Ruth Cho | Artist Talk

Not my first rodeo

Ruth Cho is an emerging printmaker/ artist based in Meanjin who explores themes of cultural identity and hybridity in her art practice. Her practice fuses elements from Western and East-Asian culture to broaden our cultural mindset and comment on prevalent issues in society. Animals are a frequent motif in Cho’s works, used for their cultural significance and to reflect on humanity’s relationship to the natural world. Not my first rodeo is a linocut triptych based on the old Chinese proverb ‘he who rides the tiger is afraid to dismount’ used to describe a risky situation where it is safer for someone to continue rather than stop. The proverb was translated into the popular Western sport of rodeo to comment on the recurring human exploitation of nature.

Ruth Cho is represented by Onespace Gallery.

Learn more about Ruth’s work here.

Videography by Cian Sanders.