Ruth Lantz
Ruth Lantz is a visual artist whose paintings and works on paper explore the collision between 19th-century American landscape painting and the digital environments we now inhabit.
She earned her MFA in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art and a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lantz has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions across the United States, including shows at ARC Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Governors State University, Portland International Airport, and the Rockford Art Museum. Her work has also been included in regional biennials and exhibitions at the Evansville Museum of History, Science, and Art, the St. Louis Artists Guild, the Indianapolis Art Center, and the Freeport Art Museum, among others.
Her practice has been featured in New City Magazine, Art Ltd., and ArtDose, as well as in catalogs from the Making a Better Painting Symposium and I Like Your Work exhibitions. She has received support from the Illinois Arts Council, the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, the Pouch Cove Foundation, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
A committed educator and community builder, Lantz has taught at institutions including the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Washington State University Vancouver, and Portland Community College. She currently helps lead and administer Creative Lattice, a networking program for mid-career artists.
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Education
2010 MFA in Visual Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) Portland OR
2004 BFA in Studio Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Chicago IL
Solo Exhibitions
2026
The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO.
2023
Hugh N. Ronald Gallery at The Arts Place, Portland IN, Landscape Provocations
2019
AVA, Astoria OR, Sites Unseen
Portland International Airport, Portland OR, Technotope
2018
Southern Oregon University Thorndyke Gallery, Ashland OR, Transformative Saturation
2017
Portland Community College Sylvania Campus, Northview Gallery, Portland OR, GlitchScape
2016
Governors State University, Black Box Gallery, University Park IL, VistaVision Lower Columbia College Art Gallery, Longview WA, Sightlines
2014
University of Washington Vancouver, Vancouver WA, Slow Burn
2012
Stumptown Downtown, Portland OR, Shifting Meridian
2009
In House Gallery, Portland OR, Vacillations
The Lodge Gallery at Allied Works Architecture, Portland OR, InBetween
Pacific Northwest College of Art, MFA Central, Portland OR, Infinite Spaces
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Evansville Museum of Art, History, and Science, Evansville IN, Mid States Exhibition
Art Link Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, Midwest Regional Exhibition
2024
Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL Midwest Juried Show
ARC Gallery, Chicago IL, Doomscapes
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb IL, Screenic Paradigms 2.0 : artist and curator
2023
Evanston Arts Center, Evanston + Vicinity Biennial. Evanston IL
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Bloc Gallery, Champaign IL
2022
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, The Midwest Biennal: curated by Frank Juarez
Neon Heater, Findley OH, Screenic Paradigms
Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA, Finding a Memory: curated Erika B. Hess
St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis MO, Visions of the America Landscape: Juried by Emmy Lingscheit
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN, Artists of the Midwest: Juried by Jean Robertson
2021
Dodomu Gallery, New York NY, New Contemporaries
2020
Lewis and Clark College Hoffman Gallery, Portland OR, Making a Better Painting Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, Left Coast Annual: Juried by Carin Adams
2019
GIFC Worldwide Show Series, various venues
2016
Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery, University Park IL, Abstraction: Ways of Making
2015
Portland Community College Paragon Gallery, Portland OR, PCC Faculty and Staff Exhibition
2014
Linfield College, McMinnville OR, Landscape: A Survey of Regional Contemporary Painting
Nisus Gallery, Portland OR, Flatlands
2013
Heathman Hotel, Portland OR, Profound Impact PNCA Staff and Alumnus
Russo Lee Gallery, Portland OR, New Views
2012
Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver WA, Faculty and Staff Exhibition
Swarm Gallery, Oakland CA, True Places
2011
Pacific Northwest College of Art Gallery 214, Portland OR, Variations
Worksound, Portland OR, Identity Paintings
Ditch Projects, Springfield OR, ON&ON&ON
2010
Pacific Northwest College of Art Swigert Commons, Portland OR, Morph/Shif
PNCA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Goldsmith Building, Portland OR
WorkSound, Portland OR, Transverse
2009
Disjecta, Portland OR, Egocentric
2008
The Lodge Gallery at Allied Works Architecture, Portland OR, Ritual of Initiation
Other Projects
2020 Founder: Crit Connection, A project providing networking opportunities to artists
through monthly one-on-one connections for conversation and critique. 2020-present
Teaching Experience
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana IL, Visiting Artist – 2023
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, Portland OR – 2012-present
Heartland Community College, Normal IL – 2021
Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver WA – 2012-2020
