“BLUE DREAMS” SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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March 15 – Sept 15, 2023
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Public Panel Event and Closing Reception: Thurs, Sept 7, 2023
2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.
Blue Dreams is an immersive video installation that integrates abstract imagery, deep sea video footage and computer modeling (animating a painting by Rutstein) to portray the resilience of our planet’s smallest yet most vital living systems – microbial networks. This immersive piece is meant to inspire awe and wonder at systems, processes and landscapes otherwise hidden from view, that connect us to our past and which we rely on for our own survival.
Blue Dreams was created by multidisciplinary artist Rutstein in collaboration with scientists Rika Anderson, Samantha Joye, Shayn Peirce-Cottler and Tom Skalak, through a grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Ocean Memory Project.
For more information: http://www.cpnas.org/exhibitions/
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION AT DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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March 6 – April 14, 2023
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Within artworks that connect scientists, the artistic community, and the public, Rutstein emerges as an ambassador whose artwork addresses the most pressing issue of our century.”
– Olivia Florek, Curator
Artist Talk: Tuesday, March 28 at 4 p.m.
Large Auditorium | Academic Building
Offered in-person and streaming | Registration recommended
https://dccc-arts.ticketleap.com/rebecca-rutstein/
Reception to immediately follow Artist Talk
Art Gallery | Room 2305
Free to attend | Refreshments will be served
Full-color Catalog with essay available
This exhibition is sponsored by the Communication, Arts & Humanities Division.
For more information: oflorek@dccc.edu
VISITING ARTIST LECTURE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
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March 2, 2023 Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute in partnership with Georgetown University Art Galleries present a talk with multidisciplinary artist Rebecca Rutstein, who works at the intersection of art, science and technology. This lecture and reception are free and open to the public. https://www.georgetown.edu/event/rebecca-rutstein/ |
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RUTSTEIN PUBLISHED IN NEW CONTEMPORARY ART BOOK
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Rutstein’s work was featured in the new book Discursive Geometry & More, published by Goldenmark in Poland. Co-author Steven Baris writes about Rutstein’s painting, Cosmic Traveler, in his discussions of line and “behavior” of interactions: “…As metaphoric vehicles of meaning-making, these colliding constellations of lines evoke for me not a single spatial continuum but multiple, interpenetrating spaces – not a plenum affording effortless passage but one of enormous density and structural complexity, one well beyond my capacity to navigate. It is hard to know where to enter or where to go (and if I were to go, would I actually get there?). Like with any artwork, my responses vary according to my state of mind, but generally speaking, I find that these complex geometric structures offer a perfect analog to the perplexing, networked world around me – manifold interlocking “spaces” for which I am woefully unequipped to grasp, much less to navigate…” The book is translated in both English and Polish. |
RUTSTEIN INTERVIEWED ON ARTIST & PLACE PODCAST
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VISITING ARTIST AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
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Art Forum Speaker Series: Rebecca Rutstein Monday March 20, 2023, 5:30pm Department of Art & Design Rutstein has been invited as a visiting artist to Montclair State University to speak about her work. She will be part of the Art Forum Speaker series in the Department of Art & Design featuring professional notable artists, designers, historians and critics. |
VISITING ARTIST AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
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Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Rebecca Rutstein Friday March 24, 2023, 11am Zohlner Art Center / Lehigh University Art Galleries Lehigh University’s Art & Climate Change First Year Seminar visiting artist lecture series discusses the intersection between art and climate change and the important role of contemporary visual artists’ creative practice. The event is sponsored by Art Architecture and Design, College of Arts and Sciences, Earth & Environmental Science, and Lehigh University Art Galleries. This event is part of LUAG’s Art in Dialogue, a series of interdisciplinary conversations between members of the university and the wider community – reflecting the ways in which their work is dynamically engaged with other fields of inquiry. For more information: https://luag.lehigh.edu/events
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ARTIST AT SEA OFF THE HAWAIIAN COAST WITH WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
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Funded by the National Science Foundation, Rutstein was invited to participate as an artist in residence on board the University of Hawaii’s R/V Kilo Moana with a science team led by Christopher German from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in January 2023. The group explored the Kama’ehukanaloa submarine volcano off the coast of the Big Island, 1000 meters below the ocean’s surface. The purpose of the expedition was to observe potential volcanic activity and gain a deeper understanding of the geology, chemistry and microbiological systems at play. This was Rutstein’s 7th expedition at sea. The paintings she created on the ship and back in her studio will be part of upcoming exhibitions at James Madison University and Oregon State University in the spring/summer/fall 2023. View the Artist at Sea Painting Series: rebeccarutstein.com/projects |
OUT OF THIN AIR TRAVELS TO SPACE GALLERY IN DENVER
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Nov 18 – December 31, 2022
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Opening Reception: Friday, Nov 18, 6-9pm; Artist Talk at 6:30pm
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Space Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, Rebecca Rutstein: Out of Thin Air, on view Nov 18 through January 7, 2023. This exhibition of new paintings was created through Rutstein’s collaboration with NASA-funded planetary geologist Dr. Julia Cartwright from the University of Alabama, through support from the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative. It was first exhibited at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at the University of Alabama.
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RUTSTEIN NOW IN THE COLLECTION OF MICROSOFT
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ACQUIRES RUTSTEIN PAINTING
SHIMMER SCULPTURE FEATURED ON GEORGIA’S WUGA RADIO
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CARTWRIGHT & RUTSTEIN AWARDED GRANT FROM ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
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Dr. Julia Cartwright and Rebecca Rutstein have been awarded a visual arts grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts to further their Art/Science collaboration. The grant also includes matching funds from the University of Alabama, and will support future research efforts, exhibition opportunities, and public/community outreach to include a focus on secondary school students within the Tuscaloosa area in 2022-23.
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SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
REBECCA RUTSTEIN: OUT OF THIN AIR
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Sept 8 – October 14, 2022
Public Lecture: Thurs, Sept 8, 3:30pm, Gorgas Library
Artist reception: Thurs, Sept 8, 5 – 7pm, Sarah Moody Gallery
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The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art and the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative (CARI) are proud to present the exhibition, Rebecca Rutstein: Out of Thin Air: Microscopic Journeys Through Cosmic Landscapes. The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between Rutstein and Dr. Julia Cartwright, a NASA-funded planetary scientist and UA Department of Geological Sciences assistant professor Dr. Julia Cartwright, facilitated by the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, where Dr. Cartwright is a Fellow.
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NEW PUBLIC MURAL COMPLETED ON BROAD STREET IN PHILADELPHIA
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Bridgette Mayer Gallery and Eileen Tognini Design are thrilled to announce the completion of ELECTRIC, a new mural in Philadelphia by artist Rebecca Rutstein, at The LVL North located at 510 N. Broad Street (Broad and Spring Garden Streets). The mural marks a significant gateway on the North Broad Street corridor that includes Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy High School, renowned Rodeph Shalom Synagogue, historic Divine Lorraine Hotel, artist studios, restaurants and the neighboring Community College of Philadelphia. Adorning the facade of this brand new mixed-use building developed by Alterra Property Group, the nearly 30 foot by 106 foot wall is Rutstein’s second major mural project in Philadelphia. The dynamic and colorful design has been created to complement the interior narrative, and is a contemporary counterpoint to the classic murals surrounding the area, capturing the energy of this burgeoning neighborhood north of City Hall.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ACQUIRES RUTSTEIN PAINTING
Rebecca Rutstein, Salish Sea Series IX, 60×60″ painting purchased by the University of Washington
The University of Washington purchased Salish Sea Series IX to be on permanent display in the School of Oceanography. The acquisition recognizes Rutstein’s ongoing collaboration with the Ocean Memory Project and UW Professor Jody Deming, including an expedition off the coast of Washington on UW’s R/V Rachel Carson in 2019.
SOLO EXHIBITION AT BRIDGETTE MAYER GALLERY
REBECCA RUTSTEIN: NEXUS
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Feb 1 – March 19, 2022
Extended Gallery hours and artist reception: Friday, Feb 4th, 5 – 7:30pm
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Featuring 22 new large and small scale paintings and sculpture, this exhibition marks Rutstein’s 8th solo show at Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, and her first in six years. Building upon her recent collaborations with molecular scientists in a biotech lab and microbiologists at sea, these paintings are a coalescing of influences exploring hidden networks and matrices…within our bodies, in the ocean, and beyond. Also broadly inspired by the geology, skies and hues from a seminal trip to Alaska in 2021, this series looks at fractal patterns, and the connectivity – and disruptions – of systems in the natural environment.
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‘THE SHAPING OF AMERICA’ AT THE PAINTING CENTER IN NEW YORK
THE SHAPING OF AMERICA: A PAINTER’S PERSPECTIVE
January 4 – 29, 2022
‘The Shaping of America’ features the work of ten women artists embodying the tradition of negotiating space, translating lived experience into abstract painted form, and pivoting our understanding of the American Landscape. The artists and their work illustrate that landscapes cannot be interpreted without considering the connections artists have to memory, experience, and ownership. The exhibition was formerly on view in 2019 at AnnMarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center in Solomon, Maryland. A catalog with an essay titled ‘Shaping of America: Medium-Specificity as Passive-Aggressive Resistance’ was written by Art Historian Vittorio Colaizzi. Artists include: Pam Cardwell, Janis Goodman, Cecily Kahn, Ying Li, Kayla Mohammadi, Deirdre Murphy, Carrie Patterson, Jennifer Printz, Rebecca Rutstein and Kendra Wadsworth.
The Painting Center
547 W. 27th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY
thepaintingcenter.org
NEW EXHIBITION & LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
JOURNEYS THROUGH WATER
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Nov 17, 2021 thru June 15, 2022
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After an 18-month postponement due to COVID-19, Rutstein will travel to the University of Washington as a visiting artist and have an exhibition of paintings created through her collaboration on board the R/V Rachel Carson in the Salish Sea (October 2019) with marine microbiologist Jody Deming (Karl M. Banse Professor, UW Oceanography) and the Ocean Memory Project.
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Interdepartmental Artist Lecture followed by Reception: Wed Nov 17, 3:30 – 6pm
SCIENCE CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA ACQUIRES TWO RUTSTEIN PAINTINGS
Trust and Counted, each 60×60″, acrylic and flashe on canvas, 2021, were part of Rutstein’s exhibition Socius at the Esther Klein Gallery in Philadelphia and are now in the permanent collection of the University City Science Center.
FIVE RUTSTEIN WORKS ACQUIRED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S ART BANK PROGRAM
Shift II & Shift III, two of the five works on paper in the collection of the US Department of State.
RUTSTEIN INTERVIEWED ON NPR/WITF RADIO ‘SMART TALK’
PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER PLANT AT RADIO KISMET
