Born and lives in New York City
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1971
High School of Art and Design, 1967
One-Person Exhibits
2024-2025 Museum Villa Zander, “All about Eve”, Gladbach, Germany
2024 Argosy Gallery, “All about Eve”, New York, NY, NY
2024 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Pixerina Witcherina, Woodstock, NY
2024 National Arts Club, “All about Eve”, Gramercy Park, NY
2021-22 Van der Grinten Galerie, “The Moon’s Mirror”, Köln, Germany
2019 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Afterlife, My 20th Century”, Köln, Germany
2018-19 Max Ernst Museum, “Dream Lover”, Brül, Germany
2017 Eagle Gallery, “The Birds”, London U.K.
2016 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Fountains & Alligaors”, Köln, Germany
2013 Van der Grinten Galerie, “The Unvarnished Truth”, Köln, Germany
2012 Hosfelt Gallery, “Strange Bedfellows”, N.Y.
2008 Isis Gallery, “Hisoire un-Naturelle”, London, U.K.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Red Planet”, N.Y.
1999 Littlejohn Contemporary, “The Hurricane Series”, N.Y.
Exhibitions
2017 Underdonk Gallery, “Night Jar”, Bushwick, N.Y.
2017-18 New York Public Library, Wachenheim Gallery, “What’s New?” Recent Acquisitions, N.Y.
2017 Van de Grinten Galerie, “Wiesenstück”, Köln, Germany
2017 Museum Ulm, “Erwarten Sie Wunder!”, Ulm, Germany
2017 Underdonk Gallery, “Night Jar”, Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2016 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Der Wald”, Köln, Germany
2014 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Reality Sandwich”, Köln, Germany
2011 Pavel Zoubok Gallery, “Sweet & Savory”, N.Y.
2011 Drawing Now at the Carrousel du Louvre, John Marchant Gallery, Paris
2010 Kohler Arts Center, “Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion and Anthropomorphism”, Sheboygan, Wisc.
2010 Palo Alto Art Center, “Surreal Reinventions, Works by Ruth Marten and John Hundt”, Palo Alto, Calif.
2010 Arin Contemporary, “New Drawings”, Laguna Beach, Calif.
2009 Hosfelt Gallery, “Side Saddle”, San Francisco, Calif.
2009 Halsey Institute, “Hair on Fire”, Charleston, S.C.
2009 Museum Villa Rot, “Haar”, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany, Traveling Show
2008 Hosfelt Gallery, “100 Stories”, N.Y.
2008 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Fine Line”, N.Y.
2008 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “On Line”, N.Y.
2006 The Tang Museum, “Twice Drawn”, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
2006 Asheville Art Museum, “Under the Skin”, Asheville, N.C.
2005 Bellwether Gallery, “Idols of Perversity”, N.Y.
2005 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Words in Pictures”, N.Y.
2004 Revolution Gallery, “Headgames”, Ferndale, Mich.
2004 DFN, “Innocence Found”, N.Y.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Double Visions”, N.Y.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Word Works”, N.Y.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “New Works, New Acquisitions”, N.Y.
2002 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Hair Stories”, curated by Ruth Marten, N.Y.
2000 Littlejohn Contemporary, Summer Show, N.Y.
1999 American Museum of Natural History, “Marks of Identity”, N.Y.
1999 Artists Space, “Shy”, curated by Nan Goldin, N.Y.
1999 Aldrich Museum, “Pop Surrealism”, Ridgefield, Ct., curated by Dominique Nahas, Harry Philbrick, others
1999 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo.
1998 Littlejohn Contemporary, “Four Artists in the Project Room”, N.Y.
1996 The Art Exchange Show, N.Y.
1979 55 Mercer Street Gallery, N.Y.
1978 “Punk Art Show”, Washington, D.C.
1977 10th Biennale de Paris, France
1977 Kunstmesse, Köln, Germany
Published
2013 “The Unvarnished Truth”, by Ruth Marten
published by Stefan Schuelke Fine Books, ISBN 978-3-9815348-8-7
2010 “Hautnah, Das Haar in Kunst und Kultur”
published by Museum Villa Rot, ISBN 978-3-933614-53-7
2009 “Trunk, Volume One: Hair”
published by Boccalatte Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9806312-0-3
2009 “Haare” by Herlinde Koebl
published by Hatje Cantz Verlag ISBN 978-7757-2029-8 (English)
2007 “Histoire un-Naturelle”, by Ruth Marten
published by Isis Editions, London, ISBN 978-0-9558774-007
2004 “Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art”, by Jenny Anger
2001 “Tenderheaded”, by Juliette Harris and Pamela Johnson
Selected Bibliography
Ghent, Janet Silver, “Altering the Ordinary”, Palo Alto Online 2010
Nahas, Dominique, “On the occasion of Ruth Marten’s opportune mindfulness and categorical attraction to meticulously devised abandon through her complete pursuit of the unseen”, essay for “Histoire un-Naturelle” 2008
McCormack, Carlo, Paper Magazine 2008
Sumpter, Helen, “Time Out London” 2008
Holiday, Frank, “An Anti-Feminist Backlash”, The Villager 2005
The New Yorker, review, “Hair Stories”, May 20, 2002
Johnson, Ken, “Hair Stories”, The New York Times, May 10, 2002
The New Yorker, review, Oct. 1999, reproduction
Nahas, Dominique, Review Magazine, Oct. 1999
McCormack, Carlo, “Surrealism Goes Pop – the Aldrich Musum’s Connecticut Crossover”, Juxtapoz Magazine, Oct. 1998, reproduction
Amy, Michael, Art in America, 1998
Lombardi, Dominick, “An Art Lover’s Candy Store at the Aldrich Museum”, The Record Review, June 26, 1998
Newhall, Edith, “Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow”, New York Magazine, Sept. 1997
Mifflin, Margot, “Bodies of Subversion, the Secret History of Women and Tattoo” 1997
Tucker, Marcia, “Tattoo”, Artform, May 1980, reproduction
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1971
High School of Art and Design, 1967
One-Person Exhibits
2024-2025 Museum Villa Zander, “All about Eve”, Gladbach, Germany
2024 Argosy Gallery, “All about Eve”, New York, NY, NY
2024 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Pixerina Witcherina, Woodstock, NY
2024 National Arts Club, “All about Eve”, Gramercy Park, NY
2021-22 Van der Grinten Galerie, “The Moon’s Mirror”, Köln, Germany
2019 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Afterlife, My 20th Century”, Köln, Germany
2018-19 Max Ernst Museum, “Dream Lover”, Brül, Germany
2017 Eagle Gallery, “The Birds”, London U.K.
2016 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Fountains & Alligaors”, Köln, Germany
2013 Van der Grinten Galerie, “The Unvarnished Truth”, Köln, Germany
2012 Hosfelt Gallery, “Strange Bedfellows”, N.Y.
2008 Isis Gallery, “Hisoire un-Naturelle”, London, U.K.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Red Planet”, N.Y.
1999 Littlejohn Contemporary, “The Hurricane Series”, N.Y.
Exhibitions
2017 Underdonk Gallery, “Night Jar”, Bushwick, N.Y.
2017-18 New York Public Library, Wachenheim Gallery, “What’s New?” Recent Acquisitions, N.Y.
2017 Van de Grinten Galerie, “Wiesenstück”, Köln, Germany
2017 Museum Ulm, “Erwarten Sie Wunder!”, Ulm, Germany
2017 Underdonk Gallery, “Night Jar”, Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2016 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Der Wald”, Köln, Germany
2014 Van der Grinten Galerie, “Reality Sandwich”, Köln, Germany
2011 Pavel Zoubok Gallery, “Sweet & Savory”, N.Y.
2011 Drawing Now at the Carrousel du Louvre, John Marchant Gallery, Paris
2010 Kohler Arts Center, “Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion and Anthropomorphism”, Sheboygan, Wisc.
2010 Palo Alto Art Center, “Surreal Reinventions, Works by Ruth Marten and John Hundt”, Palo Alto, Calif.
2010 Arin Contemporary, “New Drawings”, Laguna Beach, Calif.
2009 Hosfelt Gallery, “Side Saddle”, San Francisco, Calif.
2009 Halsey Institute, “Hair on Fire”, Charleston, S.C.
2009 Museum Villa Rot, “Haar”, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany, Traveling Show
2008 Hosfelt Gallery, “100 Stories”, N.Y.
2008 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Fine Line”, N.Y.
2008 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “On Line”, N.Y.
2006 The Tang Museum, “Twice Drawn”, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
2006 Asheville Art Museum, “Under the Skin”, Asheville, N.C.
2005 Bellwether Gallery, “Idols of Perversity”, N.Y.
2005 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Words in Pictures”, N.Y.
2004 Revolution Gallery, “Headgames”, Ferndale, Mich.
2004 DFN, “Innocence Found”, N.Y.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Double Visions”, N.Y.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Word Works”, N.Y.
2003 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “New Works, New Acquisitions”, N.Y.
2002 Adam Baumgold Gallery, “Hair Stories”, curated by Ruth Marten, N.Y.
2000 Littlejohn Contemporary, Summer Show, N.Y.
1999 American Museum of Natural History, “Marks of Identity”, N.Y.
1999 Artists Space, “Shy”, curated by Nan Goldin, N.Y.
1999 Aldrich Museum, “Pop Surrealism”, Ridgefield, Ct., curated by Dominique Nahas, Harry Philbrick, others
1999 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo.
1998 Littlejohn Contemporary, “Four Artists in the Project Room”, N.Y.
1996 The Art Exchange Show, N.Y.
1979 55 Mercer Street Gallery, N.Y.
1978 “Punk Art Show”, Washington, D.C.
1977 10th Biennale de Paris, France
1977 Kunstmesse, Köln, Germany
Published
2013 “The Unvarnished Truth”, by Ruth Marten
published by Stefan Schuelke Fine Books, ISBN 978-3-9815348-8-7
2010 “Hautnah, Das Haar in Kunst und Kultur”
published by Museum Villa Rot, ISBN 978-3-933614-53-7
2009 “Trunk, Volume One: Hair”
published by Boccalatte Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9806312-0-3
2009 “Haare” by Herlinde Koebl
published by Hatje Cantz Verlag ISBN 978-7757-2029-8 (English)
2007 “Histoire un-Naturelle”, by Ruth Marten
published by Isis Editions, London, ISBN 978-0-9558774-007
2004 “Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art”, by Jenny Anger
2001 “Tenderheaded”, by Juliette Harris and Pamela Johnson
Selected Bibliography
Ghent, Janet Silver, “Altering the Ordinary”, Palo Alto Online 2010
Nahas, Dominique, “On the occasion of Ruth Marten’s opportune mindfulness and categorical attraction to meticulously devised abandon through her complete pursuit of the unseen”, essay for “Histoire un-Naturelle” 2008
McCormack, Carlo, Paper Magazine 2008
Sumpter, Helen, “Time Out London” 2008
Holiday, Frank, “An Anti-Feminist Backlash”, The Villager 2005
The New Yorker, review, “Hair Stories”, May 20, 2002
Johnson, Ken, “Hair Stories”, The New York Times, May 10, 2002
The New Yorker, review, Oct. 1999, reproduction
Nahas, Dominique, Review Magazine, Oct. 1999
McCormack, Carlo, “Surrealism Goes Pop – the Aldrich Musum’s Connecticut Crossover”, Juxtapoz Magazine, Oct. 1998, reproduction
Amy, Michael, Art in America, 1998
Lombardi, Dominick, “An Art Lover’s Candy Store at the Aldrich Museum”, The Record Review, June 26, 1998
Newhall, Edith, “Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow”, New York Magazine, Sept. 1997
Mifflin, Margot, “Bodies of Subversion, the Secret History of Women and Tattoo” 1997
Tucker, Marcia, “Tattoo”, Artform, May 1980, reproduction