Katherine Rutecki

Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa | Auckland, New Zealand

Born 1985, Buffalo, New York

Current studio located in Grey Lynn, Auckland

Rutecki works on an ongoing collaborative project with Katrina Kerr, Ghastly Studios https://www.ghastlystudios.com/

Education

2015-2018 MFA Glass, Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, Illinois

2003-2007 BFA Sculpture, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University. Alfred, New York

Residencies and workshops taught

July 2019, Press Moulded Pâte de Verre Relief Casting Workshop, week long intensive workshop in the kilnworking studio, Pittsburgh Glass Center. Pâte-de-verre is a kiln cast glass technique using granulated glass to direct colour placement in the mould. Press moulding is a refractory mould technique where the grains of glass are packed and sandwiched between two sides of a mould. (Instructor) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

June 2018, Lost Wax Kiln Casting 101, Josh Hershman instructor, Pittsburgh Glass Center, week long intensive workshop in the kilnworking studio. (Teaching Assistant) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2007 Hastings College, summer glass resident. Hastings, Nebraska

2007 The Works Museum, summer glass resident. Newark, Ohio

2005 The Henry Ford Museum, contractor to the glassblowing shop. Dearborn, Michigan

Public Collections

The Arts House Trust,  New Zealand

Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark

New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana

Awards

2017 Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Visionary Scholarship

2003-2007 Portfolio Scholarship, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York

Solo Exhibitions

2018 Trap, Unperceived Existence, Gallery Shush, undisclosed location in Eastern Europe

2018 Between Space: Katherine Rutecki and Jon Witzky, Artspace 304. Carbondale, Illinois

2016 ______ work, Vergette Gallery. Carbondale, Illinois

2016 Bright Masses, Masterworks Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand

2014 Admissions, Masterworks Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand

2012 THINKspace: Drawing from Death and Reanimation, Masterworks Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand

2011 Blue in Green, Vetri International. Seattle, Washington

Group Exhibitions

2024 Fire + Clay, Auckland Studio Potters,Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand

2022 Midnight Cowboy, Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand

2020 Tangerine Dream, Pah Homestead. Auckland, New Zealand

2019 Fierce: Women in Iron, Prairie Center for the Arts. Peoria, Illinois

2019 Concept 2019, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art |CICA Museum. Gimpo, Republic of South Korea

2019 CAST Art + Object, Wayne Art Center. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2017 Ceci n'est pas un spectacle d'art, MCMA Graduate Student Symposium, Artspace 304. Carbondale, Illinois

2016 Cross/Pollination, Carbondale Community Arts Artspace 304. Carbondale, Illinois

2016 Annual Ocular Festival. Carbondale, Illinois

2016 The Makers, YES Collective. Auckland, New Zealand

2016 Critical Forum Annual Juried Exhibition, Surplus Gallery. Carbondale, Illinois

2013 Birds, Birds, Birds, Masterworks Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand

2011 The Nature of Glass, Curated by Traver Gallery, Schark Art Center. Everett, Washington

2009-2010 With a Little Help From Our Friends: Recent Accessions to the Decorative Arts. New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, Louisiana

2009 GLASS '09, Milford House. Queenstown, New Zealand

2008-2009 Outbreak!, Ebeltoft Glass Museum. Ebeltoft, Denmark

2006 Renewal, Royal Cameo Gallery. New Orleans, Louisiana

2004 SUNY Spring Exhibition, Gallery at the State University Plaza. Albany, New York

Publications

Bradshaw-Heap, Laura, Katherine Rutecki TRAP: A Sculptural Performance at Gallery Shush 11.10-17.10.2018, Gallery Shush, 2018

Townsend, Jen; Zettle-Sterling, Renee. CAST. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2017. 

New Glass Review 36, Corning, NY: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2015.

New Glass Review 33, Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass, 2012.

Katherine Rutecki, THINKspace Zine, volume 16, Masterworks Gallery. June 2012.

New Zealand Glass Art, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass. Auckland: David Bateman Ltd, 2010

Glassposten, Nr. 4, GLASSMUSEET Venner, November 2008. (cover)