Ruth Stage

Visual Artist

Ruth was born in Hartlepool in 1969. She studied at Cleveland College of Art & Design, Newcastle University and then the Royal Academy Schools. Now living and working in West London she shows regularly at the New Grafton Gallery in Barnes and the Brandler Galleries in Essex.

Awarded: Tony Smith Landscape Award 1994; British Institute Fund 1994; David Murray Scholarship 1995; Natwest Art Prize 1995; The Hunting Prize (runner-up) 1995; Prize from M&G for best painter under 35, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1996; 1999 elected member of NEAC; Villiers David Prize, (runner-up) 2000; Villiers David Prize, Winner 2003; The Arts Club Prize NEAC 2003.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: Trevelyan College, Durham University 1994; New Grafton Gallery 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003; Samling Foundation, Windermere 1998; ‘Creative Exchange’, A.T.Kearney, London with Leonard Rosoman, OBE, RA, 1998; Hiscox Art Café 1999; J.H.W. Fine Art at the Air Gallery 2002; ‘Light and the Landscape’, John Davies Gallery, Stow 2002; Waterhouse and Dodd Group Show 2004.

Selected Mixed Exhibitions include: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1993-1996 and 1999-2003; New Grafton Gallery since 1994; Brandler Galleries 1994-97; Redfern Gallery 1995; Hunting Art Prize Exhibition 1995 and 1998; Huntington-Whiteley, Two Football Exhibitions 1996 and 1998; The Mall Galleries ‘Making a Mark’ 1996; Royal Overseas League 1997; NEAC Annual Open Exhibition 1997, 1999-2002; Cadogan Contemporary 1996-97; New Grafton Gallery at ArtLondon 2002; RAASA, Centro d’Art Modigliani, Florence 2002; Royal Academy Friends’ Room, NEAC Members 2002; ‘The View’, An Exhibition about Richmond Hill 2003.

Works in Corporate Collections: Arbuthnot Latham & Co. Ltd., Border Television, Chevron UK, Durham University, Hiscox plc, A.T. Kearney Ltd., M&G Group, Midland Bank, National Westminster Bank, Pearl Assurance; Professional Footballers’ Association; JoHambro Investment Management.

Literature: RA Magazine, Preview, Autumn 1996; Art Review ‘Artist’s Eye’, November 1997; Sunday Telegraph, ‘Critic’s Choice’, January 10, 1999; The Artist, March 2001; Galleries Magazine Front Cover 2002; Country Life 2002.