Artist Bio

Louise Fago-Ruskin is an artist and writer, based in the UK.  She is a lecturer at Plymouth College of Art and received her Master’s in photography from the University of Brighton.  Her creative practice utilizes performance, lens-based media and writing to examine and challenge firm ideological belief systems and modes of thought-control.  She is also interested in evoking the numinous, especially in relation to experiences of exile, homecoming and belonging. Fago-Ruskin’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in group shows such as the prestigious Hyeres Festival of Fashion and Photography (Hyeres, France), Arles Photography Open Salon (Installation, Arles, and Parallax (La Galleria, London)  Her works have been nominated for a variety of awards including Foam-What's Next: A Search into the Future of Photography.

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