glazed stoneware
160x380x210mm
2025
glazed stoneware
110x150x165mm
2025
glazed stoneware (ceramic detail, front)
340x300x220mm
2025
glazed stoneware (ceramic detail, back)
340x300x220mm
2025
plaster, wood, pigmented gesso, oil gilt silver, varnish
150x200x150mm
2023
lost wax cast lead crystal
600x300x300mm
2017
lost wax cast lead crystal (DETAIL)
600x300x300mm
2017
lost wax cast lead crystal
1000x500x550mm
2018
lost wax cast lead crystal (DETAIL)
1000x500x550mm
2018
cast iron, wood plinth
1828x400x400mm
2018
blown and hot pressed erbium glass, mirror, birchwood ply
250x370x140mm
2016
blown and hot pressed uranium glass, mirror, birchwood ply
333x100x360mm
2016
blown and hot pressed uranium glass, mirror, birchwood ply
333x100x360mm
2016
blown and hot pressed glass, mirror, birchwood ply
260x320x130mm
2016
blown and hot pressed glass, mirror, birchwood ply
350x320x130mm
2016
Hot pressed glass, mirror, mixed media, telephone booth
Site specific installation, Southern Illinois University
2016
Born: 1985, Buffalo, New York
Resides:Auckland, Aotearoa | New Zealand
katherine@katherinerutecki.com
IG @katherine_rutecki_
Rutecki is an American-New Zealand artist living and working in Auckland and working in the intersection of conceptual art and craft or applied arts; with an emphasis in glass and lost wax casting techniques, ceramic and heritage plaster applications. Currently they are developing a body of work (fishergirl) within the language of traditional figure sculpture and focusing mainly on ceramic.
[There was a weird Victorian garden statue of a fisher-girl in Albert Park, Erected in 1901, it was a drinking fountain, though the fountain aspect has been removed in recent memory. I’ve been developing a body of work exploring sex and gender themes inspired by the figure’s gesture and stylization.]
Education
BFA Sculpture New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University
2003-2007
MFA Glass Sculpture Southern Illinois University
2015-2018
Personal Mythologies
Public Record
Auckland, New Zealand
2025
Trap
Unperceived Existence
Gallery Shush
Leskovac, Serbia
2018
Between Space: Katherine Rutecki and Jon Witzky
Artspace 304
Carbondale, Illinois
2018
______ work
Vergette Gallery
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
2016
Bright Masses
Masterworks Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand
2016
Admissions
Masterworks Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand
2014
Blue in Green
Vetri International
Seattle, Washington
2011
(CURRENT) Summer Exhibition, Confluence
Poison Creek Sculpture Project.
Queensbury, New Zealand
2025/2026
Pushing Parallels
The Arts House Trust, The Pah Homestead.
Auckland, New Zealand
2024
Tangerine Dream
Arts House Trust, The Pah Homestead
Auckland, New Zealand
2020-2021
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
2018-2019
The Nature of Glass, curated by Traver Gallery
Schark Art Center
Everett, Washington
2011
With a Little Help From Our Friends:
Recent Accessions to the Decorative Arts
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, Louisiana
2009
Outbreak!
Ebeltoft Glass Museum
Ebeltoft, Denmark
2008-2009
2004 SUNY Spring Exhibition
Gallery at the State University Plaza
Albany, New York
2004