Ruth Ezra

Dr. Ruth Ezra is Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews, specializing in material and visual culture of early modern Northern Europe. She holds a PhD from Harvard and was a USC Society of Humanities Fellow.

Research examines: artistic/scientific intersections, material reuse in sculpture workshops, and cultural biography of mica ('Muscovy glass'). Her work reconstructs creative processes through technical analysis and historical reconstruction.

Publications analyze workshop waste streams, material transparency, and art-science connections. Recent books include 'Wastework: Early Modern Stories from the Cutting Room Floor' exploring material byproducts.

Awards: NOMIS Fellowship at Universität Basel, Gerda Henkel Stiftung grant, and Paul Mellon Centre funding supporting archival research across Europe.

She co-directs the 'Decay, Loss and Conservation' research group and has curated exhibitions on historical making techniques.