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WILDLIFE/LANDSCAPE ARTIST
(updated September 1, 2002)


EDUCATION:

• 1986-1990: The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  Major: Scientific Illustration
  B. A., College of Arts and Sciences, GPA 3.8
• 1988: The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Summer Workshop

EXHIBITIONS (Partial list of recent shows):

• Birds in Art 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
• Art and the Animal 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, the Society of Animal Artist's annual exhibition
  
• Arts for the Parks top 100 exhibitions and national tours 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, and 2001
  
• Art of the Animal Kingdom 1999 and 2002 at the Bennington Center for the Arts
  
• Art and the Animal, 1999 a special Society of Animal Artist's exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
  
• American Art in Miniature 1999, 2000, and 2001 at the Gilcrease Museum
  
• Christie's Wildlife Art Sale 1995, and 1997, in association with World Wide Fund for Nature
  
• Natural Wonders, 1993 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
  
• Wildlife: The Artist's View 1990 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
  
• Natural Selections II, III and IV, 1995, 1997, and 2000, the
  
• Society of Animal Artist's Benefit exhibition
  
• The Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show 1990-1998
  
• The CM Russell Auction 1991-1996
  
• Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibition 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 at the Henderson Fine Arts Center
  
• The Arts for the Parks Second 100 Exhibition 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1999, 2001

AUTHOR:

• Painting Birds Step by Step, North Light Books, 1996
  
• Artist's Photo Reference - Birds, North Light Books, 1999
  
• Artist's Photo Reference - Water & Skies, North Light Books, 2002
  
• Chapter 7 of Painting the Faces of Wildlife, (Kalon Baughan), North Light Books, 2000
  

COLLECTIONS:

• The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
  
• Massachusetts Audubon Society
  
• The Bennington Center for the Arts
  
• The University of Kentucky Museum of Zoology
  
• The John and Alice Woodson Forester Miniature Collection, LYWAM
  

AWARDS:

• Featured Artist 2001, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
  
• Henderson Area Arts Alliance Award 2000, Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibition
  
• Audubon Alliance Artist of the Year for 1998
  
• "The Bird Art Award" in the 1994 Arts for the Parks Competition Second Place, 1993 Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show
  
• Finalist in the 1992 Artist Magazine Painting Competition
  

MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Society of Animal Artists (since 1993)
  

PUBLISHED ARTWORK:

• Painting the Faces of Wildlife, Chapter 7 contributing Author, North Light Books, 2000
  
• Wildlife Art, Rockport Publishers, 1999
  
• Keys to Painting Fur & Feathers, North Light Books, 1999
  
• The Best of Wildlife Art, North Light Books, 1997
  
• Wildlife Painting Step by Step, North Light Books, 1995
  
• All the Birds of North America, (pelagic birds illustrator), HarperCollins publishers 1997
  
• A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies, (illustrator of waterfowl in flight, swifts and vireos), Princeton Press
  
• Bird Watcher's Digest, cover paintings, July/Aug 1993, May/June, 1996, Jan/Feb 1998, and July/Aug 2002
  
• "Bart Rulon - Biologist Turned Fine Artist", Wildlife Art Magazine, Jan/Feb 1997
  
• Current Ornithology vol. 7,8 and 9, Plenum Publishing Corporation (cover and title page)
  
• Bird Watcher's Digest, March/April 1995, Nov./Dec. 1994, Jan./Feb., 1993, May/June 1993, and July/Aug., 1992, color illustrations
  
• The Zoology Lab Manual, illustrator
  

MUSEUMS THAT HAVE EXHIBITED PAINTINGS BY BART RULON:

• The National Wildlife Art Museum, Jackson, WY
  
• The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
  
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
  
• The Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY
  
• The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
  
• The High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
  
• The Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
  
• The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont
  
• The Old Algonquin Museum, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
  
• The Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL
  
• The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
  
• The Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
  
• The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
  
• The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
  
• The Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE
  
• The C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
  
• The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
  
• The Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
  
• The Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson, KY
  
• The Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, Columbus, OH
  
• The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, New Jersey
  
• Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
  
• The Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
  
• The Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, TX
  
• The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio
  
• The John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art at the Genesee Country Village and Museum
  
• The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NJ
  
• The Virginia Museum of Natural History, Marinsville, VA
  
• The Laura and Harry Hohr Gallery, Platteville, WI
  
• The Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
  
• The Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  
• The Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford Illinois
  
• The Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah
  

TEACHING:

• The Coupeville Arts Center
  
• The Academy of Realist Art
  
• Daniel Smith Art Supplies, Inc.
  

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