Ruth Dupré, Swinger, 2025
Glazed porcelain, 16 × 16 × 7cm
Ruth Dupré works across a range of media including ceramics, glass, painting, textiles and filmmaking. Her artistic practice draws on the intimate and personal experiences of love, lust, loss and procreation; the resulting works are often characterised by a sense of openness and humour.
Ruth's practice has been informed by her early ambition to become a classical ballet dancer. With its emphasis on precision and the ability to express human emotions, the aesthetic principles of ballet have shaped her creative process.
We are proud to be showing a selection of Ruth’s latest works - a flock of painted ceramic birds - in our current exhibition ‘A Day at the Seaside’. Embodying the sense of malleability - and the expressive tactility which runs throughout her practice - each bird has its own character. ‘Swinger’ is the only bird in the collection made from porcelain. Each bird is signed and titled underneath.
Please note that due to their fragile nature, Ruth’s birds should be collected by their new owners from Oliver Projects Gallery. Please selected ‘store collection’ as your delivery option at checkout.
Ruth completed her BA in Ceramics at Middlesex University in 1980 and an MA in Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2003. She has exhibited widely in the UK at venues including the Whitechapel Gallery, the Barbican, the Royal Academy, the ICA, and the V&A. She won the Jack Goldhill Prize at the Royal Academy in 2010 for her glass piece ‘Butchery’, and the Bombay Sapphire Prize in 2005 for her film 'Roker Breakfast', made with Anne Brodie and Louise Gilbert Scott. She has received multiple travel awards from the British Council. Her work is held in the National Portrait Gallery collection and at the Corning Museum of Glass, New York. Ruth is based in south west London.
Glazed porcelain, 16 × 16 × 7cm
Ruth Dupré works across a range of media including ceramics, glass, painting, textiles and filmmaking. Her artistic practice draws on the intimate and personal experiences of love, lust, loss and procreation; the resulting works are often characterised by a sense of openness and humour.
Ruth's practice has been informed by her early ambition to become a classical ballet dancer. With its emphasis on precision and the ability to express human emotions, the aesthetic principles of ballet have shaped her creative process.
We are proud to be showing a selection of Ruth’s latest works - a flock of painted ceramic birds - in our current exhibition ‘A Day at the Seaside’. Embodying the sense of malleability - and the expressive tactility which runs throughout her practice - each bird has its own character. ‘Swinger’ is the only bird in the collection made from porcelain. Each bird is signed and titled underneath.
Please note that due to their fragile nature, Ruth’s birds should be collected by their new owners from Oliver Projects Gallery. Please selected ‘store collection’ as your delivery option at checkout.
Ruth completed her BA in Ceramics at Middlesex University in 1980 and an MA in Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2003. She has exhibited widely in the UK at venues including the Whitechapel Gallery, the Barbican, the Royal Academy, the ICA, and the V&A. She won the Jack Goldhill Prize at the Royal Academy in 2010 for her glass piece ‘Butchery’, and the Bombay Sapphire Prize in 2005 for her film 'Roker Breakfast', made with Anne Brodie and Louise Gilbert Scott. She has received multiple travel awards from the British Council. Her work is held in the National Portrait Gallery collection and at the Corning Museum of Glass, New York. Ruth is based in south west London.
Glazed porcelain, 16 × 16 × 7cm
Ruth Dupré works across a range of media including ceramics, glass, painting, textiles and filmmaking. Her artistic practice draws on the intimate and personal experiences of love, lust, loss and procreation; the resulting works are often characterised by a sense of openness and humour.
Ruth's practice has been informed by her early ambition to become a classical ballet dancer. With its emphasis on precision and the ability to express human emotions, the aesthetic principles of ballet have shaped her creative process.
We are proud to be showing a selection of Ruth’s latest works - a flock of painted ceramic birds - in our current exhibition ‘A Day at the Seaside’. Embodying the sense of malleability - and the expressive tactility which runs throughout her practice - each bird has its own character. ‘Swinger’ is the only bird in the collection made from porcelain. Each bird is signed and titled underneath.
Please note that due to their fragile nature, Ruth’s birds should be collected by their new owners from Oliver Projects Gallery. Please selected ‘store collection’ as your delivery option at checkout.
Ruth completed her BA in Ceramics at Middlesex University in 1980 and an MA in Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2003. She has exhibited widely in the UK at venues including the Whitechapel Gallery, the Barbican, the Royal Academy, the ICA, and the V&A. She won the Jack Goldhill Prize at the Royal Academy in 2010 for her glass piece ‘Butchery’, and the Bombay Sapphire Prize in 2005 for her film 'Roker Breakfast', made with Anne Brodie and Louise Gilbert Scott. She has received multiple travel awards from the British Council. Her work is held in the National Portrait Gallery collection and at the Corning Museum of Glass, New York. Ruth is based in south west London.
