Biography
Biography
Brad Rude (b. 1964)
Artist Brad Rude sees the world through the eyes of a Northwest artist who was born in Montana and has lived in Walla Walla most of his life. His journeys through his grandfather’s folk art studio left him with the images of horses and carriages–his first carved horse still holds a place of prominence in his studio, next to his extensive collections of found objects, books, pictures and anything that might inspire him. His passion for living in the country–his home and studio are tucked beneath Walla Walla’s Blue Mountains–have left him with a love of the Northwest and a concern for the human condition and Nature’s well-being. His art can be viewed as a simple offering of beauty, as he creates renderings of Mother Nature’s creatures–dogs, rhinos, lion, cows and horses. Or one can see each animal–Brad’s main object–surrounded by the emblems of the human conditions of uncertainty, danger, questions, joy. His art and his creatures take form in sculptures which now reside on the sidewalks of downtown Walla Walla, in the Walla Walla Foundry’s breezeway, and in the collections of Microsoft, Nordstrom, Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, and the Boise Art Museum.
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Education
| 1984–1985 | Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Studied oil painting, drawing, sculpture |
| 1983–1984 | Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Studied oil painting and drawing |
Gallery Representation |
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Gail Severn Gallery 400 First Ave North, Ketchum, ID |
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Stremmel Gallery 1400 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV |
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Visions West Galleries34 West Main, Bozeman, MT |
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The Art Spirit Gallery415 Sherman Avenue, Coeur d'Alene, ID |
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Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art702 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM |
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Related Employment
| 1993–Present | Patina Technologist Consultant |
| 1982–1993 |
Patina Technologist, Metal Finisher and Inspector, Walla Walla Foundry
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Public Works and Awards |
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| 2004–2008 | Washington State University, purchase award, Pullman, WA Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation Commission of 5 stops on rail line. District of Oregon, Portland, OR |
| 2002–2003 | Washington State Arts Commission Art in Public Places Program in partnership with Skagit Valley Community College, Oak Harbor, WA |
| 1998–1999 | Washington State Arts Commission Art in Public Places Program in partnership with Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA |
| 1997–1998 | Seattle Arts Commission Special Project/Residency: Artwork at Woodland Park Zoo |
| 1996–1998 | Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, Oregon, lobby commission |
| 1995 | Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program in partnership with Chinook Primary/Alki Middle School, Vancouver School District, Vancouver, WA |
| 1992 | Washington State Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts, $5,000 Two Dimensional Artist Fellowship Award |
| 1992 | Commission of life sized deer and a log City of Auburn, WA 1992 Commission of life sized donkey, rocks, and a bird, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR |
Residency |
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| 1991 | Artist in Residence, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Sitka, OR |
Selected Collections |
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| Art Museum of Missoula, MT | |
| Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID | |
| Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY | |
| Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA | |
| Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA | |
| City of Auburn, WA | |
| City of Kirkland, WA | |
| City of Reno, NV | |
| City of Vancouver, WA | |
| City of Walla Walla, WA | |
| Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR | |
| Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR | |
| Ed and Nancy Reddin Kienholz Intracorp, Seattle, WA | |
| Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA | |
| Nordstrom, Seattle, WA | |
| Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA | |
| Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR | |
| Texaco, White Plains, New York Tri-Met, Portland, OR | |
| Unocal Corporation, CA | |
| Vita-Tech International, Inc., Tustin, CA | |
| WRQ Inc., Seattle, WA | |
| Walla Walla Foundry, Walla Walla, WA | |
| Washington State University, Pullman, WA | |
| West One Bank, Boise, ID | |
| Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA | |
| Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT | |
Biography text written by:
Lenel Parish