Ruby Bateman is a visual artist and romantic at heart, working between Hackney (London) and the South West countryside. Using a richly colourful and symbolic visual language, Ruby enjoys interweaving classical, gothic and esoteric elements into the creation of her own fiction. She often tells stories about existentialism and the human experience of love and loss, institutionalised motherhood and gender politics in search of self discovery and our wider connection to all things. She is fascinated by the alchemic and transformative power of the artist, and how the creative process allows her to access a deeper material consciousness.

Ruby graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2020 with a Print Master’s, and was awarded a First BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art Printmaking by The University of Brighton in 2017. She has exhibited in shows across the UK and online and her work can be found and bought with Glassette’s Art Kiosk, Livingstone St Ives, Domenica Marland, The Art Unit, and Milieu Studios. Ruby has worked with social-political arts causes such as Birth Rites Collection, Big Arts Herstory Project (BHAPS) and Energy Garden and was shortlisted for the Birth Rites Collection New Works 2020 and HIGH Award 2020. She is particularly interested in collaborating and exhibiting with artists, galleries and organisations concerned with the spiritual, maternity and gender.

Ruby runs a successful drawing business, programming events for both creative and corporate clientele, including TOAST, Peckham Craft Show, Blue Shop Cottage Gallery, The University of Brighton and WeWork. Alongside running her own drawing business, Ruby shares her talent and love of mark making with companies such as Tula, The Merry Nude and Nude Life, where she is the head life drawing tutor. Ruby’s values for compassion and community and wellbeing through the arts are integral to her artwork and teaching.