Mary Ruggeri
Mary Ruggeri
Mary Ruggeri
Statement
For 25 years I have been producing commercial art for galleries and art fairs. Recently I have found a new language and a new palette. My process of working has changed and become spontaneous and unstructured. Whereas previously tight and carefully planned, the work is now intrinsically figurative. There is more risk involved. Colours are layered, creating a more interesting and textured surface. New techniques are constantly evolving.
In using a thinking eye, such as Paul Klee, I have created for myself a new criteria deploying forms and symbols that are more organic, and a space in which mood and atmosphere are critical. I feel that my painting now imagines itself to be a playful activity, which through my participation generates itself according to a set of rules, even when those rules incorporate random processes. New conceptual ambiguities attempt to provide narrative and dramatic shape to an undeveloped and constantly changing surface.
My influences include: Matisse, Paul Klee, Chagall, Dufy, Ken Kiff, Mary Feddden, Elizabeth Blackadder and Cragie Aitchson
CV
Qualifications and training
- 1983 BA Hons, Fine Art, St Martins School of Art, London
Group exhibitions
- 2004 Inspired Art Fair, Brick Lane, London
- 2003 Art Ireland, Agricultural Hall, Dublin (more info)
- 2002 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
- 2001 Wills Art Warehouse, London
- 2001 Chelsea Art Fair, London
- 2001 Battersea Art Fair, London
- 1996 Ainscough Contemporary Art, London
- 1995 Anna Mei Chadwick Gallery, London
Collections
Private Collection, Marks and Spencer Plc
Public realm
- 2009 New Blood Art, online gallery, Chiswick, west London
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