Meet Ruth Coriat
An “Israeli by choice”…, Ruth Coriat has lived, exhibited her work, and taught creative and expressionistic art internationally.
Born in Caracas Venezuela 1945, Ruth, grew up in Madrid Spain where she learned and graduated.
Ruth dedicated her life teaching art:
Tel Hai College, Israel - Allan Hancock College Santa Maria CA, USA.
Her one of a kind (OOK) artworks are handcrafted with love, care and a unique personal touch.
Exhibits featuring Ruth Coriat’s work have been presented in:
Israel:Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Thailand: Bangkok.
USA: New York NY, Atlanta GA, Coral Gables FL, Miami FL, Nashville TN, Santa Maria CA , Santa Ines Valley CA.
My Approach
My topic is the covenant of the “Word” with the sensory manifestations as expressed in art, which is as old as the creation.
The Word involves symbols and universal values.
My work of art is the colloquy between the spiritual and the essence. The spiritual is in the information received to understand and to make the Word known. The essence is rooted in the experience of “doing”. Doing is living, learning and experimenting.
My work is further enriched by the meeting of my culture from the “Land of the Prophets,” the values of Buddhism and the ancient philosophy of Asia.
My root is the world. My stimulus is my faith. My goal is fulfillment.
Using old Buddhist Sanskrit written on palm leaves from the time of the Kingdom of Siam, old texts carved on wood blocks and printed on rice paper,unveiling the traits of the Chinese philosophy of Confucius, Hebrew texts written on “Mezuzah” parchments, with a mixed media of gold and sand, pewter and brass, on wood…..my work carries a message in the language of the beholder–the message of the “Word,” the heritage from the experience and knowledge of our forefathers, for us, the people who are willing to learn.
The Talmud says: “God created man to tell Him Stories….” My art is my story…
an introduction from the “Word” to the world.
Mi arte nacio conmigo… y crece conmigo…
Este arte que va formandose y evolucionando, es parte de mi, de la informacion que voy recibiendo y que va concretizandose para llegar a esa dimension que llevara el nombre de “obra de arte”
Mi arte es mi mensaje , enriquecido por las diferentes culturas en las cuales he vivido… y por el encuentro de mis raices, provenientes de “la Tierra de los Profetas”, con los valores del Budismo y la Antigua Filosofia Asiatica .
Desde el momento que empece a aprofundizar mis estudios sobre la Torah, fui encontrando las respuestas y ,por consequencia, las soluciones para llegar a esa concretizacion de la que comentaba anteriormente.
Hasta el dia de hoy vivo sorprendida al ver como se enfoca y se orienta mi inspiracion para dar lugar a un desenlace final la” obra de arte” .
Todo me parece irreal… como si ,yo, no fuese duena de la idea que va fomentandose en mi .
Tengo la sensacion, de que mi obra me pertenece solo en el lapso de tiempo en el cual estoy viviendo su “creacion”.
Disfruto emocionalmente , vibro al compas de ella .
Y al instante de haberla concluido… hace parte de un pasado… dando lugar a la obra futura.
Sin olvidar los miedos que me invaden : “…y que seria yo , si no pudiese mas crear?…”
Pero como en un circulo que no tiene fin …y con mucha fe…retorno al “Bereishit” , al Principio.
Dice el Talmud : “Dios creo al hombre para que le cuente su historia…”
Mi arte es mi historia.
