Resume

RESUME

Michael B. Rude
contact: birdnbench@gmail.com
(707) 496-2718
www.birdnbench.com

b: Oakland, California
Artist, lives and works in Eureka CA

Education

2019 College of the Redwoods, Eureka CA – Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts: Fine Arts
2008 Humboldt State University, Arcata CA – Bachelor of Arts in Communication
1993–1998 Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR – Performance Art

work experience

2015-2019 Federal Work Study & Volunteer Lab Tech for Jewelry & Sculpture, Bench Jeweler, Tool fabrication and repair, supervised independent lab. College of the Redwoods, Eureka CA
2012-2018 Volunteer Ground Crew craft services organizer, Traffic direction, Mid race field kitchen. Kinetic Grand Championship, Humboldt County CA
2008-2014 Advertising Coordinator, National Agency advertising sales, Local Sponsorships, Team sales tracking in Microsoft Excel. Eureka Times-Standard, Eureka CA

HONORS AND AWARDS

2022 26th Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition - Third Place Award
2021 NEC Craft for the Coast - Best Upcycled Creation Award
2021 Re-Emergent Exhibition - Grant recipient
2021 NEC Craft for the Coast - People's Choice Award
2019 Humboldt Arts Council Annual Member Exhibition - Second Place People's Choice Award
2018 24th Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition - First Place Award
2017 Humboldt Arts Council Annual Member Exhibition - First Place People's Choice Award
2017 Junque Art Competition and Exhibition - Second Place
2017 Maskibition - Best Performance Mask
2017 Juried Student Exhibition - Yarber Award
2017 Animal House: It's A Zoo Out There - Merit Award
2016 Humboldt Arts Council Annual Member Exhibition - Third Place
2016 Humboldt County Fair Open Juried Show - Special Award
2016 Art League of Lincoln Nature & Animals Exhibit - Second Place
2016 College of the Redwoods Juried Art Exhibition - 3-D Art Award
2015 College of the Redwoods Juried Art Exhibition - Best in Show

Exhibitions

January 2023: For the Love of Birds, Museum of Northern California Art (monca), Chico, CA
October 2022: 26th Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
July 2022: Craft for the Coast, The Northcoast Environmental Center, Arcata CA
August 2021: Re-Emergent Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
November 2019: Humboldt Arts Council 53rdAnnual Member Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
October 2019: 25th Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
September 2019: In the Food Chain (Curator and Contributor - Group Show), The Ink People's Brenda Tuxford Gallery, Eureka CA
November 2018: Humboldt Arts Council 52nd Annual Member Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
October 2018: 24th Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
May 2018: Future Formers, the Sanctuary, Arcata CA
April 2018: 2018 Juried Student Exhibition, College of the Redwoods, Eureka CA
January 2018: Humboldt Arts Project Exhibition, Eureka CA
October 2017: Humboldt Arts Council 51st Annual Member Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
October 2017: 23rd Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
October 2017: Maskibition 2017, The Ink People's Brenda Tuxford Gallery, Eureka CA
May 2017: Benjamin Funke & Associates, the Sanctuary, Arcata CA
April 2017: 2017 Juried Student Exhibition, College of the Redwoods, Eureka CA
January 2017: Animal House: It's A Zoo Out There, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Charmichael CA
November 2016: Humboldt Arts Council 50th Annual Member Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
October 2016: 22nd Annual Junque Art Competition and Exhibition, Morris Grave's Museum of Art, Eureka CA
September 2016: Nature's Bounty, Redwood Art Association, Eureka CA
September 2016: Ellis Art Solo Installation, Eureka CA
August 2016: 2016 Humboldt County Fair Open Juried Show, Ferndale CA
June 2016: Art League of Lincoln Nature & Animals Exhibit, Lincoln CA
May 7, 2016: The Spring Collective (Group Show), Eureka, CA
April 2016: College of the Redwoods Juried Art Exhibition, Eureka CA
April 2015: College of the Redwoods Juried Art Exhibition, Eureka CA

Bibliography

NEC Staff. "Craft for the Coast Winners." EcoNews, Vol. 52, No. 8, Sept. 2022, p. 4.
"Crafts for the Coast Trash Art Contest Winners" EcoNews, 25 Aug. 2021, www.yournec.org/craft-for-the-coast-trash-art-contest-winners/
"Arts Alive!" NJC: North Coast Journal, 5 Sept. 2019, www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/arts-alive/
Content?oid=15129265.
"Exhibit explores Humboldt Bay ecosystem." Times Standard, 30 Aug. 2019, www.times-standard.com/2019/
08/30/exhibit-explores-humboldt-bay-ecosystem/.
Cory, Oliver. "'In the Food Chain' Opens September 5th at the Ink People's Tuxford Gallery."
Redheaded Blackbelt, Kym Kemp, 27 Aug. 2019, kymkemp.com/2019/08/27/
in-the-food-chain-opens-september-5th-at-the-ink-peoples-tuxford-gallery/.
"In the Food Chain." Ink People, www.inkpeople.org/tuxford-gallery-shows/in-the-food-chain.
Image reproduction 2018: https://humboldtarts.org/past-exhibitions
Shelton, Heather. "From junk to art: Exhibit celebrates creativity, heightens awareness of renewable resources." Times Standard, Digital First Media, 28 Oct. 2018, www.times-standard.com/2018/10/28/from-junk-to-art
Shelton, Heather. "From Trash to Treasure" Times Standard, Digital First Media, 13 Oct. 2017, https://www.times-standard.com/2017/10/12/from-trash-to-treasure-junque-arte-exhibit-marks-its-23rd-year/
"Animal House Exhibit." Good Day Sacramento, CBS, Jan. 2017. https://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/video/3605159-animal-house-exhibit/
"Rites of Spring." Mad River Union [Arcata] 4 May 2016, Vol. 3, No. 32 ed., sec. A:1; B: 1.

Affiliations/Organizations

Humboldt Arts Council, Eureka CA
The Ink People, Eureka CA
Kinetic Universe, Eureka CA
The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.

Art skills

Blacksmith, Carpentry, Ceramics (hand-building & potter's wheel), Jewelry, Lathe (metal & wood), Leather-work, Metal Casting, Painting (acrylic & oil), Sculpture, Sewing, Quilting, Welding