RESUME

Kate Rusek     l    katerusek@gmail.com     l    katerusek.com   I   IG @thekaterusek                       EDUCATION        

2012         Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, MA,  Design for Sustainability                 2007         The University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL , BFA, Sculpture, BFA, Costume Design

2005        SACI College of Art and Design, Florence, IT

RESIDENCIES

2025        A Position Retreat, Vancouver Island, BC (forthcoming)

2024        Sonoma Ceramics, Sonoma, CA (forthcoming)

                Art City, Tucamcari, NM (forthcoming)

                Materials For The Arts, Queens, NY

                Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT    

2023        Vashon Artists Residency, Vashon Island, WA

                Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY

                Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

                Chulitna Lodge, Lake Clark, AK

                Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 

2022        Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA 

                GoogleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2019        Western Montana Open AIR, Missoula, MT

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024        Yellow Studio Gallery, (with artist Monica Shulman), Cross River, NY (forthcoming)

                 Sonoma Ceramics, Optimal Turbulence, Sonoma, CA (forthcoming)

                 Geheim Gallery, The Drama of Vitality, Bellingham, WA

                 the vatican at studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA 

                 Materials for the Arts, Boundary Layer, Queens, NY

                 The Vestibule, Microcosmic, (with artist Colleen JR Bratton), Seattle, WA  

                Anagram Gallery, Relics of Prescience, Minneapolis, MN (online)

2023        Trotter & Sholer  Simple Fire (with artist Lara Saget), New York, NY

                Spring Break Art Fair, Playing with Fire (with artist Jen Dwyer), New York, NY

2007        University of Miami CAS Gallery, The State, Coral Gables, FL 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024        Ki Smith, Grounding, New York, NY (forthcoming)

      Good Naked Gallery x Lawn Monuments, (Upstate Art Weekend), Cragsmoor, NY 

      Shelter, Summer Reading, New York, NY

      Surface Design Association at Dairy Barn Arts, Interplay, Athens, OH  

      Field of Play, Sculpture Holding Contest, Brooklyn, NY

      ArtIns Square, Untold Stories, Juried Online Exhibition

      Culture Object, THE END: Expanded Field Art, New York, NY

      The Vestibule, Time Capsule, Seattle, WA        

      Domicile Gallery, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Seattle, WA        

2023        Well Well Gallery, A Very Queer Thing, Portland, OR

      The REEF, CalArts School of Critical Studies, Beneath The Horizon, Los Angeles, CA

       Socrates Sculpture Park, The Annual 2023, Queens, NY

       Kovla Sullivan, The Bray Exhibition 2023, Spokane, WA

       Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Weather Patterns, Online Exhibition

       Noise For Now, 2nd Annual Fundraiser for Abortion Access, (Upstate Art Weekend), Kingston, NY

        N/A Project Space, The Otherside, (Upstate Art Weekend),  New Paltz, NY

        XO at The Coliseum, Ancient Tech, Future Relics, Seattle, WA

        Forest For The Trees, All Star Exhibition, Seattle, WA 

        The Archie Bray Center for Ceramic Arts, Resident Exhibition, Helena, MT

        Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Embodied Knowledge, New Haven, CT

        Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Beyond Mud: Ceramics in 2023 *best in show*, Brooklyn, NY

        Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, RECYCLE 2023, Brooklyn, NY 

        Studio Archive, Master of None, Online Exhibition        

        The Artful Collective, Dawn, Online Exhibition 

         Li Tang Gallery, Abstraction, Distortion, Fragmentation, Online Exhibition

         Cortada Gallery, All You Need Is Love, Bellingham, WA

         Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Breaking Ground: Art about the Earth, Solomon, MD

         Open House Art Series, Gimme Some Sugar, Bellingham, WA 

2022  440 Gallery,  18th Annual Small Works Show, Brooklyn, NY

         Port Ewen Post Office, Within This Expanse, Port Ewen, NY

         Latela Curatorial, See Support Collect: Body Autonomy, Artsy Online Exhibition 

          GoogleWorks Center for the Arts, Resident Exhibition, Cohen West, Reading, PA

          GoogleWorks Center for the Arts, 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cohen East, Reading, PA 

2021        WoArt Blog, Full Circle, Online Exhibition

2019        Site: Brooklyn, Recycled and Reused, Brooklyn, NY

        Mizuma, Kips, and Wada Art, Interference Effect: 6 Perspectives, New York, NY

        La Bodega Gallery, Re:Re:Re: Patterns, Brookly, NY

        Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Translating Place, Missoula, MT

        Brunswick Gallery, Open AIR Resident Exhibition, Missoula MT

        La Bodega Gallery, small/MIGHTY, Brooklyn, NY

2018   Chashama Gallery: 1 Brooklyn Bridge, Interactive: Beyond Looking, Brooklyn, NY

        Chashama Gallery: 1 Brooklyn Bridge, Seen From The Anthropocene, Brooklyn, NY 

2017   Matawan Studios, Chashama Collection, Matawan, NJ

            Portal Art Fair, Presented by 4heads, New York, NY

            Chashama Gallery: 470 Furman, Intertwined, Brooklyn, NY 

2016     Governors Island Art Fair, Presented by 4heads, Governors Island, NY

2007      Lombardi Warehouse Space,  Mono No Aware, Miami, FL

2006       Lowe Art Museum, Juried Student Exhibition, Coral Gables, FL

PUBLIC ART

2024        Art City, Tucumcari, NM (forthcoming thru 2027)

        Willow Island Sculpture Park, Canton, NY (thru 2026)

2023        Shunpike, StoreFronts Seattle 2023, Seattle, WA

        Socrates Sculpture Park, The 2023 Annual (as The Devra Freelander Fellow), Queens, NY

2019        SaveArtSpace, Save Art Space x ChaShaMa, South Brooklyn, NY

2016        Bay Ridge Storefront Art Walk (SAW), 7th annual,  Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS

2024        Smack Mellon, Hot List Studio Residency Finalist, Brooklyn, NY

2023        Devra Freelander Artist Fellow, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY

        Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Best in Show, Beyond Mud: Ceramics in 2023, BK, NY

        Socrates Sculpture Park, Production Grant, Queens, NY

        Archie Bray Foundation, Rochefort Scholar, Helena, MT

2022        Hambidge Center, Windgate Distinguished Fellowship for Innovation in Craft, Rabun Gap, GA

        GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Residency Grant, Reading, PA

        Vantage Points Creative Development, Merit Based Scholarship,  Brooklyn, NY 

2020        Daytime Emmy Award, Costume Designer, Special Effects Costumes, Sesame Street, HBO 

2019        Western Montana Creative Initiatives Open AIR, Residency Grant

2018        Daytime Emmy Award Nominee, Costume Designer, Special Effects Costumes, Sesame Street, HBO

2015-2017    Chashama, Sustainable Practices Studio Grant, Brooklyn, NY

2016        Daytime Emmy Award Nominee, Costume Designer, Special Effects Costumes, Sesame Street, HBO

2013         Queens Museum of Art, Made In Queens Select Artist, Flushing, NY 

2006        Lowe Art Museum, Lowe Museum Award, Coral Gables, FL

WORKSHOPS  AND PRESENTATIONS

2024        Sonoma Ceramics Center, Mold Making Practices, Sonoma, CA (forthcoming)

2022        GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Biomimicry and Found Object Sculpture, Reading, PA

2020        Private Client, Process art for kids, curriculum planning and Zoom workshops, New York, NY

2017        Dulwich College Seoul Study Abroad, Puppetry Design/Build Workshop, New York, NY

2014        La Mama Theater Company, Children’s Puppetry Design/Build Workshop, New York, NY

2009        Adirondack Lakes Center For The Arts, Natural Fashion Design/Build Workshop, Blue Mt. Lake, NY

AFFILIATIONS

2022        NOLS Wilderness First Responder certification

2015- present     IATSE Local 764 Theatrical Wardrobe Union Member

SELECT FREELANCE ACTIVITY

Fine Tailoring and Specially Costume Design/Build, Lead Tailor, for Saturday Night Live (NBC), The Tonight Show (NBC), Fleishman Is in Trouble (Hulu), White House Plumbers (HBO), Living With Yourself (HBO), Little Voice (Apple+), et al

Puppet, Puppet Costume, and Puppet Prop Design for the Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop

PUBLICATIONS

2024        Friend of The Artist (FOA), Volume 18, Print Issue

       Maake Magazine, Volume 16, curated by Stephanie Baptist, Print and Online Issue 

2023        Create Magazine, The Women’s Issue #37,  Print Issue

        the artful collective, Reclaim Collection Issue 2, Virtual Issue 

2017        Portal Art Fair, Exhibition Catalog by 4Heads

2016        Governors Island Art Fair, Exhibition Catalog by 4Heads

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Fuentes, Diana Escamilla, “New Exhibition at Materials for the Arts in Queens turns waste into art” AM New York, 11 June 2024 

Benzine, Vittoria,  “The END” Brooklyn Rail, 7 May 2024

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Meditz, Stephanie G., “At Socrates Park, art that wastes not, wants not”, Queens Chronicle, 16 Nov 2023 

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