Artist Resume

Honors and Awards

Missouri “Individual Artist Award,” presented by the Missouri Arts Council and Governor of Missouri, 2007
Board of Directors, International Sculpture Center, Publisher of Sculpture magazine, 2001-2010

Public Art and Major Commissions

“Curvaceous Kiss” for City of Cary and Cary Visual Arts Inc., Sears Farm Park Road, Cary, NC, 2005, stainless steel kinetic sculpture 24′ tall for center of community park

“Kinetic Man” for Southeast Rotary Club donation to City of Springfield’s K-Park, Springfield, MO, 2005, permanent installation adjacent to Creamery Arts Center and Hammons Baseball Stadium

“Hurricane Fran” Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, Marriott Hotels, Dallas, Texas, Interior atrium stainless steel kinetic sculpture 15′ tall installed above marble waterfall

“Friendship” Isesaki Municipal Convention Center, Isesaki, Japan, 2000, Stainless steel 60″ x 20″ x 18″

“Fire on the Lakes” Japanese Fall Festivals in Japanese Stroll Garden, Nathanael Greene Park, 1997-1998, thousand-pound floating stainless steel dishes lit with fire to music of Japanese drum and dance troupes

“Kinetic Man” for Walt Disney Children’s Arts Festival, 1994-1997, outdoor kinetic interactive sculpture, aluminum and plexiglass, 23′ tall, gears allow even very young children to activate the stylized body of the sculpture, modular design allows transportation, assembly and storage between festivals

“Eternal Flame” for Mid-America Cancer Center, Springfield, Missouri,1992, interior atrium sculpture, naval brass, 21′ tall, with multiple viewpoints from first floor, second floor, and through exterior street-side windows

“EchoSphere” for Missouri State University, 1987, outdoor interactive and kinetic sculpture, 20′ tall, stainless steel and colored light. Covers a pedestrian area of 30′ by 150′ at entrance to university campus, spinning domes on ground allow visitors to ride or spin elements

Exhibitions

“Brave Art: Light, Pixels, Motion” Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO, July 17-September 4, 2009
“MomentuM: Selections for the Kinetic Art Organization” Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, May-September 2006
Studio B, Sculpture Invitational for Crossroads Cincinnati, in cojunction with International Sculpture Conference, Cincinnati, OH, June 2006
Arts and Artists: “Elements of Scale” Washington University Medical Center, November 2005-March 2006
“Group Exhibition” H&R Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, Missouri, July, 2000
“New Sculpture” Keyes Gallery, May, 2000, stainless steel sculptures
“Dreamscapes” Keyes Gallery, December 1999-January 2000, Solo exhibition of 150 artworks created in stainless steel, aluminum, neon, plastic, and photography
“Group Exhibition” Art Gallery Plan 3, Hamnmagasinet, Sweden, September-November,1999
“Environmental Artworks” Cox Gallery, Drury University, 1986. Solo exhibition incorporating neon, metal, and photography in interactive environment where visitors activated walls of fluorescent lights walking across pressure-sensitive floor
“Transient Constructions” Jordan Creek Art Center, 1985. Solo exhibition, interactive environment of glass, neon, paper, plastics, and metal, visitors could manipulate a wall of 200 neon units by touching pressure-sensitive controls

Collections

Cary Visual Arts Inc, Cary, North Carolina
Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Georgia State University Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia
Language Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Mid America Cancer Center, Springfield, Missouri
Missouri Mansion Preservation Inc., Jefferson City, Missouri
Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
St. John’s Regional Health Center, Springfield, Missouri

Workshops, Speaking, and Juror Engagements

sculpture.net Founder, developer and owner of the largest on-line sculptors’ community and forum,1996-Present.
“Role of Public Art in Community Development,” panelist for IDEA Exposition, Urban Districts Alliance, Springfield, MO, June 2009
“3D Digitial Design” workshop instructor for Public Art Conference, Urban Center for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, October 2008
Public Art Conference, International Sculpture Center, Seattle, 2007
“Creativity in Motion” presentor for Cary Visual Arts artist series, Cary, NC, 2006
AIA Regional Community Awards Jury Chairman, Springfield, MO, 2005
Juror for Drury University Senior Exhibition, 2005
“New Technologies, New Vistas,” panelist at Fall Sculpture Symposium by ISC, New Orleans, LA, 2004
“Monster Foam Sculptures,” workshops for Drury University Art Foundations at RuBert Studios, 2002
Public Art Conference, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA, 2001
Juror for public art for Springfield-Greene County Library District, 1999
International Sculpture Conferences, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001, Houston, 2000, Rhode Island, 1996, Chicago, 1998, San Francisco, 1994, Washington DC, 1990
Midwest US-Japan Association, 30th Annual Joint Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 1997
Fire and Fusion (ABANA Conference), Washington University, St. Louis, 1994
Chicago Academy of Sciences: Understanding Chimpanzees, Chicago, 1991
CyberArts International, Cupertino, CA, 1991
Digital Technology in Sculpture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1990
Iron Symposium, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 1989

Professional Background

RuBert Studios,1999-Present
22,000 sq.ft. sculpture studio to create large-scale public sculpture and art using advanced 3D CAD/CAM systems. Major commissions accepted for projects using stainless steel, aluminum, brass, and other materials. This studio combines design offices with networked computers for modeling, graphics, video editing, and web design with dedicated metal-working, wood-working, and paint areas, an industrial warehouse, and an outdoor lot with a 60 ft. Stinger crane.

Rubert Diversified Investments, Inc. 1982-Present
A company with specializing in investment and management of office and commercial buildings. Core to the business philosophy is bringing art, aesthetics, and creativity into the business environment through personal investment and community service for the arts.

Public Sphere, 1991-1997
Multiple collaborations with Georgia State University’s Language Research Center in Atlanta to create art-and-technology interactive environments for cognitive research with a rare species of chimpanzees. Developed programs, equipment and computer operating systems to network laserdiscs, video, and touch screens used to create games, learning tools, and symbolic language systems for disabled children. Projects funded by Emory University, NASA, and NHK of Japan and featured in National Geographic, Nova, Discover, Time, and Newsweek.

Community Service

International Sculpture Center, publisher of Sculpture magazine, Board of Directors, 2001-2010
International Sculpture Center, Communications Chairman, 2001-2004
Springfield Regional Arts Council, President of Board of Directors, 2001-2002
Missouri Citizens for the Arts, Board of Directors, 2001-2002
Urban Districts Alliance, Board of Directors, 2001-2002
Springfield Regional Arts Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2002
Springfield Regional Arts Council, Advocacy Chairman, 1998-1999
Arts and Heritage Collaborative, 1997-1999
Southeast Rotary, Board of Directors, International Chairman, 1997-1999
Sister Cities Association of Springfield, Chairman of the Board, 1996-1998
Friends of the Springfield Art Museum, Chairman of the Board, 1996-1997

Education

Drury College, 1992-1994, graduate courses in business management and environmental science
Southwest Missouri State University, 1982-1987, graduate courses in fine art and business management
Kansas City Art Institute, 1979-1982, sculpture emphasis on multimedia environments constructed with interactive elements, assistant to Dale Eldridge for $100,000 mirror installation for the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
Glendale High School, 1974-1979, awarded the Norma Wilson Memorial Scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute