Ruthia is a painter based in Toronto. 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). Her painting looks towards abstraction using patterns found in nature; whether in shadows, placement of branches, clusters of leaves or dappled sunlight. For her, the process of painting and growing in spiritual disciplines is intimately intertwined.
2021 - Secret Garden, Toronto Heliconian Hall, Toronto
2020 - Round and round we go until we see a little more, Yorkminster Park Gallery, Toronto
2018 - Interior Religion, Toronto Heliconian Hall, Toronto
2017 - Life, Church of the Epiphany and St. Mark, Toronto
2016 - Manipulated Contemplations, Toronto Heliconian Hall, Toronto
2015 - Sky, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto
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
2022 and 2023 - Artists Choice, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2022 - Figurative Pop Up Show, Roberts Gallery
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, Toronto Heliconian Hall, 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, Toronto Heliconian Hall, Toronto
2015 - Korean Artists Society of Canada Annual Exhibition, Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto
2014 - Deck the Walls, The Project Gallery, Toronto