Ruth Chase

West of Lincoln

Acrylic on canvas w/ audio

About the artist

Ruth Chase

Born in Venice, California, Ruth Chase is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute whose work engages and activates community bridge-building. Her West of Lincoln Project was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Los Angeles for Art in Action, as well as a grant to an individual artist from the Carl Jacobs Foundation.

Chase was granted a residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts in New York, published in Professional Artist Magazine, Catapult Art Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has taught at the Crocker Art Museum. She was a featured artist on the Dead Files TV program and was awarded an Artist in Residence at Nevada County Arts for Artist Activating Communities through a grant from the California Arts Council for three consecutive years. Her film BELONGING screened at the 18th Annual Nevada City Film Festival and Wild & Scenic Film Festival. She received the Legendary Female Artist award of Venice, exhibited in The Crocker Kingsley, the Museum of Northern California Art, and the Diego Rivera Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute.