Résumé
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018 – McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
• the McNay, Kent Rush (American, b.1948)
• Beauty in the Mundane: Master Printmaker Kent Rush Finds Fascination in the Overlooked, Bryan Rindfuss, SACurrent
• 100 YEARS OF PRINTMAKING IN SAN ANTONIO: KENT RUSH, the McNay
2014 – REM Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
• KENT RUSH: CONCRETE POETRY AND OTHER POEMS IN GRAY, Scott Andrews, Arts and Culture Texas
2010 – Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas
2003 – Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
2002 – Legion Arts/CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1998 – McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1995 – [ArtPace], Hudson Showroom, San Antonio, Texas
• Kent Rush: Long Shots, Exhibition: Jun 10 – Jul 9, 1995, artpace
1993 – Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990 – Coke Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990 – Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Miraflores, Lima, Perú
1990 – The Photographer’s Gallery, London, England
1988 – Art Space, Los Angeles, California
1988 – La Galeria Del Taller De Las Artes Plásticas,”Rufino Tamayo”, Oaxaca, México
1984 – Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, California
1976 – Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 – “Drawn in San Antonio,” McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2020 – “The Machine Stops (or Inkjet Mt Foot!),” University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2020 – “Jorge Garza – Kent Rush: New Works,” Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2016 – “A Plastic Practice: The Still-life in Contemporary Art,” Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX
2015 – “Hare and Hound Press + Artpace: The Art of Collaboration,” Cruz, Hudson Showroom, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2014 – Arezzo&Fotografia 2014, “Sei per Sei: Six Texas Visionary Artists,” Arezzo, Italy
2010 – Leipzig Lichtdruck Kunst, “Thirkell, Hajicek, Rush: Contemporary Collotypes,” Leipzig, Germany
2006 – St. Bride Printing Library, “Collotype Exhibition,” London, UK
2000 – Institute Franco-American, “U.S. Printmakers: The Artist Inker’s Almanac,” Rennes, France
1996 – Southeast Museum of Photography, “FRESH WORK,” Daytona Beach CC, Daytona Beach, FL
1994 – Diverse Works, “Drawing/Crossing the Line,” Houston, TX
1993 – Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art, “Crossing Territories,” NM
1993 – The Center for Photography at Woodstock, “Social Studies/Public Monuments,” NY
1992 – Emison Art Center, DePauw University, “Contemporary Texas Printmakers,” Greencastle, IN
1991 – Art St. Louis, “1991 M-AAA Award Winning Photographers,” St. Louis, MO
1989 – La Galería de La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Extención, San Antonio, TX
1988 – Lawndale Art and Performance Center, “Texas: Exploring the Boundaries” (FOTOFEST ’88), Houston, TX
1986 – Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Bahia, “Papel Arte,” Bahia, Brazil
1982 – Bradford Galleries, “Seventh British International Print Biennale”, Bradford, England
1981 – Art Space (two person), Los Angeles, CA .
1980 – Detroit Institute of the Arts, “Cliche-Verre: Hand-Drawn, Light-Printed,” Detroit, MI
1978 – New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, “First Southeast Graphics Annual”
1977 – Madison Art Center, “Works on Paper by Contemporary American Artists, ” Madison, WI
1975 – Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, “1975 Santa Fe Biennial,” Santa Fe, NM
1971 – Oakland Museum, “Phelan Awards: Photography 1971,” Oakland, CA
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS:
– Senior Fulbright Fellowship, Research/Lectureship, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1988
• Fulbright Scholar Program | Kent Rush
– Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Artist’s Fellowship in Photography, 1991-92
– Partners of the Americas Grant, Lima, Perú, 1990
– Artist-in-Residence, Tamarind Institute, 1991
– President’s Distinguished Achievement Award in Creative Activities, University of Texas, San Antonio, 1990-91
PUBLISHED:
Light, Patsy and Kent Rush. The Artisans of Trabajo Rústico: the Legacy of Dionicio Rodriguez. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2021. Artisans of Trabajo Rústico: The Legacy of Dionicio Rodríguez, Patsy Pittman Light, Photographs by Kent Rush (book)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Williams, Lyle. Kent Rush: A Retrospective 1970-1988. San Antonio: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1998. (amazon)(Google Books)
Links
Kent Rush: 46 Years of Photography at REM Gallery, David S. Rubin, Glasstire, September 24, 2016
Artist Talk: Kent Rush, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (video)
Oaxaca Stumps, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Couple’s art exhibit proves opposites really do attract By Steve Bennett, San Antonio Express-News