Ruby Rumié (born 1958) is a Colombian artist. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of Cartagena de Indias and the David Manzur Academy in Bogotá. She has exhibited around the world in places such as Colombia, Chile, the United States of America and France.
Her work was shown in the international section of the First Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Early life and education
Ruby Rumié was born in Cartagena, Colombia in 1958.
From 1968 to 1970 Rumié attended Acedemia Nohra Lenon in Cartagena, Colombia. From 1977 to 1980 to the Academia David Manzur in Bogotá, Colombia, and later, from 1980 to 1984, she studied painting, drawing and sculpture at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Cartagena, Colombia.
In 1978, she developed the short film "Magola" with Director Ricardo Cifuentes and was part of La Pandonga Theatre Group from 1980 to 1981 in Cartagena de Indias.
Rumié also participated in various workshops, including art workshops with Jean Pierre Accoult, Maria Teresa Hincapié, Guillermo Londoño and Eugenio Dittborn, a poetry workshop, with Raúl Gómez Jattin, a printing workshop, with Fabian Rendon, and a contemporary dance workshop, with D. Duppuy.
Today she lives and works between Cartagena, Colombia and Santiago,Chile.
Career and artwork
Ruby Rumié began her art career as a hyper realistic portraitist. She developed a strong relationship with the materials and the techniques she used and soon transformed her methods into more conceptual ones. As the artist confronted the question of what's an artist duty to society and the issues in social structures, she started including the community more in her artwork and thus allowing the community to think about their place in society, question their surroundings and their social situations. Her projects began to be based on the impacts of modern life on everyday people,injustice, gentrification, hierarchies, race inequalities and violence against women.