Ruth Schneider (Passo Fundo RS 1943 - Porto Alegre RS 2003)
Painter, draftswoman and printmaker.
Ruth Trelha Schneider began her studies at the Atelier Livre da Prefeitura de Porto Alegre, between 1974 and 1976. She held her first solo exhibition in 1977, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. She took an art course with teacher Fernando Baril (1948) at the Ateliê Encontro de Arte/Enart from 1980 to 1983. In 1982, she joined the Grupo Pigmento, formed by artists interested in continuing the studies begun in Baril's course.
Critiques
"Ruth communicates her art like no one else, in a language that is at times rough, at times naive, at others striking, with a very distinctive character in which the materials used range from wax crayon to oil paint, passing through surprising assemblages and layered collages, and ending with the use of photocopies. Her aim is fully achieved through drawing, painting and the making of objects in which sculptural masks and carrancas [figureheads] of striking creative force make us think of struggle, persistence and courage."
Tania Couto
RUTH Schneider. Texto de Tania Couto. (Curriculum da artista).
Solo Exhibitions
1977 - Porto Alegre RS - First solo exhibition
1984 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Art Brut
1986 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Espaço Cultural Fernando Corona, UFRGS
1987 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Itaugaleria
1988 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Itaugaleria
1991 - Brasília DF - Solo, at Itaugaleria
1991 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Itaugaleria
1991 - Vitória ES - Solo, at Itaugaleria
2001 - Passo Fundo RS - Ruth Schneider: pinturas [Ruth Schneider: Paintings], at Museu de Artes Visuais Ruth Schneider
Group Exhibitions
1980 - Porto Alegre RS - 1st Show of the Group of 11 Artists of the Atelier Livre da Prefeitura
1980 - Porto Alegre RS - Opening group show of the Ateliê Encontro de Arte - Enart
1982 - Porto Alegre RS - Coletiva do Grupo Pigmento [Pigmento Group Show], at Galeria Açorianos
1983 - Belo Horizonte MG - 16th National Art Salon
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - 12th Young Artist Salon - 5th place
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - 2ª ENAPP/45 Anos Chico Lisboa [2nd ENAPP/45 Years of Chico Lisboa], at Margs
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - 2nd SOS Group Show, at Margs
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - 3rd Jovem Arte Sul América Salon [Young South American Art Salon], at Margs
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Coletiva Os Novos [The New Ones Group Show], at Espaço Cultural Yázigi
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Espaço NO [NO Space], at Margs
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Arte Livro Gaúcho: 1950/1983 [Art Book from Rio Grande do Sul: 1950/1983], at Margs
1983 - São Paulo SP - Coletiva do Grupo Pigmento [Pigmento Group Show], at Espaço Cultural Yázigi
1984 - Porto Alegre RS - Coletiva do Grupo Pigmento [Pigmento Group Show], at Centro Municipal de Cultura
1984 - Recife PE - 37th Recife Visual Arts Salon
1984 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Circuito Cineart
1985 - Porto Alegre RS - 14th Young Artist Salon - 2nd and 3rd place
1985 - Santo Ângelo RS - 1st Santo Ângelo Visual Arts Salon - 3rd place
1986 - Porto Alegre RS - 15th Young Artist Salon - honorable mention
1986 - Porto Alegre RS - 9th National Visual Arts Salon: South
1986 - Porto Alegre RS - Caminhos do Desenho Brasileiro [Paths of Brazilian Drawing], at Margs
1987 - Curitiba PR - 44th Paraná Salon
1987 - São Paulo SP - Festas Juninas [June Festivals], at Itaugaleria
1987 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at CCSP
1988 - São Paulo SP - 6th São Paulo Contemporary Art Salon
1989 - Curitiba PR - 45th Paraná Salon
1989 - Fortaleza CE - 39th April Salon, at Fundação Cultural de Fortaleza - 1st place
1989 - Porto Alegre RS - 2nd Rio Grande do Sul Printmaking Show, at Centro Municipal de Cultura Lupicínio Rodrigues
1989 - São Paulo SP - Pintura Brasil Século XX: obras do acervo do Banco Itaú [20th-Century Brazilian Painting: Works from the Banco Itaú Collection], at Itaugaleria
1990 - Brasília DF - Brasília Visual Arts Prize, at Museu de Arte de Brasília
1991 - Montevideo (Uruguay) - 2º Encuentro Latino-Americano Mini Textiles [2nd Latin American Mini Textiles Meeting]
1991 - Porto Alegre RS - BR/80: pintura Brasil década 80 [BR/80: Brazilian Painting of the 1980s], at Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana
1991 - Porto Alegre RS - Exposição Atelier Livre: 30 anos - alunos artistas [Atelier Livre Exhibition: 30 Years - Student Artists], at Atelier Livre da Prefeitura de Porto Alegre
1991 - São Paulo SP - 21st São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1992 - São Paulo SP - 7th Brazilian Art Salon, at Fundação Mokiti Okada M.O.A.
1993 - Santos SP - 4th Santos National Biennial, at Centro Cultural Patrícia Galvão
1995 - Santos SP - 5th Santos National Biennial, at Centro Cultural Patrícia Galvão
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Me Dejas Loco América, at Mercado Público Municipal de Porto Alegre
2000 - Porto Alegre RS - Brasil 500 Anos - Navegadores de Imagens [Brazil 500 Years - Image Navigators], at Centro Cultural Usina do Gasômetro
2000 - Porto Alegre RS - Figura na Pintura: Acervo Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul [The Figure in Painting: Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul Collection], at MAC/RS
2000 - São Paulo SP - A Figura Humana na Coleção Itaú [The Human Figure in the Itaú Collection], at Itaú Cultural
2001 - Porto Alegre RS - Proteja a Vida [Protect Life], at PUC/RS
2003 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Nova André Galeria
Posthumous Exhibitions
2005 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Skyna Arts
Source: Itaú Cultural
