The artists

Troy Ruffels

Troy's collaboration is with scientist Alan Williams.

My work is an exploration of the deep mystery and allure that the natural world holds and my desire to contemplate its meaning. Making images is a personal way of finding my place in the world. It is an exploration that is bound to poetry and imagination. I seek to distil meaning from a landscape in flux, a landscape in which I am an observer, but also an active emotive participant. In exploring my subjective experience of landscape I reflect on a number of histories and experiences, memories and associations. These encompass both the specific nuances of personal experiences and observations, to a more general spiritual awareness and engagement with place. By working between both painting and photography I aim to increase the emotive qualities of the printed image while maintaining the validation of the particular attainable through photography. I consider other art, and the cultural climate of which I am a part. Together these considerations function to place me within a contemporary living environment.

Troy Ruffels was born in Devonport in 1972, and currently lives and works in Hobart. He is a graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art at Hobart, University of Tasmania, and the Glasgow School of Art Scotland. Solo exhibitions include Hood, Cast Gallery, Hobart 2000. Location Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport 1999, Troy Ruffel,s Najera Art Gallery, Madrid 1999. Curated group exhibitions include Primavera, MCA, Sydney 1997. Zero Horizon CAST Gallery Hobart 1999, Transmission CAST Gallery Hobart 1999, , and Nought Plus One, Plimsoll Gallery Hobart 1997. He has exhibited in the 1997, 98, 99 New York Digital Salon international touring exhibitions. In 1998 was awarded the Young Tasmanian of the Year, for the Arts Category as part of the National Australia Day Program. He is a year 2000 Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholar. He is presently studying a PhD at the School of Art at Hobart, University of Tasmania.