Selected Works
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20180924_100542-300x444.jpg)
Gracefulness II w/2 Kids ,
Bronze , 68.5 x 40.6 cm
ID #112064
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rb4-300x600.jpg)
Long Fellows,
Bronze , 180 cm
ID #110130
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20180924_103820-300x509.jpg)
Kissing and Thinking on Wood,
Bronze , 173 cm
ID #111002
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/95e62e_d2744301221845c4ba726b31cdaaa9f8-300x773.jpg)
Joy III,
Bronze
ID #112061
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculture-with-kids-300x400.jpg)
Wall Sculpture Small,
ID #113155
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculpture-Round-300x272.jpg)
Wall Sculpture Round,
ID #113156
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculpture-Long-300x178.jpg)
Wall Sculpture Long,
ID #113154
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculpture-Large-couple-300x357.jpg)
Wall Sculpture Medium,
ID #113157
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Thinking-on-Stool-300x479.jpg)
Thinking on Stool,
ID #113144
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tall-Duo-300x714.jpg)
Tall Duo (Natural toned),
ID #113140
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tall-Duo-dark-version-300x714.jpg)
Tall Duo (dark tone),
ID #113140
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Stolen-Moment-with-book-300x450.jpg)
Stolen Moment with Book,
ID #113148
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Set-of-3-Small-Balloons-300x501.jpg)
Set of Three Small Balloons,
ID #113161
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Set-of-2-Small-Balloons-300x498.jpg)
Set of two Small Balloons,
ID #113160
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Rejoice-300x438.jpg)
Rejoice,
, 23 inch
ID #113141
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Red-Balloon-2-Figures-300x673.jpg)
Red Balloon With Two Figures,
ID #113158
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Man-on-Stool-300x588.jpg)
Man on Stool ,
, 52 inch
ID #113145
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Kiss-300x504.jpg)
Kiss,
, 24 inch
ID #113147
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Joy-II-small-300x566.jpg)
Joy II Small ,
, 42 inch
ID #113142
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Couple-on-Stone-300x341.jpg)
Couple on Stone,
ID #112067
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Couple-on-stump-300x464.jpg)
Kissing on Pole,
, 31 inch
ID #113152
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Blossoming-Love-with-purse-300x336.jpg)
Blossoming Love with Purse,
ID #113167
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Blossoming-Love-with-book-300x264.jpg)
Blossoming Love with Book,
ID #113167
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Attitude-300x454.jpg)
Attitude,
, 41 inch
ID #113143
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Menorahwoman-300x450.jpg)
Menorah ,
Bronze , 16.5 x 9.5 inch
ID #113153
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20180126_174105-300x283.png)
Bowl,
Bronze , 12.5 x 12 inch
ID #109156
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Bench-300x328.jpeg)
Harmony,
Bronze , 54.5 x 59 inch
ID #108723
INQUIRE![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rrrr-300x246.jpg)
Fatherhood,
Bronze , 18.5 x 17.5 inch
ID #110132
INQUIRERuth Bloch was born in Israel in 1951 to artistic parents. Her father was a musician, while her mother worked in ceramics, Ruth’s family lived in a Kibbutz called Alonim, a place where, in her early youth, she was afforded many opportunities to develop her artistic abilities. As a young adult, Ruth attended the Avni Art Institute in Tel Aviv. She furthered her education in the United States where she received a degree in psychology.
Bloch looks back fondly on a period spent in the desert area of Arava with her husband and her four children. Despite suffering from health problems at the time it was very positive experience and the move to the desert led her to the discovery of her artistic leanings and, in her own words, inspired her, “to create, to love, to wrap my family around me, to give and to receive love. I see the world in brighter colors now.”
Ruth Bloch’s growth as sculptor is far easier to trace than her influences. As a figurative sculptor, Bloch most closely relates to Henry Moore for his fluidity of line and his genius for making massive appear delicate. Her work entitled, “Fatherhood,” blends human forms in an eternal circle, echoing Moore’s ability to realize the full potential of the sculptural form. Bloch, however, unlike her predecessor, allows no separation between man, woman and child. In Ruth’s view, all of these figures are one instead of separate; we all play a key role in the perpetual circle of life. Eliminating precise detail and relying on line and form alone, Ruth creates simple, yet powerful figurative bronzes. Whether couples, parents and children, or individual female figures, her creations are an expression of her powerful emotions.
“For me, what makes art is pureness, the fewer stages you have from the inner you to the art, the better,” explained Bloch. This philosophy inspires much of her creation. She strives to deliver a pure quality from the profound depths of the self and this is illustrated in a piece like “Family,” which evokes the sense of unity and togetherness that is fostered from within her own family. Currently, Bloch lives and sculpts in Israel. Her work exhibits a great depth of feeling for the human figure, revealing the living unity of both masculine and feminine forces. She has mastered working with bronze, and her elegant human sculptures are viscerally appealing to people of all ages. Her works are exhibited all over the world.
EXHIBITIONS
ART FAIRS
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PALM BEACH MODERN + CONTEMPORARY | 2020
Jan 9 - 12, 2020
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TRIO-MARBRE-LEO-CAILLARD-246x246.jpg)
CONTEXT Art Miami | 2019
Dec 3 - 8, 2019
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/0021_TXCAF_100418_JTP-246x246.jpg)
Texas Contemporary | 2019
Oct 10 - 13, 2019
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1-Palm-Beach-Modern-Contemporary-Fair-2018-246x246.jpg)
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary | 2019
Jan 10 - 13, 2019
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/111-246x246.jpg)
CONTEXT Art Miami | 2018
Dec 4 - 9, 2018
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1212018T175031.870-246x246.jpg)
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary | 2018
Jan 11 - Mar 15, 2018
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ArtNewYork-246x246.jpg)
Art New York | 2017
May 3 - 7, 2017
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ArtWynwood-246x246.jpg)
Art Wynwood | 2017
Feb 16 - 20, 2017
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CTXRender2web-246x246.jpg)
CONTEXT Art Miami | 2016
Nov 29 - Dec 4, 2016
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Texas Contemporary | 2016
Sep 29 - Oct 2, 2016
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/a_8578-Art-Southampton-2015-246x246.jpg)
Art Southampton | 2016
Jul 7 - 11, 2016
![](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ArtNewYork-246x246.jpg)
Art New York | 2016
May 3 - 8, 2016
![Art Market San Francisco 2016](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ArtMarket-SF-051614-Large-1-246x246.jpg)
Art Market San Francisco | 2016
Apr 27 - May 1, 2016
![Art Wynwood 2016](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Art-Wynwood-banner-2016-865x577-246x246.jpg)
Art Wynwood | 2016
Feb 11 - 15, 2016
![Art Silicon Valley 2015](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/art-silicon-valley-convention-center1-256x256-246x246.jpg)
Art Silicon Valley | 2015
Oct 8 - 11, 2015
![Texas Contemporary Art Fair 2015](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/texas-contemporary-art-fair-1-246x246.jpg)
Texas Contemporary | 2015
Oct 1 - 4, 2015
![Art Wynwood 2016](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Art-Wynwood-banner-2016-865x577-246x246.jpg)
Art Wynwood | 2015
Feb 12 - 16, 2015
PRESS
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20180924_100542-692x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Gracefulness II w/2 Kids ,
Bronze , 68.5 x 40.6 cm
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rb4.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Long Fellows,
Bronze , 180 x cm
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20180924_103820-603x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Kissing and Thinking on Wood,
Bronze , 173 x cm
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/95e62e_d2744301221845c4ba726b31cdaaa9f8-397x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Joy III,
Bronze
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculture-with-kids-769x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Wall Sculpture Small,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculpture-Round-1024x930.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Wall Sculpture Round,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculpture-Long-1024x609.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Wall Sculpture Long,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wall-Sculpture-Large-couple-861x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Wall Sculpture Medium,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Thinking-on-Stool-641x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Thinking on Stool,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tall-Duo-430x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Tall Duo (Natural toned),
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tall-Duo-dark-version-430x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch , Tall Duo (dark tone),
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Stolen-Moment-with-book-683x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Stolen Moment with Book,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Set-of-3-Small-Balloons-613x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch , Set of Three Small Balloons,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Set-of-2-Small-Balloons-616x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Set of two Small Balloons,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Rejoice-701x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch , Rejoice,
, 23 x inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Red-Balloon-2-Figures-457x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch , Red Balloon With Two Figures,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Man-on-Stool-522x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Man on Stool ,
, 52 x inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Kiss-609x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Kiss,
, 24 x inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Joy-II-small-543x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Joy II Small ,
, 42 x inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Couple-on-Stone-900x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Couple on Stone,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Couple-on-stump-662x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Kissing on Pole,
, 31 x inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Blossoming-Love-with-purse-915x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Blossoming Love with Purse,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Blossoming-Love-with-book-1024x901.jpg)
Ruth Bloch , Blossoming Love with Book,
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Attitude-677x1024.jpg)
Ruth Bloch , Attitude,
, 41 x inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Menorahwoman.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Menorah ,
Bronze , 16.5 x 9.5 inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20180126_174105-1024x965.png)
Ruth Bloch, Bowl,
Bronze , 12.5 x 12 inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Bench.jpeg)
Ruth Bloch, Harmony,
Bronze , 54.5 x 59 inch
![Image description](https://www.zkgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rrrr.jpg)
Ruth Bloch, Fatherhood,
Bronze , 18.5 x 17.5 inch