Troy Ruffels Tundra 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Floodplain 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Crossing 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels The Notes 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels In a Landscape #2 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels In a Landscape #1 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels In a Landscape #3 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Coda 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Cinda 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Rift 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Etude #6 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Graces Road 2014 archival solvent based inkjet print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60cm (sheet size)
Troy Ruffels Arc 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Second Winter 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Low Sky 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Remains of Day 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Watersong 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Nocturne 2012 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Lost Song 2013 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Passage 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
Troy Ruffels Cloud 2014 archival solvent based print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame 60 x 60 cm Also available 107 x 107cm $2,450 $1,850
CV Troy Ruffels Born 1972 Devonport, Tasmania Studies 2003 PhD, Tasmanian School of Art at Hobart, University of Tasmania, TAS 2001 PostGraduate Diploma, Glasgow School of Art, university of Glasgow, Scotland, UK 1996 BFA Honours, Tasmanian School of Art at Hobart, University of Tasmania 1994 BFA, Tasmanian School of Art at Hobart, University of Tasmania Selected Solo Exhibitions 2014 Tundra, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania 2013 Cinder, solo exhibition, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC 2012 Cicada, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston 2012 Etudes: paintings by Troy Ruffels, SAWTOOTH ARI, Launceston, Tasmania 2012 Bramble, Celia Lendis Contemporary, UK 2012 Recent Work by Troy Ruffels, James Makin Gallery, VIC 2011 Flood, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania 2009 Faultlines, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania 2008 Filtered Sky, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore 2007 Night Air, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006 The Low Sky, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney 2005 The world beneath my feet, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney 2005 Mirrored Worlds, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania 2004 Sampled Reality, Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2002 Response to Place, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 2000 Hood, Contemporary Art Space Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 1999 Location, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 1999 Troy Ruffels, Najera Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain Selected Group Exhibitions 2013 Hutchins Works on Paper – Finalist Exhibiton, Hutchins, Hobart, TAS 2013 Poets and Painters: A Tribute to Dick Bett AM, Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS 2013 Bay of Fires Finalist Exhibition, Gallery Parnella, St.Helens 2013 Temporary Residency 4 -‐ Queenstown, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston TAS 2013 Sea, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS 2013 Domain House: a contested landscape, Domain House, Hobart, TAS 2013 TR4, LARQ, Queenstown, TAS 2013 Tasmania Today, Academy Gallery, TCotA, Launceston, TAS 2013 Works of Paper Art Fair, Celia Lendis Contemporary, Science Museum, London, UK
2012 Proof: A group exhibition of Contemporary Photography and Digital Printmaking James Makin Gallery. Melbourne. Victoria 2012 The Blake Prize, Exhibition, Directors Cut Exhibition and touring exhibition, Sydney 2012 Life, Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS 2012 New Art From Tasmania, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC 2012 40 Degrees South, Piomena Gallery, LCG, TAS 2012 Fence Jumping, 146A ArtSpace, Hobart, TAS 2011 Van Diemen's Land: Tasmanian Art in the UK, Celia Lendis Contemporary, UK 2011 The Esk Collection: Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 2011 On the Move: Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS 2011 Prometheus Art Awards, All Saints School, Merrimac, QLD 2011 Panoply, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, Tasmania 2011 Map, Space Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 2011 The River Effect: waterways of Tasmania, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston and Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart 2010 Longing for the Field, LARC Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 2010 Seeing Double, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart / Kuala Lumpur 2010 Lake, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW 2010 Tidal, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport, Tasmania 2009 The Lake, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney 2009 Changing Places, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 2009 Winifred Boweness Photography Prize, Monash Art Gallery, Vic 2009 Soft, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2009 Piomena Art Award, Piomena Gallery, Launceston Tasmania 2008 Tidal Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 2008 Art Singapore, TAKSU Gallery, MICA Building, Singapore 2008 Agfest Sculpture Trail, Carrick, Tasmania 2008 On My Street, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 2008 Down to Earth, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania (Touring Exhibition) 2007 Singapore Art Fair, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2007 3-Man Show, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2007 Carbon Trading, Academy Gallery, Launceston , Tasmania 2006 Salon, Bett Gallery Hobart , Tasmania 2006 Singapore ArtFair – Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006 Summershow – Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2005 Letitia Street Studios, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 2005 Fair Dinkum, Taksu Gallery, Singapore 2005 Prometheus Art Award, All Saints School, Merrimac , NSW 2005 Rhapsody 21C, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2005 Island Art Prize, Stanley Artworks, Tasmania 2005 Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart , Tasmania 2005 Australian Rimbun Dahah Exhibition, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2005 Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW 2004 Singapore Art Fair, Taksu Gallery, Singapore 2004 Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW 2003 Second Sight, Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane , QLD 2003 Future Perfect, Bett Gallery, Hobart , Tasmania 2003 1980-2000 Tasmanian Landscape, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport , Tasmania 2003 Games People Play, Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2002 JET:Digital Art Prints, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart , Tasmania 2002 Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 2002 THERE, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart , Tasmania 2002 Synergy, CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania 2002 Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle, WA 2001 Interim Exhibition, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow , Scotland, UK 2001 Ten Days on the Island, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania 1999 Zero Horizon, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 1999 Transmission, CAST Gallery, Hobart and University Gallery, Launceston , Tasmania 1999 7th New York Digital Salon, Visual Art Museum, New York , USA (international Touring Exhibition - Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Lisbon, Milan, Canary Islands) 1998 A flourishing Ecology, Long Gallery Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania 1998 World Print Festival, Ljubjana, Slovenia 1998 Digital Print Awards, ClockTower Museum, London , UK 1998 Winter Here/Winter There, Gallery One, Canberra, ACT Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart , Tasmania 1998 DARF, Univeristy Fine Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 1998 Future Perfect (AQUADS), VCA, Melbourne , VIC 1997 6th New York Digital Salon, Visual Art Museum, New York , USA (International Touring Exhibition - Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Lisbon, Milan, Canary Islands) 1997 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW 1997 Naught Plus One, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 1997 Empire, Public Art Project, Hobart, Tasmania Grants, Awards & Commissions 2011 New Work Grant - Established Category, Australia Council for the arts 2008 Agfest Sculpture Trail – Commissioned Work, Arts Tasmania 2008 NARGS Research Grant, University of Tasmania 2007 Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Grant, New Work (Established), Australia Council for the Arts 2007 Holman Clinic, Public Art Commission, Launceston General Hospital, Arts@Work, Tasmania
2006 Isle of Plenty – 10 Days on the Island – Landart intervention, Lillico, Tasmania 2005 TasArt Prize, Major Award, Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania 2005 Art Tasmania – NEW WORK GRANT 2005 Pat Corrigan Gold Coast Residency, Gold Coast, QLD 2005 Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Ulverstone Primary School Commission, Arts@Work 2004 Meridian Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2004 Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2003 Rimbun Dahan 12 month Malaysia Residency - Hijjas Kasturi Associates, Kuang, Malaysia 2002 Australia Council New Work Grant (Emerging) 2002 Art for Public Buildings Scheme - Reece High Commission , Arts@Work 2002 Art for Public Buildings Scheme - Norwood Primary Commission, Arts@Work 2000 CAST Solo Commission Exhibition, Contemporary Art Space Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 2000 Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship University of South Australia 1999 Artsbridge Travel Grant, Arts Tasmania, Madrid, Spain 1999 Exhibition Development Grant, Arts Tasmania 1998 Young Tasmanian of the Year (Visual & Performing Arts) National Australia Day Council 1997 Artsbridge Travel Grant, Arts Tasmania, New York, USA Curated Exhibitions 2000 (painting), Plimsoll Gallery, UTAS, Hobart, Tasmania (Co-curated with Sarah Ryan) 2005 This Urban World, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 2005 On Island, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania (Co-curated with Jane Stewart) 2006 A Precipitation in Time, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 2008 Slow Time, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 2010 Understory, Devonport Regional Gallery / Plimsoll Gallery Bibliography Genocchio, B, Primavera, Catalogue essay, MCA, Sydney, 1997 Solberg. K. New York Digital Salon, Leonardo Vol 30 No.5 MIT PRESS 1997 Wastell, R, Location, Catalogue essay, Devonport Regional Gallery, 1999 Spinks, J, Transmission, Catalogue essay, CAST Gallery, 1999 Brookes, W, Hood, Catalogue essay, CAST Gallery, 2000 Kelly, S, Hood, Catalogue essay, CAST Gallery, 2000 Moss, J, Samstag 2000 Catalogue, University South Australia, 2000 Rhodes, B, Eyeline Magazine, Issue #49, September, 2000 White, A, Art Monthly On-line, September, 2000 Hill, P. Photofile, Issue #59, April, 2000
Kunda, M, JET-Digital Art Prints, UTAS, 2002 Handran, C, Second Sight, Catalogue essay, Brisbane City Gallery, 2002 Stewart, J, Sampled Reality, Catalogue essay, Rimbun Dahan, Febuary 2004 Ryan, M, Great Escapes, Catalogue foreward, LMCAG, 2004 Timms, P,In Search of Nature, Great Escapes, catalogue essay, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, 2004 Hill, P, Troy Ruffels: ART NOW, State of the Arts, July – Sept, 2005 Klaosen, D, Mirrored Worlds: Troy Ruffels, Artlink Vol:25 No:3, 2005 Reid. J.R.R, Nature in second sights, The Mercury June 19, 2005 Kelly, S, Seeking Equivalence, Night Air Catalogue Essay, 2007 Mohan, C, Silent Night, PEAK Magazine, Malaysia, 2007 Hart, D, In their element, Down to Earth Catalogue Essay, Adacemy Gallery, Launceston, 2008 Pete Hill, Seeking Equivalence, Catalogue Essay, Filtered Sky, Taksu Gallery, 2008 Timms, Peter, Inhabiting two bodies at the same time, On-line Catalogue Essav, Faultlines, Bett Gallery Hobart, 2009 Timms, Peter, Lake; Lake Catalogue Essay, Lake Macquaire City Art Gallery 2010 Homes, jonathan, Preface: Seeing Double: an international collaborative project, UTAS, 2010 Keating, Megan, Seeing Double: an international collaborative project, essay, UTAS 2010 Malor, Deborah, Map, Catalogue Essay, Space Gallery, Scotch Oakburn College, 2011 Nainby, Briony; Tasmania, Catalogue Essay, Celia Lendis Contemporary, UK, 2011 Brown, Marguerite; Cinder, JMG Journal, Issue #2, Winter, VIC, 2013 Collections Artbank, Sydney Hijjas Kasturi and Associates, Malaysia Launceston General Hospital Collection, Tasmania Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydeny, NSW Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania The Esa Jaske Collection, Sydney, NSW The Esk Collection Port Phillip Collection, Victoria Private Collections (National and International) University of Tasmania Permanent Collectionm Published Writing 2000 (painting), Plimsoll Gallery, UTAS, Hobart (Co-written with Sarah Ryan) 2005 This Urban World, Devonport Regional Gallery, Catalogue Essay 2006 A Precipitation in Time, Devonport Regional Gallery, Catalogue Essay
2007 Night Air, Harry Nankin, The Rain, Catalogue Essay, Dianne Tanzer Gallery 2007 In Changing Light, Academy Gallery, Student Exhibition, Catalogue Essay 2008 Time Eloquence, Slow Time catalogue essay, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 2010 Understory catalogue essay, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport Current Professional Activities 2007 - current Lecturer, Head of Photomedia, Honours Coordinator, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Inveresk, University of Tasmania