Education

 

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

                            University of Houston, Houston, TX

 

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

                            Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

 

Exhibitions – solo

 

2006                    SRO Photo Gallery, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX

                            Sara C Rytteke: Reflection on Beauty and Persuasion

 

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

 

2007                Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
                           All Media Biennial Exhibition

 

2007                   Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
                           25th Anniversary Auction Exhibition

 

2007                   Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
                           Give us Your Best Shot

 

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

 

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                    Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO

                            "Through the Looking Glass" - contemporary photo exhibit

 

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!

 

2001                    Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

                            October Competition

 

2001                    Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY

                            WomenŐs Invitational Exhibition

 

2001                    Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

                            Current Works 2001

 

2001                   Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO

                            Greater Midwestern XVI International 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

 

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, SkellefteŚ, 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 Ő99 ŇContemporary RealismÓ

                            Juried by Marti Mayo, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

 

1999                    University of Houston, Houston, TX

                            WhoŐs 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                    Gamla Gymnastikhallen, Sšderkšping, Sweden

                            KFN, May 11-12

 

1995                    galleriet, VŠxjš, Sweden

                            Welcome Italienska Palatset, Aug-Sept

 

1995                    galleriet, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

1994                   City of Tempe Exhibition, AZ

 

1994                    Northlight Gallery

                           Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

                            BFA Show, May

 

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/other

 

2001                   Herron School of Art, Auditorium, Indianapolis, IN

                            Video Libre! Video Shorts Screening

 

2000                    Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Gallery

                            University of Houston, Houston, TX

                            Curated exhibition: Out of Italienska Palatset: Contemporary Swedish Art

 

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 (Selection)

 

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

 

1994                   KronobergslŠns Landstings Culture Stipend, Sweden 

 

1993                   VŠxjš Stadsstipendium, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

ART work in Collections

 

2000                    Private Collections, Dallas & Houston, TX

2000                    Private Collections, VŠxjš, Sweden

2000                    Museum Anna Nordlander, SkellefteŚ, Sweden

2000                    VŠxjš Kommun, Sweden

1999                    KronobergslŠns Landsting, VŠxjš, Sweden

1996                    KronobergslŠns Landsting, VŠxjš, Sweden

 

PRESENTATIONS/ SPEAKING ENGEMENTS (SELECTION)

 

2006                   Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

 

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

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

 

2003                    South Eastern College Art Conference, Raleigh, NC

                            Paper: "On Art, Beauty & Persuasion."

                            The Next Generation: SECACŐs Newest Artist-Educators.

 

2002                    Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

 

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.

 

bibliography/citations

 

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

 

2005                    Italienska Palatset, VŠxjš, Sweden

                            Art Week 2005 brochure

 

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                   SmŚlandsposten, 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 bŚde kan och vill; etc, by Anne Jalakas

 

2000                    JŠmstŠlldhetskommittŽn i VŠxjš kommun, Sweden 

                            Ut UrbildenÉ! ÉfrŚn 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                   SmŚlandsposten, 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 lŚter det nŠr man gŚr pŚ makaroner?, by Anneli WirdenŠs

 

1996                    VŠxjš Information, May

                            GrŠnsšverskridande

 

1996                   Dagens Nyheter, Kultur & Nšje, April 12

                            BakŚt eller framŚt VŠxjšs stridsfrŚga, by Karin Bojs, p. B1

 

1995                    TV4, Sveriges Television, Sweden

                            Photographer of the Week

 

1995                   SmŚlandsposten, Kultur, September

                            Unik affischkonst, by Lars Hultman

 

1995                   SmŚlandsposten, Kultur, September 27

                            Konst x 3, by Anders Mildner

 

1995                   SmŚlandsposten, Kultur, August

                            Nya och gamla namn pŚ Galleriet, by Lars Hultman

 

1995                   SmŚlandsposten, August 15

                            KonstnŠrerna har tagit šver Italienska Palatset, by Jan BŠrtŚs, 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                   SmŚlandsposten, Kultur, March 11

                            SpŠnnande konstraster pŚ Galleriet, by Lars Hultman