With works held in International collections, Ruth is an emerging artist, fine art printmaker specialising in etchings.
Ruth was born in Nottingham, studied at Doncaster Art College and Bournemouth and Poole College of Art & Design, in Costume Design for the Stage and Screen. Ruth has lived and worked in London since 1997. Having always loved to draw and paint since childhood and has been able to carry this creativity into adulthood
In 2017, Ruth attended printmaking classes at Thames-side Print Studio under the tuition of Master Printmaker Nick Richards, and found the process of etching to be both intriguing and highly satisfying. Read about the history of the process here: intaglio printmaking. Ruth became a member of Thames-side Printmakers in 2018 and continues to practise at their print studio facilities.
Using dip pens inherited from her maternal grandfather, Ruth sketches and studies everyday objects, exploring their shapes and forms. Ruth’s technique is to draw directly into the hardground on steel, zinc or copper, this achieves a delicate line, which when etched is very truthful to the original marks made. Ruth also use other techniques, such as aquatint, dry point, monoprint.
‘I love the process and the problem solving’, says Ruth, ‘always learning something new, how different metals etch at different speeds depending on the time of year. How to handle, protect and preserve metal, the use of soft and hard grounds, creating surface tone, how different metal affects certain colour inks and using different colour combinations and textured paper.
When I pulled my first intaglio print I was astonished. I found the delight in revealing the print from the plate. I was a little bit like magic.’
In July 2025, Ruth is proud to announce that she became a member of Greenwich Printmakers Association. In the same year, joined East London Printmakers and South London Women Artists.
News update:
Coming Up
Derby Print Open 2026, Derby, UK
30th May 2026 – 30th June 2026
Dulwich Festival Artists Open House with SLWA at East Dulwich Picturehouse, Dulwich, London. UK
4th May 2026 –
Current Exhibitions
Rubar, Greenwich
9th March 2026 –
In Bloom, Greenwich Printmakers Gallery
5th March 2026 –
Past Exhibitions
2026
SLWA Lambeth Archives. A Month long exhibition celebrating International Womens Day. 1st March – 30th March 2026
Brixton, London. UK
Greenwich Printmakers Association, Greenwich, London. UK
New Horizons
4th January 2026 – 5th March 2026
The Gallery at Green & Stone
19th January – 20th February 2026
Chelsea, London. UK
Works On Paper 2026 – ruth greenwood
2025
Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculpturers’ and Gravers
18th November – 22nd November 2025
Bankside Gallery, Southbank, London. UK
Southbank Printmakers Mini-print Exhibition
3rd October – 30th November 2025
Southbank, London. UK
Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmakers Exhibition and Competition
11th October – 22nd November 2025
Merrythought Village, Ironbridge, Telford. UK
South London Women Artists Group
13th October 2025 – 28th April 2026
East Dulwich Picturehouse.
Greenwich Printmakers Association.
Prints For Presents
27th October 2025 – 4th January 2026
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Tenth Anniversary. 12th -16th November 2025.
Thames-side Print Studio members group stand
Fireworks Factory, London. UK
Hundred Years Gallery, Greenwich Printmakers Go East
Greenwich Printmakers Group Exhibition 16th October – 30th October 2025
Hackney, London. UK
Woolwich Contemporary Print Summer Festival 26-28th June 2025.
Thames-side Print Studio members group stand
Fireworks Factory, London. UK
Derby Print Open 2025
Green Door Printmakers Studio/Dubrek Studio
Derby, UK
The Gallery at Green and Stone
Works On Paper 2025 -January -February 2025
Chelsea, London. UK
2024
Southbank Printmakers
Mini Print Exhibition October 2024 – January 2025, Southbank, London, UK
Ironbridge Fine Arts
Print Open Exhibition 2024, Ironbridge, Telford, UK
Derby Print Open
More about my work here: Print Open June 2024
Venue: The Small Print Company, Derby, UK
The Gallery at Green & Stone
More about my work here: Works on Paper January – February 2024
Chelsea, London, UK
2023
Southbank Printmakers
More about my work here: Mini Print Exhibition October 2023 – January 2024
Southbank, London, UK
2018 – 2023
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (2018-2023)
Thames-side Print Studio stand, London, UK
Gallery Seventeen 2021
Beckenham, London
Lumen Gallery Space
Group Exhibition 2018
Tavistock Place, Kings Cross, London