Ruby Pilven

Handmade Porcelain Ceramics

Ruby Victoria Pilven

Education

2003-2008            Ballarat High School (Ballarat)                                                                                             

2009-2013            Double Degree of Bachelor of Visual Arts/Bachelor of Business (Monash University, Caulfield)

2016-2017            Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Federation University, Ballarat)                                                                                                    

Exhibitions

2008      VCE TOP ARTS, National Gallery of Victoria                                                                             

2008      Next Generation exhibition, Art Gallery of Ballarat                                                                           

2008      The Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat     

2009      The Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat                   

2010      The Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat                                                                                                          

2010      Space 22 joint Exhibition, Ballarat   

2011      Space 22 joint Exhibition, Ballarat                                                                                                       

2010      “An intimate space for art from near and far”, Made Gallery, Daylesford                                             

2010      Clunes Ceramic Award Exhibition, Clunes                                                                                           

2010      “Over the Wall”, Monash University, Prato, Italy                                                                              

2010      “Print, Paper and Porcelain Exhibition”, Made Gallery, Daylesford                                                       

2011      Odyssey Exhibition, Space 22, Ballarat                                                                                                

2011      Clunes Ceramic Award, Clunes                                                                                                      

2011      Flanagan Art Exhibition, Ballarat                                                                                                        

2011      Monash University Graduation Exhibition, Caulfield                                                                        

2012      Entry 12 Exhibition Brunswick Arts, Brunswick                                                                                               

2012      “Threshold Projects”, Screen Space, Melbourne                                                                              

2012      “Threshold Projects”, Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura                                                    

2013      “Community & Context”, MADA Gallery, Melbourne, Caulfield                                                      

2013      Clunes Ceramic Award, Clunes                                                                                             

2013      Ceramics Victoria, Just Because, Melbourne                                                                                     

2014      Still Firing at 45, Fresh Clay, Melbourne                                   

2015      Stepping Up, Canberra                                                                                                          

2015      Northcote Pottery SMALLpieces window display artist, Melbourne                                               

2015      Clunes Ceramic Award, Clunes                                                                                                           

2016      Clay - book launch and exhibition, Sydney                                                                                     

2017      Clunes Ceramic Award, Clunes                                                                                             

2018      Golden Plains, joint exhibition with Peter Pilven at Post office Art Gallery, Ballarat

2019      Skepsi Exhibition at Yarra Valley estate as part of Ceramic Conference Victoria               

2019      Agendo Art Prize (hosted by Camberwell Grammar School)                                              

2020      The Golden Pantomime, joint exhibition with Madeleine Cruise at the Art Gallery of Ballarat

2020      Encounters, Skepsi, Box Hill

2021      eARTH, St Arnaud Railway Station Gallery, St Arnaud

2021      Knick-knacks, Cube8r Gallery, Fitzroy

2022      A New Generation, Gallery J on Lincoln, SA

2022      Nice Mug, group exhibition, Brunswick street gallery

2023      The Great Takeaway, Craft Lab 2023, Ballarat

2023      Bowie BB, group exhibition, Honey bones Gallery, Melbourne

Awards

2007      Studio Art Acquisition prize                                                                                                                 

2007      Awarded Scholarship from Ladies Art Association                                                                            

2008      Awarded “Arts and Culture Award” in New Generation exhibition                                                 

2011      Emerging Artist Award – Ceramic Clunes Exhibition                                                          

2011      Rossdale Paper Award                                                                                                                        

2019      Agendo Art Prize (first prize winner recipient of $10,000)                                                          

Publications

2008      Artwork displayed on the front cover of the VCE and VCAL administrative handbook              

2011      The Australian Ceramics Journal edition 51 April                                                                     

2011      Monash University Grad Show Exhibition catalogue                                                              

2014      1000 Beads (International)                                                                                                   

2014      Ceramics Victoria edition                                                                                                     

2016      Clay Contemporary Ceramic Artisans by Amber Cresswell Bell    

2022      Pottery Making Illustrated, Creating Colouful Wrap Vases, August 16, 2021.                                             

 

Memberships

2013 – present     The Australian Ceramics Association                                                                                               

 

Collaborations

2015      Radical yes shoes                                                                                                                                   

2015      National Gallery of Victoria - NGV Design store. Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great                                   

2015- 2018           Anthropologie (USA)