JohnClaud Valentine Ruder
“Silver Tails,” 50” x 12” , Home Depot Carpet Squares, lint, skin, and sisal
JohnClaud Valentine Ruder works with found material, physical and virtual detritus to tease out nuances of bodily grief and masculinities. Lint acts as an extension of the body in their work; sisal stands in for hair. Beige and grey often are placed next to dark red crusted sculptures made from transformed, well-loved clothing. Like a piece of gum stuck on the floor of the office carpet, Ruder’s work is within the language of uncomfortable stains that bodies leave behind.
JohnClaud Valentine Ruder
JohnClaud Valentine Ruder is a Philadelphia-based artist. They graduated with a B.A. in Visual Arts and Gender and Sexuality Studies from the University of Chicago and are currently an M.F.A. student at Tyler Art and Architecture. Their work has been reviewed in the Chicago Reader. Their work has been shown in Chicago and Wisconsin. Most notably, Ruder had a featured solo show at Ignition Projects Space in Chicago, IL in 2024