Liz Ruest is a Canadian artist living and working in Seattle, WA.
Solo & Two-Person Exhibits
2019 Adaptive Horizons, Lynn Hanson, Seattle, WA
2019 Selections at UW Tower, café wall, Seattle, WA
2018 Placeholders, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA, with Cody French
2017 Digital Show, Workspring at the Marriott, Redmond, WA, via VALA
2015 Layered Stories, Issaquah, WA, with Anne LaFever
2010 Sightline, Seattle, WA, curated by Becky Brooks
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
- Into the Light, Artist Alliance on artsy.net, juried, online
- Wanderlust, art-fluent, juried, online
2022
- Explorations, Lynn Hanson, Seattle, WA, invited
- Digital | Analog, Peninsula School of Art, WI, invited
- All About Trees, Corridor Gallery, Helms Bakery District, Culver City, CA, invited
- Seeing Beyond, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, RI, juried, online
- WABI-SABI, art-fluent, juried, online
- Abstracts with Red, Camelback Gallery, juried, online
- Waterscapes, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, juried, online
2021
- ICON, Lynn Hanson, Seattle, WA, juried
- Juried Show, Shoreline Arts Festival, juried, online
- Cityscapes, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, juried, online
- Summer II, Envision Arts, juried, online
- of the earth, art-fluent, juried, online
- International Juried Show, Society of Canadian Artists, online
- Reset, Lynn Hanson, Seattle, WA, invited
- Looking Forward, Kent Creates, Kent, WA, winner for seeing beyond now
2020
- Nine Artists, Lynn Hanson, Seattle, WA, invited
- Virtual Juried Show, Shoreline Arts Festival, juried, online
- Online International Juried Show, Society of Canadian Artists
- 20/20 Vision, CoCA Members’ Show, Seattle, WA, juried
- Landscapes, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, juried, online
2019
- Interstate, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, CWU, Ellensburg, WA, juried
- In Gold We Trust, Ashton Gallery, Art on 30th, San Diego, CA, juried
- Best from the Best, Lynn Hanson, Seattle, WA
- Motherland: 2019 CoCA Members Show, CoCA, Seattle, WA, juried
- No Walls, Just Great Art, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, juried, online
- Fragmented, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, juried, online
- Landscapes, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, juried, online
2018
- Textures, BallardWorks, Seattle, WA, invitational
- Layers, City Hall, Sammamish, WA, invitational
- Creativity Persists, CoCA, Seattle, WA, juried by Jody Bento
- Landscapes, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, juried, online
2017
- Up/Rooted, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, juried, national
- H2O, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, online
- ICON, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA, juried
- Member Show, Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA, online
- Abstract, EAFA, Kirkland, WA, juried
- The 39 Steps, artEAST and Village Theatre, Issaquah, WA
2016
- Landscape, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, online
- ICON, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Arts Festival, Normandy Park, WA, juried
- Leaves & Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, juried, online
- Call of the Clouds, Sammamish, WA, curated
2015
- Montage, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, online
- cARTography, Kirkland, WA, curated
- VALA Spring Show, Redmond, WA, juried
- 4th Biannual, online, curated
2014
- fallow, Gallery 202, Northampton, UK
- FALLing, Issaquah, WA, juried
- Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA, juried
- Waterworld, Seattle, WA, curated
- Come Out of the Dark, Edmonds, WA, juried
- Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2013
- Surface Treatment, Issaquah, WA, curated
- Wondrous Stories, Issaquah, WA, curated
- Rookery 2013, Issaquah, WA, juried
- CoCA Collision, Seattle, WA, curated
- History X Contemporary Y, Seattle WA, juried
2012
- Inside/Outside, Seattle, WA, curated
- Around the Block, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA
- Saturation Point, Issaquah, WA, curated
- Shadows and Reflections, Seattle, WA, curated
2011
- (in the red), Lynnwood, WA, juried
- Trees for Life, Twitter-generated charity exhibit, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Lines, Letters, and Love, Issaquah, WA, curated
2010
- Twitter Art Exhibit (TAE), Moss, Norway
2001-2008
- Open studios, popup shows in small businesses in Seattle and on the Eastside
Affiliation
- Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA, gallery artist
- Society of Layerists in Multimedia, member
- ImageConscious, San Francisco, wholesale orders
Recognition
2021 Winner, Looking Forward, Kent Creates, online
2019 Honorable mention, something hidden in No Walls, Just Great Art, Bauhaus Prairie Gallery, online
2018 Winner, Lighting Up the Dark, Kent Creates, online
2018 Honorable mention, Go Left, Landscapes, Fusion Gallery
2017 Winner, Home, Kent Creates, online
2016 Best in Category (Digital) for Binding, Normandy Park Arts Festival,
2016 2nd Place (Digital) for Chain, Normandy Park Arts Festival
2015 Award of Excellence for food and shelter, Four Points Contemporary 4th Biannual online exhibition
2014 Best in Category (Digital/New Media) for Running, Kenmore Art Show
2013 Best in Show for In the Round, Come Out of the Dark
Publications & Press
2022 Artist of the Month for December, Guemes Island Art Initiative
Art featured in Paris Collage Collective article, Contemporary Collage, Issue 12, p. 43
2021 stitch, glacier, beacon: 3Elements Review, Summer 2021
Analog and Digital Collage, article on Art of Collage, Nancy Egol Nikkal, July 2021
2020 20/20 Vision: CoCA Members Show Catalog
2019 Motherland: CoCA Members Show Catalog
2018 Creativity Persists: CoCA Members Show Catalog
2018 Four Artists Win Kent Creates Exhibit, Kent Reporter
2017 Artist of the Day, ArtandArtDeadlines,com,
2017 Make America Create Again: CoCA Members Show Catalog
2016 Artist Interview, October Wild issue, ArtAscent.com
2015 Distinguished Artist, October Violet issue, ArtAscent.com
2013 Featured Artist, artsyshark.com
2013 CoCA Collision: Past, Present & Future Members Show, CoCA Seattle
Education
Recent
- Sketchbook Challenge, Cheryl Taves, Insight Creative, online
- Leaning into Subtlety, Jane Davies, Winslow Art Center, online
- How to Make Abstract Art that Works, Melinda Tidwell, online
- Year of the Collage, carlasonheim.com, online, with Carla Sonheim, Lynn Whipple, Anne Marie Grgich
- Collage workshop with Donna Watson, Lynn Hanson Gallery
- Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists, Edmonds Community College, 2016
- Critique classes at Seattle Artist League and artEAST Art Center
- Abstraction workshop with Jacqui Beck, artEAST Arts Center, Issaquah, WA
- Encaustic workshop with Larry Calkins, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
- Encaustic photo/collage workshop, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
- Printmaking classes: relief & intaglio, monotypes, etching. Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Formal
- M. Sci, Technical Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- B. Math, Computer Science, balanced with multiple fine arts electives. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON