Ruth Fromstein

While currently residing in San Diego, I’ve had a close relationship with art since picking up a brush and canvas while a child in small-town Wisconsin. One of my favorite childhood memories was when my father took me to the only local art store (Sherwin Williams) and simply said “pick something out”. The dilemma of choice has stuck with me all these days and is perhaps the reason why my art takes inspiration from such a variety of styles and techniques. Since then, I’ve explored the worlds of jewelry, collage, mosaics, graphic design… But on that day with my father, I walked out the store an animated child with my first set of paints and a blank canvas.
 
Creating has been the only constant in my life and an important form of self-expression. While my bachelors degree was in Vocational Rehabilitation, it was the various art classes that inspired me. I experimented with drawing, design, art metals and weaving. My art took inspiration from my love of dancing, hiking, backpacking, and nature, imbuing my work with movement, life and a palate as varied as an expansive field of wildflowers gracing the horizon. I am constantly experimenting with new materials and techniques striving to embody in my work the beauty and excitement of the...

AA Graphic Design/Illustation, Madison College, Madison, WI

BS Vocational Rehabilitation, UW Stout, Menomonie, WI

Solo Exhibits:
2017 Cody’s Home + Gift, San Diego, CA
2017 Park One, San Diego, CA
2017 West Elm, San Diego, CA

Group Exhibitions:
2017 Ashton Gallery, “Piece “, San Diego, CA
2017 Ashton Gallery, “Color “, San Diego, CA
2017 Ashton Gallery, “C-Note”, San Diego, CA
2017 Lyceum Gallery, “Borderless“, San Diego, CA
2017 Art & Gift, Idyllwild, CA
2016 Art Academy of San Diego, “Student/Faculty Exhibit”, San Diego, CA

Art Shows:
2018 Indian Wells Arts Festival, Palm Desert, CA
2018 Artwalk Little Italy, San Diego, CA
2018 Fine Art in the Park, Los Altos, CA
2017 Talmadge Art Show, San Diego, CA
2017 Artisan Festival, San Diego, CA
2017 Patrick Henry Farmer’s Market, La Mesa, CA