Ruth Kathryn Jones
She/Her
Visual artist, curator and collaborative practitioner based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Co-director of The Old Waterworks, artist studios and charity based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Feminist , activist, neuro-divergent, fat
Founder and member of The Agency of Visible Women: an intersectional group of women, non-binary, trans and femme artists in Southend
Essex accent varies according to company. Intellectual capability not actually impacted by accent. Who knew?
Selected Curation, Exhibitions, Talks and Publications
States of Exchange Hypha Studios Stratford, group exhibition, 31 March - 2 June 2023
Venice Fellowships Yearbook 2022 Biennale and Body.
Is it strange? FPG Sounds Commission. 25 September 2022
Biennale and Body, Paper presentation, UEL ACI PGR Annual Conference, 24 September 2022
Venice Fellowship - British Council Venice Fellowship, 07/08 - 06/09 2022
‘DFA Showcase 2022’ University of East London. 23-26 June 2022
“Loving Care” Way Out East, London. 10-12 November 2021
Metal Residency Metal Southend. September 2021 - August 2022
Installation as proto-entity, (dis)embodied avatar, PGR Conference, 24 September 2021.
‘Is it too much?’ The Old Waterworks, 03/09 - 06/09/2021
‘Professional Doctorate Fine Art Showcase Exhibition’ University of East London, 24/06 - 26/06/2021
‘ASMR and Pug’ 2021 contributed to ‘Tender Order’ by Jade Montserrat with Jane Lawson and Industria - published by TOW, 2021.
‘Precarious straits~ survival on Southend’s new coast, Southend-under-Sea’ TOMA Project Space, The Royals, Southend. Group exhibition. 22/05/21 - 12/09/2021
‘Between Walls’ Safe House, Peckham, 9-11 October 2020
‘Out of Isolation’ University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury 14/09 – 30/10/2020
‘The Agency of Visible Womxn present a Snapshot of Southend as a Cultural Environment for Womxn by Damien Robinson and Ruth Jones’ published by TOW, 2019
‘The Agency of Visible Womxn: Policy Making’ Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend. 08/03/2020
‘International Womxn’s Day- EGLF ‘ Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend. 08/03/2020
‘Play with Purpose’ Paper presentation “Who gets to play and who doesn’t?” at Bedfordshire University Conference. 06/03/2020
‘Pets’ TOMA Project Space, The Royals, Southend. Group exhibition. 07/12/19 – 07/02/20.
‘Spread’ 13 July at Village Green, Chalkwell Park. 1 September at Horse Hospital, London. 12/10 – 2/11 2019 at Arcade Campfa, Wales.
‘East London Artists - Fine Art Professional Doctorate Showcase’ University of East London. 13-16 June 2019
‘The Agency of Visible Womxn Library’ The Old Waterworks, Southend, July 2019.
‘Grrrl Zine Issue 3’ Essay - “How to build a femme utopia in the arts”. 14/06/2019.
‘Authenticity and the Arts and Media in an era of Fake News’ Paper presentation “Authenticity in Feminist Art Practices” at UEL. 7th February 2019.
‘Artist Book Fair’ WYL? research collective, parallel artist book exhibition in CAP Kuwait and Centro Cultural CEEE Erico Verissimo, Porto Alegre, Brazil. October and November 2018.
‘The Agency of Visible Womxn’ Beecroft Gallery, Southend on Sea, Essex, February 17 – April 14, 2018.
‘Lost & Found’ Espacio Gallery, London. May 2017
‘Venice Vending Machine 4: ‘The Sea Has No Boundaries: Stories of Travellers and Dreamers’’ A project by Marina Moreno. Hamburg Kunst Altonale 18. Hamburg, Germany. September 2016.
‘What’s Your Location?’ CAP Kuwait, Kuwait, May – June 2016
‘International Women’s Day’ Invited speaker at Southend Borough Council, March 8 2016
‘Women’s Work’ Beecroft Gallery, Southend on Sea, Essex, February – March 2016
‘What’s Your Location?’ Artist-talk speaker at Centro Cultural CEEE Erico Verissimo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 5 2015
‘What’s Your Location?’ Centro Cultural CEEE Erico Verissimo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 2015
‘Quiet Rebellions: Hidden Transcripts’ Rayleigh Windmill, March 28-April 19 2015.
‘Tiny Acts of Care’ Performance during ‘REV it Up’, Espacio Gallery, London. March 8 2015
Contact
theagencyofvisiblewomen@protonmail.com