sculptures Sculptors home pagemarble sculptors contactbronze sculputors Linkscontemporary sculptors news Sculptor BioSculpture Gallery e-mail the sculptor

About the Sculptor

Ruth Burink is an American sculptor working in stone and bronze. Her contemporary sculpture is primarily figurative and nature-centered tending toward the abstract, and often spiritual in concept. She works in various types of stone and in bronze, casting her bronze pieces from an original carved in stone. Her award winning sculpture can be seen several galleries and in international shows and collections.

Resume

Education & Training
  • 2003, 1999, 1996 Marble Institute of Colorado, symposium for stone carving, tool use, finishing techniques in marble, Marble, CO
  • 1995-96 The Art Students League of Colorado Springs, Group Portrait Study, Advanced Figure Drawing, Anatomy, Stone Sculpture, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 1992-93 San Antonio College , Further study in Painting, Life Drawing, Sculpture, San Antonio , TX
  • 1991 University of Texas at San Antonio , Graduate study in poetry, San Antonio , TX
  • 1990 University of Texas at San Antonio, BA English Literature with Fine Arts, San Antonio, TX
Exhibits & Shows

  • 2007 Windows on the Divine, Denver, CO, Nov 4, 2007
  • 2007-2008 Sept- Sept, Art aRound Down, Carbondale, CO
  • 2007 June-September, Art on the Blue, Breckenridge, CO
 
  • 2007 Art on the Corner, Grand Junction, CO, May 12 until May 2008
  • 2007 Memorial Hospital North, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2006 Penrose-St. Francis Exhibit, October, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2006 JHS Gallery Show, Taos, NM, October
  • 2006 17th Annual Castle Rock Artfest, Castle Rock, CO, Sept 9-10
  • 2006 Sculture on the Blue, Breckenridge, CO, June-September
  • 2005-6 7th Annual Sculptures in the Streets, Mesa , AZ
  • 2005-6 Art on the Corner, Grand Junction, CO, year-long exhibit
  • 2004 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO August 12-–14
  • 2004 Sculpture Show, Tri-Lakes Art Center, Palmer Lake, CO
  • 2004, 2002 Form/Reform Liturgy and Art for Catholic Worship, Los Angeles, CA , August 8-11
  • 2004 Summer Art 2004, June-Sept., Steamboat Springs , CO
  • 2004 International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture 2004 Miyazaki Airport, Japan, June
  • 2004-5 Art on the Corner, Grand Junction, CO, year-long exhibit
  • 2004 Tri-Lakes Views, Palmer Lake, CO, June, Best of Show Award
  • 2004 Showcase, Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, May 1, Denver University , Denver
  • 2004 Expressions of the Sacred, Denver , CO , March 19, Iliff School of Theology
  • 2004, 2002 Art at the Airport, Featured Sculptor, Colorado Springs Airport, July-September
  • 2003 Beinnale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, December 6-14, by invitation,
  • Fortezza da Basso, Florence , Italy
  • 2003, 2001 Stone Sculpture Showcase, Denver, CO, September
  • 2003 Northern Colorado Artist Association National, Ft. Collins, CO, April, Denver , CO
  • 2003 Art For Designers, Zwolf Gallery & 825 Art, Denver , CO,
  • 2000 - 2002 Artist-Board Member, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
  • 2002, 2001 Sculpture in the Park, Juried show and sale, August 2001 & 2, Loveland , CO
  • 2002 Colorado Governor's Invitational, by invitation, May,Loveland, CO
  • 2001 Solo Show, September, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
  • 2001 Rockport Arts Festival, juried show and sale, July, Rockport, TX
  • 2000 Colorado 2000: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
 
Public Art & Collections
  • 2007 Love Squared, Carbondale, CO, Art aRound Town
  • 2007 Love Squared, Breckenridge, CO, Art on the Blue
  • 2007 Guardian, Grand Junction, CO, Art on the Corner Exhibit
  • 2007 Spiritus, Memorial Hospital North, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2006 Encircling Dove, Penrose Hospital, COlorado Springs, CO
  • 2006 Two Souls, One Heart, Purchase by City of Grand Junction, CO
  • 2004 Hands of Health commission, John Rex Endowment
  • 2004 Compassion, marble, Encircling Dove, bronze, Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2004-2005 Peace, Brother Francis, bronze, Art on the Corner, Grand Junction, CO
  • 2003-2004 Peace, bronze, Heart of Evergreen Sculpture Walk, Evergreen, CO
  • 2003 Guardian, marble, St. Joseph Hospital Maternity Wing, Denver, CO
  • 2003 Holy Spirit Mediator, marble, St. Teresa Biblical Plant Garden, Houston , TX
  • 2002 Come, Holy Spirit, marble on granite, St. Peter Church Education Center, Monument, CO
  • 2002 2 ft. marble Encircling Dove, Civic Center, purchase by City of Loveland Colorado Visual Arts
  • 2002 3 ft. marble Brother Francis, Divine Redeemer Catholic Church Garden, Colorado Springs, CO
Selected Awards

  • Recipient of Purchase Award, Memorial Hospital North
  • Recipient of Purchase Award, Penrose-St. Francis Show
  • Recipient of 2003 Kittredge Educational Fund Grant
  • Recipient of Rocky Mountain Women's Institute Associate   Program grant 2003-2004
  • Recipient of Amber Financial Award Grant
  • Recipient of People's National Bank Financial Award
  • 2004 Best of Show "Jennifer J., Cancer Survivor", Tri-Lakes Views, Palmer Lake, CO, June
  • 2003 Meritorious Award "Your Move", Colorado State Fair
  • 2003 Best of Show "Eagle, Native American", Tri-Lakes Views
  • 2001 Best of Show Award for body of work, Stone Sculpture Showcase, Denver, CO
  • 1999 Second Place "Untitled Woman" Fall Festival of Fine Art, Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
  • 1999 Third in Show "Blackbird" The Art Students League of Colorado Springs , Colorado Springs, CO
  • 1998 First Place in Sculpture "Leda's Love", stone, and
  • Second Place in Sculpture "Mourning", bronze, The Art Students League, Colorado Springs, CO
Membership
  • National Sculpture Society
  • International Society of Artists
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts
  • Colorado Stone Sculptors
  • Texas Society of Sculptors

Representation

Creator Mundi Gallery
2910 E. Third Ave
Denver, CO 80206

Gunter-Wolff Gallery

2605 W. Colorado Ave.

Colorado Springs, CO 80904

JHS Gallery of Sacred Art and Iconography
302 Camino de la Placita
Taos, NM 87571

Kodner Gallery

9650 Clayton Rd.

St. Louis, MO 63124

SOHO Myriad Art Consulting Services

1250 B Menlo Drive

Atlanta, GA 30318

Winter Gallery

47 3rd St.
Monument, CO 80132

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2003 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanew, 4th Edition, Arte Studio, Florence, Italy
  • Sculptural Pursuit Magazine
  • Guild Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art, #18, 19, 20, 21
  • The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO
  • The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, CO
  • The Catholic Herald, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Tempo, Arts & Entertainment Magazine of The Taos News
This is my theory: the creative process, artist to art object, filters through the artist’s mental lens tinted by her life experience, training, spirituality, and so on. The artist's visual acuity and manual dexterity add another layer. For me, creative inspiration is circular, beginning with the stone, through me and my “stuff”, and then back into the stone. Stone might appear static, but it is not. There is always this continuous creative movement between carver and carving until the sculpture is complete. This is the joy and the challenge of stone carving.

In my work I emphasize the material itself and harmony of line and form through the beautiful execution of a simple theme. When asked what primarily influences my own sculpture, I credit the stone itself. As the sculpture takes shape it reveals the stone. What was already beautiful, the natural stone, has now become a thing as compelling as the stone, but in a different way.It is an honor and a pleasure to have this opportunity to share my sculpture with you. I consider my sculpture contemporary and abstract, figurative and nature-centered, and I welcome commissions for stone and bronze sculpture.

Thank you,
--Ruth
woman sculptor
Sculptor Ruth Burink

stone sculpture e-mail the sculptor