Education
2000 MFA, Sculpture. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1990 BFA, Painting. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1997 Drawing & Painting Marathon. New York Studio School. NY
1989 Yale University Summer School of Art and Music at Norfolk. Norfolk, CT
1988 Indiana University Summer Art Course, Florence, Italy
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2011 Altered Book Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art at Novato Arts Center, Novato, CA
2010 Smiths Art and Skills Service, SFMOMA, Allison Smith and Red Cross, San Francisco, CA
2010 The Paper Show: Folded, Cut & Sculpted Shapes, Monterey Peninsula Airport, Monterey, CA
2010 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Curator – Carin Adams, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Pacific Rim Sculpture, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
2007 13th Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show, Walnut Creek, CA
2007 Wrap, Reflect, Reveal. San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
2005 Installations Examining Society and Space, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
2002 Repurpose, Curator – Nicolas Bourriaud, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2000 Pacific Rim Sculpture Group’s Bay Area Student Sculpture Biennial,
Curator - Catherine Clark, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA
2000 San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2000 Cross Roads-Art of Revolution / Art of Rescue, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1999 Boundary Crossing, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vermont Studio Center Student Show, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
1989 BFA Graduate Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1988 National Society for Arts and Letters, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Awards
1996 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant. Johnson, VT
1990 Harry Engel Memorial Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1989 The National Society of Arts and Letters, Art Merit Award for Painting.
1989 Yale University Summer School of Art and Music at Norfolk Fellowship. Norfolk, CT
1988 Honors Division Travel Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Selected Media / Publications / Articles
2011 ABC 7, Sustainable Sculpture Exhibit, San Francisco Art Institute and Levi Strauss and Co, Don Sanchez
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7906391
2010 East Bay Express, Picks - Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Carin Adams, Oakland Museum of Art, Dewitt Chang.
2009 Artichoke Season. Haiku book by Sue Antolin, cover art by Kate Ruddle.
2007 Something that Matters, Wednesday Women Writers Anthology. Three Packages, Kate Ruddle.
2007 Artweek, Wrap, Reflect Reveal at the San Pablo Art Gallery, Barbara Morris.
2007 Richmond Art Center, A Conversation With Susan Peterson, Kate Ruddle.
2002 SF Chronicle, The Juror Reaches his Verdict, Kenneth Baker.
Public Lectures
2008 Textiles Department, California College of the Art, Oakland, CA
1996 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Selected Teaching Experince
2011 Nomadic Structures, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2011 Sustainable Sculpture Exhibition, Levi Strauss / San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010 Sustainable Sculpture, Levi Strauss / San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2009-present Fabric Construction, Sculpture Department, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2000-present Drawing, Sewing, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
2008-present Sewing, Piedmont Adult School, Piedmont, CA
2007-present Drawing, Painting, Sewing, Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA
2003 Art History – Renaissance through Modern, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
2001 Sculpture Dept. Sewing Demonstrations, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2000 Intermediate Interdisciplinary Sculpture, TA for John Roloff, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Related Experince
2008 Chair, Pacific Rim Sculpture Group, Oakland, California
2006-7 Curatorial Committee, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2006-7 Exhibitions Coordinator, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2004 Fabric Construction: John Roloff’s Franciscan Formation Geology Flags. San Francisco, CA
2001 Museum Preparator, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1999 Internship and employment, Hogin Sails. Alameda, CA
