multimedia visual artist
born Malta
Ruth Bianco is a multidsiciplinary research artist whose work in contemporary fine art explores the dynamics of space across themes of territory and transboundary movement. She has exhibited widely, traveling to participate in prominent exhibitions and national representations. In 2024, she took part in the ART IN DEMOCRACY project at the EP Hemicycle and Parlamentarium in Brussels, an exhibition traveling also to the Old Town Hall of Nicosia, Cyprus, for an art in democracy festival in 2025. Her piece, Lines of Migration, was selected for inclusion in the permanent contemporary art collection of the European Parliament in Brussels.
Her work is held in numerous prestigious collections, including Heritage Malta at the National Museum Art Collections in Malta; Tate Britain Archive and Special Collection, London; the Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal College of Art Special Archive Bookarts Collection, London; the University for the Creative Arts and the University of Kent at Canterbury Special Library Collections, Kent UK; Rencontres Internationalles in Paris; the Communication Design Association of Korea in Seoul; the John Machintosh Hall in Gibraltar; Bank of Valletta, Malta; HSBC Malta; the Hussam Otalbi Merchant Banking Collection, London; and other private and public collections.
She initiated Art-in-Architecture as a critical framework to innovate artistic research during her tenure as a professor of fine art within the Faculty for the Built Environment at the University of Malta, and has taught fine art at the University for the Creative Arts, Kent UK, at Transart Institute Krems Austria, and other European universities. She has held consultancy roles on national culture boards for the development of contemporary art in education and museum spaces in Malta.
education
2005 PhD Fine Art, University for the Creative Arts / University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent, United Kindgdom
1999 MA Fine Art, University for the Creative Arts (formerly Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, Kent, UK)
1995 Cert. Diplomatic Studies, Mediterranean Academy in Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta
1991 Postgraduate Cert. Education, University of Malta
1985 BA Honours (English Literature) University of London, United Kingdom
collections
Heritage Malta, National Museum Collections, Malta
European Parliament Contemporary Art Collection, Brussels
Tate Britain Archive and Special Collection, London, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, Special Archive Bookarts Collection, London
Royal College of Art, Archive and Special Book & Print Collection, London
University for the Creative Arts Special Library Collections, Kent, UK
University of Kent at Canterbury Art Library Collections, Kent, UK
Rencontres Internationalles, Paris, France
Communication Design Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea
The John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar
Bank of Valletta, Malta
HSBC, Malta
Embassy of Malta in Paris
Hussam Otalbi Merchant Banking Collection, London and
Jordan University for the Creative Arts, UK
Berlymont Brussels private office collections
Other private and public collections
Direct enquiries: info@ruthbianco.com
