Christine Ruth was born in 1972 in Colombo. She had her initial
education at the Vishaka Girls High School in Wellawatte. Her
interest in art was first kindled by an exhibition she attended
of the artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara in 1995. This visual experience
made her enroll herself at the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts in
1996. She underwent training in drawing and painting at the same
institution.
Her work explores the ideas of sexuality and man. She tries to
interrogate and critique the idea of man’s control of the
woman’s sexuality. She tries to look at the reverse situation
where ‘control and domination’ that could have on
the male by woman’s agency sustained through manipulation
of her sexuality. Her work is mainly on oil and acrylic on canvas.
She has had many group exhibitions with other artists. She took
part regularly in the Annual VAFA Exhibitions at the VAFA gallery
held in 1997, 1998 and 1999. She was also invited to participate
in the Women’s Art Exhibition held to commemorate the International
Women’s day in 1999 at the VAFA Gallery.
