Ruth Leavitt

A Neglected Digital Art Pioneer Back in the Spotlight

After many years of neglect, American artist Ruth Leavitt (b. 1944) is again garnering attention. Museums and curators are interested in her work, made with the assistance of computers, in the late 1960s and 1970s and a reassessment is underway of Leavitt’s place in the landscape of early computer art.

One of the distinguishing factors of Leavitt’s work is that she remained committed to painting and sculpture, placing her alongside a small number or artists who used the computer as a path to innovation in painting and form.