John Ruppert

BA, Fine Arts & Art Education, Miami University, Oxford, OH

MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

John Ruppert: Drawings and Sculpture, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

Natural Forces/Urban Context; John Ruppert, a 15-year Survey, Gregory Knight – Curator, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

Installation in the Garden, Art et Industrie, New York, NY

Opulence – Cast Sculpture of John Ruppert, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Ft. Washington, MD

John Ruppert – Sculpture on the Grounds, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

John Ruppert – New Works, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

John Ruppert in the Courtyard, Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY
John Ruppert, Crucible, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

John Ruppert, Villa Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
John Ruppert, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC

John Ruppert, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

John Ruppert- New Works, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

The Iceland Project, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Sandbox Visiting Artist Exhibition, Kohl Gallery, Washington College, Chestertown, MD

John Ruppert: Grounded, Academy of Art Museum, Easton, MD

John Ruppert / Terra Firma,  C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

LAB: Empirical Evidence /John Ruppert, Center for Art Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (catalogue)

Material Terrain, International Arts & Artists

Grimaldis @ 405, Gallery 405, Baltimore, MD

Baker Artist Award Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009                      Bicentennial Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Miami Sculpture Biennale, in conjunction with Art Basel Miami, Curator: Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Miami, FL
2010                       Riverside Landscaping, World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
2010                       Bridge Gardens, Bridge Hampton, NY

Urban Garden, The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Curator: Nick Capasso, Boston, MA
2011                        DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

West Lake International Invitational Sculpture Commission and Exhibition, Hangshon, China

20^th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C.

John Ruppert outdoor exhibition, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

The Cary Hill Sculpture Park, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY

East Meets West, Korean Embassy, Washington, DC
Sculpture and the Object, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Boston, MA
ARTSCAPE Annual, City of Baltimore, MD
Representing the Present, Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC

Mixing Realities, Muzeum Okregowe Leona Wyczolkowskiego W Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” (Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL

2300°F-2002: Iron in the 21^st Century, Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ
Summer Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

The Pirkkala Municipal Sculpture Park, Pirkkala, Finland

40^th Anniversary Art in Embassies Exhibition, US State Department, Washington, DC

Material Terrain, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Inaugural  Exhibition, American University, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC

Timespace (Invitational), Pedvale Open Air Art Museum, Pedvale, Latvia
Contemporary Sculpture 2006, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
The Fields, Omi International Art Center, Ghent, NY
Shiftscale, National Museum of Contemporary Art KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia
Pulse 2006, International Arts & Artist & Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC

Modern Dimensions: Contemporary American Sculpture, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM

e-forms, Jinse Gallery, Chongqing and Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

International Competition for Digital Art and Photography, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

Dallas Art Fair, C Grimaldis Gallery, Dallas, TX

Top 40, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art International exhibition, Curators – Kathryn Poindexter, California Museum of Photography and Mat Gleason Coagula, Los Angeles, CA
The Third Silk Road International Exhibition, Shaanxi Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Xian, Shaanxi, China

Prix de Paris – Raymond Duncan, Galleries Raymond Duncan, Paris

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Grant

Department of Art, Chair, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Jurors’ Award, ArtScape, Baltimore, MD

Juror, Designs for the new Dollar Coin, Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, DC

Full Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Art in Embassies Selection

S. Department of State Federal Assistance Award
S. Department of State Travel Award

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
SIM Artist-in-Residency, Four week residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, (June 2012)

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Photography

HYDRA Art-Residencies-Lipari, Two week residency on an archipelago of a volcano islands off of Sicily, Italy

Joshua Tree House Artist Residency, Two week residency, CA

Maryland Catalyst New Direction Fund Research Grant, Office of the VP For Research, University of Maryland
Arctic Circle Artist Residency, Two week residency on a tall ship collaborating with 20 other artists and scientists, visiting the shores and surroundings of island of Svalbard, Norway

OMI International Sculpture Park, Gant, NY
Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ
Baltimore/Washington International Airport
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Xerox Corp, Rochester, NY
US Chancellery, Lapaz
Nanking College of Fine Arts, Nanking
Contemporary Art Foundation (Ecovar), Marseilles
Harbor Point, Three Strikes, Harbor Point, Baltimore, MD
Gilman School, Three Pumpkins, Baltimore, MD
Purple Line light Rail Station, Passage, Woodside, MD
West Lake International Invitational Exhibition and Commission, Hangzhou, China
World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China:  Chain-link fabric sculpture installed in the Contemporary Chinese Garden along the Riverside Landscaping Project