Ruth Aizuss Migdal
Contact Information
Education
1990 Sculpture Workshop and Conference, Washington, DC
1958 MFA, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1954 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Artist's Statement
Trained as a painter, by 1971, I became a sculptor exploring the human torso. I worked with clay from 1971 to 1990, when after a work shop in mold making at an International Sculpture Conference I switched to bronze.
I concentrate on exploring the female torso in its many complexities. I continue to use bronze because of its permanence and flexibility. The sculptures vary in size and scale from larger then life to paper weights, as small as three inches in diameter.
Selected Exhibitions
National One Person Exhibits
1995 University of Illinois-Springfield, Springfield, IL
1995 Virginia Lust Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Elaine Starkman Gallery, New York, NY
1964 Tacoma Museum, Tacoma, WA
1955 University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Chicago Vicinity One Person Exhibits
2002-03 Foundry Metal Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978 Weighardt Gallery, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
1975 Pmplemousse Gallery, Chicago, IL
1974 Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1962-64 Adelle Rosenberg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Invitational Exhibits
2008 Annual Members' Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 A Minyan Without Men, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 JWAN Exhibit at WCA Conference, The Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX
2007 Symbolism, Myth and Ritual, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
2007 Chicago Artist Month, Peter Jones Gallery CWCA, Chiago, IL
2007 Peace Tower, Chicago Cultural Center, Chiago, IL; Curator: Mark di Suvero
2007 Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College in partnership with Chicago Sculpture International, Des Plaines, IL
2007-1964 Exhibition of Artist Members, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006 Renaissance Court Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2004-05 Chicago Sculptors on the Move
2003 Four-Person Exhibit, Foundry Metal Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Chicago Solution Show, Gallery on the Lake, Chicago, IL
2003, 2001, 1999, 1998 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
2002 Beverly Art Center, Morgan Park, IL
1998 In Flex/In Flux Alumni Sculpture Exhibit, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998 Jan Wilson Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1998 Third Annual National Small Works Exhibit, Art Place Studio Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Annual Members' Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Beverly Art Center, Morgan Park, IL
1985 Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1983 Five-Person Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1979 Women in Art, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
1977, 1973, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1958 Chicago Vicinity Competition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1962 Five-Person Exhibition, Joachim Gallery, Chicago, IL
Prizes, Honors
1995 Special Assistance Grant from the Illinois Arts Council
1981 Illinois Arts Council Grant
1973 Pauline Palmer Prize, Juried Chicago Vicinity Exhibit, Art Institute of Chicago
1961 William Bartel Prize, Juried Chicago Vicinity Exhibit, Art Institute of Chicago
1961 Honorable Mention, Old Orchard Annual Art Fair, Old Orchard, IL
Publications
1992 Sculpting Clay, Leon I. Nigrosh, p. 39. Davis Publ. Inc.
1998 The Creative Woman, Vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 13 and 17, Untitled #1 and Untitled #2 (drawings.)
1998 Encyclopedia of Midwest Artists
1987 The Creative Woman, Vol. 9, no. 3, p. 31. Venus #1, 1987 (sculpture.)
1986 Fetish Art, Obsessive Expressions, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1984 Chicago Magazine (May 8 issue), p. 170;"Artists by Number: Group Portrait of More than 150 Artists.”
1983 Chicago Artists: Continuity and Change, pp. 12-13; “Sticks and Stones, 1962” and "Untitled, 1983." South Loop Planning Board (funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council and Borg Warner Corp.)
1983 The Additive Process: Five Artists, [p. 5] “Goddess Unfolding, 1983;” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1978 Chicago Self Portrait, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978 Evanston Art Center News Letter (Feb. issue) Vol. 7, no. 2; “Concentrics.”
Public Service
1995-91 Board member, Victory Garden Theater; (Board Member Emeritus since 1991)
1971 Paul Sills: Lights and Special Effects; Story Theater
1969 Lights and Visuals; Free Theater
1969 Light Show, Union Station; Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
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