Born Chicago, Illinois
Education
1984 New York University Graduate Program, Venice, Italy
1983 School of Visual Arts, Tangier, Morocco
1979-81 B.F.A with honors, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1978 Parson Evening Division, New York, NY
Public Works
2023 Battery Park, NYC, Passage to Potential, bronze gate at entrance to organic garden.
2018 Broadway, NYC, In Dreams Awake, installation of six sculptures on The Broadway Malls
2002 Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil, Sculpture Installation
2002 Tisch Children’s Zoo, Central Park, New York, NY, Sculpture Installation
One Person Exhibitions
2023 Lyles and King Gallery, New York, NY Twilight in the Garden of Hope
https://lylesandking.com/kathy-ruttenberg-twilight-in-the-garden-of-hope
2022 Lyles and King Gallery, New York, NY Sunshine at Midnight https://lylesandking.com/kathy-ruttenberg-sunshine-at-midnight
2019 Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY, Private Myths / Public Dreams
2014 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, Fired Ice
2013 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, Nature of The Beast
2012 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, The Earth Exhales
2009 Susan van der Linde, New York, NY
2009 Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, Today, Tomorrow and Forever
2009 Zezé Flowers, New York, NY, Valentine Installation
2008 The Rosen House At Caramoor, Katonah, NY, Again
2007 Macy’s Herald Square, New York, NY, The Flower Show
2006 Zezé Flowers, New York, NY, New Work
2006 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT, Splendor In The Grass
2005 Paris-NY-Kent, Kent, CT, Animaly
2005 Pendulum Gallery, Saugerties, NY, A Shade Darker
2005 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, The Moment Before
2004 Donna McNally Salon, New York, NY, Some Ladies, Old and New
2004 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Species Specific
2003 Paris-NY-Kent, Kent, CT, Sculpture
2002 Paris-NY-Kent,Kent, CT, New Work
2001 Davis and Hall, Hudson, NY, Human material
2001 Paris-NY-Kent, Kent, CT, Kingdom of Animals
2001 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Enchanted Interludes
2000 Paris-NY-Kent, Kent, CT
2000 Davis and Hall, Hudson, NY, Enchanted Forest
1996 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Faces of the Fair
1994 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, The Street
1993 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Inside and Out
1992 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
1991 Frank Bustamente Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
1988 48 Laight Gallery, New York, NY
1987 The Knitting Factory, Alternative Space, New York, NY
1986 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Patricia Fields, Window Installation, New York, NY
1985 Art Mart, New York, NY
1983 Cousin Cousine, New York, NY
1983 Lucky Strikes, New York, NY
1981 School of Visual Arts, Senior Show, New York, NY
1980 Patricia Fields, New York, NY, Valentine Themes
1979 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Y3K: On Distant Keys https://www.umass.edu/humanities-arts/events/y3k-distant-keys
2024 Marinaro Gallery New York, NY, All The Small Things, https://www.marinaro.biz/exhibitions/all-the-small-things/
2023 Upstate Art Weekend Hudson Valley, NY https://www.upstateartweekend.org
2023 Albertz Benda Gallery New York, NY, People of the Otherworld: Ken Kiff in Dialogue
https://www.albertzbenda.com/exhibitions/100-people-of-the-otherworld-ken-kiff-in-dialogue/
2022 Lyles and King, New York, NY, The Tale Their Terror Tells Curated by Geena Brown and Lauren Guilford
https://lylesandking.com/the-tale-their-terror-tells
2022 Margot Samel Gallery, New York, NY, To Be Giant and Keep Quiet About It
https://www.margotsamel.com/exhibition/to-be-a-giant-and-keep-quiet-about-it/
2022 Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA Symbiosis https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/now-showing-symbiosis-art-exhibition
2022 Lyles and King Gallery, New York, NY I is Other https://lylesandking.com/i-is-other
2021 Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY, Doomed and Famous: Selections from the Adrian Dannatt Collection
2020 September Gallery, Hudson, NY A Show of Hands https://septembergallery.com/exhibitions/a-show-of-hands/
2020 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Art in the Time of Empathy
2019 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Take Home A Nude
2018 Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY, Pageant of Inconceivables
2018 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Take Home A Nude
2018 Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock NY, Pageant of Inconceivables
2018 MIC 60th, Faenza, Italy
2018 Woodstock Byrdcliff Guild, Woodstock, NY, Pageant of Inconceivables
2017 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, The Curators’ Eggs
2017 September, Hudson, NY, Post Election Show
2016 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Take Home A Nude
2016 Projektraum Ventilator 24, Berlin, Germany, Hybride Kunst
2016 Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY, Continuing Group Show
2016 Sladmore Contemporary, London, UK, Five Ceramists
2016 Arts Westchester, Mamaroneck, NY, SHE, Deconstructing Female Identity
2016 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, Made For You
2015 Sladmore Contemporary, London, UK
2015 Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY, Holiday Group Show
2015 Flowers Gallery, New York, NY, Small is Beautiful
2015 Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA, Figure In The Landscape, Landscape In The Figure
2015 Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA Annual Gala and Auction, New York, NY
2015 59th Faenza Prize International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
2015 Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY, Summer Group Show
2015 Cellar Door Projects, Providence, RI, aut-kem
2015 Rhode Island Botanical Center, Providence, RI, Botanica Ceramica
2014 Flowers Gallery, New York, NY, Small is Beautiful
2014 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, …Burning Bright Tiger, tiger
2014 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
2013 Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY, Pushing The Line
2012 Sebastian + Barquet, South Hampton, NY
2012 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, Summer
2012 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 X Bienal Internacional Ceramica Manises, Spain
2011 SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2011 Earth, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY
2011 Fools Gold, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2011 Transformative Journeys, Mountainview Studio, Woodstock, NY
2010 SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2010 ROCA, West Nyack, NY, On Earth
2010 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris, France, Création contemporaine et céramique
2010 SF Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2010 CCACA, Davis, CA, John Natsoulas Gallery, 25th Annual 30 Ceramic Sculptors
2010 SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 NCECA, Philadelphia, PA, Projects Gallery, To Die For
2010 FADA Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA, John Natsoulas Gallery
2009 ACRIA, New York, NY, 14th Annual Holiday Dinner Benefit
2009 Kleinert-James Arts Gallery, Woodstock, NY, Animal Spirits I
2009 SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago, IL., Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2009 Stover Mill Gallery, Erwinna, PA
2009 Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2009 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2009 The 5th World Ceramic Biennale Korea, Icheon, Korea
2008 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2008 3rd Rail Studio, New Rochelle, NY, All Fired Up, Figure Evocative
2008 River Span Sculpture Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2008 SOFA NY, New York, NY, Habatat Galleries Chicago
2008 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT, Winging It
2008 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, The Bird: Homage To Brancusi
2007 Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 American Museum Of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, Form and Imagination
2007 Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL,
2007 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Male/Female
2006 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Juxtaposition
2006 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT, Summer Series
2006 GCCA Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY, Journeys in Clay
2006 Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, Connecting The Dots
2004 Haddad Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, Paintings & Sculpture
2003 Paris-NY-Kent, Kent, CT, Chairs
2002 Paris-NY-Kent, Kent, CT, Pleasure, Sculpture, Culture
2002 Bernarducci Meisel, New York, NY, Summer Group Show
2002 Kingston Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Kingston, NY
2000 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Sassy, Sexy, Sweet, Sordid, Surreal
2000 Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY, Utopia Distopia
1998 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, A Visual Dialogue of 15 Women
1997 Flowers East at London Fields, London, UK, Small is Beautiful part XV
1997 Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Lotsa Clay VII
1997 MetLife Windows Exhibition Program, New York, NY, Amusing Amusements,
1996 International Art Exposition, Miami Beach, FL, Art Miami ’96
1995 Art Communication International, New York, NY, Virtuosity
1995 National Council of Jewish Women, Livingston, NJ, Focus on Art
1995 International Art Exposition, Miami Beach, FL, Art Miami ’95
1995 Kleinert-James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, Emerging from NY
1994 Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 K&E Gallery, New York, NY, The BOX Show
1993 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Animal Magnetism
1993 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, Invitational Group Show
1992 Waterside Art Studios, Stamford, CT
1992 Tastitcheff, New York, NY, Isolation
1992 Barbara Kogen & Co., New York, NY
1992 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Apocalypse and Resurrection
1992 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, People
1991 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Paperworks
1991 Frank Bustamente Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Group
1989 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Frames of Reference
1998 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Sculpture
1998 Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Slaves of New York
1988 ABC No Rio Gallery, New York, NY
1988 48 Laight Gallery, New York, NY
1987 22 Wooster Gallery, New York, NY, Powerful Little Stuff
1987 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Bond Gallery, New York, NY, Civilizations
1985 New Math, New York, NY, Women Paint People
1985 Art Mart, New York, NY, Works on Paper
1984 New Math, New York, NY, The Doll Show
1984 St. Marks Gallery, New York, NY, Metropolitan Show
1980 Mudd Club, New York, NY
1977 Audibon Society Show, New York, NY
Selected Publications
2017 Feature, Upstate Diary, Fall 2017
2016 Editorial Spread, Elle Italia, Apr. 2016
2013 Editorial Spread, Elle Italia, Oct. 2013
2011 Cover & Poster Art, Woodstock Film Festival
2006 Top 500 Artists, NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 11 no 11/12 ’06, p. 155
1997 Cover & Centerfold, Gettysburg Review, Summer ‘97
1997 Cover, Woman Abuse-A Sociological Study, (Harcourt Brace, ’97)
1993 Full Page, Gallery Guide, Oct. ’93, p. 19
Awards
2015 Honorable Camera dei Deputati della Repubblica italiana Prize, 59th Faenza Prize International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art
2011 Honorable Mention, X Bienal Internacional Ceramica Manises, Manises, Spain
2009 Honorable Mention, The 5th World Ceramic Biennale Korea, Icheon, Korea
Presentations & Lectures:
2016 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, School of Art & Art History
2013 The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, New York Academy Art & Culture Lecture
Animation Experience
Completed five animation short films
2011 Woodstock Film Festival Trailer
1982 Semaphore Gallery Screen Film
1980 Varna International Film Festival, Honorable Mention
1979 Worked on animation bits for Sesame Street
Bibliography
Appears in film "Neues aus der Hofkunstanstalt" Spring 2018
American Craft, Brian Mahoney, “Creature Comforts” December/January 2016/2017 p. 58-65
The Southhampton Review, “The Beast in All of Us“ Summer/Fall 2016, p. 153-158
Sing Tao Daily, “Home Fantasy” Apr. 30, 2016, Vol. 730 p. 15
Elle, Italia, “Ispirarsi Alla Natura” April 2016, p. 94, 298-317
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Julien’s Journal, Pamela Brandt, “Figure in the Landscape/Lanscape in the Figure” Oct. 2015 p. 23-25
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Arte Fuse, Daniel Gauss,“Fired Ice: New Sculptures by Kathy Ruttenberg at Stux Gallery” Oct. 6, 2014
Wall Street International Online, Charles Stuckey, “Kathy Ruttenberg” September 25, 2014
Artpress, Frédérique Joseph-Lowery, “La Céramique Du Nouveau Monde” Nov. Dec.2013/Jan. 2014, p.74-79
Ceramics Monthly, Adam Welch, “Kathy Ruttenberg At Stux Gallery” December 2013, p.48-49
Elle Italia, Alberto Zanoletti, “A Kind of Magic” October 2013, p. 375-397
The New York Times, Suzy Menkes, “Modernity Among the Flowers” Sept. 20, 2013, Style Section
274 Art World, “Nature of The Beast, Review “ Red Wave Issue, May 2013, p. 109 &114
Ceramics Art and Perception, Janet Koplos, “The Earth Exhales” June-Aug. 2013, p. 92-94
The NewYork Times, Roberta Smith, “Nature of The Beast” May 3, 2013, p. C28
New York Magazine, Charles Stuckey, “The Ruttenbergs’ Exquisite Rabbit Holes” May 6, 2013, p. 44-51
Examiner.com, Alison Martin, “Fairytale style sculptures featured at Chelsea Gallery” April 15, 2013
Wall Street International Magazine.com, WSI Adminstration, “Kathy Ruttenberg. Nature of the Beast” April 17, 2013
Quiet Lunch Magazine.com, “Observing Nature” April 13, 2013
i-D, Tom Seymour, “See The Wood For The Trees“ April 2013, Q&A Issue, p.228-229
Huffington Post.com, Priscilla Frank, “Piping Down The Valleys Wild” July, 07, 2012
Masters of Today, “Art In Vogue” 2012, p.122-123
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Arts.observer, Editor, “Kathy Ruttenberg: Despite Appearances, ‘The Earth Exhales’ is No Fairytale,” May 11, 2012
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I-Donline.com, Sarah Raphael,"Make Believe," September 16, 2011
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The New York Times, Susan Hodara “18 very Different Pieces of Clay” October 24, 2010, WE p. 10
Chronogram, Brian Mahoney “On The Cover”, September 2010 cover, p. 8
Ceramics Art and Perception, Rebecca Purcell, “The Work of Kathy Ruttenberg” June –August 2010, p.82-85
New Ceramics, Bernd Pfannkuche, “SOFA-2009 Chicago”, Mar. /Apr. 2010, p.48-49
Chronogram, Brian Mahoney “Out On A Limb”, The Forecast, November 2009 p. 87
Woodstock Times, Paul Smart “Animal Magnetism”, October 22, 2009 p. 10
HV Biz, “Off The Palette”, October 19, 2009 p. 32
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Clay Times, “The Gallery”, Readers Share Artworks, March/April 2007 p.54
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Dec. 29, 2005 p.10
The Country and Abroad, Will Nixon, “Three Short Stories”, October 2005 p.63
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