About Ruth Biene

With her background in Visual Art, Performance Art and Applied Theatre Ruth has been working as an artistic director and facilitator in the field of cultural education as well as performing her own performances in venues and festivals across Europe. In her participatory projects she devises experiential workshops that use the tools of performance art to explore socio-political issues.

Ruth studied a B.A. in Fine Arts/ Media Arts at Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel (D) and Norwich University of Arts (UK) as well as a M.A. in Applied Theatre/ Collective Performance at the University of Arts in Berlin.

She has performed in venues and festivals such as Blauverschiebung International Performance Festival in Leipzig (DE), PAO Festival in Oslo (NO), Creature Live Art Festival in Kaunas (LT) and the International Performance Art Week-End in Berlin.

Since finishing her Masters in 2018 she has facilitated performance projects with participants of different ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds in Berlin.

In 2019 Ruth moved to the UK, just before the global Pandemic. She gave birth to two children in 2020 and 2022 which has impacted the focus of her work. Ruth's current works explore the topics of motherhood and the maternal in all their contradicting idealisation.