Bio: Ruth Maude

she/her

Ruth Maude is a Canadian artist, blogger, instructor and web designer.

Her work is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Encaustic Art, (MoEA) NM, and in private collections in Canada and the United States.

She paints with molten pigmented beeswax; this is an ancient medium called encaustic. Heat is used at every stage of the process to apply and fuse the medium.

The founder of the popular All Things Encaustic blog, she is constantly experimenting with a variety of encaustic materials, techniques and tools and sharing her discoveries with her readers.

She works from her home studio in Toronto.

C.V.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

November 2024 – A Sense of Place | Solo Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 – Elements of Nature | Solo Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 – Edith’s Album | Solo Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

SELECTED JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Near & Far International Group Exhibition | Canadian Encaustic Conference (online)
It’s Not Easy Being Green Group Exhibition | Northern Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Power of Words Group Exhibition | Arts Etobicoke Storefront Gallery, Etobicoke
Waxing Poetic International Group Exhibition | Canadian Encaustic Conference (online)
New Directions Members Group Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

2023

Urban Futurities, Juried Exhibition Curated by Ilene Sova| Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
All The Small Things Group Exhibition | Northern Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Women’s Work Juried Exhibition | 119 North Weatherly Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
unframed Group Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2022

Collage 2022 Group Exhibition | Juried by Sebastein Miller and Ken Moffatt| John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

2021

Making Your Way Through Invitational| Southampton Arts, Southampton, ON
Collective Experience Group Exhibition| Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto , ON
LAYERS of MEANING International Encaustic Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
Altered Images Group Exhibition| Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
SALON 15 Invitational | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Unfurled Artist Stories Members Exhibition| Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Mail Art: Unlimited Dada Group Exhibition| Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2020

Welcome Home Invitational | Riverwood Gallery & Studio, Allenford, ON
PAG25 Members & Alumni Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
SALON 14 Invitational | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Catch Phrase Group Exhibition| Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke, ON

2019

CRE8TIVE – An Exploration in Mixed Media | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Summer Small Works Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Heat, Arts Etobicoke Members Exhibition, Cloverdale Common, Etobicoke, ON
EAG’s 55th Annual Juried Exhibition | Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke, ON
12th Annual Open Juried Fine Art Show 2019 Juried by Lynne Schumacher | Beaux Arts Brampton Gallery, Brampton, ON
In Praise of Oguni Washi | The Japanese Paper Place, Etobicoke, ON
Blue | Bleu Impulse Juried Show | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Figure it Out Juried Show | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2018

Northern Tendencies Juried Show | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Headwaters Arts Annual Juried Show, Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, ON
SUMMERTIME Exhibition | Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2nd Annual Summer Group Show | Blue Crow Gallery, Toronto, ON
Both Sides Now | The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON
True North | Headwaters Arts Gallery, Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, ON
Waxing Poetic | The Hive, Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, ON
11th Annual Open Juried Fine Art Show Juried by Tony Marinus Vander Voet | Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery, Brampton, ON
Perspectives | Headwaters Arts Gallery, Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, ON
What the Fukunishi? | Graven Feather Gallery, Toronto, ON

ARTS EDUCATION

Painting with Fire (2021-23) Multiple Instructors
Crystal Marie Neubauer (2023) online course
Nicholas Wilton, (2019, 2020, 2021) The Creative Visionary Program
Andrea Bird (2007, 2010, 2011, 2016 – 2018) numerous encaustic and creativity workshops
Paula Roland & Jeffrey Hirst (2019) Encaustic Monotype & Silkscreen Printmaking
Christina Lovisa – (2017-2019) Mixed Media Encaustic, Mixed Media Assemblage, Encaustic Collage
Lorraine Glessner (2018) Beyond the Basics Retreat
Kathryn Bevier – (2011, 2018) Encaustic Monotype Printmaking
Tania Willems – (2017) Photo Encaustic
Attended the Fifth Annual International Encaustic Conference (2011)

GALLERIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Juror—Flow Exhibition, Encaustic Art Institute’s National Juried Exhibition (2022)
Online Instructor— allthingsencaustic.com (2022 – ongoing)
In-person Instructor— The Hive Encaustic Studio, Alton Mill Arts Centre (2018)
Blogger— allthingsencaustic.com (2011 to present)

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

An organizer of the inaugural 2025 Canadian Encaustic Conference
Board Member and Chair of Marketing & Communications at Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto (2021 to present)
Co-organizer unframed Group Exhibitions (in-gallery & online), Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto (2023)
Co-organizer – LAYERS of MEANING Online International Encaustic Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto (2021)
Co-curator – CRE8TIVE small group exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON (2019)
Co-organizer of the West Queen West Art Crawl (2019)

COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Encaustic Art, (MoEA) Cerrillos, NM, USA
Private collections in Canada and the United States

PUBLICATIONS

2022 – Encaustic Arts Magazine – Volume 18, Issue 1 Winter 2022 – Technique Article: Encaustic Accretion Pages 70-87
2022 – Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 8 Pages 74-77
2018 – In The Hills Magazine Volume 25 Number 3 – True Colours Pages 62, 63 (view)

INTERVIEWS

2022 – Souls in Time Blog Post Interview
2021 – Beyond the Frame Podcast Episode 13