Alison Ruttan

Ruttan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the psychology of behavior though the examination of unconscious intentions found in physical expression. "I am particularly interested in the complex kinds of social exchanges that are best understood visually or at the level of physiological response. For this reason much of my work has focused on appetite, sexuality and aggression These interests are at present directed to a series of projects comparing human and primate behavior. I like to think of what I do as being part research and part comedy."

She has an upcoming exhibition at Galerie Wit, in Wageningen, Netherlands, other exhibitions include Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada, Rocket Gallery, London, England, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, The Drawing Center, New York City, New York, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. Her work has been reviewed in Art In America, Flash Art, Chicago Tribune, Art Papers, Chicago Magazine, New Art Examiner among others.