Anna Rutherford Wren
Professional Artist
CV:
EDUCATION
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts, graduated 2013
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Graphic Design, BFA, 2009-2010
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Credits earned in Kiln-fired Glass, Creative Writing, 2D and 3D Foundation, 2009
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Royce Myers Gallery, Tulsa, OK (2014-Current)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Owner of ARA Inc. (2013-current)
Teaching, Paint night, (2017-current)
Partner in Rutherford real estate (Current)
Santa Fe Opera, sales, (2017)
Executive Assistant, Strategic Financial Services, Tulsa, OK (2013-2016)
Website designer and social media, ADD Professionals, Tulsa OK (2014-2015)
Artist Assistant, David Phelps, professional sculptor, Oklahoma City, OK (2013-2014) Monitor, Oklahoma State University Sculpture Department, Stillwater OK, (2013)
Instructor, Multicultural Arts Center, Stillwater OK, oil painting, welding (2013)
Assistant Manager, Purple Glaze Studio (ceramic studio), Tulsa, OK (2006-2009)
HONORS & AWARDS
First place, Student Union Graffiti Contest, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
Honorable Mention & cash prize, Oklahoma State University Research Week Science Show, Stillwater OK (2013)
Medical Heritage Scholarship, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK (2012)
First place and the permanent cover of the novel, Geist of Holzteinberg Castle, Labyrinth of the Art’s Geist Cover Art Contest. (2012)
Sonya and Mark Terpening Endowed Scholarship, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (2012)
First place, Oklahoma State University Student Juried Exhibition, Stillwater OK (2012)
Novel interior cover artist, Dr. Eve Zombie Killer, Labyrinth of Arts art contest(2012)
First place, Microscopy Art Show, Oklahoma State University (2011)
Awarded a competitive graphic design position, University of Kansas (2010)
Awarded, Academic Transfer Scholarship, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK (2010)
Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO (2009)
COLLECTIONS & LARGE COMMISSIONS
Hayden Hall Chicago, Chicago, IL
Stage Backdrop commissioned for Miss Pole Dance America, Nashville, TN
Permanent collection in the Seratean center, Student Union Art Show Live painting with Yatika Fields, Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University, Student Union, winning graffiti painting permanently hung
Oklahoma State University, Seratean Center, Symphony in C, Collaboration with Yatika Fields
Oklahoma State University, Bellman Science Research Building, winning Microscopy painting permanently hung
Tulsa Oklahoma Parade of Homes, Illustrator of the homes, Tulsa, OK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Downtown Subscription, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
Stillwater Nude Show, College Bar, Stillwater, OK, 2013
Anna Rutherford Solo Exhibition, Perish Venue, Oklahoma City, OK, 2013
Anna Rutherford in Gene B-27, Oklahoma State University Student Union, Stillwater, OK, 2013 Gene B-27, The Salvage, Oklahoma City, OK, 2013
Anna Rutherford, The Palace, Tulsa, OK, 2013
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2020
STAXX, grand opening live painting, Springfield, MO
2019
Royce Myers Gallery Holiday show, Tulsa, OK
Tulsa Soccer Athletic Club, Tulsa, OK
Art Battle Chicago, Chicago, IL
Judge for Wine and Design Chicago, Chicago, IL
Metro Raw Artist Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2018
The New West, Royce Myers Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Featured in Tulsa’s Mural calendar, Tulsa, OK Tulsa Designer Showcase, Tulsa, OK
Santa Fe Film Festival Poster, Santa Fe, NM
Friends of the Chicago River, live barrel painting/ auction, Chicago, IL
The Fulton Street Art Collective Jazz performance, live painting, Chicago, IL
Art Prize, Grand Rapids MI
2017
Tulsa home show, Tulsa, OK
2016
Solo show, ‘Following your Intuition Through Life’s Weaves’ Downtown Subscription, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Saint Simmons Foundation, live painting and commission, Tulsa, OK
2015
Tulsa County Medical Society Annual Art fundraiser, OU Schusterman Center, Tulsa, OK Royce Myers Gallery, Artist, Tulsa, OK
Living Arts Gallery, ‘Day of the Dead’, Tulsa, OK
Living Arts Gallery, ‘OH! Tulsa show, Tulsa, OK
Tulsa Ballet, guest painter, Tulsa, OK
Explore Tulsa, created a T.V. segment on my work, Tulsa, Ok OH! Tulsa Biannual, Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2014
Permanent artist, Verdigris, Oklahoma City, OK
BITING THE APPLE, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
PANCAKE AND BOOZE, Oklahoma City, Ok
SELFIE, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK
FHHRP Art Show, Kansas State University, Flint Hills Gallery, Lawrence KS
2013
Dean’s Showcase, Oklahoma State University Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, Stillwater OK
Artwork from Summer in Taos, Bartlett Art Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Kansas City Art Show, Oklahoma State University Art Association Art Show, Kansas City, KS
Gypsy Coffee House Annual Arts Festival, Brady district of Tulsa, Tulsa OK
Tulsa Nude Art Show, IDL Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
Speak Out Art Show, Wesley Foundation, Stillwater, OK
Student Union art show, live mural painting with Yatika Fields, Oklahoma State University Student Union, Stillwater, OK
Student Juried Exhibition, Gardner Gallery, Oklahoma State University Bartlett Center, Stillwater, OK
Senior Capstone Exhibition, Gardner Gallery, Oklahoma State University Bartlett Center, Stillwater,
OK OSAS identity Art Show, Starlight Terrace, Oklahoma State University Student Union, Stillwater, OK
2012
OSAS Student Art Show, Brooklyn’s wine cellar, Stillwater, OK
OSAS Vineyard Auction, local Stillwater vineyard, Stillwater, OK
Dean’s Showcase, Oklahoma State University Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, Stillwater OK
Painting hung with Artist Ginzi Chancy, Festival of Trees, Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK
2011
Microscopy art show, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Festival of the Trees, Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK
ART SKILLS
Certified in Film set readiness, General set safety through IATSE 480. Kiln-fired glass, ceramic throwing, glazing and firing, sculpture welding. MIG and TIG welding, fiberglass, woodwork, and metal. Casting in aluminum, bronze, silver, iron, Hydrostone and plaster. Steel, bronze and aluminum cutting with CNC and plasma cutter. Works also in, copper, silver, and brass. Experience with many patinas such as wax, cupric nitrate, ferric nitrate, acid pickles, salts etc. Mold-casting in plaster, hydrostone, ceramic shells, various rubbers, silicone, wax, and oil clay. Certified on various machinery such as, compound miter saw, hand, die grinders and table grinders. Table and hand saws, gas torches, and sand blasters. As well as, compressor tools, nail and brad guns, airbrush, table and hand drills. Jewelry and metals, soldering, stone cutting, setting and patina. Oil painting, oil mediums and gesso. Canvas framing and stretching. 2D and 3D varnishing and installation. watercolor, paper stretching, acrylic paints, acrylic mediums, graphite, pen and ink and pastel, encaustic. Graphic design knowledge in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe. Photography.