Ruth Kalla Ungerer

Noted for powerfully blending images, text and pieces from nature into works with larger than life sentiments, Ruth Kalla Ungerer views her work as the window she opens to her feelings and values. Her printmaking draws upon centuries-old printmaking techniques as she pushes the envelope to create contemporary images, mostly focused on the human form. Ungerer employs a range of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, including lithography, engraving, drypoint, etching, using a variety of resists (including egg whites and Sharpies), aquatint, sugarlift, spitbite and others. The deft pressure of the press and distinctive qualities of papers used add to the diversity of line and texture she achieves. The results often are playful and provocative, resonating with or surprising the observer.

Commenting on her work, Kalla Ungerer stated, "My passion is to transform observations of people and places into works that elevate nuances discovered and perceived. In today’s complex world, exploring the limitless possibilities of art and printmaking in particular, affords me an opportunity to seek and realize personal significance. My joy is in reimagining the obvious as well as the obscure. I delight in incorporating drawn and fo...

Ruth Kalla Ungerer attended Pennsylvania State University and completed her BFA at Drew University in Madison, NJ.

“2020 People, Politics, Planet,” online exhibition, Artist Collective, Westport, CT

“TOGETHER,” a 2020 virtual exhibition, Nowaboutart.com

Best in Show, “Small is the New Big,” 2020, Rene Soto Gallery, Norwalk, CT

“Gesture and Motion, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, March-April 2020, Brooklyn, NY

15th Annual “Small Works” show, 440 Gallery, December 2019, Brooklyn, NY

Among the 42 international graphic artists chosen via a three-round jury process for the “Mini Print Berlin 2018” Exhibition at Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Berlin, Germany

The 2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition, Authentic Marks, 2018, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 2017, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, and shown at Julio Valdez's Project Space, New York, NY. Also juried into CCP’s 3rd and 4th Footprint exhibitions.

Best in Show Charles J. Beran award winner, the 98th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Bendheim Gallery of the Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT

The 19th and 20th Mini Print International Exhibition at The Ink Shop Printmaking Center & Olive Press in Ithaca, NY.

"Art on the Line, 2015 exhibition of The Women's Association of Hong K...