RuthinTruth

Multidisciplinary Artist

RuthinTruth is a queer Chicana multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles whose work explores the intersections of culture, sexuality, and identity. Drawing from a background in gender studies, international experiences, and the rich traditions of her Mexican heritage, she creates work that is both deeply personal and politically resonant.

As a former resident artist at the award-winning nonprofit artist collective and incubator Level Ground, RuthinTruth formalized her creative practice with the support of a community whose mission is to “take risks to expand genre in service of social change.” Her time there, including her participation in exhibitions like Self-Center and the Tainted Truth residency, solidified her commitment to art as a medium for both cultural remembrance and transformation.

Her multidisciplinary practice includes performances and exhibitions across the country, such as Black Cathedral (2023–2026, curated by Leslie Foster, Hollywood, CA), Black Honey (2022, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles), and interpretive dance performances at the Langston Hughes House in New York and Plaza de la Raza in East Los Angeles. From Quince Night Plaza la Raza to the Love Thyself Festival, her work continues to bridge ancestral memory with contemporary urgency.

Currently, her art centers on the metamorphosis of maíz, utilizing materials like elote, tortillas, and masa in self-portraiture to honor family legacy and resist cultural erasure. Through this process, RuthinTruth reclaims narrative, space, and connection to land in an era defined by social and political upheaval.