ruby onyinyechi
ruby onyinyechi (b. 1982 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria; lives and works in Philadelphia) composes drawings that defy the two-dimensional bounds of paper. Her objects float across the pages, untethered by indicators of gravity, space or time. Seven recurring shapes, including motorcycles, architecture, “ada” the swimmer dancer who is frequently in intimate exchanges with “audre” the leopard, paper, birds, and pools of water, are collaged together in endless renditions directed toward sensations of feeling and sense, rather than conveying a narrative.
All the forms are free from the restrictions of land; all sense of directionality is lost and they are light and unbounded. The minimalism of onyinyechi’s work is juxtaposed by a sense of limitlessness and depth; the universes in onyinyechi’s drawings are nameless, the only elements that place the shapes in a recognizable world come from photography. onyinyechi uses the element of water through photographic transfer, diluting inks, and leaving traces of drip marks or stains on the bright pale paper, which create marks of movement that shimmer off the page, and reflect into space.
ruby onyinyechi was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholars Award in Drawing to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an Open Sessions participant at the Drawing Center and an artist-in-residence at the Queens Museum. She has exhibited her work globally including at the California African American Museum, the Drawing Center, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. In 2019, onyinyechi was named the Deutsche Bank Featured Artist at Frieze New York. Her work is collected by the Deutsche Museum, Jewish Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem and most recently, the CCS Bard College Hessel Museum of Art.
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Palimpsest
30 Jul - 24 Aug 2024 ChicagoMariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce Palimpsest, a summer group exhibition presenting work by ruby onyinyechi amanze, McArthur Binion, Bethany Collins, Carmen Neely, Zohra Opoku, Michael Rakowitz, and Edra Soto....Read more -
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The Poetics of Space 1 Sep - 7 Oct 2023 ParisMariane Ibrahim is delighted to present a solo exhibition in Paris of new work by ruby onyinyechi entitled The Poetics of Space. The show will be on view from September...Read more -
Hauntology: Ghostly Matters
Group Exhibition 27 Jan - 1 Apr 2023 ChicagoHAUNTOLOGY: GHOSTLY MATTERS CURATED BY AINDREA EMELIFE Exhibiting Artists: Okikioluwa Akinfe ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Miranda Forrester Taiye Idahor Shannon T. Lewis Olukemi Lijadu Temitayo Ogunbiyi “Black experience...Read more -
La Vie en Rose
Group Exhibition 5 Feb - 19 Mar 2022 ChicagoExhibiting Artists: ruby onyinyechi amanze, Raphaël Barontini, Amoako Boafo, M. Florine Démosthène, Maïmouna Guerresi, Mwangi Hutter, Yukimasa Ida, Ayana V. Jackson, Clotilde Jiménez, Shannon T. Lewis, Sergio Lucena, No Martins,...Read more -
J'ai Deux Amours...
Group Exhibition 18 Sep - 13 Oct 2021 ParisMariane Ibrahim presents J'ai Deux Amours... , the inaugural exhibition of the gallery’s new space in Paris on Avenue Matignon. On view from September 18 to October 13, 2021, the...Read more -
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Thinghood 8 May - 19 Jun 2021 ChicagoMariane Ibrahim announces the first solo exhibition with ruby onyinyechi, Thinghood. The show will be on view from May 7 – June 5, 2021 and will present seven new drawings....Read more
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Bonnie Langedijk, HURS, June 22, 2022
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Ayanna Dozier , Artsy, June 7, 2022
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Elephant Art , January 14, 2022
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Ana Vukadin, Frieze Magazine, March 17, 2021
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ART ONO
Setec, Seoul, Korea 19 - 21 Apr 2024BOOTH # 113 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Patrick Eugène Yukimasa Ida Eva Jospin Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to participate in...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 11 Sep 2022BOOTH # 126 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Maïmouna Guerresi Mwangi Hutter Ayana V. Jackson Shannon T. Lewis Carmen Neely Zohra...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
2 - 4 Dec 2021BOOTH #D30 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis Ian Micheal Zohra...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 12 Sep 2021BOOTH # 126 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amaze Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis Sergio Lucena Mariane Ibrahim...Read more -
The Armory Show
ruby onyinyechi amanze, Florine Démosthène, Zohra Opoku, Lina Iris Viktor 4 - 8 Mar 2020BOOTH # 721 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Zohra Opoku Mariane Ibrahim announces its participation (Booth #721) at The Armory Show...Read more -
ARCOmadrid
ruby onyinyechi amanze, Mwangi Hutter, Ayana V. Jackson, Clotilde Jiménez, Peter Uka, Lina Iris Viktor 26 Feb - 1 Mar 2020BOOTH #9F02 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Mwangi Hutter Ayana V. Jackson Clotilde Jiménez Peter Uka Lina Iris Viktor Mariane Ibrahim announces its inaugural...Read more -
EXPO CHICAGO
ruby onyinyechi amanze, Amoako Boafo, Florine Démosthène, Clotilde Jiménez 19 - 22 Sep 2019Mariane Ibrahim presents a group exhibition of works by: ruby onyinyechi amanze Amoako Boafo Florine Démosthène Clotilde Jiménez This edition of EXPO Chicago coincided with...Read more
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The Poetics of Space
ruby onyinyechi August 23, 2023On behalf of her first solo exhibition in Paris, The Poetics of Space, ruby onyinyechi investigates space and ways of presentation and display. She has designed the frames and plinths, in desire to further emulate her interest in an architectural dimension, beyond the paper and plane. The artist engages with seven recurring elements in her drawings: birds, bikes, architecture, ada (an alien), audre (a hybrid leopard), swimming pools (also an architecture) and the paper itself. This cohort defines the work, and every drawing becomes a group of interactions: this one...Read more -
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Thinghood May 21, 2021Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition with ruby onyinyechi, Thinghood. The show will be on view from May 7 – June 5, 2021 and will present seven new drawings. To make these works, over twenty-five different drawings were created, then cut and systematically reassembled into their finished form. onyinyechi is currently working with a newly reduced capsule of seven recurring elements that include: swimming pools, ada and audre - who masquerade as swimmers/divers, dancers and pseudo lovers - windows and other architectural references, okada [motorcycle taxis],...Read more