Snehta Residency is pleased to present two solo shows by current artists-in-residence: Reinventing the wheel by Aaron Bezzina and About eggshells and other possible becomings by Ruth Switalski, both curated by Eleni Riga. In the exhibition the artists will present the work they produced during their residency and research in Athens.

About eggshells and other possible becomings
Ruth Switalski
Curated by Eleni Riga within the framework of Snehta Residency

Break my cocoon/ peel my skin
touch my wounds.
Dive into my sea/ swim in my depths
return to the surface with an empty shell.

About eggshells and other possible becomings is the first solo show of the British artist Ruth Switalski in Athens. This exhibition is devoted to the archetypal human body, highlighting the global female body using social feminist and Deleuzian theories. Switalski’s bodies extend in different media: sculpture, installation and video among others. The artist gives a glimpse of her research on female representation through mythological characters such as goddesses, muses and nymphs and challenges the traditional subject-object dichotomy. The exhibition itself is conceived as an empty shell, a broken cocoon, a peeled skin.

Ruth Switalski (b. 1991 in Leeds, UK) lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Switalski graduated from the Master of Letters (MLitt) in Fine Art Practice: Painting from the Glasgow School of Art in 2014. Her work questions the essence of painting with emphasis on materiality. She is interested in feminism, anthropology and anatomy. She has also founded and run the gallery 1 Royal Terrace from 2013-2016. Exhibitions include: -scape, Glasgow International 2016, Glasgow (2016); Suck and See, The Bedroom, Edinburgh, Scotland (2015); Information, Paisley Museum, GENERATION programme, Paisley, Scotland (2014); Draw-In, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, Scotland (2014); Skin & Bones, 1 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland (2014).