Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt have worked together as Semiconductor since 1999. They have won many awards and fellowships such as the Gulbenkian Galapagos, Smithsonian Artists Research and the NASA Space Sciences. Their work is part of several international public collections and has been exhibited globally including Venice Biennale, Italy and the Hirshhorn Museum, USA. They won the first Samsung Art+ Prize 2012.
