About Ruth Poniarski

Ruth was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1956. She grew up in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York and attended public schools. When Ruth was seven years old, her mother took her to a life drawing class where she depicted a sketch of a nude woman. From that moment onward, she became a keen observer of the physical world and was drawn to art as well as the built environment.

In 1974, Ruth decided to enroll in an architecture program at a college in upstate New York. In her fourth year at college her life became a living hell, beginning with innocently eating a brownie cake that was baked with angel dust (PCP) at an intimate party. Her existence became overwhelmed with a series of death-defying nervous breakdowns while struggling to complete college, entering a male dominated workforce, searching for my soul mate, true friendship, and a sense of belonging, and realizing my trapped creative potential.