Ruth Dealy

{{Infobox artist

| name = Ruth Frisch Dealy

| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachussetts

| alma_mater = Rhode Island School of Design

| known_for =

| notable_works = Painting

| website = https://www.ruthdealy.com/

}}

Ruth Dealy is an award-winning painter living and working in Providence, Rhode Island.<ref>SICLEN, BILL VAN. "ART | What's it take to be a full-time artist?." Providence Journal (RI), 1 ed., sec. LifebeatArtsTravel, 4 Apr. 2010, p. F1. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152423890BB48948. Accessed 1 Feb. 2020.</ref>

Dealy is the daughter of physicist David H. Frisch and biologist Rose Frisch. <ref>McKenna, Kathleen. "Dr. Rose Frisch, 96; Studied Body Fat's Link to Fertility." Boston Globe, Feb 19, 2015. ProQuest, <nowiki>https://search.proquest.com/docview/1655955571?accountid=9758</nowiki>. </ref><ref>"David Frisch, 73, Dies; a Physicist at M. I. T.". The New York Times, May 25, 1991, Saturday, Late Edition - Final. <nowiki>https://advance-lexis-com.ccriezp.idm.oclc.org/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8G-YYP0-000D-G125-00000-00&context=1516831</nowiki>. Accessed February 1, 2020. </ref> She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and earned her bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design. <ref>Temin, Christine. "EXHIBITS PROVE THE POWER OF ART IN TIMES OF ILLNESS: [THIRD EDITION]." Boston Globe, Jun 04, 2003. ProQuest, <nowiki>https://search.proquest.com/docview/405532314?accountid=9758</nowiki>. </ref> She went on to teach at RISD for nine years.

Dealy works in acrylic paint as her medium. Her style has been described as "raw, paint-lashed."<ref>SICLEN, BILL VAN. "A Matter of Blind Faith." Providence Journal (RI), All ed., sec. Arts, 20 July 2003, pp. J-01. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1524D38EF58B5620. Accessed 1 Feb. 2020.</ref> Dealy has exhibited work internationally, including exhibits at the RISD Museum, Indonesian National Gallery in Jakarta, and a retrospective at the Wriston Art Center<ref>SICLEN, BILL VAN. "ON EXHIBIT Ruth Dealy paints it just as she sees it." Providence Journal (RI), ALL ed., sec. LIFEBEAT/WEEKEND, 13 May 1994, pp. D-01. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15252345D5A93E08. Accessed 1 Feb. 2020.</ref>

Awards

Italo Scanga fellowship, University of Rhode Island, 2010

Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2004 <ref>"Metro Notes." Providence Journal (RI), Metro ed., sec. News, 10 June 2004, pp. C-02. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15242AC877596730. Accessed 1 Feb. 2020.</ref>

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