Ruth Weisberg

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Ruth Weisberg
Born1942
Chicago, IL, USA
NationalityAmerican
EducationAccademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Italy
University of Michigan
AwardsWomen's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award 2009

Ruth Weisberg (born 1942) is an American artist and Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, where she is also former dean of the USC Roski School of Art and Design.[1] Weisberg's work is influenced by her Jewish heritage and its traditions, the human body, and feminist themes. She works primarily in painting, and her recent work is produced in scroll formats.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Exhibitions[edit]

Weisberg has had over 70 solo exhibitions of her work including those at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA and the Skirball Museum, Los Angeles.[4] Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in over 190 group shows, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American Art, among other venues.[5][6]

Collections[edit]

Weisberg's work is in over 60 museum collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Museum of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among other national and international institutions.[7] She received her BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[8][9]

Awards and honors[edit]

Weisberg has received several honors and awards for her work including the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award 2009;[10] a Printmaker Emeritus Award from the Southern Graphic Council International 2015;[11] the Foundation for Jewish Culture’s 50th Anniversary Cultural Achievement Award 2011; an Honorary Doctorate, Hebrew Union College, 2001[12] and the College Art Association Distinguished Teaching of Art Award in 1999.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Seed, John (23 July 2015). "Ruth Weisberg: The Adventure of Living In Between". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ Curtis, Cathy (December 23, 1988). "ART REVIEW : The Literal Universe of Ruth Weisberg". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ Weisberg, Ruth; Hoffman, Lawrence A; Berman, Nancy M. (1997). Ruth Weisberg, the Scroll (exhibition catalog). New York: Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.
  4. ^ Cheng, Scarlet (May 7, 2007). "Weisberg exhibition takes the long view". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Ruth Weisberg". Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Inc. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  6. ^ Korn, Paula (June 2, 1997). "Ruth Weisberg, an artist in Many Mediums, Exhibits Works Worldwide". News USC. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Ruth Weisberg". Roski School of Art and Design. University of Southern California. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Ruth Weisberg (American, born 1942)". Artnet. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Collections: Weisberg, Ruth". The Art Institute of Chicago. Art Institute Chicago. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Ruth Weisberg". Addington Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  11. ^ Levine, Debra (20 March 2015). "USC's Ruth Weisberg honored with esteemed printmaking award". ArtsMeme. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  12. ^ "USC Hillel". Dr. Ruth Weinberg. University of Southern California. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Distinguished Teaching of Art Awards". College Arts Association. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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