Ruth Waller grew up in Sydney and studied at Alexander Mackie CAE in the seventies. She taught at the ANU School of Art & Design since 1990 and was Head of Painting from 2006 - 2018. She has exhibited with Watters Gallery, Sydney since 1981 and is represented by Nancy Sever Gallery in Canberra. In 2009 she was awarded ANU Vice Chancellor’s Award for Supervision. The Canberra Museum & Gallery featured a thirty-year survey of her work in 2010.