About
Alie Rutty is an interdisciplinary artist and performer from Toronto, Ontario. Using photography, film, and improvisational theatre, her work often explores personal relationships and our connections to physical spaces. It is an eclectic soup of absurdity, joy, honesty, little details, and big feelings. Alie also has an ongoing devised creation practice that often involves those who would not normally participate in artistic endeavours, including people from her local community. Through these projects, she hopes to forge and nurture intergenerational friendships along the way.
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Education
2015-2019 - Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), Bachelor of Fine Arts - Photography
2017 - University of South Wales - Photography Exchange
Training/Workshops
2025 - Silent Musical (Physical Theatre/Clown) at Sweet Action Theatre
2025 - Brunch! (Comedy/Clown) at Sweet Action Theatre
2023 - Toronto Fringe TENT Program
2023 - Clown Workshops with Anne Marie Scheffler
2022 - 3-Week National Devised Theatre Intensive with Ghost River Theatre (Calgary, Alberta)
2021 - Physical Theatre Intensive with Andy Massingham, Tarragon Theatre
2021 - Theatre Gargantua Emerging Artist Roundtable
Exhibitions
2021 - Emulsion: Chapter II, The Holy Art Gallery (virtual group show)
2020 - Bread and Butter, Ryerson Artspace (online group show and print sale)
2017- 2019 - Maximum Exposure, Ryerson School of Image Arts (group show)
2018 - Bread and Butter, Ryerson Artspace (group show and print sale)
2018 - Women in Art, The 519 (group show)
2018 - 3rd Year Show: Fragments, Gladstone Hotel (group show)
2017 - Women in Art, Mattamy Athletic Centre (group show)
2017 - Ryerson/Brighton Image Exchange, Ryerson School of Image Arts (group show)
2015 - Flashforward Incubator Program 2015, Twist Gallery (group show)
2015 - Contact Photography Festival (with Etobicoke School of the Arts), Artscape Youngplace (group show)
2015 - Albright Knox Future Curators 2015 Exhibition, Buffalo Centre for Arts and Technology (group show)
2014 - Lab Cab Festival: Parkdale, Good Catch General Store (site-specific performance); West End Food Co-Op (solo photography exhibition)
Publications
2021 - Dreams and Visions: Joy
2019 - Function Magazine, Issue #20
2018 - Function Magazine, Issue #19
Headshot by Denise Grant Photography
