Ruby Hoppen

Naarm, Wurundjeri land (Melbourne VIC)

Ruby Hoppen born in 1989, is a Naarm based artist, working mostly with textiles and paint. She is a single mother of two and a founding member of the World’s Worst Wagga quilting guild. Her aim is to work towards an exploration of symbolism through the production of textile based works. Her quilts seek to scrutinise the cultural and socio-political inconsistencies within officially documented textile history. In searching for symbolic representation when making a quilt, she seeks guidance from oral literature and superstition. The work is a result of following guidelines and systems handed down for thousands of years, this imbues a deeper meaning and a more figurative reading of the work than if it were purely abstract.  The quilts speak as an idea of a traditional method and material nature that has been metamorphosed into something new, a visual language that can link people to their past, present and futures.