David Rudolph

Sculpture

Sculpture

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"Stretch"

$1,850
15" x 52" x 9"
Cast Stone

"Counter Catwize"

$1,250
28" x 13" x 8"
Cast Stone

"Kitten Meditation"

$550
6" x 10" x 4"
Cast Stone

"Catwize"

$650
3.5" x 12" x 11"
Cast Stone

Limited Edition Print

"Canyon Road Goes Digital - Limited Edition Print"

$400
33.5" x 23.5" Matted
Ink on Rag

Bio

EDUCATION:
BROOKDALE COLLEGE, New Jersey, Classes in Oil Painting and sculpture
UCLA, Classes in Film and Sculpture
CAL ARTS, 3D Art Workshops
NORTHRIDGE COLLEGE, Art Therapy Classes
TONY URBANO STUDIOS, LIVE Animation and Sculpture
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, Freelance work, LIVE Animation and Sculpture
Research and Development
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE, Sculpture Studio
MEL ZAID STUDIO, Private Study in Fine Art Mold making
PRIVATE STUDIES of Concrete Formulations and Fine Art Mold making, (ongoing) since 1987
PUBLICATIONS:
SU CASA MAGAZINE, (on cover) winter issue 2010
FINE WOODWORKING, Various Issues 1989 - 1992
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOODWORKER MAGAZINE (on cover) 1991
DESIGNER WEST, Various Issues 1981 - 1982
THE BOOK:” URBAN SURPRIZES” 2002
ORANGE COASTS MAGAZINE (on cover) 1981
VARIOUS PRESS: (1985-2004)
LOS ANGELES TIMES, SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SANTA
BARBARA INDEPENDENT, MOTECITO MAGAZINE, BEVERLY HILLS COURIER, THE COAST
NEWS AND CALIFORNIA MAGAZINE
LECTURES:
SANTA BARBARA SCULPTOR’S GUILD, “The Evolution of an Assemblage Artist” April, 1985
LOS ANGELES CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM” Artist and collector’s Lectures” Oct. 1985
UCLA ARTIST LECTURE SERIES,” One Man Sculpture Showcase and Lecture”, Jan. 1989
SANTA BARBARA SCULPTOR’S GUILD,”Transitions (Six Years Later)”, May, 1991
ASSEMBLAGE SCULPTURE WORKSHOPS IN VARIOUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
1980-2005
NEIMOROFF TOUR, LECTURE/STUDIO TOUR AT RUDOLPH STUDIOS, 1989 - 1993
SB SCULPTURE GUILD LECTURE / VIDEO PRESENTATION “THE BIG PICTURE”, 1999
GALLERIES, COMMISSIONS AND SHOWS: (selected)
*THE ANNUAL 2009 CANYON ROAD “PAINT OUT” WIN FIRST PLACE FOR THE
BEST IN SHOW, SANTA FE , NM. 2009
*SALON MAR GRAFF, GROUP SHOW, (paintings) JULY 2009
*SAMUEL DESIGN GROUP- SF RAILYARD ARTLOFTS- 1 MAN SHOW 2009
*COADY CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, SANTA FE, NM. , 2008 – 2009
*DESIGN WEEK SANTA FE - Display 3 new furniture pieces , 2007
*Create New Ltd. Edition pieces, “COLD HARD CASH” # 1,2&3, 2007
*NEW WORK –“ BIG MONEY ” Sculpture, Steel, (16’ X 7’ outdoor piece ) 2006- 2007
-ALLAN RICH GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, 1982- 2010
-NORTHLIGHT ATELIER, Los Olivos, CA., 2006 -2008
*SANTA FE, RE-MODEL AND SET UP STUDIOS, 2005 – 2006
*RELOCATION –Of Rudolph Home and Studio from Encinitas Ca. to Santa Fe, NM. 2005
*DESIGN* 21 - Colaborated with award winning Swiss Architect ROGER KURATH on 5 Modern Case
Study Houses. Also commissioned to create contemporary sculpture, furniture and architectural
details. Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, Huntington Beach and Santa Barbara, Ca. . 2002 – 2006
* L.A. CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM- 2 artist show, Premier viewing of 24 newly acquired David
Rudolph sculpture and furniture pieces (circa (1982-1987) Combined with Large collection of Pablo
Picasso Ceramics 2002
*L.A. CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM- accepts 24 pieces of D. Rudolph sculpture and furniture
into the permanent collection of Los Angeles, 2001
-SUMNER/DENE GALLERY, San Diego, Ca. 2000 – 2005
-EMPORIUM GALLERY, Encinitas, Ca. 2000 - 2001
*“BIG T.V.” SCULPTURE Used in GAP TV Commercial, Summer 2002
*LOS ANGELES PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, Caheanga Blvd. Hollywood, Ca. 2000
-SVIT-OZOR GALLERY, Santa Barbara, Ca. 1999 – 2000
-TESORO GALLRY, Beverly Hills, Ca. 2000-2001
*LAGUNA MUSEUM OF ART “CALIFORNIA CRAFT”, Laguna, Ca. 1999 - 2000
*GALLERY OF FUNCTIONAL ART, One Man Show, “TIME/ MEMORY AND STILL ANIMATION”,
Santa Monica, Ca. 1999
-GALLERIA SILECCHIA, Sarasota, Florida 1997 - 1999
* L.A. CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM “GO” group show with LA artists 1998
*IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE “ESSENCE OF ART” Programs for Public Schools, RUDOLPH
STUDIOS has Developed and Implemented ART Programs, For Children to enhance Personal
Imagination and Creativity, 1997 – 2003
*VIDEO - “ BIG PICTURE T.V.” BIO/DOCUMENTARY The video about the making of “THE BIG
T.V.” SCULPTURE, 1997 – 1998
*MASTERWORK - “ BIG PICTURE T.V. TALK SHOW”, Public Interactive sculpture a walk-in TV
with a talk show set to enhance communication, 10’ X 7’ X 25’ STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE,
1999
*“SIT DOWN AND BE AN ANGEL ”In the collection of Mary Batten, first in a series of inter-active
sculptures, 1996-97
*PRIVATE GRANT for the research and development of techniques focusing on the creation of
Substantial Inter-Active Public Sculptures, 1996 – 1999
*RUDOLPH STUDIOS, Completion of new welding and concrete studios, 1996
-COMMISSION: Rancho Productions, Design and management of extensive, landscaping project.
Rancho Santa Fe, Ca. 1995 - 1996
*SIGNIFICANT RELOCATION - of RUDOLPH HOME /STUDIO/GALLERY from Santa Barbara to
Encinitas. 1995
*FOUNDED IN 1992 RUDOLPH STUDIOS Grew beyond wood sculptures to concrete and steel
sculptures, with the opening of a private gallery.
-ART SOURCE L.A. Santa Monica, Ca. 1992 - 1994
-JACK RUTBERG GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, Fund raiser to fight prejudice, Hollywood, Ca. 1995
*COMMISSION: Rancho Productions, 2 large concrete sculptures of “MT. LIONS”
Rancho Santa Fe, Ca. 1994
-LOS ANGELES SYMPHONY Fund raiser, Fine Art Auction 1994
*RUDOLPH STUDIOS- Lecture/ Home Gallery/ Tour,
NIEMEROFF/DEUTCH Fine Art Collectors Group, Santa Barbara, Ca. 1993
*COMMISSION- First of the large concrete outdoor sculptures, 11
FOOT TIGER, ADDIS/WEXLER, Beverly Hills, Ca. 1993
-KIETH HARTOG GALLERY, Beverly Hills, Ca. 1993
-PASADENA ART ASSOCIATION, Featured artist: (one man show) 1993
- PARAMOUNT STUDIO PRESENTS Celebrity Outreach Foundation Fine Art Auction Los
Angeles, Ca. 1992

Artist Statement

My beginnings as an artist started with sculpture. I would carve into natural materials (wood /stone etc.) without knowing what I was creating and something profound would always emerge. I further developed my craftsmanship with the confidence that something would always show up and carry me through. It wasn’t long before I started getting clearer visions of what I wanted to create. I no longer wanted to be limited by the size and shape of the materials I could acquire. I experimented with assemblage techniques and felt a strong connection to the processes I had developed for creating my own style of sculptures. The idea of life in the materials or life in a work of art fascinated me.

The sculptures I would make must have life or a sense of movement. This idea I would call “STILL ANIMATION”, whatever the subject matter was it would be reduced to shapes with plains and surfaces where light and shadows merge to give a reference to time, memory and dimension. My work had a wide range of subject matter, interpretations of the everyday objects (appliances, automobiles and robotic figures etc.).
At this time I began being inspired by the old masters; Bernini, Rodin and Michealangelo
After doing my version of “THE THINKER” I decided to take on Bernini’s “APPOLO and DAPHNE”. His version based on a Greek fable in which woman escaping a man does so by becoming a tree. This sculpture floored me when I saw it, now this was the “Still Animation”!! ( from hundreds of years ago). I instantly thought of my own version circa 1982, the woman is connecting to the sky through electricity and the man is stunned. I found that this version tells a different story to everyone and I prefer my work experienced that way. Artworks that have life and inspire the imagination are the biggest successes to me.

The work I created during the 1970s, 80s and 90s set the pace for what would come in the 21st century. My contemporary representations continued in the forms of limited editions and larger public sculptures using many formulations of hi-tech concrete I had developed.
I found security in my continuing study of the modern, cubist and abstract masters of the early 20th century (Leger, Mondrian, Fieninger, Duchamp), just to name but a few. I enjoy thinking that my work is like the continuation of that movement and possibly a link to others in the future.

In 2005 we re-located to Santa Fe, NM. from California, the soul, beauty and colors of this land had a bigger affect on my work than I ever thought possible. Combined with my sculptural practice of “Still Animation” I discovered the further adventures, of a new place using painting as my map for my mind visitations that report on the “DIGITAL UNIVERSE”. For more information on this see “Visual Reports from the Digital Universe”. I feel the strong connections of my work over the years to the present and know that it will continue for the rest of my life. My goal has always been to stimulate the imagination of others using my vocabulary of artwork to create a new language.