Ruth Jeyaveeran, born in Lusaka, Zambia, and raised in the Midwest, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her first solo show, Soft Remains, was exhibited at Field Projects in 2023. Other recent exhibitions include Felt Experience at the Brattleboro Museum, Communion, a solo installation at Main Window Dumbo, and Amplify, a public sculpture at the Queens Botanical Garden.
Jeyaveeran has exhibited at various venues in and around New York, including Smack Mellon, All Street Gallery, ABC No Rio, Westbeth Gallery, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, The Border Project, Paradice Palase, Bronx Art Space, The Yard, and the Art and Design Gallery at FIT. Her work has been featured in Two Coats of Paint, The Arcade Project, and Art Spiel.
She has been awarded residencies from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council on Governors Island, Residency Unlimited, Lighthouse Works, Marble House Project, Jentel Foundation, Willapa Bay, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and PADA Studios. Jeyaveeran has taught courses in textiles and fibers at Parsons School of Design, and she frequently leads workshops on felting and the therapeutic benefits of craft. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Textile Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology.