Tereza Ruller
Tereza Ruller (she/her) identifies as a mother, a communication designer, a researcher, and an educator. In her practice—The Rodina—Ruller investigates the performative and critical approach toward graphic design. Her transdisciplinary practice emphasizes the power of situation, playfulness, active spectatorship, and relations between human and nonhuman actors. Ruller’s work is deeply collaborative and consists of participatory events, spatial installations, virtual environments, and visual identities. Addressing critical issues of our time—such as ecological, social, and political crises—she seeks to develop collective shifts in perspective.
Praxis statement:
Tereza Ruller works with educational and cultural institutions such as FRONT International Triennial, CARA New York, Van Abbemuseum, ZKM Karlsruhe, Harvard GSD, Columbia GSAPP, and Sonic Acts Foundation.Ruller is a professor of Communication Design and DigitalPractices at HfG Karlsruhe and a Design Research tutorat ArtEZ Arnhem. She taught Society and Change at Design Academy Eindhoven between 2018-2021. Next to her regular teaching, she is a frequent lecturer and leads workshops internationally – for example at ZHdK (CH), CalArts (USA), RCA (UK), GSD Seoul (KR), and CentralSaint Martins (UK).