Speaker

Ruth Pelzer-Montada

Biography

Ruth Pelzer-Montada, PhD, has been lecturing at Edinburgh College of Art for many years, both in the studio and in Visual Culture. Her main research focus is the role of print in contemporary art, both theoretically as well as practically. As an artist, she has exhibited her work locally in Scotland and internationally and curated exhibitions in Scotland and Ireland. She frequently lectures and teaches abroad and contributes to national and international conferences and symposia. Her writing on contemporary printmaking and art have appeared in both general art and specialist publications. Her critical anthology Perspectives on Contemporary Printmaking was published in 2018.