Rudolph S. Kovacs
Professor
EDUCATION:
1975 - M.F.A. in Textile Design in Weaving University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1972 - B.F.A. with a major in Ceramics & a minor in Weaving Ohio University, Athens, OH
1995 - Fondazione Lisio Arte Della Seta – Jacquard Weaving Firenze, Italy (1996-2002)
1997 - Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles – Jacquard Weaving Montreal, Canada (1997-2011)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1980 - 2004 - Idaho State University, Professor of Art
2004 - 2012 - Idaho State University, Chair and Professor of Art
2012 - Present - Idaho State University, Professor Emeritus of Art
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- Penland School of Crafts
- Appalachian Center for Crafts
- Present - Idaho State University, Professor Emeritus of Art
- Penland School of Crafts
- Appalachian Center for Crafts
- Paper Book Intensive
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SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS:
2016 Friends of Dard Hunter Conference: Earth / Paper / Sky – Santa Fe, New Mexico (October 20-23, 2016) Material As
Metaphor: “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms”
2015 Artist Fellowship (honorary) Idaho Commission on the Arts
2004 Artists Retreat – Invitation to work for a week at Penland School of Crafts in celebration of the seventy-fifth
anniversary in March with one hundred leading artists working in different mediums in crafts.
2002 Artist Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts
1992 Artist Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts
1992 University of Wyoming Art Museum - (purchased) as part of its permanent collection "Ceremonial Cloth: Inca Trail"
1991-92 Distinguished Researcher Award Idaho State University
1991 "Fourth Annual - National Fiber Arts Competition and Exhibition" - (First Place Award) BASF Fibers and the Creative
Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
1984 Member of the 1984 China Delegation of Textile Designers, U.S.A.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / COLLECTIONS:
2016 Friends of Dard Hunter Conference: Earth / Paper / Sky – Santa Fe, New Mexico – October 20-23, 2016
Material As Metaphor: “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms”
2015 “Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition”
Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho – June 12 – August 1, 2015
Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho – August 8 – October 5, 2015
Visual Arts Center at BSU, Boise, Idaho – January 20 – February 18, 2016
2011 “Selected Work From Two decades 1990-2010 Idaho Artist Rudy Kovacs” The 814 Gallery- Salt Lake City
2010 2010 Idaho Triennial – Boise Art Museum – Boise, Idaho
2007 2007 Idaho Triennial – Boise Art Museum – Boise, Idaho
2006 “About Jacquard” – The Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles – Montreal, Canada
2005 Permanent Collection, Paper Crosses, Mark Miller, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Permanent Collection, Red and Black Silk Weaving, Barney E. and Nancy Gesas – Salt Lake City, UT
2004 “The Nature of Crafts and the Penland Experience” – July 3, 2004 – January 30, 2005 – The Mint Museum –
Charlotte, NC
2003 “Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition”
Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho – Moscow, Idaho – January 24 – February 26, 2003
Friesen Galleries – Nampa, Idaho – May 24 – July, 2003
Jean B. King Gallery, Herrett Museum – Twin Falls, Idaho – September 9 – October 25, 200
Lewis Clark Center for Arts and History – Lewiston, Idaho – November 7 December 13,2003
2002 “An Academic Celebration of Idaho Artists – John B. Davis Gallery – Mind’s Eye Gallery / Transition Gallery – Idaho
State University – Pocatello, ID
2001 “The De-Constructed West” – Millennium Arts Center, Washington, D.C. – December 6, 2001 – January 31, 2002
RESEARCH / SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION:
Black Canyon – spring 2003 issue (Gallery – Fellowship: by Barbara Garrett)
The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience (My Work was included in this exhibition and the accompanying book – Larks Books of Asheville, NC)
Catalogue: Rudy Kovacs, Curator and Denise M. Bowen, Symposium Coordinator,
An Academic Celebration of Idaho Artists: A Collection of art by faculty of Idaho’s public colleges and universities – 2002
Big Sky Journal - Arts Issue 2002
Fiberarts, Jan/Feb 1996 issue, Profile: Rudy Kovacs: Weaving Spiritual Journey