Ruby Tingle is an award winning audiovisual artist and performer represented by No Such Thing Records and PAPER Gallery. Her practice reconstructs the readymade and familiar into the fantastical, with an aim to present unnatural histories, dreamworlds and new myths which blur the lines between science and cryptozoology. Expanded collage spans performance, installation, sound, music, work on paper, video, writing, sculpture, costume and interventions with museum collections; Tingle works collaboratively to create large scale multisensory works and immersive exhibitions. A fascination with water, wetlands habitat, herpetology, the botanical and the curious or hidden in nature roots her material and conceptual investigation.
Tingle’s music mixes electronica and natural sound with nu jazz, dance, experimental and avant garde pop; her ethereal high range vocals combined with her lush and intriguing lyrics form hyper romantic and dreamy love songs- her lagoon fantasy world extending into audio to make ‘music from the swamp’.
Exhibitions and performances include Venice Biennale with Venture Arts & PROFORMA, Saatchi Gallery, Chetham's Library, Royal Cambrian academy, Centre for Recent Drawing London, Manchester art Gallery, Leeds Arts University, Axel Obiger Berlin, 48 Hours Neukölln and Art Basel, with Solo shows at The Whitaker, Paper and Warrington Museum & Art Gallery. Work with Dirty Freud from 2018 includes Glastonbury, BlueDot, Glasshouse ICM, The Harris, Factory International, New Colossus Festival and Future Echoes Sweden with releases on Modern Sky & Rough trade. Further Music Collaborations include Atomluft on Darla Records and Jonoa on Keep It Dirty Records.
Ruby Tingle Afterlife
'Let the watery ambience soak through you
and you will find yourself
singing the chorus in the shower for weeks'
LOUDER THAN WAR
'Soaring beat-driven melody
puncturing the shadowy darkness…
Songs of moody soulful blues, urban beats
and atmospheric electronics..'
THE FOURDRINIER
A sensual and artistic Odyssey...
a mesmerising atmosphere,
where every note and word seem to be
meticulously chosen to create
an immersive and intimate experience''
Iggy Magazine
'Ruby’s sound is as unique as it is engaging…
Worthy of Danny Elfman comparisons,
the mix of cavernous reverbs and haunting operatic
backgrounds aids Ruby’s excellent storytelling…
begs full immersion in order to experience
the breadth of the artistic vision at play'
NECESSARY OUTLET
'One of the most exquisite tracks you have ever heard....
transports you to a celestial realm of enchantment...
Prepare to be spellbound...'
LOST IN THE MANOR
'Totally Mesmerising... beautifully complex music...
it's electronica with a soul'
LOCAL SOUND FOCUS
