Biography
© Shijni Otani
© Shijni Otani

Ruth van Beek (b. 1977) lives and works in Koog aan de Zaan, the Netherlands. Her work has been shown internationally with exhibitions at Post Books (Tokyo); The Ravestijn Gallery (Amsterdam), De Warande (Belgium), Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco); Foam (Amsterdam), Les Rencontres d’Arles, and Fotomuseum Antwerp. Since 2014, she has taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Work has been featured in magazines such as De Gids, The New Yorker, Vogue Magazine, Centrefold Magazine, Foam Magazine, IMA Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, The New York Review of Books, The Aperture Photobook Review, Elephant Magazine, and The New York Times. She has published numerous artist books, including ‘ The Arrangement’ (RVB Books, 2013), which was shortlisted for the Aperture Photobook of the Year Award in 2014, “The Cast” ( New Documents, 2017 ), and ‘How To Do The Flowers’(APE & Dashwood Books, 2018) to widespread acclaim. Her most recent books are ‘Eldorado’ ( 2020 ) and “The Oldest Thing” ( 2023 ), both published by Van Zoetendaal Publishers. The Oldest Thing was shortlisted for the Aperture Photobook of the Year 2023. 

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Exhibitions
Works
  • Ruth van Beek, Leg (figure 154), 2025
    Leg (figure 154), 2025
  • Ruth van Beek, Pink and beige manual, 2025
    Pink and beige manual, 2025
  • Ruth van Beek, Bowl (Figure 146), 2023
    Bowl (Figure 146), 2023
  • Ruth van Beek, Doily (Figure 138, enlarged), 2023
    Doily (Figure 138, enlarged), 2023
  • Ruth van Beek, Table with bowls, plates and cuts (1), 2023
    Table with bowls, plates and cuts (1), 2023
  • Ruth van Beek, Table with bowls, plates and cuts (4), 2023
    Table with bowls, plates and cuts (4), 2023
  • Ruth van Beek, Table with bowls, plates and cuts (6), 2023
    Table with bowls, plates and cuts (6), 2023
  • Ruth van Beek, Blue (Figure 112), 2022
    Blue (Figure 112), 2022
  • Ruth van Beek, Doily (Figure 135), 2022
    Doily (Figure 135), 2022
  • Ruth van Beek, Frame (Figure 72), 2021
    Frame (Figure 72), 2021
  • Ruth van Beek, The Spell, 2021
    The Spell, 2021
  • Ruth van Beek, Everbearing Varieties, 2020
    Everbearing Varieties, 2020
  • Ruth van Beek, Untitled (Figure 60), 2020
    Untitled (Figure 60), 2020
  • Ruth van Beek, Untitled (Figure 61), 2020
    Untitled (Figure 61), 2020
  • Ruth van Beek, Untitled (Figure 66), 2020
    Untitled (Figure 66), 2020
  • Ruth van Beek, Untitled (figure 59), 2020
    Untitled (figure 59), 2020
  • Ruth van Beek, The Levitators, 2013
    The Levitators, 2013
  • Ruth van Beek, Untitled (Figure 17), 2018
    Untitled (Figure 17), 2018
Art Fairs
Publications
Press