Ruby Kirby is a multi-media artist who creates interactive fashion pieces/wearable art/costume that involve a variety of techniques and materials. The wearable artworks are celebrations of creativity and imagination that resist demands for seriousness in art.

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Her practice encourages a free-thinking approach to make and craft. She makes for collaborative and performative work as well as alternative garments and accessories. The work encourages fun and positive reflections on play and the body and is inspired by surrealist themes and sculptural silhouettes to create humorous and playful interactive pieces that become extensions of the body. 

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-AWARDS-

 

SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2016

AWARDED THE PAUL SMITH SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY:

BUNKA FASHION COLLEGE, TOKYO, JAPAN.

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-EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS-

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2019

MAYFIELD DEPOT, MANCHESTER

KINGS

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2019

PORTICO LIBRARY, MANCHESTER

FANCY PANTS

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2018

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPOARY GALLERY, NOTTINGHAM

BRUCE ASBESTOS A/W FASHION CATWALK

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2017

SIDE ROOM, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS, LONDON

UNSUNG VESTURES

 

2017

THE KLONDYKE, MANCHESTER

WEARABLES: AN EXHIBITION OF UNSUNG VESTURES​

 

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