Ruby Silvious is internationally recognized for her miniature paintings and collages on the used tea bag. On January 3, 2015, she started a project called 363 Days of Tea, a visual daily record of her impression of the moment, using the emptied-out tea bag as her canvas, and altering it to create a new work of art every day for 363 days. She draws, paints, prints, and collages moody, evocative, and sometimes whimsical art on used teabag paper. She is the author of 363 Days of Tea: A Visual Journal on Used Teabags (Mascot Books, 2016), and Reclaimed Canvas: Reimagining the Familiar (Mascot Books, 2019). Ruby wants viewers to keep an open mind and think beyond the boundaries of what they may consider traditional art.


Her paintings on tea bags, some inspired by her travels around the world, have been featured in numerous publications including CNN Travel, Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan China, Disney Malaysia, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, North American Review, National Geographic Kids, Good Morning America/ABC News, and the internationally syndicated Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Silvious was educated in the U.S. and Asia; she currently lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her art is exhibited internationally and is featured in public and private collections.


b. 1957 Tacloban City, Philippines
 

 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2024  Waste Not 

          Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden

          28 Deveau Road, North Salem, New York

          Apr 6 - June 9, 2024


          Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

          Albany Center Gallery

          488 Broadway, Albany, New York

          April 27 - June 1, 2024

        


2023  Mottainai

          Creative Space Hayashi

          Chigasaki, Japan

          Nov 29 - Dec 10, 2023


          The Art of Tea

          Ostfriesisches Teemuseum

          Norden, Germany

          Mar 4- Apr 23, 2023


2022  Marcher sur des Oefs

          LM Studio, Hyères France

          April 2-30, 2022


2021 The Art of Tea und Sonstiges

         Künstlerhaus Hooksiel

         Wangerland, Germany

         June 13-August 15, 2021

        

2020  Recycled and Refashioned:

          The Art of Ruby Silvious

          Albany Institute of History and

          Art, Albany NY

          January 25-August 30, 2020


2019  Reclaimed Canvas, Woodstock Art Exchange, Woodstock NY Oct-Dec 2019
          

          The Art of Tea, Creative Space Hayashi, Chigasaki Japan, March 2019


2018  Rocky Mountain Tea Festival, Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, Boulder CO, July 2018

2017  Printemps en Provence, LM Studio, Hyères France - May 2017

2016  363 Days of Tea, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY - Sept-Oct 2016
          Reinterpreting Tradition, Studio Kura Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan - June 2016
          Tea and Alchemy, Greene Arts, Catskill NY - Jan-March 2016

2014  Salvaged: Reimagining the Familiar, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY - Nov 2014

 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2023  From Soup to Nuts, September 23 - November 4, 2023

          Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan, New York

          https://www.olivefreelibrary.org/art-exhibit-19/

          

          First Friday Albany "The Power of Paper", Overit Media, 435 New Scotland, Albany NY

          May 5, 5-8pm



2022  Exposure, Ceres Gallery, 547 W 27 Street, New York, NY, Dec 5-10 2022


          Passports, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, New York

          August 2-20, 2022 


2021  The Art of Seed, Walkill River School of Art

          Walkill, NY, January 8 - February 28, 2021


2020  Ruby Silvious | Nancy Yoshii, Suffolk County Community College, Feb-Mar 2020

          No Fabric, No Rules, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg VA, Feb-July 2020


2019  Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2019, Hotel Okura, Fukuoka Japan, Sept 6-9, 2019

          ARTermative, Pop Up Show, Albany NY, Apr 5 2019

  
2018  Imagined, Antler Gallery, Portland OR - Aug-Sept 2018
          Remembered, Paradigm Gallery+Studio, Philadelphia PA - Aug-Sept 2018
          Tea Connecting Cultures, Mary Daly Art Gallery, Madison CT - August-Oct 2018
          Le Bord, Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans, LA - May 2018
          Art on Paper 2018, Pier 36, New York, NY - March 2018
          DRAWING: Stretching the Line, The Art Gallery at North Hill, Needham MA - Jan-Feb 2018

 2017  Flourish, Jaggedart, London UK - June-July 2017
          The Conversation, New York NY - April 27-30 2017
          Layers, Levels, Lines, Woodstock Art Exchange, West Hurley NY - Dec 2016 -Jan 2017

2016  Heroic Battles and Love... Anyway, Pick Love!, Fulton Gallery, Troy NY - May 2016
          Dialogues, Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea NY - Jan 2016

2015  40 Years/40 Artists, Greene Arts, Catskill NY - Oct 2015
          IAM Pocketsized, Islip Museum of Art, Islip NY - June-Sept 2015
          Recycled Runway, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY - May 2015
          REcycle, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY - May-June 2015
          A Celebration of Birds, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT - May 2015
          Singular Impressions, The National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY - Feb - Apr 2015

2014  Over the Edge, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY - Oct 2014
          Re-made and Recycled, Washington Artworks, Rockville MD - Aug-Sept 2014
          Ronda Limpia (Recycled Exhibit), Palacio de Congresos, Malaga, Spain-May 2014

2013  Revealed: Masks & Totems, Phoenix Center of the Arts, Phoenix, AZ - December 2013
         
2012  Japanese Influence: Layer and Line, Albany Center Gallery, Albany NY - Sept 2012
          Fence Show: The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY - June 2012
          Creative Sojourn in Italy: Il Bisonte per lo studio dell'arte grafika, Florence Italy - June 2012


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


2023

Nordwest-Zeitung, Norden Germany, April 2023

Ostfriesischer Kurier (Norden Germany), Mar 2023


2022

National Geographic Kids, Fall 2022

Times Union (Albany NY), August 


2021

North American Review, Summer 2021

KURIER Frezeit (Austria), May 

Cosmopolitan China, April 

The Little Davinci (Taiwan), April 

BLUE Issue 6 (Turkey), April 

Dein Spiegel, March 

Daphne's Diary (Netherlands), Issue No. 3


2020

Times Union (Entertainment section), April 

Airbnb Magazine, March 

FEMME ACTUELLE Jeux DÉLICES, January 


2019

Chronogram, November 

Daphne's Diary, Sept-Dec, pages 30-33

Vogue Italia, March, Basta Un'Inezia, p. 168
TOPYS China, Jan 2019, Diary on a Tea Bag, pages 83-85

The Afterlife of Discarded Objects, Memory and Forgetting in a Culture of Waste, by Andrei Guruianu and Natalia Andrievskikh (Parlor Press), pgs 184-185

2018
FLOW (Dutch quarterly crafts magazine): Tea Tales, Winter 2018
Opalus (Canadian Fashion & Fine Art Magazine), Oct  (6-pg feature)
Reclaim Magazine (UK Interiors publication), Oct  (7-page feature)
Das Magazin (German Art & Design Magazine), Apr-May  (8-pg feature)
La Stampa (Italian newspaper), Jan-front page, Culture Section
Vida Simples (Brazilian Art & Design Magazine): Doses de cha e arte, Ana Holanda, March 

2017
Ada (Sri Lanka Magazine): Ruby Silvious adds a new meaning to the tea bag, Nov     
Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine: Artist Profile, July-August 
KoffieTcacao Magazine (Dutch): arTea, Summer 
Khaleej Times (Dubai, UAE): Why these Artists Don’t Toss Damp Teabags in the Trash, Apr 
The Daily Gazette: Artist Gives Recycling a New Meaning, Apr 2017
T Spain: The New York Times Style Magazine, Mar 2017
Emotion Magazine (Germany): Neue Kleider für alte Beutel, Feb 2017

2016    
Beyond Paper: The Art of a Tea Bag, Sept 2016    
Tea Journey Magazine: Teabags too Charming to Compost, Sept 2016
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, June 8, 2016 
Organic Hudson Valley Magazine: Creating Art Out Using Repurposed Materials, May-June, 2016
Disney Malaysia: Lukisan Atas Uncang Teh, May 2016
Hudson Valley Almanac Weekly: The Art of Tea (cover story), Jan 2016
Arts Alive: Tea & Alchemy, Jan 2016
Chronogram, Jan 2016
Magazine S: (S. Korea) Upcycling for a Better World, Jan 2016

2015    
The Guardian UK: Storm in a Teabag, Nov 2015
Metro Holland: Deze kunst is helemaal my cup of tea, Nov 2015
Metro International Russia, Nov 2015
7Days (Dutch Newspaper): 363 dagen theezakjeskunst, Nov 2015
Recycleopedia: Artist uses Discarded Tea Bags and Egg Shells as Blank Canvasses, Feb 2015
Magazin für Restkultur: Kunst – mit ohne Müll, Jan 2015

2014    
Times Union: Sculpture in the Streets, May 2014

2012    
Times Union: Exhibit Showcases Japanese Influence on Three Capitol Region Artists, Sept 2012

2011    
Hudson Valley Magazine: Polly’s Picks, Feb 2011

AWARDS
2015 People's Choice Award, 40 Years /40 Artists, Greene County Council on the Arts
2015 Third Place: Tiger Lily, Art Exhibeo Magazine Summer Palette Art Competition 
2015 Director's Choice Award: Swirls, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY 
2011 First Place: Direct Mail Category, Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Chicago IL
2011 People's Choice: Direct Mail Category, Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Chicago IL                              
2009 People's Choice: Ruby's Shoes, Albany Center Gallery, Albany NY
 
RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS ABROAD

Künstlerhaus Hooksiel, Wangerland, Germany 2021

Mudhouse Residency, Agios Ioannis, Greece 2019
Art Print Residence, Arenys de Munt, Spain 2018
LM Studio Artist in Residence, Hyères, France 2017
Studio Kura Artist in Residence, Fukuoka, Japan 2016
Palazzo Rinaldi Artist in Residence, Noepoli, Italy 2015
Gail Reike's Artist as a Traveler Workshop, Montmirail, France 2015
 
PUBLIC / PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
USA, Italy, Spain, Belgium, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Philippines, Russia, UK
 
EDUCATION
Il Bisonte International School of Graphic Arts, Florence, Italy 2012
Sage College, Albany NY, Graphic Design, 2006
Siena College, Loudonville NY, BS Marketing Management, 2001
CGCC, Hudson NY, AS Business Administration, 1997
Art Students League, New York City, 1981-83
New York School of Interior Design, New York City, 1981
University of Santo Tomas, Architecture & Fine Arts, Manila Philippines, 1973-1977