Born in the US
Selected Exhibitions
2010
“Hive,” Stir Gallery, Shanghai, China
VideoArt Festival, Giessen, Germany
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2009
“Double Vision Happiness,” Meridian Gallery,
San Francisco, California, USA
The Lab, San Francisco, California, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
2008
“Mediatopia, ISEA 2008, National Museum of Singapore,
Singapore.
“Experimental Videos,” The Collective Unconscious,”
New York, USA
The Lab, San Francisco, California, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
2007
“Heartland,” Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Music and Dance Videos,” Fluctuating Images Gallery,
Stuttgart, Germany
“Cultivating Creativity,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
San Francisco, California, USA
“Bay Area Music and Dance Videos,” The Lab,
San Francisco, California, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
2006
“Heavenly Bodies,” The San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose, California, USA
The Lab, San Francisco, California, USA
A.I.R Gallery, New York, USA
2005
“Hairy Bodies,” The Lab, San Francisco, California, USA
“Works in Ink and Light: Star Fields,” Meridian Gallery,
San Francisco, California , USA
“Thirty Something” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2004
“International Short Film Festival,” Chico State University,
Chico California, USA
“Blue,” WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, California, USA
“Intern Interviews,” Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2003
“Last Train and Blindfold: Video Installations,”
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
“Fight,” WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, California
“Bytes and Pieces,” Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, California, USA
“Four by Four: Fellowship Show,” KALA Art Institute,
Berkeley, California, USA
2002
Tengri-Umai International Art Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Capturing Change,” Exploratorium,
San Francisco, California, USA
“Experimental Video,” New Nothing Cinema,
San Francisco, California, USA
“Artists’ Annual Invitational Show,” KALA Art Institute,
Berkeley, California, USA
2001
Public art commission, City Hall, Palo Alto, California
“Silent Night,” WORKS/San Jose, San Jose California
“Ylem: 20 Years of Art, Science and Technology,”
Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
“New Video,” Groupe Intervention Video, Montreal Canada
2000
“Line of Flight,” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
“High Touch, High Tech: Crossing the Divide” Space 743,
San Francisco, California, USA
“Experimental Video,” New Nothing Cinema,
San Francisco, California, USA
“Women’s Gaze,” Louie Art Gallery, Ohlone College,
Fremont, California, USA
1999
“Memories of Flight,” Museo de Arte y Diseno
Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
“The Archaeology of Being,” WORKS/San Jose,
San Jose, California, USA
“New Video Works,” Artists’ Television Access,
San Francisco, California, USA
1998
“Multiple Exposures,” Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
“Youlan,” ICMC (International Computer Music Conference)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
“Memories of Flight,” Yerba Buena Gardens,
San Francisco, California, USA
“The Female Gaze:Women Looking at Men” San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
“Youlan,” Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover,
New Hampshire, USA
“The Manipulated Photographic Image,” Facet Gallery,
Taos, New Mexico , USA
1997
“Artists Using Science and Technology,”
111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
“Images from the Yerba Buena Sculpture Walk,”
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
“When She Dreams,” Yerba Buena Gardens,
San Francisco, California, USA
“Youlan: A Long Winding Valley,” Meridian Gallery,
San Francisco, California, USA
Awards and reviews
2007
San Francisco Chronicle, “ Jim Dine, Tony Labat and
Ruth Eckland: wrecks, lies and videotape,”
Kenneth Baker review December 15
2006
San Jose Mercury News, “Technology and Reality,”
Jack Fischer review, March 19
Honored Fellowship Artist award, Kala Art Institute,
Berkeley, California
2005
ARTFORUM online, San Francisco “Pick.” “Hairy Bodies,”
Glen Helfand review, February
artsmeridian online, interview with Ruth Eckland
by Georgia Rowe.
San Francisco Chronicle, “Abstraction Clears Things Up…,”
Kenneth Baker review, June 25
Artweek, “Ruth Eckland at Meridian Gallery,”
Mary Hull Webster review, September
2003
San Francisco Chronicle, “Dimensions Tilt and Fracture in
Collaborative Video Works,” Kenneth Baker, review October 11
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Ruth Eckland: Blindfold and
Last Train,” critic’s choice, Lindsey Westbrook, review October 8-14
2002
Fellowship Award, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, California
2000
Jury Award, "Best of Show" for installation in "High Touch/
High Tech Crossing the Divide." Jurors: Larry Rinder,
Phil Linhares, Archana Horsting
"Women's Gaze" exhibit catalogue, Louie Art Gallery,
Ohlone College, Fremont, California
Public Art Award, Palo Alto Arts Commission,
with Marta Thoma
1998
La Nacion, San Jose, Costa Rica, "Suenos de Luz y Color"
review. November 21
San Jose Metro, "Women Watchers" review. May 14
San Francisco Chronicle, "Artists Get to Heart of Valentine's
Day" review. February 6
1997
Fellowship Award for Installation Arts, Arts Council of
Santa Clara County
KALX FM, "Women in the Arts," interview
(detail) A Journal of Art Criticism. "Mystical Participation:
The Works of Ruth Eckland and Kui Dong," Demetra Paras,
review, November
KPFA FM, "Morning Show," interview
Leonardo Electronic Almanac, “Youlan, Long Winding
Valley.” April
Education
New York University, New York, New York
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California
Eckland’s work is in private and public collections around the world.
