Sara C. Rytteke

 

E-mail: rytteke@hotmail.com

www.sararytteke.com

 

 

Education

 

1997 – 2000          Masters of Fine Arts ¥ Photography/Digital Media

                              University of Houston, Houston, TX

 

1990 - 1994           Bachelor of Fine Arts ¥ Art/Photography ¥ Cum Laude

                              Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

 

1993                      Diploma, Photography

                              SPEOS, Paris Photographic Institute, Paris, France

 

Exhibitions – solo

 

2009                      Andy Gato Gallery, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

                              Plastic Beauty

 

2009                      Galleriet, Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Plastisk Skšnhet

 

2006                      STUDIO 728, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

                              Sara C Rytteke: Reflection on Beauty and Persuasion

 

2005                      Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 

                              On Art, Beauty & Persuasion

 

2002 - 2003           Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO 

                              On Art, Beauty & Persuasion

 

2002                      Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library Gallery, 

                              Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

                              On Art, Beauty & Persuasion

 

1996                      Restaurant Nygatan 26, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

1996                      HŠlsostudion, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

1996                      Cafe Umbra, Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

1994                      Northlight Upstairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

 

1994                      Northlight Upstairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

 

Exhibitions - GROUP

 

2010                      Artformz, Miami, Florida

                              Small Wonders (Art) Salon

 

2010                      Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                              6x6x2010

 

2009                      Brockway Memorial Library, Miami Shores, FL

                              Pictures on Exhibition

 

2009                      Konsthallen, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              VŠxjš KommunÕs Konstkalender, Dec 12th, 2009

                              Featured Artist (online and in museum –Konsthallen)

                              http://www.vaxjo.se/VaxjoTemplates/Public/Pages/ExternalPage.aspx?id=48306

 

2009                      Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                              6x6x2009


2008                      Andy Gato Gallery, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

                              Premiere Exhibition

 

2007                      Galleriet, Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Charabang

 

2007                      Society for Photographic Education Southeast,

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

                              Faculty Exhibition

 

2007                      Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA

                              Give us Your Best Shot

 

2007                      Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

                              25th Anniversary Auction Exhibition

 

2007                      Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA

                              Evidence of 
Things Unseen, Sponsored by Ultimate Eye Foundation

 

2007                      Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL 
                          

                              All Media Biennial Exhibition

 

2006                      Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX                    

2006 HCP Fellowship Exhibition

 

2006                      Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

                              CURRENT: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Culture

 

2006                      Photomedia Center

                              http://www.photomediacenter.org

                              Only Skin Deep (June)

 

2005                      Art Museum, Miami University, Oxford, OH

                              Out of the Darkroom

 

2003                      Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX

                              TSP 12

 

2003                      Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

                              Digitally Speaking

 

2002                      FotoFest 2002, Houston, TX

                              The Classical Eye and Beyond

                              Juried by Wendy Watriss and Fred Baldwin, Fotofest

 

2002                      Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

                              What a Doll!

 

2002                      Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO

                              "Through the Looking Glass" - contemporary photo exhibit

 

2001                      Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY

WomenÕs Invitational Exhibition

 

2001                      New Space, New Audience, CAA 2001

                              http://nexus.colum.edu/caa2001/artists/figurative/Rytteke/frameset.html

 

2001                            Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

                              Herron Faculty Exhibition

 

2001                      Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

                              October Competition

 

2001                      Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

                              Current Works 2001

 

2001                      Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO

                              Greater Midwestern XVI International Exhibition

 

2000                      Long Beach Island Art Foundation, Loveladies, NJ

74th Annual International Competition from The Print Center, PA

 

2000                      Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

                              New Texas Talent 2000

      Juried by Diana Block, Denton

2000                      Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX                    

2000 HCP Juried Membership Exhibition

Juried by Ellen Handy, ICP, New York   

 

2000                      SOHO Photo Gallery, New York, NY

2000 National Juried Competition

 Juried by Barbara Head-Millstein, Brooklyn Museum of Art

     

2000                      Erector Square  Gallery, New Haven, CT

                              Photoworks 2000

                              Juried by Barbara Head-Millstein, Brooklyn Museum of Art

 

2000                      The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

                              74th Annual International Competition

                              Juried by Therese Mulligan, Kodak Eastman House       

 

2000                      Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

                              University of Houston Photography Graduate Alumni Past and Present

                              Juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts/Houston and

                              Clint Willour, Galveston Art Center

 

2000                      Konsthallen,  VŠxjš, Sweden

Nytt i samlingarna

 

2000                      Blaffer Gallery

                              The Art Museum of University of Houston, Houston, TX

                              Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition

 

2000                      Artemisia, Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Visual Poetry et.c

 

 

1999 – 2000          Museum Anna Nordlander, SkellefteŒ, Sweden

                              Fšr Mycket (Dec 1999 – Jan 2000)

 

1999                      Konsthallen, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Fšr Mycket

 

1999                      St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley, MO

                              Computer Art Ô99

1999                      Washington University, St. Louis, MO

                              In Progress 1999

                              Juried by Joe Deal, Washington University

1999                      Gaddis Geeslin Gallery

                              Sam Houston State University, Huntsville,TX

                              Small Works Õ99 ÒContemporary RealismÓ

                              Juried by Marti Mayo, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

 

1999                      University of Houston, Houston, TX

                              WhoÕs on Fourth?

 

1999                      University of Houston, Houston, TX

                              Close-Out

 

1998                      Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Gallery

                              University of Houston, Houston, TX

                              Image is Everything

                                               

1998                      University of Houston, Houston, TX

                              Sold Out

 

1998                              Blaffer Gallery

                              The Art Museum of University of Houston, Houston, TX

                              Student Exhibition

 

1997                      Cafe Umbra, Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Imigration-Emigration

 

1996                      Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Art Week, October

                             

1996                      Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Cultural House Day, September 28

 

1995                      galleriet, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Welcome Italienska Palatset, Aug-Sept

 

1995                      galleriet, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

1995                      Gamla Gymnastikhallen, Sšderkšping, Sweden

                              KFN, May 11-12

 

1994                      Northlight Gallery

                              Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

                              BFA Show, May

 

1994                      City of Tempe Exhibition, AZ

 

1994                      Step Gallery 9999, Tempe, AZ

 

1993                      GALERIE SPEOS, Paris, France

                              Paris Photofolie, 4 - 6 June.

 

1992                      Northlight Upstairs

                              Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

                                               

1990                      FŠrg & Form Huset, Eskilstuna, Sweden

                              Estetiska Linjen, Eskilstuna Folkhšgskola, Eskilstuna, Sweden

                                               

1989                      Estetiska Linjen, Eskilstuna Folkhšgskola, Eskilstuna, Sweden

                              …ppet Hus utstŠllning

 

screenings/performances

 

2001                      Herron School of Art, Auditorium, Indianapolis, IN

                              Video Libre! Video Shorts Screening

 

1997                      Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Slideshow: Italienska Palatset, Sept 28 - Oct 4

 

1996                      Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Performance: Terra Incognita, March

 

1995                      Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Slideshow: Italienska Palatset, Oct

 

1995                      Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              Performance: Italienska Palatset, Oct 1-6

 

awards/honors

 

2006                      2006 Photography Fellowship Award

                              Houston Center for Photography

 

2001                      Fellowship Award

                                    Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City

 

2001                      Honorable Mention, 2001 Photography Fellowship

                              - sponsored by Houston Center for Photography

 

2000                      Digital Fine Arts Award

                              The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

 

2000                      The Photo Review, PA

 

1997 – 2000          Friends of Art Graduate Students Scholarship

                              University of Houston, Houston, TX

 

1994                      KronobergslŠns Landstings Culture Stipend, Sweden 

 

1994                      Best of Show, Best of Category (2), Exceptional Merit  

                              City of Tempe Exhibition, AZ

 

1993                      VŠxjš Stadsstipendium, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

Collections

 

2007                      Peter Chok, Houston, TX

2006                      Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

2006                      K Cedell, VŠxjš, Sweden

2000                      Private Collections, Dallas & Houston, TX

2000                      L Palm, VŠxjš, Sweden

2000                      Gurkaj Family, VŠxjš, Sweden

2000                      T Persson, VŠxjš, Sweden

2000                      Museum Anna Nordlander, SkellefteŒ, Sweden

2000                      VŠxjš Kommun, Sweden

1999                      KronobergslŠns Landsting, VŠxjš, Sweden

1999                      K Cedell, VŠxjš, Sweden

1998                      L Palm, VŠxjš, Sweden

1996                      KronobergslŠns Landsting, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

Speaking engagements

 

2010                      Artist lecture, SPEOS, Paris, France

 

2009                      ÒPlastic BeautyÓ – brownbag lecture, Gato Gallery, Barry University, Miami, FL

 

2009                      ÒPlastisk SkšnhetÓ -  lecture for South African Economic Association group

                              Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

2009                      ÒPlastisk SkšnhetÓ -  lecture for Bengt JohannissonÕs Media Seminar

                              Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

2006                      Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

 

2005                      Society for Photographic Education, Southeastern Conference, Tallahassee, FL

ÒOn Art, Beauty & Persuasion and Standards of Beauty: Like Barbie"

 

2003                      South Eastern College Art Conference, Rahleigh, NC

Paper: "On Art, Beauty & Persuasion."

The Next Generation: SECACÕs Newest Artist-Educators.

 

2002                      Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

 

2001                      University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

 

2001                      Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

 

2001                      Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches TX

 

2001                      Herron School of Art, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

 

1998                      South Central Women's Studies Association, Clear Lake, TX

Paper: "Societal Limitations of Women's Freedom Mirrored in Photographic Self-Portraits." Feminist Art in a Postfeminist Period.

 

1998                      University of Houston, Houston, TX

Paper: "Societal Limitations of Women's Freedom Mirrored in Photographic Self-Portraits." Feminist Art in a Postfeminist Period.

 

1994                      Kungsmadskolan, Media Linjen, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

Publications

 

2006                      Artist Website: Sara C Rytteke

                              http://www.sararytteke.com

 

1999 - 2001           AB VŠxjš HŠlsokost, VŠxjš, Sweden

                              http://www.city24.net/kund/halsokost/

 

1998 -2000            Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX

                                    http://www.hfac.uh.edu/blaffer

 

bibliography

 

2010                      Miami New Times, May 31, 2010

      Just My Size by Amanda McCorquodale

 

2009                      SmŒlandsposten, Galej, May 22

                              En Annan Sida av Barbie, by Camilla Carnmo

 

2009                      TV4Nyheterna sydost, Sveriges Television, Sweden

                              Sara  Rytteke -  konstnŠr by Gunilla Hellgren, May 18th, 2009.

 

2009                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur och Nšje, May 20

                              TvŒ olika vŠrldar mšts, by Thomas Lissing

 

2008                      Photolucida, Portland OR

                              2008 Critical Mass/ DVD-ROM publication     

2006                      University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

                              Photography Now: one hundred portfolios/DVD-ROM publication

 

2005                      Photolucida, Portland OR

                              2005 Critical Mass/ DVD-ROM publication

 

2005                      Cincinnati Enquire – February 24, 2005

                              Old Engravings,pop art and photographs by Sara Pearce

 

2004                      Women in Photography International – August 2004

                              Sara C Rytteke

                              http://www.womeninphotogrpahy.org

 

2002                      Texas Monthly – May 2002

                              FotoFest 2002 Moving Pictures by Michel Ennis

 

2002                      ArtNexus No 45 – Sept 2002

                              FotoFest 2002 From Alchemy to Cybernetics by Fernando Castro

                              http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/Newsdetail?documentid=8518

 

2002                      The Classical Eye and Beyond exhibition catalogue

                              FotoFest International, Houston, TX, Feb 2002

 

2001                      October Competition exhibition catalogue

                              Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, Oct 2001

 

2001                      Current Works 2001 CD ROM exhibition catalogue

                              Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO, Oct 2001

 

2000                      Digital Fine Art Magazine, Fall 2000, p.20

                              Cover Art by Marie Marber

 

2000                      The Photo Review, Summer 2000 

 

2000                      Digital Fine Art Magazine, Summer 2000

 

2000                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur, May 26

                              Kontroversiella konstaffŠrer, by Tina Persson

 

2000                      Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, p. W40

 

2000                      Art Matters, April 2000, p. 18

                              International competition at the Print Center keeps current at 74

 

2000                      Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition catalogue

                              Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of University of Houston, TX, April 2000

 

2000                      74th Annual International Competition exhibition catalogue

                              The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, April 2000

 

2000                      Arbetet, Plus, March 8

                              Kvinnor bŒde kan och vill; etc, by Anne Jalakas

 

2000                      JŠmstŠlldhetskommittŽn i VŠxjš kommun, Sweden 

                              Ut UrbildenÉ! ÉfrŒn ord till handling                             

                              http://www.vaxjo.se/jsk2000/index.html

 

1999                      Norra VŠsterbotten, Kultur, December 21

                              Fšr mycket av fšr mycket, by Mikael Bengtsson

 

1999                      VŠsterbottens Folkblad, Kultur, December 21

                              Fem Kvinnliga KonstnŠrer, by Patrik Bostršm

 

1999                      Kronobergaren, Kulturen, August 27

                              Konst som utmanar fantasin, by Anneli WirdenŠs, p. 19

 

1999                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur, August 24

                              Lagom fšr mycket, by Erika Samuelsson

 

1999                      Fšr mycket exhibition catalogue

                              VŠxjš Konsthall/Museum Anna Nordlander, Sweden, January 1999

 

1999 - 2000           St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley, MO

                              Computer Art Ô99

                              http://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fv/computerart99/sr.html

 

1999                      Washington University, St. Louis, MO

                              In Progress 1999

                              http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~photo/IPFiles/SRytteke.html                                               

1998  - 2000          Art Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX http://www.art.uh.edu/PHOTO/gradProg.html

 

1996                      Kronobergaren, Kulturen, May

                              Hur lŒter det nŠr man gŒr pŒ makaroner?, by Anneli WirdenŠs

 

1996                      VŠxjš Information, May

                              GrŠnsšverskridande

 

1996                      Dagens Nyheter, Kultur & Nšje, April 12

                              BakŒt eller framŒt VŠxjšs stridsfrŒga, by Karin Bojs, p. B1

 

1995                      TV4, Sveriges Television, Sweden

                              Photographer of the Week

 

1995                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur, September

                              Unik affischkonst, by Lars Hultman

 

1995                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur, September 27

                              Konst x 3, by Anders Mildner

 

1995                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur, August

                              Nya och gamla namn pŒ Galleriet, by Lars Hultman

 

1995                      SmŒlandsposten, August 15

                              KonstnŠrerna har tagit šver Italienska Palatset, by Jan BŠrtŒs, p.1 & 15

 

1995                      VŠxjš Information, August, v.39

                              Italienska Palatset invigs, p. 26

 

1995                      Bladet, Landstinget Kronoberg May, Nr 5-95

                              Italienska Palatset invigt, by Ingrid Dahlen, p. 11

 

1995                      SmŒlandsposten, Kultur, March 11

                              SpŠnnande konstraster pŒ Galleriet, by Lars Hultman