RUBY BATEMAN

Ruby Bateman is a visual artist working from her home studio in the South West Countryside. Ruby’s practice is deeply heartfelt; creating from a place of sincerity and only selecting materials that are natural and non-toxic for her paintings and drawings. With a richly colourful and symbolic visual language, her work tells a multitude of stories; her personal encounters with love and loss, the stories that live in the body, the medicine of plants and nature, and the stories she’s loved reading from folklore, fiction and mythology. 

Interweaving all this is her passion and curiosity in Jungian and psychotherapy philosophies, ancestral teachings, maternal politics, the esoteric and the expansive work of William Blake. 

For Ruby, the experience of making is an alchemical act. It is an essential relationship with the self and connection to a deeper material consciousness

Ruby was awarded a Print Masters degree from the Royal College of Art in 2020, a First BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art Printmaking from The University of Brighton in 2017, and a Merit Foundation Diploma from Falmouth University in 2014. Solo shows include: ‘Drawing In: The Art of Manifestation and Fantasy’ with Season Gallery in Brick Lane London 2022, ‘PASSAGE’ with Haricot Gallery in Shoreditch London 2023, and ‘Into Wistmans Wood’ with Chapel on The Green Glasbury in 2024.  She has exhibited in shows across the UK and internationally in NYC, and her work is represented by a variety of galleries and art dealers.