Ruth Geos
“No one ever told us we had to study our lives,
make of our lives a study, as if learning natural history or music…”
Adrienne Rich, from Transcendental Etude
EXHIBITIONS:
Vessels Invitational: Revisioning the Receptacle, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE. 2021.
Bird, Nest, Nature. Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA. 2020.
Pacific Rim Sculptors, Peninsula Museum of Art, Nov. 2018 – January 2019.
Selections, International Sculpture Center. Miami Art Fair, Digital Exhibition. 2017.
SF ArtMarket, 2014, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
LA Art Show, 2014, Los Angeles Convention Center, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Gems II, Arts Benicia, December, 2013, Benicia, CA.
Small Wonders & Spectaculars, December 2013, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD.
Texas Contemporary Art Fair 2013, Houston, TX, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore MD.
ArtMRKT Hamptons 2013, Bridgehampton, NY, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore MD.
Betlem & Geos: Matter and Color. Two-person show. Davison Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY. 2011.
The Hootenanny! San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Masters of the Gilding Arts, Society of Gilders, Symposium: Gilding at the Smithsonian 2008, Gold Leaf Studios, Washington, DC, September 2008
Tzedakah Box Invitational, Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX. February 2 – 19, 2006.
KALA Artists’ Annual. Kala Institute of Art, Berkeley, CA. Nov. 2001 – February 2002.
Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Seventh Annual Juried Members Show, September 2001 – October 2001. San Francisco, CA.
KALA Artist’s Annual. Kala Institute of Art, Berkeley, CA. Dec. 1999 – February 2000.
Through the Door Revisited: Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Sixth Annual Juried Members Show. San Francisco CA. September – October 1999.
BACA Annual Members Showcase. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. January – February 1999.
Celebrations: Paintings and Sculpture, Paintings by Verity Dierauf, Sculpture by Ruth Geos City Arts Gallery, City College of San Francisco. November – December 1998.
Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Annual Juried Member Show, San Francisco, CA. September – October 1998.
L’Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Invitational, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. October 1997 – February 1998.
Drawing from the Source: Miriam, Women’s Creativity and New Ritual. Hebrew Union College, New York, NY. March – May 1997.
Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational. The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. 1995.
On the Waterfront: Work from the Hunters Point Artists Community. Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA. April June 1995.
12 Women Artists of Hunters Point Shipyard. Kennedy Gallery at Pauline’s Pizza Pie, San Francisco. 1995.
10 Years at the Point. Sally’s, San Francisco, CA. December 1994 – January 1995. First Place Award.
Bay Arts Annual 1994. San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA. August 1994.
Peninsula Sculpture VI. Peninsula Sculptors Guild, Belmont, CA. September – October 1994.
California Women Artists Juried Exhibition. San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco. 1994.
California Small Works 1993. California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA. December 1993.
Bay Arts Annual 1993. San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA. October – November 1993.
A Woman’s Vision. San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco. 1992.
Small Sculpture. Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. 1990.
ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS:
Featured Artist, Hunters Point Shipyard, Open Studios Catalog, 2009.
Review: “Verity Dierauf and Ruth Geos at City College of San Francisco,” by Debra Koppman, Artweek [February 1999].
Exhibition Catalogue: Drawing from the Source, Women’s Creativity and New Ritual. Hebrew Union College, New York. March 1997.
Exhibition Catalogue: Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational. The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. November 1995.
Artist Profile, San Francisco Arts Monthly, No. 4: 8, October 1993.
STUDIO: Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA, since 1986.
CONTACT: P.O. Box 880731, San Francisco, CA 94188-0731 | ruthgeos@gmail.com