Ruth Pastine American
The focus of my work is to construct an actual experience, which engages one in a present moment of discovery. The paintings are invested in the perceptual experience of color, light, and temperature. They optically expand, shift, and flicker with the changing light of day, and the eye’s adjustment to the intimately painted surfaces. The principles and methodology that structure my painting process advance the work through the inherent nature of the painting process itself.
Born in New York City, Pastine earned a B.F.A. from Cooper Union in 1987 and a year at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. Pastine later attended Hunter College where she received an M.F.A. in 1993. In 2009, Ruth Pastine began site-specific work with a large-scale public commission entitled Limitless, composed of eight monumental paintings installed in the adjoining lobbies of Ernst & Young Plaza, in downtown Los Angeles. Ruth Pastine had her first museum survey exhibition entitled: Attraction: 1993-2013 at MOAH Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA and followed this with Present Tense: Paintings and Pastel Works on Paper 2010-2015 at the CAM Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA. Pastine has exhibited widely in the United States and Japan and her works are included in numerous public and corporate collections, including the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; MCASD Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles; MOAH Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA; Brookfield Properties, Ernst & Young Plaza, Los Angeles; AXA Art, Cologne, Germany; Qualcomm, San Diego; CIM Group Headquarters, Los Angeles, among others. In 2001, Pastine relocated from New York City to Ojai, CA where she currently lives and works.
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Pattern | Nature
Sep 12, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023Edward Cella Art & Architecture presents Pattern | Nature, a group exhibition featuring new and recent works by Adam Berg, Kendell Carter, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Constance Mallinson, Brad Miller, Eamon...Read more -
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Sublime Terror Sep 7 - Oct 26, 2019Edward Cella Art & Architecture, is pleased to present Sublime Terror, a new series of paintings by Ruth Pastine. Representing the fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, it features the...Read more -
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The Inevitability of Truth Sep 12 - Oct 17, 2015Edward Cella Art + Architecture is pleased to present Inevitability of Truth, a new series of paintings by Ruth Pastine. The exhibition features the progression of Pastine’s ongoing investigation into...Read more -
Unbound
May 9 - Jun 13, 2015Edward Cella Art & Architecture is pleased to present Unbound, the inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s new location on La Cienega Boulevard in the heart of the Culver City Arts...Read more -
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Counterpoint Sep 8 - Oct 27, 2012Edward Cella Art & Architecture, is pleased to present Counterpoint, a new series of pastel works on paper by Ruth Pastine. Exhibited in the ECAA project room, Counterpoint marks a...Read more -
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Limitless Sep 12 - Oct 31, 2009Edward Cella Art & Architecture is pleased to announce its lead exhibition for the Fall 2009 season: Limitless, a new series of paintings by Ruth Pastine. This exhibition represents Pastine’s...Read more