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2022 CHIEF OF WAR/ Apple TV Production On-Set Painter
Affected a variety of materials including action stunt pads set in open lava fields, worked direction with live filming production. Hand painted and color matched historically modeled weapons. Worked directly with Lead Painter Chris Barnes.
2018-2020 KAILUA GALLERY/ Ruth Sorensen Studio
Owner and Director of gallery exhibitions, operations and studio production.
2017 NEXT/MARVEL PRODUCTION-Set Painter (Oahu)
Practiced a variety of processes to create aged and modern surfaces, utilizing compressor and manual paint distribution, aged multiple sets. Worked under the the direction of Chris Barnes the “NEXT” marvel production.
2011 FROZEN GROUND/ ON SET Private Contractor
Anchorage AlaskaSolo management of Mobile coffee Trailer. Communicated with production to provide espresso and coffee services. Maintained, inventoried, stocked and served coffee and espresso.
2010 THE BIG MIRACLE/ Set Painter Anchorage Alaska
“The Big Miracle” — Worked with Lead Painter Kay Kropp Created aging process of dilapidated buildings of the Alaskan village of Barrow. Worked closely with Rick McLean to create a frigid ice landscape using urethane, latex and water-based materials, while adapting techniques to be effective in a cold environment.
1998-Present
Fine art painter, managing personal studio as a self-employed artist. Responsible for book-keeping, photography, framing management, skilled shipping techniques, knowledge of fine-art materials, basic carpentry skills, marketing, grant-writing, commissioned works, worked with public funds to create public art work in a collaborative setting with other artists.
EXHIBITIONS
2018-2020 KAILUA GALLERY/Ruth Sorensen Studio Owner, Director and Studio Artist
2018 KAILUA GALLERY/PAINT Group Exhibition
2016 Cedar Street Gallery, Honolulu HI
2015 “PASSAGE” Solo show Cedar Street Gallery, Honolulu Hawaii
2014 Martha Keats Gallery, Santa fe New Mexico Cedar Street Gallery, Honolulu Hawaii
2013 Martha Keats Gallery, Santa fe New Mexico Cedar street Gallery,
Honolulu Hawaii 2012 Chinatown Artist Loft Resident,
Honolulu Hawaii Arts art Marks Resident Show
Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
2005-2012 Martha keats gallery, Santa Fe new mexico
2005 “LANDVIEW” Solo Show Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
2001 Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
2001 Solo Show Decker Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
2001Martha Keats Gallery Santa Fe New MexicoArtist of the Millennium Group Show Bennington Vermont
1999 Baas Gallery Seattle Washington
1998 Baas Gallery Seattle WashingtonArts Edge Seattle Washington
1998 Seafirst Gallery, Seattle Washington
1998 Cornish College of the Arts Art Department BFA Exhibition Seattle Washington
PUBLICATIONS
Art-Talk, “Shifting Light:Colors of the Planet Earth”,
feature by Renee Targos, November-December 2006, pp28-29
Santa Fe New Mexican, Pasatiempo Arts Magazine, “Gallerywise”, By Robert Knott November 4-10 2005
Anchorage Press,”Looking at clouds from both Sides Now” by Amanda Coyne. Illus(vol 12,ed43),12-14
Channel 2, Anchorage Nightly News, Spot Light feature: “Bush Alaska Painter in Dillingham”
Southwest Art Magazine, “21-31: Young Artists with Promising Careers
COLLECTIONS
Grand Wailea Astoria Resort Maui
Fairbanks University Museum of History and Art
Juneau Alaska Museum of History and Art
Samuel Fox Museum, Dillingham Alaska
Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage Alaska
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2017 Inducted into ALASKA STATE MUSEUM PERMANENT EXHIBIT
2006 1% for the Arts Grant to fund Artist collaboration installation in the Alaska State Psychiatric Building
2008 Rasmusson Foundation Individual Artist Project Grant2008
2008Nominated for the Joni Mitchell Foundation Individual Artist Grant, New York, New York
EDUCATION
1998 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle Washington Major: SCULPTURE(gas welding/ carpentry) PAINTING(Oil on canvas and board)