EDUCATION

1958-65 Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA - (intermittently) printmaking, painting and drawing
>>>On-going research & study

VISITING ARTIST

2004 Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring.MD
2003 Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
1996 University of Iowa, Center for the Book - Iowa City
1991-97 Atlanta College of Art; Atlanta
1991-97 Agnes Scott College; Atlanta
1998 Atlanta College of Art; Atlanta

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 LEX FLEX: reading and book launch – Printed Matter, NYC
2003 LEX FLEX pagination exhibit and book launch – Marcia Wood Gallery – Atlanta, GA
2003 Presentation of A Hundred Years of: LEX FLEX, new artist’s book, Nexus Press, 2003
2002 Visual Poetry / Paintings and Drawings – Marcia Wood Gallery – Atlanta, GA
2001 The ARTIST’S BOOKS OF RUTH LAXSON – a survey - Atlanta College of Art Library
2000 Performance / Lecture – Identity in the New Millenium > Eyedrum -Atlanta
1999 GOD DOLLS - MUSE MEASURES - drawings & book, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
1999 MUSE MEASURES - book and type high engravings, CGR Advisors, Atlanta
1997 AFTER THOUGHTS & RETELL THE TALE - drawings & artists books - Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
1996 BOOKWORKS - University of Iowa; Iowa City
1995 INSTALLATION: Letter Works, Sculpture, Mail Art; Bath House Arts Festival of Atlanta
1992 WHEELING - Pagination exhibit introducing this new book; Press 63 plus; Atlanta
1991 SOME THINGS ARE SACRED - sculptures & books; Atlanta College of Art
1987 MEASURE-CUT-STITCH - Book exhibit & reading - Press 63 plus - Atlanta

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Exquisite Corpse Drawings & Mail Art Inst - The Contemporary, Atlanta
2006 Complicit! Conference & Exhibit – drawings & books – University of Virginia
2006 Drawn in Georgia – Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia
2004 READING MATERIAL – Volume – NYC
2003 EMORY CHAIRS PROJECT – Emory University Campus to celebrate Schwartz Performing Arts Center – Atlanta, GA
2003 OUTSIDE OF A DOG – Baltic, The Center for Contemporary Art – Gateshead, England
2001 (TO) KNOW –LEDGE - Emory University Law Library
2001 BOOK UNBOUND - Dalton Gallery , Agnes Scott College - Atlanta
2001 LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER – Spruil Art Center - Atlanta
2001 THE WORD IN ART – Swan Coach House Gallery - Atlanta
2000 DO IT – Atlanta College of Art Galleries (originally curated in Paris)
1999 EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE IN ARTISTS’ BOOKS – LSU – Baton Rouge
1999 BOOK AS ART – National Museum of Women’s Artists – Washington D.C
1999 CROSS THE THRESHOLD - Museum of Arts & Sciences Macon, Ga
1998 TURNING UP THE PAGE - Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale MD.
1998 BOOK/ART/BOOK - Houston Public Library, Houston, TX
1998 THE NEXT WORD - Newberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, N.Y.
1998 CONNECTIONS/CONTRADICTIONS - Carlos Museum, Emory Univ. Atl.
1998 PARADISE AND IT’S TRANSFORMATIONS - Art Gallery, Georgia
State Univ, Atlanta
1997 ILLUMINATIONS - (artists’ books)Brenau University Gal., Gainesville
1997 4 ARTISTS FROM ATLANTA - (books) MO Fine Arts, New Orleans
1997 NORMAN WAGNER & HIS STUDENTS - Chatt. Valley Mus., Lagrange, GA
1997 INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITION - American Federation of the Arts
1996 ARTISTS PAGE - ART PAPERS; July-August
1996 SOUTHERN IMPRESSIONS - Rolling Stone Press; Atlanta
1996 ALUMNI EXHIBIT - Atlanta College of Art; Atlanta
1994 THE PRINT - Marcia Wood Gallery - Atlanta
1994 BOOK ENDS & ODD BOOKS - Banff Center Library - Alberta, Canada
1994 INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF ARTISTS BOOKS, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
1993 AMERIKANISCHER BUCHKUNST - Zeitgenossische Handpressendrucke, Hamburg
1993 WOMEN’S WORDS - sculptural constructs; City Gallery at Chastain; Atlanta
1992 THE BOOK-Sandler Hudson Gallery - Atlanta
1992 WOMEN PRINTMAKERS - Rolling Stone Press; Atlanta
1991 ARTISTS’ BOOKWORKS - San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
1991 OLD WIVES’ TALES - sculpture and drawing; Tula Foundation Gallery; Atlanta
1991 BOOKS AS ART IV - Library and Research Center; National Museum of Women Artists; Washington, DC
1990 FINE EDITIONS - Granary Books, NYC
1990 AGING: Its Process, It Perception:sculptural book; Forum Gallery, Jamestown, NY

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

ARTIST'S BOOKS

New York Public Library
Atlanta College of Art
University of Georgia Rare Books & Manuscripts Library
Fine Arts Academy, New Delhi, India
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia Georgia Council for the Arts
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sackner Collection - Visual and Concrete Poetry, Miami
University of Iowa
University of Pennsylvania
Virginia Commonwealth University
Yale University Fine Art & Architecture Library
UCLA Fine Arts Library (various branches)
Stanford University
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Janco - Dana Museum - Ein Hod, Israel
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Emory University Woodruff Library
Brown University
Atlanta Public Library
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Harvard University
University of Delaware

SCULPTURES, PAINTING, WORKS ON PAPER

Georgia Council for the Arts
High Museum, Atlanta
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Tate Gallery, London Corning Glass, New York
Delta Air Lines, Atlanta
Xerox Corporation, New Jersey
Getty Center Museum, Malibu, CA
CGR Corporation Collection, Atlanta
Contel Corporation Collection, Atlanta
Lubo Foundation Collection, Atlanta, GA
Alston & Byrd, LLC Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Virginia

AWARDS / GRANTS

2004 UC Irvine, Irvine, CA: Artist’s book WHEELING used as example of experienced typography, in a presentation by scholars to celebrate the acquisition of Stephan Malarme’s A Throw of the Dice (1897)
2000 Nexus Press Residency
1998 CGR Scholarship - Hambidge Center
1997 Georgia Women in the Visual Arts
1995 Resident Fellow - Hambridge Center
1995 Arts Festival of Atlanta - Billboard Collaboration, award
1995 Arts Festival of Atlanta Installation grant-bath House
1993 Rolling Stone Press – Invited Artist
1991 Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center WOMANS PATH – bronze tile (Permanent Installation)
1989-90 Georgia Council for the Arts - acquisition grants
1986 Dekalb (county) Council for the Arts - grant for the artist book: (HO plus GO)
1980 National Endowment of the Arts Exhibition Grant (AAWC)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006 ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, Drawn in Georgia review by Jerry Cullum
2005 ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, January 23 – “Books give ‘unique voice’ room to play” –
Catherine Fox
2004 THE PENLAND BOOK OF HAND-MADE BOOKS – Photos of RETELL THE TALE and LEX FLEX (p.113)
2003 ART ON PAPER – Review, A Hundred Years of: LEX FLEX
2003 JOURNAL OF ARTIST’S BOOKS #20 - Cover Design; Feature on A Hundred Years of: LEX FLEX – by Johanna Drucker
2003 ART IN AMERICA, Jan. 2003, Review Ruth Laxson at Marcia Wood – Cathy Byrd
2002 ATLANTA JOUNAL CONSTITUTION, March 22, Word Art: Laxson Melds Text, Image – Catherine Fox
2002 CREATIVE LOAFING, March 27-April 2, Review, Point of View – Cathy Byrd
2000 LIVRES D’ARTISTES – Review Muse Measures – Johanna Drucker
2000 ART ON PAPER – Review Muse Measures – Nancy Princenthal
1999 THE CUTTING EDGE OF READING ARTISTS’ BOOKS – Renee Hubert – pp. 149-163 & 220
1999 UMBRELLA - (Apr 99) review of Muse Measures, Judith Hoffberg
1998 ART PAPERS - (Mar - Apr) Review Retell the Tale Jerry Cullum
1998 ATLANTA CONSTITUTION - Sun 6/21 Profile, by Catherine Fox
1997 JOURNAL OF ARTISTS BOOKS - fall - feature interview - P.B. Hastings
1997 ART PAPERS - Nov - Dec Artist Survival page & Review Retell the Tale
1997 ATLANTA Constitution Jan 24 review by Jerry Cullum - After Thoughts
1997 ART PAPERS - May - June review - Angel Medina - After Thoughts
1997 UMBRELLA - May - Review by Judith Hoffberg - Letters to the Ether/Other
1996 INTERNATIONAL VISUELLE TEXTE - S.J. Schmidt (h.g.) pp. 112-113
1995 THE CENTURY OF ARTISTS BOOKS, Johanna Drucker 1995, pp 252-55
1993 ATLANTA CONSTITUTION - Feb. 12: Catherine Fox, photo and review of Read the mail (sculpture)
1992 ART PAPERS - Mar-Apr: Interview by Virginia Warren Smith- Atlanta Constitution-Sun Sept 8, 91
1991 AFTERIMAGE - Oct:review by Glen Harper - Some Things are Sacred (exhibit of sculptures and books)
1991 UMBRELLA Dec - review by Judith Hoffberg: II by II, Lit. Tyrannies (books)
1990 ART PAPERS - May-June: review of (HO plus GO)2=IT by Betty Bright in Art’s Least Fragile Vehicle
1988 HIGH PERFORMANCE - Summer review by J. Hoffberg - Measure - Cut Stitch
1988 PRINT COLLECTOR’S NEWS - Jan: review by Nancy Princenthal - Measure - Cut Stitch
1988 ART PAPERS - Jan-Feb;> review by Dick Higgins Measure Cut Stitch
1987 ART PAPERS - Jan-Feb;> review by David Finkelstein