Ruth Horam - Sea Acrylic on rice paper, attached to carton. 1989. Original and signed. 56 x 32 cm Not framed

Ruth Horam - Sea Acrylic on rice paper, attached to carton. 1989. Original and signed. 56 x 32 cm Not framed
Ruth Horam (born in 1931) is an Israeli painter and sculptor.

She is a graduate of Saint Martin's School of Art, London. In 1960 she won the UNESCO Prize for Painting, in Paris. She was married to Yehuda Horam, who served as Israeli ambassador to Switzerland.

Between 1964 and 1967 she chaired the Jerusalem Association of Painters and Sculptors. In 1969 she travelled to Seoul, S. Korea where she studied the art of calligraphy, returning to Israel in 1973. In 1983 she was Guest-Artist at 'Arabia' Ceramics in Finland. In 1996 she received the MASTO Foundation grant for Creativity.

Since 1993, Horam has worked at the Jerusalem Printing Workshop. Her monotype prints are developed from multi-layered freely printed meshes. In the process she interposes various materials such as paper cuttings, leaves, twigs, scraps of fabric, nature or urban landscape photos. Her works are conceived and done in groups following a theme, each print being a unique creation.

Horam has produced environmental sculptures in Jerusalem and other parts of the country. Some of her work is carried out collaboration with sculptor Magdalena Hefetz. Horam's focal point is ecology and recycling, using such materials as old car parts.