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Eric Rudd

[Bio] . [Bibliography below]

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 1994 Public Art Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1989 Ten Years, O Street Studios, Washington DC
  • 1981 Diane Brown Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1979 Grace Muchmore Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1979 Ontogens: Diane Brown Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1977 Fraser's Stable Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1975 Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1973 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • 1973 Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1971 Hood College, Frederick, MD
  • 1971 Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1969 Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington DC
Selected Group Exhibitions:
  • 1993 "Old Sheet",Site Specific Installation, CAC, N. Adams, MA
  • 1989 "30 Years Later"- Gallery K, Washington DC
  • 1986 "Jefferson Place Gallery Show"- 406 Galleries, Washington DC
  • 1986 "Earth Views"- National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
  • 1984 "Sited Toward the Future, Proposals for Public Sculpture in Arlington County"- Arlington Arts Center, VA
  • 1984 "Washington Sculpture"-Georgetown Court Artists' Space,Washington DC
  • 1982 "Atlantic Coast-Pacific Coast"- CA College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
  • 1982 "Hanover"- Osuna Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1980 "Forty American Sculptors"- XII International Sculpture Conference, Washington DC
  • 1980 "Drawings-13 Washington Sculptors"-Diane Brown Gallery,Wash. DC
  • 1979 "Washington Artists at HEW"- HEW, Washington DC
  • 1979 "Outdoor Sculpture; City Art '79"- Studio Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1979 "35 Washington Painters"- Washington Project for the Arts, Wash. DC
  • 1979 "Second Annual Invitational Sculpture Show"- Art Barn, Washington DC
  • 1978 "Outdoor Sculpture '78"- Northern Virginia Community College, Annadale, VA
  • 1978 "Art '78, Washington"- Fellus Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1977 "Eight Washington Artists"- George Meany Center for Labor Studies, MD
  • 1976 "Collectibles"- Polo Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1976 "Corcoran School of Art, Selected Faculty Show"-Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • 1975 "Recent Acquisitions-Drawings and Prints"-National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
  • 1973 "Group Show"- Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1973 "Drawings and Small Works"-Washington Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • 1971 "Group Show"- O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1971 "Group Show"- St. Mary's College, St. Mary, MD
  • 1970 "Washington 20 Years"- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
  • 1967 "Group Show"- Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington DC
  • 1967 "Eight Washington Artists"- Jewish Community Center, Washington DC
  • 1966 "Eric Rudd & Valerie Hollister"-Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1965 "Group Show"- Charles Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Past Activities:
  • 1994 Japan Foundation Artists Fellowship
  • 1979 NEA Artists Fellowship
  • 1966 Second Prize in Painting, Emilio Vedova, International Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
  • Founding Director, Contemporary Artists Center- Berkshire School of Contemporary Art - North Adams, MA 1990-
  • (Founding) Board of Directors, Washington Sculptors Group 1982-90
  • Founder of "O Street Studios"- Washington DC 1978-
  • Certified Foam Mechanic, Gusmer Corporation, 1974
  • Film - "Foaming, with Eric Rudd" 1977 Alison Rose
  • Film - "Eric Rudd, Sculptor" 1987 America Today, USIA
  • TV - list upon request
  • Residencies: General Electric Co., G.E. Plastics, Polymer Processing Development Center, 87,88, 91
  • Teaching - Instructor (Drawing, Mixed Media) Corcoran School of Art 1970-76; Instructor, Graduate School, U.S.D.A. 1971-78
  • Guest Artist, Panelist and Lecturer - list upon request
Selected Collections:
  • San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
  • Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
  • National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • Institute of Policy Studies, Washington DC
  • Westinghouse Corporation, Washington DC
  • The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
  • Gulf Texas Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Prudential Insurance Company, Hartford, CT
  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
  • Peat Marwick Collection, Washington DC
  • Public Art Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan


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