Education
- 1974
BA, Fine Arts & Art Education, Miami University, Oxford, OH
- 1977
MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Selected One Person Exhibitions
- 1995
John Ruppert: Drawings and Sculpture, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1996
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
- 1997
Installation in the Garden, Art et Industrie, New York, NY
- 1998
Opulence – Cast Sculpture of John Ruppert, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Ft. Washington, MD
- 1999
John Ruppert – Sculpture on the Grounds, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
- 2000
John Ruppert – New Works, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- 2001
John Ruppert in the Courtyard, Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY
John Ruppert, Crucible, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA - 2002
John Ruppert, Villa Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
John Ruppert, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC - 2005
John Ruppert, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
- 2007
John Ruppert- New Works, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY - 2011
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- 2012
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
- 2013
The Iceland Project, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Sandbox Visiting Artist Exhibition, Kohl Gallery, Washington College, Chestertown, MD - 2015
John Ruppert: Grounded, Academy of Art Museum, Easton, MD
- 2017
John Ruppert / Terra Firma, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- 2019
LAB: Empirical Evidence /John Ruppert, Center for Art Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (catalogue)
Large – Scale Sculpture Exhibitions
- 2007-05
Material Terrain, International Arts & Artists
- 2008
Grimaldis @ 405, Gallery 405, Baltimore, MD
- 2009
Baker Artist Award Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009 Bicentennial Exhibition, Miami University, Oxford, OH - 2010
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 - 2011
Urban Garden, The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Curator: Nick Capasso, Boston, MA
2011 DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA - 2012-10
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
- 2012
West Lake International Invitational Sculpture Commission and Exhibition, Hangshon, China
- 2014-15
20th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C.
- 2014-15
John Ruppert outdoor exhibition, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
- 2018
The Cary Hill Sculpture Park, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2000
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 - 2001
Mixing Realities, Muzeum Okregowe Leona Wyczolkowskiego W Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” (Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL - 2002
2300°F-2002: Iron in the 21st Century, Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ
Summer Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD - 2003
The Pirkkala Municipal Sculpture Park, Pirkkala, Finland
- 2004
40th Anniversary Art in Embassies Exhibition, US State Department, Washington, DC
- 2005
Material Terrain, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Inaugural Exhibition, American University, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC - 2006
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 - 2007
Modern Dimensions: Contemporary American Sculpture, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
- 2008
e-forms, Jinse Gallery, Chongqing and Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
- 2014
International Competition for Digital Art and Photography, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
Dallas Art Fair, C Grimaldis Gallery, Dallas, TX
- 2016
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
Professional Experience, Residencies, Grants
- 1978
Prix de Paris – Raymond Duncan, Galleries Raymond Duncan, Paris
- 1997, 1995, 1991
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Grant
- 1998
Department of Art, Chair, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Jurors’ Award, ArtScape, Baltimore, MD - 1999
Juror, Designs for the new Dollar Coin, Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, DC
- 2002
Full Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 2004
Art in Embassies Selection
- 2006
S. Department of State Federal Assistance Award
S. Department of State Travel Award - 2012
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
SIM Artist-in-Residency, Four week residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, (June 2012) - 2015
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Photography
- 2017
HYDRA Art-Residencies-Lipari, Two week residency on an archipelago of a volcano islands off of Sicily, Italy
- 2018
Joshua Tree House Artist Residency, Two week residency, CA
- 2019
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
Selected Commissions and Collections
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