Ruth Robertson Contemporary Fine Art

Biography

Although best known for her
black and white photographs
of figures, Ruth Robertson is also internationally recognized for her mixed media works and paintings.
Her work has received critical acclaim worldwide, and is highly sought by collectors .  Ruth Robertson is a gallery represented artist with works in museums around the globe. She is self-representing on the Internet.

Robertson has exhibited her work at The Museum Of Contemporary Art in Washington, DC, where the
museum hosted a solo exhibition of her work in 1999.

Ruth Robertson holds a Bachelor of Fine Art
degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.  She spent two years in West Germany
pursuing her art studies from 1970- 1972.
Ms. Robertson is a former art teacher.  
Her last teaching position was at Bishop O'Connell
High School in Arlington, VA. Early in her career she
taught in the Fairfax County, Virginia public school
system. She has taught as an adjunct  faculty
member in the MIS program at Virginia
Commonwealth University.

In 1988 Ruth Robertson opened her studio as an
exhibition space, used to exhibit not only her work,
but that of other artists. For the next ten years she
worked establishing herself as an artist and an art
dealer.

In 1998 she left her teaching position to work full
time as a studio artist.  In May of 2001 she
purchased half interest in District West Fine Art
located in the Northern Virgina Suburbs of
Washington, D.C.

Robertson developed e-MOCA.com, the first
electronic museum of contemporary art on the
Internet.  1999 - 2007

Ruth Robertson lives and maintains a studio in the
Washington, DC area of the United States. She is a
listed artist.