 cm

The Fear
Acrylic and sawing
150×72 cm

Wheelchair
130×100 cm

Metals
135cmx125 cm

Bus Stop
190×127 cm
Broken Toys
Acrylic and torn photos
80×60 cm

Escape
Acrylic and photos
80×60 cm

The Mask
100×100 cm
Acrylic and fabrics
Blue Horse
Torn photos and acrylic
80×80cm
Maze
Torn photos and acrylic
80×80cm
Dining Table
Torn photos and acrylic
80×80cm


Waiting
Acrylic, paper collage, and fabrics
80×60 cm
Cardboard Sculpture


Life
170 cm
The Cat Cardboard
160 cm
Thinking Man
94×40 cm




A New Beginning
162 cm
The caged bird
Plastic bottles and cartons
130×110 cm


A Figure
178×38 cm


The Roar
Cardboard and fabric
152 cm

Untouchable
200×120 cm
Untouchable
200×120 cm
Fabric Relief
No Title
Acrylic and Fabrics
130×100 cm
Longing
130×120 cm
Gramma
Fabrics and papers
150×150 cm

The Writer
123×123 cm
Portrait
80×60 cm
Respite
175×100 cm
Other Works

The Threshold Keepers
Oil on wood and fabrics
122×120 cm

Homeless
Mixed media
127×111 cm


Dress of a Song
Embroiders and a net on a dress
150×50 cm

Related Work Experiences
1
2011-2012
Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel: Art workshops with the youth
2
2007-2010
Pardes Hanna, Israel: Art workshops with autistic adults
3
2005
Oaxaca, Mexico: Art projects with the youth and women with special needs
4
1994
Seattle, WA, USA: Art classes for children in the community center
5
1991
Whitesburg, KY, USA: Art classes at the community center
Early Career Experiences
1
1980
Archeology Department, Ben Gurion University, Israel: Ceramic restoration
2
1978
Kfar Sabba, Israel: Ceramic restoration for the museum
3
1975-1977
Ha'artez Museum, Israel: Creative work with gifted children
4
1974
Studio of the Artist Ya'akov Boussidan, London, UK: Printing the artist's Hagaddah
5
1972-1973
Accelero Laboratory, B'nei Brak, Israel: Photo retouching
Education
1
1994-1995
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, USA: Studied Photography and Sculpture
2
1991-1992
South East Community College, Whitesburg, KY, USA: Studied General Art and Photography Studies
3
1983
Art School, Be'er Sheva, Israel: Studied Paper Making and worked with natural materials
4
1975-1977
Institute of Archaeology at the University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel: Studied in Art History and Restoration of Israelite Iron Age Ceramics
5
1974
Art School, London, UK: Studied Printing Techniques, including lithography, serigraphy and aquatint
Early Education
1
1971-1973
Tel Aviv Institute of Painting, Tel Aviv, Israel: Studied in Art History and Art of Composition, Realism, Abstraction, and Sculpture
2
1970
Art Academy of Tel Hai, Tel Hai, Israel: Studied drawing and painting