- City
- Toronto
- Booth
- Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 43
Ruth Wickremesooriya
Ruth Wickremesooriya is a multi-disciplinary artist and weaver creating conceptual abstract art that explores themes of brokenness, hope and transformation. Her artistic practice is a tactile meditation on the paradox that finds beauty and pain residing side by side in our lives. At the root of all her work is a commitment to the discipline of hope; a stubborn belief that however ugly things seem, there can be a beautiful tomorrow. Drawing inspiration from her ongoing relationship with depression and anxiety; global cultures of care and repair; and patterns of regeneration and resilience found in the natural world, she employs discarded fabric as the primary medium to create artworks that challenge dismissive attitudes to ‘broken’ people, objects and circumstances.
Raised in England, she earned her BFA in Woven Textile Design from Loughborough University. She is the winner of international design competition the ABURY Design Experience (2017) and Best in Show at the Cabbagetown Art and Craft Show (2022). Her work has been exhibited at the head office of Selvedge Magazine in London.
Ruth welcomes commissions and gladly collaborates with those seeking to reimagine precious - or plentiful - textiles that are damaged or have fallen out of ‘usefulness’.
