Rute Ventura "Through The Plateau"

Rute Ventura "Through The Plateau" 2024

Oil on Canvas 
Dimensions 20 x 15.5 in
Unique
Signed on verso, Includes Certificate of Authenticity

Rute Ventura is a Portuguese multidisciplinary visual artist born in Lisbon, in 1982. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Sculpture, in 2004 and a master's degree in Fine Arts, in 2006 from the School of Art and Design, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. In 2005 Rute received a grant for an abroad program of studies at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Venice, Italy. During her conceptual art studies, Rute developed skills as a critical thinker working mainly as a site-specific sculptor, teaching herself to paint years later, after her academic studies. After moving to New York City in 2009, Rute began her career in arts education with various nonprofit affiliations that provided art workshops for endangered NYC youth; this has granted her the possibility to produce art from her home studio in Ridgewood, NY. Creating art outside the established cultural mainstream is not done from a need to sell but with the intent of addressing and reflecting conscious awareness processes therapeutically.

Her work is said to "polarize and unite theoretical perspectives while demonstrating great technical, artistic, and creative capacities". During this past couple of years, Rute has been distinguished as an “interesting surrealist artist” by Bizarre Doctor, and featured at the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Artists Director.

“"Riding Through The Plateau", where a resilient woman rides her giant cock across the deserted plateau; showcases a journey of empowerment through emotive and thought-provoking imagery. By using the female form,  the surrealistic nonsense scale, and comic animal choice, I capture the raw strength, instinct, and impulsive nature inherent within the female persona. I strive to evoke emotional sensations that encourage dialogue around the challenges faced by women today, a conversation about vulnerability, choice, and power. The rooster plays a significant role in this work, serving as a symbol of both: the patriarchy, and referencing my Portuguese identity.’” - Rute Ventura