Monica Rudquist

Biography to Display:

EDUCATION

1983BA Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1985MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, studied with Jun Kaneko

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1985—Studio Artist

1991Founding Member, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1985-1995Head of Ceramics Department and Instructor, Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota

2002-2004Assistant Professor, Ceramics, Saint. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

2008—Ceramics Instructor, St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1991Founding member Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis Minnesota

BIOGRAPHY

Monica Rudquist in known for using porcelain to create both functional objects and wall installations . Her primary tool is the potter's wheel, all pieces begin with thrown components.

All of Rudquist's work preserves the fluid nature of wet clay. She creates pieces that push the clay as far as she can and still have them honor the wheel. In an effort to explore the relationship between functional and non-functional pieces she often cuts and recombines thrown forms.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota

McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota

Willmar Community College, Willmar, Minnesota

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Jewett, Bob. Ceramics Then and Now. Minnesota Museum of Art: Minneapolis, MN, 2010.

Tourtillott, Suzanne. 500 Teapots, vol. 2. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2013.