JOANNE BEAULE RUGGLES

Born: New York City, NY
Education: Ohio State University (BFA 1968, & MFA 1970)
Occupation: Professor of Art
Department of Art & Design
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

Recent Solo Exhibitions (1996 - Present):
2001 Renshaw Gallery, Portland, OR, The Pain of Human Weakness / The Joy of Human Strength
County of LA Century Gallery, CA, Geometry & the Human Figure
2000 Bistango Gallery, Irvine, CA, Color Experience
Cohan Performing Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, The Human Condition
1999 Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, Configurations
1997 Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA, The Dance of Life
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, The Ground of Being
Wenatchee College, Wenatchee, WA, Figurative Matters
1996 ARTernatives Visual Arts Forum, San Luis Obispo, CA, Celestial & Other Heavenly Bodies

Selected Recent Group Exhibitions (1996 - Present):
2001 Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, W & J National Painting Show
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, 9th Annual
Eye Five Gallery / The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, GA GA for LA LA
Northwood University, West Palm Beach, FL, A Woman's Perspective
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, Multiple Visions
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Naked (First Prize)
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA, 35th Annual
2000 Performance Works, Vancouver, BC Canada, AIM FOR ARTS International
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, 18th Annual
Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, The Heart of the Artist
Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND, Americas 2000
Durham Art Gallery, Durham, England, Durham Open 2000
Atelier 14, New York City, NY, 111th Annual, National Association of Women Artists
Southeast Louisiana University, LA, 5th International, National Acrylic Painters Association
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, W & J National Painting Show
Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, FL, Art 2000
1999 Phoenix Art Gallery, NYC, NY, Generativity
Baltimore Convention Center, MD, Worldwide Feminist Expo
Broome Street Gallery, Soho, NY, ASCA 81st Annual Exhibition (Juror's Award)
The Puffin Foundation Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ, Erase Hate / Create a New World
The Pennsylvania State University, State University, PA, A Gathering of Women
Westminster Gallery, London, England, National Acrylic Painters Association Exhibition
Black Sheep Gallery, Hawarden, Wales
Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, Juried All Media
Purdue University, West Layfayette, IND
The Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo, Iowa
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, 30th Annual
1998 Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA., 10th Annual
Laguna Art Museum, Launa Beach, CA, 16th Annual Exhibition
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Biennial Watermedia
Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene, OR, In Human Form
Walter Greer Gallery, Hilton Head, SC, National Juried Exhibition (Honorable Mention)
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ, National Juried Show
New World Art Center, SoHo, New York, NY, Continuity & Change
City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA, Made in California
The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, 1998 National Print & Drawing Exhibition
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, American Society of Contemporary Artists 1998
Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, CA, Love - Hate and the Absence of Either
1997 The Ohio State University, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH, reSIDivists
Macon Museum of Art, GA, 18th National
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, Crosscurrents
Art Concepts, Tacoma, WA, 2nd Annual International (American Artist Award)
SITE, Los Angeles, CA, 2nd Annual National Competition
Roswell Museum, NM, Memories (First Prize)
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, 48th Annual
Royal Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham, England
World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA, XVIII National
Gallery of Contemporary Art, UC, Colorado Springs, Watermedia VIII (Juror's Award)
Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Peoria, IL, The Bradley Biennial National
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, Trial and Transformation
Silpakorn University, Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, Cross Currents
1996 Loudoun House Galleries, Lexington, KT, Nude '97 (Honorable Mention)
Highland Cultural Center Art Gallery, Highland, NY, 3rd National
Brand Galleries, Glendale, CA, Brand XXVI
Laredo Center for the Arts, Goodman Gallery, TX, 4th Annual International
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA, Plausible Deniability
Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA, Human: Figure and Portrait
Sawtooth Galleries, Winston-Salem, NC, Painting in General
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA, Sources and Refinements
Minot State University, Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND, Americas 2000 (Purchase Award)
Vermont College, Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Family Values: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, 30th Annual National
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, International Juried Show
A Complete Exhibition List (1970 - present) Is Available Upon Request

International Exhibition Sites (1970 - present):
Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Durham Art Gallery, Durham, England
Silpakorn University, Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
National Museum, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Westminster Gallery, London, England
Television Tower Exhibition Center, Berlin, Germany
Black Sheep Gallery, Hawarden, Wales
Taipei City Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China
Malmo Konstall, Malmo, Sweden
Royal Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham, England
Premio Internazionale Biella , Italy
Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ateneo of Orense, Orense, Spain
Korea Culture and Arts Foundation Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Kanagawa Gallery,Yokohama Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
University, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Works, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Westminster Gallery, London, England
AmerikaHaus, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
American Embassy, Luanda, Angola
Museum of Brazilian Prints, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Art Museum of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Museo Carrillo Gil, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Ibiza, Spain

Professional Memberships (* denotes signature membership):
The National Acrylic Painters Association, USA *
The National Association of Women Artists *
The National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
American Society of Contemporary Artists *
Women Painters West *
Women's Caucus for Art (Southern CA Chapter)
National Museum of Women in the Arts (Founding Member)

Professional Activities:
  Artist Residency Grants Review Panelist, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony (1988 - 2000)
Grants Advisory Board Member, San Luis Obispo County Arts Council (2000 - 2002)

Biographical Sources:
Who's Who in American Art
The World's Who's Who of Women
Who's Who in America
Who's Who of American Women
2,000 Notable American Women
Who's Who in the West