Ruth Kaplan Ruth Kaplan (b. 1955, Montréal, Canada) is a documentary-based photographer whose work integrates still photographs and video and explores a variety of themes such as the social behaviour of bathers in communal hot springs, congregants participating in rituals of spirituality, and, most recently, refugees living in shelters along the Canada-US border as they await decisions on their pending status. Work from Kaplan’s series Some Kind of Divine (2000–10) and Bathers (1991–2002) can be found in numerous private and corporate collections in Toronto, as well as across Canada, and in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. Kaplan has exhibited internationally and is represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery. Her editorial work can be found in major Canadian and international publications, she has received numerous grants and awards and is currently an instructor at OCAD University, Toronto Metropolitan University, and University of Toronto Scarborough. Current & Upcoming 3 Past Exhibitions 3 G44: Introduction to the Darkroom May 10, 12PM - 4PM Gallery 44 G44: Intermediate Darkroom May 31, 11AM - 5PM Gallery 44 Body/Armour Apr 28, 2024 – Jul 31, 2024 Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre A juxtaposition of two photographers’ work, exploring human and non-human vulnerability, ritual,... Rear View Mirror May 2, 2019 – May 31, 2019 imagefoundry Contacting Toronto: We’re in this Together May 1, 2012 – May 31, 2012 TTC LCD Screens & Subway Station Posters Some Kind of Divine May 12, 2010 – Jun 5, 2010 Ryerson Gallery
Body/Armour Apr 28, 2024 – Jul 31, 2024 Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre A juxtaposition of two photographers’ work, exploring human and non-human vulnerability, ritual,...
Contacting Toronto: We’re in this Together May 1, 2012 – May 31, 2012 TTC LCD Screens & Subway Station Posters