Ruth E Lyons

Ruth E Lyons works primarily in large-scale sculpture and the creation of public works that intervene in landscape. With a particular interest in landscape and deep time, her work is inspired by the spectrum of human engagement with landscape throughout history and the incredible forms that this has resulted in from megalithic monuments to the underground cavities of contemporary mines. Often taking an anthropological perspective Ruth E Lyons considers what these constructed forms might say about the spiritual dimension of people. She is interested in creating works that reach new and incidental audiences, can endure and resonate over time.

Originally form Dublin, Ruth E Lyons is based in Co. Offaly. She is engaged in an expansive commission, Salarium 230 million BCE with EUSalt association. Public Commissions include Iontaise Iontas, Colaiste Raithin, Co. Wicklow (2019); Sugar Sometimes, IDA Ireland (2019); Sky is the Limit, Scoil Naomh Eoin, Meath (2011). Selected exhibitions include Shaping Ireland: Landscapes in Irish Art, National Gallery of Ireland (2019); Borderlines, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (2019); WWWW New Commission, Grazer Kunstverein (2017); 2116: Forecast for the the next Century, Broad Art Museum, Michigan (2016); Riddle of the Burial Grounds, ExtraCity, Antwerp (2016). Selected collections include, National Gallery of Ireland, Office of Public Works and Arts Council of Ireland.