EDUCATION
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber and Material Studies, Chicago, IL, 2016
BA, New York University, concentration in Arts-Based Community Development and Activism, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York, NY, 2008
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Mega Meadow Liquidation, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2019 Underwater Flood, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2018 Stone Shover, Randy Alexander Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 TENSES, The Back Room at Kim’s Corner Food, Chicago, IL
Moving Through Walls and Floors, with April Martin, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL
2016 Club 2, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Club, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 Bodily Functions, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Drawing Biennial, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2022 NEO-TANG, curated by Paul Nudd and Max Morris, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2021 Drawing Biennial, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
On Big Drawings, Columbia College (remote exhibition due to pandemic), Chicago, IL
2020 Untied, curated by Allison Lacher and Jeff Robinson, Visual Arts Gallery at University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Fuzzy Transpositions, curated by Jesse Malmed, MONACO, St. Louis, MO
2018 An Image for a Vessel, curated by Sharmyn Cruz Rivera at Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Chicago, IL
2017 How to Survive, curated by Emily Eddy, Pinky Swear, Chicago IL
How to Fight Like a Girl, curated by Emily Eddy, Compliance Division, Portland, OR
Cantering Loop, curated by Kelsey Harrison, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
Precariat, curated by Ariel Gantalen, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Lenses, curated by Anja Norell & Sarita Maritza, 2nd Floor Rear, Chicago, IL
2016 A Polite Distance, curated by Matt Coleman, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
Y, curated by Edra Soto, EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
PDF/OBJECTS, with Lori Waxman, curated by Jason Lazarus, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Dock 6 Design & Art #9, curated by Edra Soto, Dock 6, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Magic in the Woods, curated by Danielle Campell, Chicago Filmmakers and Columbia College, Chicago, IL
SAIC at EXPO Chicago, curated by Kori Newkirk, EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2014 Objects, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Slippery Slope, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Surrounded, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Anatomy of a Shrine, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
PERFORMANCES
2020 Enumerate the hauntings, performance in tandem with group exhibition Untied, Visual Arts Gallery at
University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
2019 Chloris in ceremony, “Carpet Diem.” performance event curated by Jesse Malmed, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2018 Have you been down to the river? performance in tandem with group exhibition The Weight of the World,
Weinberg/ Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 INTO SSSSSLUDGE, two-person performance with Betsy Johnson, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL
The First Ritual Retreat on the Viability of Kidnapping, two-person performance with Betsy Johnson, Iceberg
Projects, Chicago, IL
2014 Draw Yourself Inside My Body + Spit Mixer, Brain Frame Lit, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 Draw Yourself Inside My Body, The Land Line Issue 3 Release, Plaines Project, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Corpus Corpus, Chicago comics anthology edited by Paul Nudd & Max Morris
2020 Survey for White Artists, article co-written with Latham Zearfoss, Monday Journal, 4th edition, guest edited by
Danny Giles, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2019 Draw Him to Death: 110 Cartoons of Lindsey Graham, self-published zine, Chicago, IL
2018 Enter Roses, self-published zine, Chicago, IL
The lake the lake the lake, self-published calendar, Chicago, IL
2017 River of Ecstasy, self-published calendar, Chicago, IL
Welcome Packet, collaborative self-published zine with Betsy Johnson, Chicago, IL
At Work with Thomas Kong, published by Temporary Services, illustration, Oak Park, IL
Existential Crush, self-published zine, Chicago, IL
2015 Platforms: Ten Years of Chances Dances, exhibition catalog illustration, Chicago, IL
Tremors Felt Across Nation, self-published zine, Chicago, IL
2013 The Eel Tank, self-published zine, Chicago, IL
Radicalphabet, contributing artist for social justice themed alphabet poster, L is for Liberation Collective Chicago, IL
1007 (Issue 2, May 2013), contributing artist (comic “401k”), Arts and Lit Magazine, Chicago, IL
2012 The Land Line (Issue 3, July 2012), contributing artist (illustration, Chicago, IL
The Land Line (Issue 2, April 2012), contributing artist (comic “Draw Yourself Inside My Body”), Chicago, IL
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022 Shandaken Artists Residency at Storm King, New Windsor, NY
2022 The Commons Studio Residency, Provincetown, MA
2019 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Chicago, IL
2017 Wassaic Project Residency and Fellowship award, Wassaic, NY
2016 Ox-Bow Fall Artists and Writers’ Residency and Fellowship award, Saugatuck, MI
Anette Chicago Studio Residency, Chicago, IL
2015 ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
Ox-Bow Merit Scholarship, Saugatuck, MI
2012 Community Arts Assistance Program (CAPP), Artist grant from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2011 Community Arts Assistance Program (CAPP), Artist grant from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Hyperallergic. Lori Waxman, “Chicago’s Drawing Biennial Has Something for Everyone.” February, 2023
2020 60 wrd/min art critic. Lori Waxman, “Untied.” December, 2020
2019 Chicago Reader. S. Nicole Lane, “Feast your eyes on these art exhibitions.” September 19, 2019.
The Visualist. Staff, “Top 5 Weekend Picks (9/12-9/18).” September 12, 2019.
Newcity. Kerry Cardoza, “Art Top 5: September 2019.” August 27, 2019.
2018 Newcity. Elliot Reichert, “Breakout Artists 2018: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers.” April 26, 2018.
Newcity. Kerry Cardoza, “Partake In A Queer, Anti-Capitalist Conspiracy: A Review of Ruby T at Randy Alexander Gallery.” April 23, 2018.
2017 Chicago Tribune. Lori Waxman, “The year in visual art was a dizzying reflection of today.” December 14, 2017.
Newcity. Elliot Reichert, “Art Top 5: December 2017 - #1 Moving Through Walls and Floors.” November 29, 2017.
The Visualist. Staff, “Top 5 Weekend Picks (8/24-8/30) - #2 The First Ritual Retreat on the Viability of Kidnapping.” August 24, 2017.
Chicago Artist Writers. Annette Lepique, “Ruby T ‘TENSES’ at The Back Room at Kim’s Corner Food.” June 21, 2017.
The Visualist. Staff, “Top 5 Weekend Picks (5/25-5/31) - #3 Ruby T: TENSES.” May 25, 2017.
2013 Hyperallergic. Alicia Eler, “A New Vision for Chicago’s Oldest Feminist Gallery.” September 12, 2013.
Newcity. Bert Stabler, “Review: Slippery Slope / Woman Made Gallery.” July 30, 2013.
The Chicago Reader. Noah Berlatsky, “Art imitates porn in Slippery Slope.” July 19, 2013.
2012 Timeout Chicago. Laura Weinberg, “Woman Made Gallery reaches out to 20 Neighborhoods this summer.” June 20, 2012
2011 The Chicago Reader. Bert Stabler, “Woman Made Gallery (Review: Underground & Bodily Functions).” July 2011.
Timeout Chicago. Laura Pearson, “Underground at Woman Made Gallery.” July 20, 2011.
COLLABORATIVE + PUBLIC PROJECTS
2015 BUILD PRESENCE: A Movement Supportive Happening for Racial Justice, facilitator of a collaboratively developed interactive installation in the public studio residency of Alexandria Eregbu at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Home Theater Festival, and Woman Made Gallery
2013 20 Neighborhoods, creator, project director (including lead curriculum development), and exhibition curator of a 2-year community-based workshop and exhibition series in partnership with twenty Chicago neighborhood, housing, arts, and social service organizations, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 Lezurrexion, (five-year project) vocals & sax in a band with over 40 local performances, Chicago, IL
2011 Neighborhood Gift Exchange, creator and director of 150-person, 2-day art-gift exchange and photo exhibition at Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, on behalf of Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Criticorps, co-creator with Kristin Abhalter of performance-research project facilitating participatory observation, evaluation, and criticism during Version10 fest events and projects, Version 10 Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
TALKS + PANELS
2020 Survey for Artists, presentation and roundtable with Latham Zearfoss, the School of Art, University of Arkansas
2017 At Work with Thomas Kong, roundtable with Dan Miller and Kate Sierzputowski, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL
2014 Thesis, group exhibition of 2014 women MFA graduates: panel moderator with co-curator Emanuel Aguilar, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION Film by Lynn Hershman Leeson: panelist with Maria Gaspar and Ni’Ja Whitson at documentary film screening and discussion, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL, 2011