Ruyell Ho
Ruyell Ho was born in Shanghai in 1936, and educated in Hong Kong before immigrating to the United States to attend college in 1955. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Ho was a professor of painting and lecturer at Bradley University. Ruyell was classmates as well as friends with the Chicago Imagists, or "Hairy Who," including Roger Brown, Jim Nutt, and Ed Paschke and certainly shared the group's sensibilities. His deep connections to the Chicago art community include having worked for over 20 years as an art and architectural photographer in addition to making and exhibiting his work. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Erie Street Gallery, The Illinois Center, The Center for Contemporary Art in Geneva, Switzerland and the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California.
