Ruby Waage Townsend (b.1996) is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Leicester, UK. Focusing on themes such as identity, trauma, and domestic environments, the artist seeks to both emulate the everyday and transpose settings in a dream-like way,examining facades and illusions. Brought up in the UK, from Dutch heritage, she intertwines folklore with lived experiences alongside familial stories, filtering reality through mythology, making the ephemeral tangible through the medium of paint.: https://www.rubywaagetownsend.com/ Currently, Ruby is undertaking a residency at Ilkon, Ilkeston Contemporary Arts, situated within the historic confines of the former Methodist church on Heanor Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Through her residency, Ruby is actively engaged in bringing the transformative power of the arts to both the local community and the wider region. Follow Ruby on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rubywaagetownsendart/
Currently, Ruby is undertaking a residency at Ilkon, Ilkeston Contemporary Arts, situated within the historic confines of the former Methodist church on Heanor Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Through her residency, Ruby is actively engaged in bringing the transformative power of the arts to both the local community and the wider region. Follow Ruby on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rubywaagetownsendart/