Ruby Chew is a visual artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. Working between realism and abstraction, she creates symbol‑rich compositions that explore perception, psychological landscapes, neurodivergence, and the absurdity of being human.
She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Adelaide Central School of Art, with further study at the Florence Academy of Art (Italy) and Central Saint Martins (London).
Chew’s work has been exhibited widely across Australia, with solo and group shows at Floating Goose Studios, Hill Smith Gallery, The Mill, and Newmarch Gallery. Her accolades include the Ruth Tuck Scholarship, the Helpmann Academy SALA Prize, and international artist residencies in Malaysia, France, and regional Australia.
In 2025, she presented a new body of work examining psychological landscapes through a personal lexicon of recurring symbols, shaped by the lived experience of a late AuDHD diagnosis. Objects behave with their own strange logic: floating eyes, lava lamps, ladders missing rungs, ambiguous vessels, severed feet, inviting viewers into spaces where stillness and tension co‑exist.
Her paintings offer one voice within a growing conversation about neurodivergent identity and perception, creating space for recognition, curiosity, ambiguity, and quiet reflection.