Ruth Novaczek is an artist and curator. Her film, performance, and installation works explore diaspora, gender, humor, sexuality, cinematic language, and philosophy. Using found footage, aphorism, and live action the films are diasporic stand-up, feminist mash-ups, poetic, irreverent musings. She has been a DJ and played in bands, and applies an eclectic musical compositional element to her work. She received an Arts Council of England award for her film Philosopher Queen, and has had solo shows at the New York Kunsthalle; Arsenal, Berlin; and the BFI Southbank, London. Living and working in the UK, the US, and the Middle East, she has been a guest and visiting lecturer at art schools and universities in the UK, teaching film theory, world cinema, and film practice. Novaczek is currently working on an expanded film project and writing an experimental novel.​