About Caren Helene Rudman

Caren Helene Rudman www.carenhelenerudman.com carenhelene4@gmail.com
IG @carenhelene

Bio: Caren Helene Rudman (b. 1964, Chicago) has been an artist and curator for over 30 years focusing on the connection between mind and body. Her interest in health and heredity genetics began in graduate school where she received an MA from NYU/ ICP, in a prestigious 56 credit program affiliated with the International Center of Photography. She has participated in many group and solo exhibitions and her work is in private collections worldwide. In 2010, she merged her art and curatorial interests, working as the staff curator at The Art Center Highland Park.

Statement: My goal is to blur the lines between mind and body, exploring the body’s fragility and strength. I work in series, reflecting a sense of time and space. Using cut-up photographs, mixed media, and paint on different surfaces from canvas to plexiglass, I explore how energy comes through the body within the process of making art. My hope is by facing our mortality, we also find meaning and build connections.

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Education

1989-1992   New York University 56 Credit MA- International Center of Photography

  Graduate Internship: Whitney Museum of American Art Public Education Program

1988-1989   Columbia College Candidate MA - Photography

1982-1986   University of Colorado, Boulder BA- Major: Philosophy/ Minor: Psychology and French

Selected Exhibitions and Honors

2024 Telling Her Story, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL (invitational)

2024 Glorious Point! Juliets, Joliet, Il (invitational)

2023 The Space Between, curated by Karen M. Gutfreund, ARC Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA

2023 Pride in Art,116 Gallery, St Charles, Il (Invitational)

2023 Woman to Woman Invitational, BOJITT curator, at xèd Design Studio, Chicago, IL

2023 Hot Pink Platter Group Exhibition, AIR Gallery, Glencoe, IL

2022 Visions of Hope, invitational, Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2022 Best of Women, Women’s Caucus for Art, Stola Contemporary Art

2022 A Burst of Hope-collaboration with Ellen Sandor/ Voices & Visions, Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease, The Art Center Highland Park

2022 Days of Quarantine Series, Solo Exhibition at Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, Il

2020 Rest in Power! The Life, Legacy and Mission of RBG Stola Contemporary, Chicago, Il

2020 ALL IN THE SAME BOAT - OR ARE WE? Juror: Anne Farley Gaines, Stola Contemporary, Il

2020 PERSIST and Reimagine. Women’s Work Art Online Gallery, Jurors: Danielle Burns Wilson and Tatiana Reinoza, National Women's Caucus for Art Midwest Regional

2020 XrE*al, Invitational exhibition, Old CourtHouse Arts Center (OCHAC) Woodstock, Il

2020 2020 Vision, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2020 Voices & Visions VI, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center Highland Park,IL

2019 Humanity Rising II, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2019 Time, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL

2019 E*Bridges" group exhibit at the Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

2018 Nevertheless She Persisted: Women of Courage, Tenacity, and Strength, Juried

exhibition: The Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton community College, Il

2018 Voices & Visions V, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center Highland Park, IL

2018           Naked Truth, Old Court House Arts Center, Co-curated and contributing artist, Woodstock, Il

2017 Transmogrification, Elmhurst Art Gallery, Elmhurst, Il.

2017 Undefinable, Curator & contributing artist, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Il.

2017 Solo Exhibition, Previving, The New Studio Evanston.

2017 Humanity Rising Pop Up, co-curator & exhibiting artist, The New Studio Evanston, Il.

2017 Beneath the Surface Encaustics exhibit, curator and exhibiting artist, TAC, Il

2016 Small Treasures, Chicago Women's Caucus of Art, August House Studio, Chicago, Il

2016 Fearless, Old Court House Arts Center, curated by e-artgroup, juror: Beate Minkovski, Woodstock, Il

2016 Voices & Visions V, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center, Highland  Park, IL

2016 Vision: An Artist's Perspective, UniteWomen.org and Gutfreund Cornett Art, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA

2016 CONNECTIONS, curated by CWCA members, Oakbrook, Il

2015 Laguna Art Walk, Invitational Artist, Laguna Beach, CA

2015 Manifesting Healthy Futures: 24/7 Voices & Visions of Wellness, Chicago, Il

2015 Fortunate Discoveries Art & Design on Armitage, Chicago, Il

2014 Voices & Visions, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center, Il

2014 ArtExpo, New York/ ArtBlend

2013 artist Haven Group Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.

2013 Creative Concepts Gallery, A unique gallery of International Artists, New York.

2013 International Juried Fine Art Painting Competition, Artist Haven Gallery, Fl. (Judge: Penelope A. Dixon)

2013 Artist Haven Gallery, Representation and Exhibition, Fl

2012 Voices and Visions, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center, Il

2011 Voices and Visions, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center, Il

2011 Butterfly Project/Earth Day, Juried Entry, Poetry Award, Highland Park, IL.

2011 In View, Faculty Exhibition / Judge, The Art Center, Highland Park,IL

2010 Voices and Visions, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, The Art Center, Il and  Traveling Exhibit

2010 TAC, faculty show, Il

2009-10    Vibe, Highland Park, Il

2009 TAC, 12 x 12 juried Exhibition

2009 tac, unbound, (Juried Exhibition)

2009 Evanston Art Walk, Juried Exhibition of Illinois Artists, (Anatomically Correct)

2009 Womanmade Gallery, 12th International Open, (Juried by Yolanda Lopez)

2008 TAC, 12 X 12 Small Works, Juried exhibition by Renee Hansen

2008 Evanston Art Walk, Juried Exhibition, IL (Anatomically Correct)

2008 Highland Park Art Walk, Juried Exhibition, IL (Anatomically Correct)

2008 Spex, Solo Exhibition, Highland Park, IL

2007 Highland Park Art Walk, Juried exhibition IL artists, (Anatomically Correct)

2006 Mimosa, Solo Show, Highland Park, IL

2006 Highland Park Art Walk, Juried exhibition IL artists (Anatomically Correct)

2006 Invitational Volunteer Exhibition: From There to Here, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago IL

2006   Solo Exhibition: Java Love, Highland Park, IL

2006  Exhibition Art Store Gallery Inc, Glencoe, IL

1996 494 Gallery, NYU/ICP Alumni Show, NY

Small Works, 80 Washington Square Galleries, NY (Juried: Arnold Glimcher)

1991-92  “Choice” Group Show, A.I.R. Gallery, NY

1991 Self-Portrait Show, New York University, NY (Juried)

1989 Student Honor Exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago (President’s Purchase Award) Experience

2017- present Curator The Art Center Highland Park, Il

2017 Assistant to curator Karen Gutfreund: Embedded Messages, TAC, IL

2015 Assistant to curator, Karen Gutfreund: Trending: Contemporary Art Now, WCA,GutfreundCornettARt.com

2015-present WCA member, CWCA member

2010-present Produced and Curated Annual/ Biennial Exhibition: Voices and Visions, Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease, TAC Highland Park

2011-2012 Curated traveling exhibit: Voices and Visions, sponsored/funded by Medline

2011-Present Producer and Co-coordinator of Embrace the Race, annual race for  breast and ovarian cancers.

2009-2019   Private Art Instruction/ Art and Healing

2008  The Art Center, Faculty: Art and Healing, Mixed Media, Il.

2005  Gallery Associate, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL

2000- Present  Represented by Artchiks, Art Consultants

1997-2012 Chair-Person Fine Arts Enrichment Program, Indian Trail ElementarySchool,  Highland Park, IL

1996 Faculty, mixed media- Suburban Fine Arts Center

1996-Present Member/Affiliate Member of Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park

1991-92 Whitney Museum of American Art;Graduate Internship in Public Education

1990-Present Children’s Portrait Photography, Independent

Curatorial Exhibitions at The Art Center highland park

2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020: Voices & Visions, Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease (exhibition about cancer as a metaphor)

2018

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • Contemporary Native American Art (juried exhibition) AND Journey to America: How Stories of Immigration Shape our Heritage and Culture, (juried exhibition) guest jurors; Montserrat Alsina and Kathleen Piccione

  • Impermant Lands: Works by Nicole Gordon & Jennifer Presant

  • eco-ART (juried exhibition) guest jurors: Nicole Gordon, Jennifer Presant, and Wendy Abrams

  • Musicality-  The interplay Between Music and the Visual Arts AND Food Glorious Food(juried exhibition) gues (juried exhibition) guest jurors: Jonathan Plotkin, Mary Barnes-Gingrich, and Amanda Oleander

  • Voices & Visions; Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease  and Women of Courage: A CWCA Homage to Andrea Harris: Juried Biennial exhibition about cancer as a metaphor) guest juror: Caren Helene Rudman

  • Invisible Words- Conceptual Project by Wendy Abrams

  • The Art of Giving Back with Project Resist Fear (juried exhibition) guest juror: Kelly Mathews

2019

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • A Look Within, Works by Judy Norris and Suzette Bross

  • Beyond the Selfie (juried exhibition) guest jurors Judy Norris and Suzette Bross

  • Streaming Reflections; Solo Exhibition of Bert Leveille

  • enLIGHTen (juried exhibition) guest juror Bert Leveille

2020

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • Love & Collaboration guest jurors: Marketa Sivek, Anoush

  • Ellen Sandor Visualizing in a New Light

  • Art and Science featured artists and guest jurors:

  • Virtual Exhibition Art in the Time of Corona

  • Voices & Visions, Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease

  • Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life

  • Of Time & Place

2021

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • US: All People Everything AND THEM: All People Everywhere

  • Ephemera: The Power of Impermanence

  • Words Matter - Featured artist/ guest juror: Makeba Kedem DuBose

  • Henri Dauman- Looking Up

  • Kelly Mathew: Being Bipolar in a Polarized World

  • The Thin Line, guest juror Kelly Mathews

2022

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • Rapport-Cleveland Dean

  • Abstraction- Guest juror Cleveland Dean

  • Fiber-Fashion-Feminism

  • Famil-E - Sheila, Joshua and Joyce Elias

  • Nature VS Nurture- Guest jurors: Sheila, Joshua and Joyce Elias

  • Voices & Visions, Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease

  • Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then

  • Nostalgia Now pop-up exhibition by native Highland Parker, Jill Meyerhoff

  • Objects for Change: Norman Teague, Michael Thompson, Zachary Weber

2023

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • BeLonging: The Work of Indira Johnson (Center Gallery)

  • What Does Freedom Look Like?  (Cindi Elkins Gallery)

  • The Passion Project: Works by Bojitt (Bojana Ilic), Brandon Breaux, Jeremy Brown, Veronica Clements, Irene Mamiye, Yuko Nishikawa, Katrina Smolinsky, Elisa Valenti

  • Absurdity: In DADA we Trust- A Festival of Absurdity in a World Gone Mad/ Collaboration with CWCA and Stola Contemporary Art. (Ongoing movement involving additional Galleries.)

  • Partition Anti-Memorial Project: Pritika Chowdhry- (Center Gallery)

  • Borders and Boundaries Redefined-(Elkins Gallery)

  • The Carrying Stones Project: Sawyer Rose - (Center Gallery)

  • Women’s Work: Call for Entry- Sawyer Rose Juror - (Elkins Gallery)

2024

  • In View, Annual Member Faculty Show

  • Focus: Works by Photographers Paula Chamlee, Susan Aurinko, and Rose Blouin ( Center Gallery)

  • Click- Call for entry -Paula Chamlee, Susan Aurinko, and Rose Blouin Jurors- (Elkins Gallery)

  • Deconstructing Paper: Works by Antonius Tin-Bui, Azadeh Hussaini, Reisha (Center Gallery)

  • Pulp- Call for Entry - Antonius Tin-Bui, Azadeh Hussaini, Reisha jurors (Elkins Gallery)

Raised over $30,000 through donations - creating the Jackie Sabath Exhibition Fund

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