On view in the Main and East Galleries from 9 September - 16 October 2022

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The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum is pleased to present UNMASKED, which features 50 artworks by Kathleen Ristinen.
   • An exclusive Member Preview will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday 9 September 2022.
   • A Public Opening reception will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday 11 September 2022 with a 2 p.m. gallery talk.

Kathleen Ristinen was born in Menahga, Minnesota (1936).  She attended Menahga public school from first grade through high school. She received a B.A. (1957) from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota with majors in art and education and additional study in music; an M.A. (1964) in ceramics from the University of Iowa where she also studied photography and sculpture; a Ph.D. (1994) in Interdisciplinary Arts from Ohio University with additional study in organ and harpsichord. She taught several courses at Ohio University including Humanities, Art Theory, and Art History. She is an artist specializing in printmaking, most recently woodcuts.

Her prints have earned awards and recognition in several competitive and invitational exhibitions and are included in public and private collections. Her ceramic work focuses on wheel thrown functional stoneware. She held an organist position for over ten years. She divides her time between homes and studios in Athens, Ohio and rural Becker County, Minnesota.

STATEMENT

The works in this exhibit have been selected from those produced over decades. Many were made specifically for the Annual Midwestern Exhibition. Others represent personal history, or result from something observed, experienced, or documented. The human subjects are myself or others who have some connection to me. The majority of my images begin as photographs, either from family collections or from my own photos.