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Tom Rudd
Artists' Statement:
The voices are repeating "in
the future water will be more valuable than oil." These
sculptures and installations point to the many complexities that
compose this indispensable element.
Education:
1974 BFA, Siena Heights College,
Adrian, MI
1975 Graduate work and teaching certificate |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2002 Paint Creek Art Center
(two person), Rochester MI
2002 20 North Gallery (two-person), Toledo OH
2000 Flatlanders Gallery, "Tom and Margo Find God,"
Blissfield MI
1990 Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002 Paint Creek Art Center,
Rochester MI
1999 Flatlanders Gallery, "Two Old Flatlanders and Margo,"
Blissfield MI 1997 Massachusetts Traveling Exhibition, Falmouth
MA
1996 Michigan Gallery, "Gone but Not Forgiven," Detroit
MI
1996 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks AK
1990 The Institute of Culture, "Motor City Review,"
Zacatecas City, Mexico
Related Experience:
Ongoing: Freelance Artist:
Produce environmental installations and sculpture for
public and private placement
1997-1999 Santiam Watershed Forum member
1995-1999: City of ldanha Planning Commissioner, Idanha OR
1995-1996: Visiting Artist, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth
OR
1991-1995: Visual Arts Coordinator, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem
OR
1986-1991: Project Director, Michigan Commission on Art in Public
Places, Detroit
1977-1991: Facilitator, Services to Individual Artists, MCACA,
Detroit
1974-1999: Art Instructor/Visiting Artist: Grand Valley State
University, Allendale MI
2006 ADDENDUM:
The prevailing emotion that has caused me to make artwork is
the desire to expand
thought through visual experience. My task is to produce the
elements and also
guide the experience of the viewer.
These works are from a continuing series of sculpture elements;
“Monuments to
Minnows,” inspired by small fish that get little notice
when the fish story is told.
Some small fish are only acknowledged as bait but, then again,
bait is deceiving
and dangerous. Fish represented by these monuments are recognized
by some as
metaphors for the common person. |
