In 1995, Ruth Snyder was commissioned by Los Angeles’ Pacific Design Center to make steel door handles in the form of dancers’ bodies for their new restaurant Fusion. The result was a semi-abstracted expressionistic rendition that recalls both Rodin and Giacometti, stressing the contortion and extension of the body in dance postures. Frank Pictures Gallery represents a collection of the few remaining sculptures in the Fusion Dancer series.

Ruth Snyders work has been exhibited extensively in the United Stated and abroad. She has been the recepient of many awards both in painting and sculpture.

Her work has appeared in numerous collections, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C, the Frederick S. Wright Galleries, U.C.L.A.; U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.; Laguna Beach Museum of Art; Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., and other public and private collections.

Among other commissions, Ruth Snyder’s work was choosen by the U.S. State Department for the U.S. Embassy collections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Lisbon, Portugal.

In 1997, Snyder was selected as the Southern California featured artist in the exhibition “Fron The States: at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Ruth was born in Canada, raised in the U.S. She is now in her mid-nineties and continues to live and work in Los Angeles.

Fusion Dancers, cast bronze and patina, 7" x 2" x 2.5", edition of 150, 2007

Fusion Dancers, cast bronze and patina, 7" x 2" x 2.5", edition of 150, 2007

Fusion Dancers, cast bronze and patina, 7" x 2" x 2.5", edition of 150, 2007

Fusion Dancers, cast bronze and patina, 7" x 2" x 2.5", edition of 150, 2007