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Dr Ruth Johnstone
Dr Ruth Johnstone is Senior Lecturer at the School of Art.
Research
School of Art Research Cluster
Art and Environmental Sustainability
Research outputs
Exhibitions
2009 Shared Sky, NGV (Australia), Melbourne
2008 ReVisioning Australia, Belfast Print Workshop Gallery, N. Ireland (curator)
2008 Black Swans, Red Herrings and White Elephants, Blindside, Melbourne
2008 Pressing Matters, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Exchange portfolio with Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (curator)
2008 Swan Hill Art Gallery Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards (print prize winner)
2008 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
2007 International Multiple Art Gyeongnam International Art Festival, Korea
2007 Shrine On (You Crazy Diamond) Platform, Melbourne
2007 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council
2005 National Sculpture Award, National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne
2005 Wandering Between the Worlds (group exhibition) Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
2005 From a Private Collection (curator) The Dolls House Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Inside Space (solo exhibition) Conical gallery, Melbourne
2004 Place made, Australian Print Workshop National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2004 Derelict chic (solo exhibition) The Dolls House Gallery, Melbourne
Other
2005 RMIT University Research Prize
Research supervision
Jazmina Cininas, PhD, Senior Supervisor, “The Girlie Werewolf Hall of Fame; historical and contemporary figurations of the female lycanthrope”
Joy Hirst, PhD, Senior Supervisor, “Toponymy: a visual exploration of names associated with place”
Kate James, MA, Second Supervisor, “The World is a Dangerous Place: The Anxious Experience”
Barbara Mau, MA. Senior Supervisor, “Reclaiming Glover’s Garden”
Beatrice Schlabowsky, PhD, “Aqua and the Vessel, a Narrative on Water Phenomenon”
Joyce Spiller, D.F.A. Second supervisor, “ Body Sac: Questioning Stereotyps of Ageing and Beauty in Contemporary Western Culture”
Prue Venebles, PhD, Senior Supervisor, “An investigation of commonalities of expression between porcelain and metal when used in combination in the construction of domestic vessels”
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Post-graduate Research and Coursework supervision
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B.A. Fine Arts undergraduate and B.A Fine Arts (Hons) teaching, based in the Print Imaging Practice studios.
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Post-graduate Research and Coursework supervision
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B.A. Fine Arts undergraduate and B.A Fine Arts (Hons) teaching, based in the Print Imaging Practice studios.
- PhD, RMIT University
Acquistive Art Awards
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Diamond Valley Acquisitive Art Award, Melbourne
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Henri Worland Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery
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Acquisitive Award, Mornington Peninsular Arts Centre
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Invitation Ansett Art Award, Hamilton Art Gallery
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Acquisitive first prize Mini Prints Print Council of Australia
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Acquisitive first prize, Fremantle Print Award
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Acquisitive Award, Mornington Peninsular Arts Centre
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Swan Hill Print Prize, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
- Johnstone, R. (2016). Common Garden, House to Studio, Fitzroy In: Out of the Matrix Melbourne, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2015). Weedicide In: Burnie Print Prize 2015: A Tasmanian International Arts Festival Exhibition Burnie, Tasmania
- Johnstone, R. (2015). White Library In: White Library Melbourne, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2015). The invited guest artist curates In: The Artist Curates, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2015). Artist curating pre-history In: The Artist Curates, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2015). Artists who Curate In: The Artist Curates, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2014). Bracken falling into Winter, Bunyip Creek In: 38th Alice Prize 2014 Alice Springs, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2013). Rivers of Slip In: The Australian Ceramics Journal Waverly, Australia
- Johnstone, R. (2012). Mining the Archive In: Mining the Archive Queenstown, Tasmania
- Johnstone, R. (2012). Eucalypt: survivor, colonist, expatriate In: Self Species Bendigo, Australia
- Stony rises. Funded by: Creative Victoria Grant pre-2014 from (2010 to 2011)
- Revisioning Australia through the Artist's Printed Image. Funded by: RMIT Emerging Researcher Grants from (2008 to 2009)
2 PhD Current Supervisions and 2 Masters by Research Current Supervisions2 Prof Doc Completions and 3 PhD Completions and 6 Masters by Research Completions