Born: USA, Albia, Iowa

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Tama Gallery, New York City, (forthcoming Feb.08)

2006
Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

2004
Karl Drerup Art Gallery, State University of New Hampshire, Plymouth, NH

2002
Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York
Centro Cultural de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico (Oct)
Galeria Quetzalli, Oaxaca, Mexico (Oct)
Centro de Arte UNICEF, Seville, Spain

1995
Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1994
Washington University Bixby Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

1992
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
Indian Hills Art Gallery, Ottumwa, Iowa

1991
Philippe Staib Gallery, NYC

1989
Bill Bace Gallery, NYC.
Galeria Principal, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic.

1987
Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI.

1985
Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC.

1984
Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC.
Artspace, Washington, DC (Richard Griffith Williams)

1975
Artists Space, NYC, selected by Robert Morris.
Central College, Pella, Iowa.

1974
Art Students League, NYC.

Group Exhibitions
2007
Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill NY, Sculpture Garden Exhibition
Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY, The Flat File Show
cWOW, City without Walls, Vitamin W: the wonder factor, altered states
Free Play, Islip Art Museum, curated by Judith Page, East Islip NY.
Farm Project 2007, Collaborative Concepts, Garrison NY

2004
"10" Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
Precipitations, the lab gallery, curated by Kóan Jeff Baysa, New York, NY.
Wangled Tebs, 2 person show, Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY, curated by Kóan Jeff
Baysa., in conjunction with the "Peekskill Project".
Lookout Sculpture Park, Fall Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Damascus, PA

2003
dis/embodied.Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, NYC, 2 person exhibition
Elements Unearthed, 4 sculptors, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
TriBeCa Film Festival, the Screening Room 2, "I'm a Pilot Like You".
Artist Members Show, Center for Book Arts, NYC.
12th Annual Artist's Studio Benefit Tour, Art in General, October 2003.

2002
Art for Now, Small works show, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, NYC
Art 911. Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, NYC.
Reactions, Exit Art, NYC travelling to Williamston College Gallery, Pasadena CA. and Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Cini casi Cini, The Reina Sophia, Madrid Spain, video "I'm a Pilot like You."
Lookout Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA. (outdoor sculpture exhibition).

2001
Tramas y Ensamblajes (Weavings and Assemblages), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México (catalogue in formation), traveled to Merida.

1997
Sacbe, Sendero, Path..., Sculpture Center, New York.
Four person exhibition w/catalogue. Essay by Lucy Lippard.

1995
"Color in Space: Pictorialism in Contemporary Sculpture", David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown Univ., Providence RI.

1994
"Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective", Boston College of Art, Boston, MA.
"Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective at Parsons", Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York, NY

1993
"Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective", Snug Harbor Cultural
Center, The Newhouse Gallery, Staten Is., NY

1992
"Cinco Anos" (Five Years), La Agencia, Mexico City, Mexico
"Collage", Galeria Quetzalli, Oaxaca, México
"Hamilton, Hardinger, Hitch", Trenkmann Gallery, NYC

1991
"Group Show", Lee Tribe, William Tucker, Yuriko Yamaguchi, & Ruth Hardinger, Philipe Staib Gallery, New York,
"Cochinella" Galeria de Arte de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
"Bare Bones", BWAC, One Main Street, Brooklyn, NY.

1988
"Kindred Spirits", Trabia MacAfee Gallery, NYC.
"Kindred Spirits", George Ciscle Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
"Alternatives", Twining Gallery, NYC. (3 person show).
"Mutatis Mutandis" Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2 person show).
"Intellects and Idiosyncracies", 55 Mercer St. Gallery, NYC.
"Relics", East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY.

1987
"Hybrids", Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC, curated by
Ruth Hardinger and Susan Mastrangelo.
"Group Show", Artists for All Species, Henry St. Settlement, NYC.
"Coconut Grove Arts Festival", Models Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum
and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida.

1986
"Transformations", Richard Green Gallery, NYC, curated by Stephen Westfall.
"Group Show", 210 Central Park South, NYC, curated by Judith DuPré.
"AIR Christmas Show", AIR Gallery, NYC.
"Group Show", El Bohio, NYC, curated by David Hacker.
"Embellishing the Statue of Liberty", Barney's and the Cooper Hewitt
Museum, Barney's, NYC.
"Painting in the Third Dimension", City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, curated by Martha Henry and Chris Christofaro.
"Five Artists", Art in General, NYC.

1985
"Artists Toys", Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, NYC

1984
"Artists Toys", Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, NYC.
"Gallery Artists", Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC.

1983
"The Ritz", WPA-COLAB, Washington DC.
"Small Works Show", Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
"Hundreds of Drawings", Artists Space, NYC.
"Varieties of Sculptural Ideas", Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC, curated by Eric Siegeltuch.

1982
"New Sculpture: Icon & Environment", Old McGraw Hill Building, NYC, curated by Susan Sollins, Woman's Caucus.

1981
"People '81", Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY.

1980
"Pool Project", Artists Space, NYC.

1979
"The Drawing Show", Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC.
"Women's Books", Art Something, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
"Das Haus in der Kunst", Galleria Babel, Heilbronn, Germany.

1978
"ISBN:0.000LCCN: 78.000, Franklin Furnace, NYC, curated by Ingrid Sischy.

1977
"Arte-Fiera '77", Bologna, Italy, with Hal Bromm Gallery.
"This exhibition is partially sponsored by the Committee for the Visual Arts, Inc.", with Frank Young and Louie DeWitt.

1976
"SOHO-Downtown Manhattan", Berlin, Germany.

1975
"Invitational", John Weber Gallery, NYC.

Projects/Involvements
2007
ThriveNYC, conducting and publishing interviews with artists, project with C. Michael Norton,

2004
Intersections, an exhibition of the work of 4 TriBeCa artists, co-curated with C. Michael Norton, and brochure essay, May 2004, Douglas Elliman, NYC.

2003 - present,
Member of Board of Directors, Franklin Furnace, Inc.

2003
I'm a Pilot Like You, shown at Tribeca Film Festival, May 2003 and Tribeca Film Center, July 2003.

1999-2002
"I'm a Pilot Like You", Produced and Directed by Ruth Hardinger and Bill Brand. A 40 minute video.

1992
and continuing: Dainzu, Oaxaca. A document by rubbing impressions of early-Zapotec carved stones in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico.

1993
Member of the Board of Directors, OIA, Organization for Independent Artists, NYC

1990-1997:
Sacbe, Sendero, Path...road names in many languages, I was the Initiating Advisor to Berta Sichel, Organizing Curator. The Sculpture Center in New York is the Sponsor. An exhibition of contemporary artists, from across the Americas hemisphere whose works connect to traditional Native American cultures. NEA exhibition grant.

1991
Narrative Chatina, Serie Narrativas Etnicas 2, drawing for book cover, INAH/Oaxaca, by Anthropologists Miguel Bartolome and Alicia Barabas.

1989
"Reef Raff" for Staten Island Children's Museum, a centerpiece designed as participatory sculpture for the Children's Festival.

1987
"Hybrids", a group show of 13 artists who use elements of painting and sculpture in their work. Co-curated with Susan Mastrangelo, installed at Addison-Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC.

1982
"Stretching the Moment", a temporary installation at the WQXR auditorium, New York Times Co., Inc., NYC.

1980
"Tree of People", Teatre Laboratorium, Wroclaw, Poland, by the invitation of Jerzy
Grotowski.

Benefit/Donation Exhibitions
2007
Cheryl Pelavin, Art in a Box, NYC

2006
"Mano y Mano", Dia de Muertos Fundraiser benefit, Rocking Horse Restaurant, NYC

2001
"Home", Benefit for Church Street School of Music, sponsored by Douglas Elliman.

2000
"Home", Benefit for Church Street School of Music, sponsored by Douglas Elliman

1997
"Benefit", the Sculpture Center, NY.

1994
"Benefit", Snug Harbor Children's Museum, Staten Island, NY

1993
"Benefit", Angel Art, AIDS Benefit, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA.
"Benefit", Artists Space, NYC.
Sculpture Center, "Benefit", New York, NY
OIA "Benefit" at Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC.

1992
Bill Bace Gallery Artist/AIDS Benefit, NYC.

1991
"OIA Benefit", Rosa Esman Gallery, NYC

1990
"Benefit" for OIA, at City Gallery, NYC.

Awards/Grants/Residencies
1991-92 Fulbright Grant, Institute for International Education, to Mexico, administered by the US-Mexico Commission.

1990 The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc. Grant.

1989 "Altos de Chavon", a three month residency in the Dominican Republic, an affiliation of Parson's School of Design, NY.

1981 Hudson River Museum, "Selections", First Prize.
Artists Space, Emergency Materials Funds.

1979 Artists Space, Emergency Materials Funds.
The Media Bureau, Administered by the Kitchen, Inc.

1977 Artists Space, Emergency Materials Funds.

1972 McDowell Travelling Scholarship to Europe, from the Art Students League, NYC.

Outdoor Sculpture
2007
Farm Project 2007, Collaborative Concepts, Garrison, NY

2002
"SIREN #9", relocated to Lookout Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA

1989
"Sirenas del Mundo para Todo el Mundo, Sirens of the Earth for Everybody." Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.
"Las Piedras de La Resistancia", Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic.

1987-8
"SIREN #9", Max Hutchinson's Sculpture Fields, Kenoza Lake, NY.

1982-5
"The Expanded Moment", Wards Island, NYC, sponsored by AREA.

1982
"For the Moment", Summer Solstice Festival, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, NYC.

Bibliography
2007
The Sunday Star Ledger, April 22, 2007, "A healthy dose of higher consciousness", by Dan Bischoff, pg. 5 section 4.

2004
Sculpture Magazine, April 2004, 'Ruth Hardinger, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, by Jonathan Goodman. pg.76.

2003
Abstract Art Online, Feb. 2003, "Noteworthy", at KFCA.
Downtown Express, " Adding a few to the celebrity deluge" by Wickham Boyle, May 6, 2003, pg 22.
The Villager Online, Notebook, "A deluge of celebrities: Wild Kingdom in Tribeca" by Wickham Boyle
The Film Festival, Online, "I'm a Pilot Like You", by Akiki Ashley.
. 2002 El Pais, "ESPECTÁCULOS", November 23, 2002, pg. 43, by Mariela González, Madrid.
NY Arts, "Tips", October, 2002.
El Periodico Del Arte, Febrero 2002, pg.10 Exposiciones "Desdibujar el tiempo", by Lorna Scott Fox., Seville.

1998
American Ceramics, 13/1 (1998) "Where's the Art in Smart?" By Cynthia Nadelman, pg. 46-47.

1997
Review, March 15, 1997, by J. Bower Bell.

1995
Art Scene, May 1995, pg 14. by Michael Chapman.
San Diego Union-Tribune, Day and Night, pg 33, 4 May 1995 by Neil Kendricks.

1994
The New York Times, Jan 16, 1994, page 10 NJ, by Vivien Raynor.
The Boston Globe, July 10, 1994, pg. B2, by Christine Temin.
The TAB, (Boston, MA), June 21, 1994, by Mary Sherman.

1993
The Staten Island Advance, Sun. Dec. 19, 1993, pg. E1, by Michael Fressola.

1992
Sculpture Magazine, Jan-Feb. 1992, by George Melrod, pg. 59.
Art in America, April 1992, by Gerrit Henry, pg. 157.
The Des Moines Register, Feb. 9, 1992, by Eliot Nusbaum, pg. 7F.
The Des Moines Register Nov. 8, 1992, by Eliot Nusbaum, pg. 9F.

1991
Arts Magazine, December 1991, by Peggy Cyphers, pg. 79.
Cover, September 1991, by Adam McGovern.

1989
Semana, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 3, l989 by Zalacaín
"Romper fronteras que separan las culturas" pgs 1, 6, 7.
Arts Magazine, November, pg. 107, by Robert Mahoney.
The Staten Island Advance, Monday May 1, l989, by Julia I. Martin, page 1.
The New Art Examiner March 1989, "Kindred Spirits", by Nancy
Grimes.

1988
The Baltimore Sun, Jan. 8, "Kindred Spirits", by John Dorsey.
The Southhampton Press, May 26, "Symbols and Imagery Unite", by Robert Long.
The East Hampton Star, May 26, l988, pg. 11, by Rose Slivka.

1987
The Providence Journal Bulletin, Oct. 2, by Bill Van Siclen.
The Washington Post, March 15, pg G-2, by JoAnne Lewis.

1985
The New York Times, April 26, by Grace Glueck.

1982
The New York Times, June 11, by Grace Glueck.
Artforum, Dec. 1982, by Lisa Liebman, pg. 76.

Professor/Visiting Artist/Lecturer/Panelist Experience
2006 Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, visiting artist.
2004 Plymouth College, Plymouth NH, visiting artist.
1995 Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY.
"Bridging Differences, Mixing Aesthetic Traditions", panel paraticipant with Shifra Goldman and Louis Gracho at Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
New York University, Guest Lecturer for Fine Arts History class, "Pre-Columbian Art History".
1994 New York University, "Literary and Artistic Responses to Colonialism in the Americas", Adjunct Professor, NYC.
University of Colorado, Boulder, CA. "Visiting Artist".
Washington University, Department of Art, St. Louis MO, "Visiting Artist". with public lecture, "Thoughts on Progress".
Staten Island Children's Museum, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, a "Visiting Artist", project sponsored by NEA for the Children's Workshops.
1993 "Cultural Crossing from North to South", presentation of paper for "What is Latin American Art", a series of panels by Berta Sichel, New School, NYC.
"Contemporary Fresco: Using an ancient Mesoamerican material in my sculpture". Paper for panel at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.
1992 CAA, College Art Association Panelist on "Friend or Foe" , Chicago, IL
Simpson College, Indianola, IA
Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, IA
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
"My recent work", Casa de las Mujeres, Oaxaca, Mexico, public lecture
1991 Southeastern Community College, West Burlington, IA
Central College, Pella, IA
Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, IA
Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Gallery Talk, Philippe Staib Gallery, NYC
1990 Central College, Pella, IA
Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, IA
Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA
1989 Parsons School of Design, New York, Lectures.
The School of Design, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.
Brandeis University, National Women's Committee, Studio Visit and slide lecture.
1987 Rhode Island School of Design, Sculpture "Visiting Artist".
Lecture to the Washington Sculptor's Group, Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC.
1974 Central College, Pella, IA, "Visiting Artist".
1970 Central College, Pella, IA, "Teaching Assistant".

Performance
1980
"MOVING TENT", Art on the Beach, sponsored by Creative Time, co-directed by Mark Russell.
"MOVING TENT", The Avant-Garde Festival, 48th Street Pier, NYC.

1979
"MOVING TENT", The Well-Diggers' Theatre Festival, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY.
"MOVING TENT", Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY.

1978
"MOVING TENT", C.W. Post College, Greenvale, LI (from the Pool Project, organized by Russell Maltz).

1978-80
Numerous MOVING TENT participatory projects with collaborators
including: Stephanie Skura, Stephanie Doba, Mark Russell, and participants from Open Movement at PS 122.

Collections
The Museum of Modern Art Library, Artist Book Collection
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, NYC
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Joan Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Artist Book Collection
Museo Cultural de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames IA.
Hardinger and Associates, IDS/American Express, Cedar Rapids, IA
Numerous private collections

Education
1975-77 Hunter College, NYC, BA Magna Cum Laude, in Classical Archaeology.
1970-72 The Art Students League of New York, studied with Theodoros Stamos.
1968-70 Central College, Pella, IA