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HISTORY
Born:
September 21, 1948; Trinidad, Colorado
Education:
1977 Master of Fine Arts, Washinton State University, Pullman, Washington.
1974 Bachlor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Phi Beta Kappa.
Awards:
1993 Production of MARS Vision, MARS Art Gallery NEA founded print, Phoenix Arizona.
1982 Commemorative Poster, Festival 13, Scottsdale Center of the Arts, Scottsdale Arizona.
1981 Arizona Commission on the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship in Painting, Phonix Arizona.
Public Commissions:
1985 City and County of San Francisco Recreation and Parks Dept., San Francisco Art Commission.
1985 Mural for Zapata Hall, Standford University, Palo Alto, California.
Selective Visiting Artist Presentations:
2002 Mazatlan Museum of Art, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
1997 Fort Lewis College Art Department, Durango, Colorado.
1994 La Raza/Galeria Posada, Sacramento, California.
1989 University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
1986 Tucson Art Institute, Tucson, Arizona.
1984 Society for Art Publicators of the Americas, San Francisco, California.
1984 California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California.
1984 Visiting Artist Presentation, Mesa College, Grande Junction, Colorado.
Selected Broadcast Media:
KOAT-TV, Evening New Interview, Action 7 News, August 18, 1988. Sunday Morning, Charles Kurault, CBS, April 3, 1988. West of the Imagination, PBS Documentary Mini Series, 1986.
Selected Publications:
2002 Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art Two vol., Bilingual Press/ Editorial Bilingue, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University General Editor: Dr. Gary D. Keller.
2001 Iconos Personales, Monograph by Julie Sasse, El Museo de Arte de Mazatlan.
2002 Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Jonathan Yorba, catalogue for Smithsonian American Art Museum traveling exhibition.
2001 Tribute: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, The University of Arizona,Tucson, Arizona. Essay by Julie Sasse.
1994 Power of Art by Lewis, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Fort Worth, Texas.
1992 Artists of 20th Century New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico Press.
1992 CARA, Chicano Art - Resistance and Affirmation, UCLA.
1989 San Francisco Examiner, The Hispanic Vision, page C-1, October 2, 1989.
1988 New Mexican/Pasatiempo, Rudy Fernandez: Elaborate Symbols, Jan Best, October 21, 1988.
1988 New Mexico Magazine, El Arte, Mary Montano Army, July, 1988.
1988 ARTSPACE, (Cover), Art of New Mexico, Summer-Fall, 1988.
1987 ARTSPACE, (Cover), Hispanic Art in the United States, Elizabeth McBride, Fall, 1987.
1987 Artistas Mexico-Americanos, (Catalogue), Foreword by Jesus Rodriquez y Rodriquez Loteria Nacional.
1987 Hispanic Art In the United States, Beardsley, Livingston, Pas, Abbeville Press.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2007 Seis De America, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2006 Chicano: Pronoucing Diversity, Center for the Art, Eagle Rock, Ca.
2006 Seis De America, Petro Peru, Lima Peru Seis De America, Galeria Frida Kahlo, Culiacan Mexico Seis De America , UABC Tijuana, Mexico.
2006 The Desot Workshop: Graficas Gallery, Tucson Arisona.
2006 The Bath House Cultural Center: El Corazon, Dallas, Texas.
2005 La Calavera, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
2005 Mi Vida Encantada: Beverly Roman Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
2004 Texas Uprising: Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas.
2002 Arte Latino: Treasures from The Smithsonian Art Museum, Oakland Museum of Fine Arts, Oakland California.
2002 Arte Latino: Treasures from The Smithsonian Art Museum, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs California. (2001 at Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2000 at El Paso Museum of Fine Art, El Paso, Texas) .
2002 Rudy Fernandez-Iconos Personales, Galeria Pedro Carreon, DIFUCIR, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico (2001, Mazatlan Museum of Art, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico).
2001 Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois.
2000 La Luz - Contemporary Latino Art in the United States, National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1997 La Guadalupana - Images of Faith and Devotion, Tacoma Art Museum; Tacoma,Washington.
1994 Rudy Fernandez: Mixed Media Painting, La Raza/Galeria Posada, Sacramento, California.
1993 Nichos, Form and Function, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico.
1992 Rudy Fernandez, Tom Palmore. Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
1990 Alcove Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1990 C.A.R.A. Chicano Art: Resistance & Affirmation.
1990 U.C.L.A. Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1989 Artists of the Americans, Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1989 Hispanic Art in the United States, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles California. (1989 Santa Fe, NM, The Lowe Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami, FL; 1987 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas).
1987 Artistas Mexico-Americanos de San Francisco, California, Salon de Sorteos, Mexico D.F.
1986 Monotypes from Smith Anderson Editions, Galleri Kulturtovet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1986 One-Man Show, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
1986 Lo Del Corazon, Heartbeat of a Culture, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California.
1986 Meridian: An Exhibition of the Art of the Americas, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California. 1984 Luis Jimenez-Rudy Fernandez, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco, California.
1984 Altar Ego, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California.
1983 Secular Santos, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
1983 Showdown, Alternative Museum, New York, New York.
1983 Arizona Invitational Contemporary Painting Exchange Show, Center of Modern Art, Guadalajara, Mexico. 1978 Homage to Frida Kahlo, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco, California.
1978 Homage to Frida Kahlo, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco, California.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum and Corporate:
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, -Washington, D.C.
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York.
National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque New Mexico.
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico.
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
City and County of San Francisco, Art in Public Places.
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California.
La Raza/Galeria Posada, Sacrament, California.
Kemper Insurance Group, Chicago, Illinois.
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California.
The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California.
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
Prudential Life Insurance. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson, Arizona.
INTERNET ARTICLES
Smithsonian Archives
Smithsonian Artist Registry
AKAS II-Rudy M. Fernandez visual artist
AskArt
Private Icons-Essay by Julie Sasse
Chicana/o Art Book-Accolades of the artist
National Hispanic Cultural Center-Fernandez
AMICA Library
ArtFact.com-collection
Serie Project-collection
DeSoto Workshop-collection
Nevada Neighbors-Curator Essay incl. Rudy Fernandez
NMSantos.com-Artist profiles in Books
CSU Stanislaus-collection
ASU M.A.R.S. Exhibit-collection
Strake Jesuit Art Museum-collection
Rain of Gold-Book Cover
Absolut Southwest-Fernandez
Special Projects
This is Rudy's page to let us know what he's currently up to. Where he's travelling to, when he's going back to Thailand to do some more work on his new series, etc...
The public can make comments, too.
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MIXED MEDIA ARTIST
