RESUME: MARY RUDEN (865) 579-1162 [email protected] 1354 Springview Circle Seymour, TN 37865 Website: maryruden.com

EDUCATION: Associate of Science Degree: ATI College of Health: , FL 2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL:12/1982

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS/PUBLIC ART : AMSE, American Museum of Science & Energy: Oak Ridge, TN 2019 ‘Einstein Sundial’ permanent collection

Madison County Manufacturing Art Park: Mars Hill, NC 2019, 7’ Sundial: “Time Keeper” permanent collection, Dr. Otis T Duck Greenway

Pompano Beach, FL 2018: Utility Box Wrap, ‘Monarch Sun” design

Public Library of Rowan County: , NC 2019/2018: Sundial Sculpture

Public Library Elizabethton, TN: 6’ Art Bench 2017, permanent, Elizalliance.org

Atlanta Belt Line 2017: Einstein Sundial sculpture, Park Tavern location

City of Roswell, GA:Public Art Sculpture, Sundial, 2016 artaroundroswell.com

Appalachian State University: Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit: Boone, NC 2015-2014, 9’ Sundial www.rosensculpture.org

Founder’s Park: Outdoor metal sculpture ‘Metamorphosis’: Johnson City, TN, Permanent Collection, acquired 2014, 12’ tall Aluminum, stainless steel, steel

Downtown Development Boone, NC: Public Art: 6’ Monarch Bench 2015-2014

Convention Center: Chattanooga, TN “Quilted” vinyl floor art at entrance and surrounding building, 2014, Visitor’s Convention Bureau

Chapel Hill, NC Community Center: 12' metal sculpture 2014 'Sculpture Visions'

6' Fiberglass Fiddle Public Art Project: Galax,VA 2013 permanent display.

CowParade Austin,: “Guitar Cow”: City Hall: Austin, Texas. 2011

Art in Place.org: Charlottesville, VA: 12' metal Sculpture 2012-2011

Brevard County, FL:Department of Health Building, 2010:Art in Public Places

City of Knoxville,TN Art District 6' Pole Banners,Posters,Billboard 2015-2011

Miami-Dade FL Art in Public Places: 2005 ArtBank Permanent Collection

Miami Beach City Hall:2002,2007: Two 8’ tall Flamingo sculptures: Miami-Dade Art in Public Places “Flamingos in Paradise” Miami Beach Botanical Garden

EXHIIBITIONS: American Revolutionary Hero Mary Patton:Bronze Sculpture : Sycamore Shoals State Park Museum: Elizabethton, TN; Rocky Mount Museum, Piney Flats, TN 2019

Art of Planetary Science, American Astronomical Society Convention at Knoxville Convention Center 2018: sundials and paintings

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts: Gatlinburg, TN, 2017, Solo Show as “Artist of the Year” Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage: sculpture, paintings

Tryon Fine Arts Center 2017 Biennial Sculpture Show, Tryon, NC

The Smithsonian’s Water/Ways exhibit at Warrior’s Path State Park, 2017, Kingsport, TN: images of water useage and source in art exhibit

US Botanic Garden, Washington DC:Flora of the National Parks 2016, for the Centennial of the National Park Service:painting: usbg.gov/flora-national-parks

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Visitor Center: Centennial Art Exhibit 2016

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts:Gatlinburg,TN: 2017, 2015, 2013,Sevier Show

Great Plains Museum: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, NE. Paintings, 2012

Art in the Airport Exhibition: Knoxville, TN 2017; 2012, paintings, group exhibit

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Art Exhibit:'Wounded in Action' commemorates wounded Veterans, orthopaedic advancements: 2011,Convention Center: ,LA.; Russell Senate Office Rotunda: Washington DC; National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed 2011; Health Sciences and Human Services Library at University of Maryland: ; Cultural Center:2011-2012. See website of AAOS “Wounded in Action”

Arts & Culture Alliance Emporium Gallery Shows: 2019-2008, Knoxville, TN

Office of the Mayor of Knoxville, TN 2020-2008, paintings

Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 2007: Baltimore, MD: medical art Mary Ruden maryruden.com [email protected] (865)579-1162