CLARENCERUTH

 
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CLARENCE RUTH IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, AUTHOR AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR NATIVE TO NEW YORK CITY. AFTER OBTAINING A BACHELOR DEGREE IN FASHION DESIGN, RUTH INITIALLY WENT ON TO WORK ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF DESIGNER. HE WAS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S XIQIAO ROAD PROJECT WHICH RESULTED IN THE MOST WATCHED SHOW DURING SHANGHAI FASHION WEEK FW 2015. ADDITIONALLY, HE WAS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF DESIGNER FOR THE BRAND, DIRTY PINEAPPLE. RUTH’S UNIQUE DIRECTION AND DESIGNS HELPED MAKE ONE OF THE TOP 20 SHOWS DURING NEW YORK FASHION WEEK FW 2019.

INSPIRED BY HIS SON, RUTH DECIDED TO AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATE THE BOOKS COLORS DE LA RUNWAY AND NUM8ERS DE LA RUNWAY. COLORS DE LA RUNWAY HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE SHELVES OF MOMA DESIGN STORE, MOMA PS1 MUSEUM BOOK SHOP, HAUSER & WIRTH LA, AND THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART JUST TO NAME A FEW. ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS: CASTERLINE GOODMAN FEAR NO EVIL SOLO ART EXHIBITION, KRAUSE GALLERY WHAT LIES BENEATH SOLO ART EXHIBITION, KRAUSE GALLERY EMERGING TO ESTABLISHED GROUP ART EXHIBITION, STREAMS GALLERY MIRROR, MIRROR GROUP ART EXHIBITION, ART CENTRAL HONG KONG GROUP ART FAIR, STREAMS GALLERY IDENTITY CRISIS SOLO ART EXHIBITION, FREIZE / KIAF GROUP ART FAIR AND GINZA COLLECTOR’S CLUB GROUP EXHIBITIONS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS NFT, ASTRO OREO, WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SEEN HAUS.

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MOST RECENTLY RUTH WAS NAMED THE WINNER OF THE 2022 TOMMY HILFIGER NEW LEGACY CHALLENGE. RUTH’S COLLECTION WAS SHOWN DURING THE 2022 NEW YORK FASHION WEEK hosted by LVMH X HFR. HE HAS RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED AS GUEST DESIGNER FOR THE DISNEY X TOMMY HILFIGER COLLABORATION. RUTH WAS ALSO NAMED SOHO HOUSE MAGAZINE FUTURE 100 RECOGNIZING INNOVATIVE, RADAR DESIGNERS. TO CELEBRATE DISNEY’S 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, RUTH WAS SELECTED AS A PART OF THE DISNEY CREATE100 TO DESIGN AND COLLABORATE ON A LIMITED EDITION POLO GOWN. PROCEEDS FROM THE COLLECTION CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION.

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