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Ruby Rumie

Colombian, b. 1958
Ruby Rumié’s work includes painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation. She develops projects based on injustice and psychology, and the impact of modern life in the daily lives of common people. Rumié focuses her research on the locals of Getsemaní, a historical neighborhood of Cartagena de Indias, where she lives. Getsemaní is where she finds her conceptual material, analyzing the impact of gentrification and progress, and suggesting a new role for the artist: that in which there is not only an aesthetic and poetic revelation, but also a search of how to manage social and psychological problems through creation. Rumié began using the technique of hyperrealism painting to present portraits of the inhabitants of Cartagena. She later incorporated social and territorial heritage, questioning the compromise of the artist with society. She implements various tools in her projects such as cartography, census and archival techniques, half way between the final and aesthetic creation, as well as community work and sociological research. Following this path, she recently created the project Hálito Divino (Divine Breath), in which she focused on giving a social and creative voice to women who suffered from domestic violence. Ruby Rumié was born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia in 1958. She lives and works between Cartagena and Santiago, Chile. She studied painting, drawing and sculpture at the School of Fine Arts of Cartagena de Indias, the David Manzur Academy in Bogotá and has participated in several workshops with artists such as Maria Teresa Hincapié, Eugenio Dittborn, Fabián Rendón and Jean Pierre Accoult. She has held exhibitions in Bogotá, Barranquilla, and Cartagena, Colombia; Santiago, Valparíso and Temuco, Chile; Miami, New York, and Washington D.C., USA; Rouen and Paris, France. She recently participated in the international section of the First International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
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FAMILY 1

FAMILY 1

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

RUBY RUMIE FAMILIA 1 (FAMILY), 2025 Photograph on Pearl paper with UV finish, mounted in aluminum 79.53 x 47.24 in. 202 x 120 cm. Edition of 8

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

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Photographic Paper

GENESIS 1

GENESIS 1

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

RUBY RUMIE GENESIS 1, 2025 Photograph on Pearl paper with UV finish, mounted in aluminum 47.25 x 47.25 x 1 in. 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm. Edition of 5 mounted on aluminum

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

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Photographic Paper

TOTUMO AND CHILDREN

TOTUMO AND CHILDREN

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

RUBY RUMIE TOTUMO Y NINOS 1 (TOTUMO AND CHILDREN), 2025 Photograph on Pearl paper with UV finish, mounted in aluminum 19.75 x 13.25 in. 50.2 x 33.7 cm. Edition of 25

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

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Photographic Paper

ANA AMERICA

Ruby RumieANA AMERICA, 2016

$4,800Sale Price|20% Off

ANA AMERICA

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

inkjet print on satin paper, laminated in luster matte. Edition of 5 from the portrait series titled WEAVING STREETS printed upon order

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

ROSALINA (BACK)

Ruby RumieROSALINA (BACK), 2016

$4,800Sale Price|20% Off

ROSALINA (BACK)

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

inkjet print on satin paper, laminted in luster matte. Edition of 5 This body of work was born from a chance encounter between the artist, Ruby Rumié, and Dominga Torres Tehran, a woman who for more than 45 years has walked the city streets selling fish. Dominga caught the attention of the artist for her unique and natural beauty. For nearly half a century this woman worked unnoticed, but at that moment, she completely captivated Rumié. Weaving Streets is an attempt to rescue women like Dominga from oblivion and invisibility - women who have spent valuable years of their lives as ambulant street vendors, permanently wandering the neighborhoods of the city. Aptly named, “Weaving Streets” references the phrase used by grandmothers to describe those who walked the city streets often. Rumié’s goal is to present new views on the vendors and their environment. The viewer’s encounter with these women will be different for the exhibition – it will be special. Viewers will see for the first time what has always been there, like running a thin veil between the visible and the invisible, a veil of old and constant stereotypes that keep us numb, or blind, so we ignore the marvelous and different realities. “Problems such as gender violence, gentrification, social barriers and discrimination constitute a constant concern which I attempt to uncover through my work, by means of large installations where I use repetition as a platform for protest; bodies as objects of mass consumption that reveal the disappearance of our intangible heritage, and photographs to suggest the enigma of social stratification, all of these intend to stimulate reflection, playfulness, visual pleasure, emotion and inquiry” explains Rumié. Rumié condenses the collected material into a Corpus, a historical archival manner, comprised of five volumes that unfold spatially in the gallery. Photo albums picturing each participant, stamp albums...

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

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Photographic Paper

CROWNED VESSEL 11

CROWNED VESSEL 11

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

ceramic vessel with semi-matte silver plated brass and matte acrylic crown

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Ruby Rumie

Materials

Brass

ELENA

Ruby RumieELENA, 2016

Price Upon Request

ELENA

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

photograph from exhibition "Weaving Streets". Framed in minimal black metal frame. Edition of 5.

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

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Inkjet

50 PORTRAITS (2 pages of postage stamps)

50 PORTRAITS (2 pages of postage stamps)

By Ruby Rumie

Located in New York, NY

postage stamps from exhibition "Weaving Streets". Edition of 20. each sheet is 7 1/2 x 6 inches.

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2010s Contemporary Ruby Rumie

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Inkjet

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CROWNED VESSEL 25

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