CLAUDIA JOWITT AND RUTH THOMAS EDMOND 27 SEPTEMBER - 28 OCTOBER 2017
Claudia Jowitt and Ruth Thomas-Edmond, two artists who regularly show in the gallery, share an interest in what may be called everyday abstraction. Both are makers of multi-layered abstract surfaces, which, despite their abstraction, speak to the world in which they are created. Both also build their forms - which move between two and three-dimensionality - through repetition and accumulation of material and mark-making. Rarely simply paint on canvas, their work incorporates found materials from cardboard to seeds, beads or coconut coir in Claudia's work.
Wellington based, Ruth completed a Master of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 2005. Recent public exhibitions include Solo 2014 at the Dowse Art and How to Fall in 2013 and The Obstinate Object in 2012 at City Gallery Wellington.
Claudia completed a Master of Fine Arts at Elam in 2015. In 2016, she was the inaugural Tautai Pacific Arts Trust Artist in Residence at the Dunedin School of Art. She has been exhibiting since completing her undergraduate degree at AUT in 2009.
Both artists have works in a wide range public and private collections.
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [fluoro pink], 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 580 x 290 x 380 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [fluoro pink] second angle view, 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 580 x 290 x 380 mm |
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 | Claudia Jowitt Voqa, 2017 acrylic, and spray paint with leather, linen, cotton and masi offcuts, magimagi, cotton cord, hand shaped polymer forms, kōura (crayfish) shell from Uawa (Tolaga Bay), and cawaki (sea urchin) shell from Savusavu, Fiji on linen , 900 x 900 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [yellow], 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 590 x 350 x 410 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [yellow] second angle view, 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 590 x 350 x 410 mm |
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 | Claudia Jowitt Serau I, 2017 acrylic with vinyl offcuts and moulded acrylic forms on linen, 350 x 300 mm |
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 | Claudia Jowitt Serau I detail, 2017 acrylic with vinyl offcuts and moulded acrylic forms on linen, 350 x 300 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [aqua], 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 320 x 200 x 200 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [aqua] second angle view, 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 320 x 200 x 200 mm |
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 | Claudia Jowitt Serau II, 2017 acrylic with vinyl offcuts, hand shaped polymer and moulded acrylic forms on linen, 350 x 300 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [fluoro orange], 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 450 x 440 x 300 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [fluoro orange] second angle view, 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 450 x 440 x 300 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [fluoro yellow], 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 350 x 200 x 280 mm |
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 | Ruth Thomas-Edmond Untitled [fluoro yellow] second angle view, 2017 cardboard acrylic and pva, 350 x 200 x 280 mm |
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 | Claudia Jowitt Talitali I, 2017 acrylic with leather offcuts, cotton cord and moulded acrylic forms on panel mounted woven jute, 200 x 200 mm |
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