Ruth HUANG Xu (b.1997) is a multi-disciplinary creative who was born in China and grew up in Singapore. She is currently living in the United States, where she continues to pursue her creative endeavors. Her works are visual manifestations of how she perceives the surrounding world. While she mostly works with concepts and uses materials she personally connects to – partly influenced by her Chinese background – she believes in the universality of sentiments and emotions. Her recent body of work explores themes of recollection, pain and healing, extension and empowerment beyond the individual body, and relationships between others and self.
Selected Awards/Residencies:
2024: GOYA Opportunity Award, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2023: Yale Norfolk School of Art, New Haven, CT
2023: Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship, New Jersey
2020: Best Baltimore Animation Award, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
2020 - 2022: Competitive Scholarships, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2019 - 2024: Presidential Scholarship, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2019 - 2024: Creative Vision Award, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2019 - 2024: Dean's Grant, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2019 - 2024: Dean's List, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2019: The Hokkien Foundation Arts and Cultural Award 2019, Singapore Hokkien Association, Singapore
Solo and Small Group Exhibitions:
2024
// Forging of a Woodshed, Middendorf Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD2022
// Lightness of Being, Gateway Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024:
//Multi-media Event: Till The Dust Settles, Bbox Theater, MICA, Baltimore, MD
// It Feels Right To Me: An Exploration of the Erotic, Middendorf Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD2023:
// Marque Magazine: Simulacrum Fashion Show, Great Hall, JHU, Baltimore, MD
// Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
// Pond Theory, Yale Norfolk Group Exhibition, New Haven, CT
// Annual Benefit Fashion Show, Falvey Hall, MICA, Baltimore, MD
//Waking in The Blue, Fox 2 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD2021:
// 世界：当代中国艺术展
Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Online Gallery, China
// 异地登陆 Remote Landing 2021 Global Graduation Show, Algaed Academy, Beijing, China
// DOONG-JI: Community Group Exhibition, Online Gallery, Baltimore Natural Dye Initiative. Baltimore, MD
// CommUNITY: a reflection of 'togetherness' Exhibition, Online Student Space Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD2020:
// Best Baltimore Animation Award, 2020 Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
// “The Origin of Us” Exhibition, Rosenberg Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
// We Are Everywhere, Fox 2 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Selected Press/ Publication:
2023
// lightness of being, by Chloe Vo and Ruth Huang Xu, self-publishing
// “联合学生通讯员俱乐部40年 热血青春玩转创意无限,” ↗ by 张鹤杨, Lianhe Zaobao
// “MICA Experimental Fashion Show Offers Streetwear, Couture, Conceptual Art, and In-Between,” ↗ by Suzy Kopf, BmoreArt
Education:
Maryland Institute College of Art (US), 2024
Fiber Major, Film and Video Minor, Experimental Fashion Minor