403 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
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go to PortfolioRudi Klimpert
Oil on Canvas
ARTIST STATEMENT
My current body of work represents both artistic technique and multi-cultural symbolism. This southwest icon series primarily focuses on doors as a multi-level metaphor. At first glance, they may appear surreal due to the intense color, dreamlike atmosphere and placement of man-made objects in an open landscape. I provided thematic hints of the history, cultures, ancestry, and religions from this region allowing the viewer's mind to move in many directions towards an overall shared structural concept. All of my paintings address Man's relationship to the greater universe, that is often symbolized by a sun or moon representing the effect nature has on the development of local cultures. All of these factors merge, making us who we are today.
ART EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND
- Art Students League in New York City for four years
- Anatomy and figure drawing with R. Beverly Hale
- Design with Howard Trafton
- Painting with H. Sternberg, F. T. Reilly, K. Marsh, and F. Du Mond
- Commercial artist and consultant, Chicago and New York
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
- Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
- Pas a de Artistas, Scottsdale, AZ
- Miller Fine Art, Salado, TX
- Mountain Trails, Palm Desert, CA
- Art Incorporated, San Antonio, TX
- Leona King Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- K. Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ
EXHIBITIONS
2008
- Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, one man show
- Miller Fine Art, Salida, Texas
- Casa des Artistes, Scottsdale, AZ
2004-2007
- Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, featured artist
1999 - 2003
- Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, one man show
- Occasions by Design, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 - 1998
- State of New Mexico Invitational, Albuquerque, NM
- One Man Show, Nina Bean Gallery, Albuquerque, NM ,
- Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
- Running Buffalo Gallery, Bernallilo, NM
1995 -1996
- One Man Show, North Manchester College in Indiana
- Nina Bean Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- Running Buffalo Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
1993 - 1994
- Two Person Show, North Manchester College in Indiana
- Running Buffalo Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
- Laughing Bear Gallery, Placitas, NM
1960 - 1992
- Three One Man Shows, Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Two One Man Shows, Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Sears Art Gallery, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
- Parilee Gallery, Geneva, IL
PUBLICATIONS
- The Sun, May 2007
- 19th Annual New Mexico Wine Festival Commemorative Poster, 2006
- Crosswinds Magazine, 2001 - 2003
- SouthWest Art, 2002
- Focus Santa Fe, 2000, 2001
- Albuquerque Arts, September, 1998
- Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, July/August, 2001
- Santa Fean, September, 1998
- The Ultimate New Mexico Christmas, 2003
Focus Santa Fe November/December 2001
JAPHA July/August 2001
