Ruti Modlin
2200 Painters’ Lake Rd.
Highland Park, IL 60035
847-609-6264
ruti@rutcliff.com
1958 Born in Haifa, Israel.
1958-72 Childhood in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Africa.
1972-79 High School and Matriculation in Israel, followed by Army service.
EDUCATION
1987 B.A. Fine Art, majoring in painting, Johannesburg Art School, Technikon Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1988 Bill Ainsley Art Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1988- 90 The Studio of Ruth Levy in Norwood, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1993-97 Johannesburg College of Education, Prof. Daelene Marais.
2002- 04 Amrany Studio, Highland Park, Illinois; instructor Judith Joseph.
2001-04 North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois; instructor Jason Miklik.
2005-09 The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois; instructor Judith Joseph.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2010 ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 ARC Gallery Exhibit, Affordable Art Fair, Spring Session, New York City, New York
2011 Invitational Show, The Butterfly Project, The Art Center of Highland Park. Illinois
2011 Women's Month Exhibit, Chicago Treasury Lobby, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Group show, Perfical Sense Studio and Gallery, Evanston Illinois
2010 Members' Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2010 "Happy Hour" Solo Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Coming To Fruition Invitational, Heller Nature Center, Highland Park, Illinois
2009 Urban Convergence, ARC Gallery Annual Members' Show, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Collaborations, ARC Gallery Annual Members' Show, Chicago, Illinois
2009 The Healing Power Of Art, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin
2008 Annual Members’ Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Figuratively Speaking, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Members’ Show, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
2008 Mug Shots, Gallery 659, Glencoe, Illinois
2008 East Of Edens, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 659, Glencoe, Illinois
2007 Viewpoint, Gallery 659, Glencoe, Illinois
2007 4 X 4, Gallery 659, Glencoe, Illinois
2007 Tribute To Fairfield Porter, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois
2005- 06- 07- 08- 09 The Art Center, Highland Park, Satellite Exhibitions at Starbucks
2004 Art And The Written Word, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois
2003-04 Chicago Art Open
2003 Annual Members’ Show, North Shore Art League
AWARDS: Sappie Creative Paper National Competition, 2nd Place, Johannesburg,
South Africa, 1985
PUBLICATIONS: East On Central (cover), 2008
MEMBERSHIPS
Gallery 659, Glencoe Illinois: 2007-08
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois: 2008- present