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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA     monicarudquist.com

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION                                                                 DEGREE

 

1985     cranbrook academy of art                     Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics

            Bloomfield Hills, MI

           

1983     macalester college                                  Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

            St. Paul, MN                                                     Majors: Art, French

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Present -1985               STUDIO ARTIST

Present- 2008               CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN.

2010-2007                     VISITING ARTIST, Yinghua Academy Chinese Immersion School, St. Paul, Mn

2009                             VISITING ARTIST, St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Mn

2007                             JUROR, Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2004-2002                     ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Ceramics, St. Olaf College, Northfield MN

2001-1998                     RESIDENT ARTIST, Seward Montessori School / Northern Clay Center, Mpls., MN

1998                             JURY PANEL MEMBER, Jerome Foundation emerging artist’s project grant, Mpls., MN

JUROR, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit

VISITING ARTIST, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN 

VISITING ARTIST, Macalester College.  St. Paul, MN

1995 - 1985                   HEAD OF CERAMICS DEPARTMENT, INSTRUCTOR, Edina Art Center, Edina, MN

1993 - 1985                   CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN

1992 - 1991                   MENTOR, W.A.R.M. mentorship program.

1990                             VISITING ARTIST, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

1990 - 1987                   VISITING ARTIST, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

MONICA RUDQUIST - SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2010   NEW WORK BY MONICA RUDQUIST     Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield MN.

            LAKEFRONT ARTS FESTIVAL, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee Wisconsin

            57^th STREET ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

            ART at ST. KATE’S, St. Paul, Minnesota

            MMAA CERAMICS EXIBITION, Harry M. Drake Gallery, St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN. 

 

2009    MONICA RUDQUIST: COLLABAORATION AND VARIATION, Harry M. Drake Gallery        

            St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN. 

           WAYS OF DOING, FACULTY EXHIBITION, St. Catherine University, St Paul, Minnesota

            2^nd ANNUAL INVITATIONAL: Drink: functional forms, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago Illinois

            LAKEFRONT ARTS FESTIVAL, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee Wisconsin

            OLD TOWN ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

            ART at ST. KATE’S, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

2008     MINNESOTA WOMEN CERAMICS Northfield Arts Guild. Northfield, Minnesota

            MARION ARTS FESTIVAL, Marion, Iowa

            EDINA ART FAIR, Edina, Minnesota

            OLD TOWN ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

            57^th STREET ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

            ART at ST. KATE’S, St. Paul, Minnesota

            UPTOWN ART FAIR, Mpls., Minnesota

 

2007     FINE CRAFTS FESTIVAL, Suburban Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois

            OLD TOWN ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

            LADIES IN WHITE, Goodall Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

            FOR THE LOVE OF CLAY, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, Minnesota

            OPEN AND CLOSED, Wood turners Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

2006     30/30, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

            FINE CRAFTS FESTIVAL, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois

            OLD TOWN ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

            UPTOWN ART FAIR, Mpls, Minnesota

            THE PLAZA ART FAIR, Kansas City, Missouri

 

2005     LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL OF ARTS, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

            ANN ARBOR STREET FAIR,Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

2004     WINTERFEST 2004

            A National Invitational of Functional Clay Art , Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland

            UPTOWN ART FAIR, Mpls., Minnesota

            MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 32^nd annual festival, St. Paul, MN

            FIFTEENTH SAN ANGELO NATIONAL, San Angelo Museum of Arts, San Angelo Texas

            MOVE, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.

2003     MINNESOTA CLAY, an Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN.

            TEA FOR TWO OR TWENTY Northern Clay Center, MN

HUNDREDS OF CUPS, an invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2002     MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 30^th annual festival, St. Paul, MN(Best of Show, Ceramics award)

CLAY CITY, Fahrenheit Gallery,  Kansas City, Mo.

 

2001     MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: Seward Neighborhood Artists Minneapolis, MN

UPTOWN ART FAIR, Minneapolis, Mn.

MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 29^th annual festival, St. Paul MN

MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin (invitational award)

EXCHANGING VIEWS The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL The Artworks, Ephrata, PA

 

2000     TEN YEARS IN RETROSPECT Northern Clay Center, Mpls. MN

UPTOWN ART FAIR Mpls, MN (invitational award)

MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 28^TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL, St. Paul

MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin (invitational award)

NEW WORK; MONICA RUDQUIST AND MICHAEL BAILEY, Lower town Gallery, St. Paul, MN

 

1999     A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE;AN EXHIBIT OF FINE CRAFT The Phipps Center for the Arts,

Hudson, Wisconsin

            7^th ANNUAL STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL, The Artworks, Ephrata, PA

CLAY CUP VII Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

TEAPOT (solo show) The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin

            AMERICAN CRAFTS EXPO St. Paul, MN

MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 27^th annual festival, St Paul, MN

            MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin

UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN

1997     AMERICAN CRAFTS EXPO St. Paul, MN

            UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN

            MINNESOTA / WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL Gallery 1021: Lill Street, Chicago, IL

 

1996     UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN

            MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 24^th ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St Paul, MN

            WOMEN IN CLAY, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

            5 JEROME ARTISTS, Northern Clay Center St. Paul, MN

 

1996     11^th ANNUAL SAN ANGELO NATIONAL  San Angelo, TX

 

1995     MINNESOTA HOT DISH Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN

            REGIONAL CERAMIC ARTISTS Edina Art Center, Edina, MN

            MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 23^rd ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

 

1995     OUT OF THE FIRE INVITATIONAL St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN

            POWDERHORN FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Mpls, MN

 

1994     MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 22nd ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of Saint Catherine, St. Paul, MN

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS FAIR International Market Square, Mpls, MN

 

1993     DESIGN ARTS FESTIVAL International Market Square,  Mpls, MN

           

1992     CUP SHOW Laura Russo Gallery, San Diego, CA

            MENTOR-PROTEGEE SHOW, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

 

1991     NEW CLAY WORKS MONICA RUDQUIST Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Mpls, MN

 

1990     PORCELAIN BY SIX, (a traveling show)

            -Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN

            -Tweed Art Museum Duluth, MN

            -Northfield Art Center, Northfield, MN

PAIRINGS IN CLAY Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

            WARM A.I.R., A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, NY

            CABINET, Geometrie Gallery , Mpls, MN

CREATIVE CONNECTIONS: WARM EXCHANGE Kansas City Artist Coalition Kansas City, MO

 

1989     WORKS ON PAPER / WORKS IN CLAY,Anderson and Anderson gallery, Mpls, MN

            ST. OLAF COLLEGE CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, Northfield, MN

            CODA, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Mpls., MN

 

1989     MINNESOTA ARTISTS SCULPTURE, Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN

            IF NOT THIS -THEN... Geometrie Gallery, Mpls, MN

            W.A.R.M.  AT THE LAWTON GALLERY,  University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI

            9-STATE, REGIONAL CERAMICS JURIED SHOW, Kansas City Artists Coalition

            Kansas City, MO

            CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE D'ART,Faenza, Italy

 

1988     IT'S GOING TO BE A W.A.R.M. SUMMER,  Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN

            MINNESOTA ARTISTS: SCULPTURE Art Center of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN

            N.C.E.C.A JURIED MEMBER'S SHOW,  Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR

            SALLY KRUG & MONICA RUDQUIST, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Mpls, MN

            OPPOSITES ATTRACT, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Mpls, MN

            REFERENCES TO DRAWING,

            Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Mpls, MN

 

1987     NEW MEMBERS SHOW, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

WOMEN WORKING IN PORCELAIN, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN

IT'S WARM IN CHICAGO, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL.

            ON THE WALL / OFF THE WALL Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Mpls, MN

            30 BELOW, University of Minnesota Mpls, MN

 

1986      CERAMIC CONSTRUCTIONS, MONICA RUDQUIST Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Mpls, MN

 

 

 

 MONICA RUDQUIST - HONORS AND AWARDS

 

2008                 NEWCOMER AWARD, 57^th STREET ART FAIR, Chicago, Illinois

 

2002                 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics), Minnesota Crafts Festival, St. Paul, Mn.

 

2001                 Awarded a House Resolution by the State of Minnesota

                        Given in recognition of her artistic contributions to the state of Minnesota.

 

INVITATIONAL AWARD, Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

 

2000                 INVITATIONAL AWARD, Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

 

                        INVITATIONAL AWARD, Uptown Art Fair, Mpls. MN

 

1999                 INVITATIONAL AWARD, Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

 

1998                 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics) Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

 

1997                 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics) Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN

 

1996                 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics) Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN

 

1995                 JEROME ARTIST PROJECT GRANT, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN

Grant for equipment and materials to develop and test variations of grolleg porcelain clay body.