Ruthia is a painter based in Toronto, with a focus working towards abstracted landscapes. She specialized in painting and drawing at York University (BFA, 2000), also studying painting in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK (1999). She continued her studies at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto (Master of Theological Studies, 2009). For her, the process of painting and growing in spiritual disciplines is intimately intertwined. She currently serves as President of the Toronto Heliconian Club, an organization supporting women in the arts. In between studio work, she produces commissioned pieces. Her work can be found in private and public collections in North America, the UK and Japan.
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Select Solo Exhibitions
2020     Round and round we go until we see a little more, Yorkminster Park Gallery, Toronto
2018      Interior Religion, The Heliconian Club, Toronto
2017      Life, Church of the Epiphany and St. Mark, Toronto
2016      Manipulated Contemplations,  The Heliconian Club, Toronto
2015      Sky, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto
2015      A selection from Tranquil Turmoil and the Unglamorous Way, The Artists Garden, Claremont ON
2015      The Unglamorous Way, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
2014     Tranquil Turmoil: An Invitation to engage darkness and light through Visio Divina, Wycliffe College,
                Toronto
2013      Landscapes Colourscapes, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto
2011      Skyscapes, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto
2007      Recent paintings, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto
2002      Meditations, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto
​Select Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2019      Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto   
2019      Salon 13, Propeller Gallery, Toronto 
2017      Lighten Up!  Loop Gallery, Toronto
2017      Remembering the Women of Beaver Hall, The Heliconian Club, Toronto
2016      An Exhibit of Paintings, St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican Church, Toronto
2016      Korean Artists Society of Canada Annual Exhibition, Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto
2016      Annual Life-drawing exhibition, The Heliconian Club, Toronto
2015      Korean Artists Society of Canada Annual Exhibition, Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto
2014      Deck the Walls, The Project Gallery, Toronto