Mary Ruden has an extensive background as both an artist and art teacher. She holds degrees from ATI College of Health and the University of Miami. Her artwork has been displayed in numerous permanent public art collections and exhibitions across the United States. She has also taught art classes for adult education programs in Tennessee and Florida.

1. RESUME: MARY RUDEN (865) 579-1162 rudenm@gmail.com 1354 Springview
Circle Seymour, TN 37865
Websites: maryruden.com ercregistry.com/MaryRuden
EDUCATION Associate of Science Degree: ATI College of Health: Miami, FL, 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL:12/1982
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS/PUBLIC ART :
City of Roswell, GA, ‘Art Around’ Public Art Sculpture, Einstein Sundial, 2016
Appalachian State University Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit: Boone, NC 2014-
2015, 9’ Sundial www.rosensculpture.org
Founder’s Park: Outdoor metal sculpture ‘Metamorphosis’: Johnson City, TN,
Permanent Collection, acquired 2014
Downtown Boone, NC Public Art: ’ Monarch Bench’, 2014-2015
Convention Center: Chattanooga, TN “Quilted” vinyl floor art at entrance and
surrounding building, 2014, Visitor’s Convention Bureau
Chapel Hill, NC Community Center: 12' metal sculpture 2014 'Sculpture Visions'
6' Fiberglass Fiddle Sculpture Project: Galax,VA 2013 permanent display.
CowParade Austin,Texas: “Guitar Cow”: City Hall: Austin, Texas. Sponsor: US
Money Reserve, 2011
Art in Place.org: Charlottesville,VA: 12' metal Sculpture 2012-2011
Brevard County, FL:Department of Health Building, 2010:Art in Public Places:
Permanent Photographic Exhibit in Lobby
City of Knoxville,TN Art District 6' Pole Banners,Posters,Billboard 2015-2011
Miami-Dade Art in Public Places: 2005 ArtBank Permanent Collection: Stephen
Clark Government Center: Miami, FL
The Miami Beach City Hall, and Visitor’s Bureau: 2002,2007: Two 8’ tall Flamingo
sculptures: Miami-Dade Art in Public Places “Flamingos in
Paradise” Project ; Painted Chair: Miami Beach Botanical Garden
The Barnacle State Park: Coconut Grove, FL, 2001: Egret paintings Fakahatchee
State Park Visitor Center, 2000: scenic paintings, photos

2. ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE : Art Teacher for Adult Education: Pellissippi State
Community College Knoxville, TN 2014; Miami-Dade College;
Fairchild Tropical Garden; Learning Tree of the Arts: Miami, FL 2004-1997
EXHIIBITIONS: US Botanic Garden, Washington DC: ’Flora of the National Parks’
2016, in honor of the Centennial of the National Park Service: painting
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts:Gatlinburg,TN: 2015, 2013
Gray Gallery: E. North Carolina University: Sculpture Show for TriState Sculptors,
Greenville, NC, 2012
Great Plains Museum: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, NE. Paintings of birds of
prey, 2012
Art in the Airport Exhibition: Knoxville, TN 2016; 2012, painting, group exhibit
Neurological Conference: 'Brain Bee': UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2011
Reece Museum: E.TN State University 2010:Johnson City,TN: Group Show
Lilly Pharmaceuticals 'Oncology on Canvas' Exhibition 2014-11: NYC and NC
'Sculpture Celebration': Lenoir, NC 2011: Sculpture Exhibit: Broyhill Park
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra 75th
Anniversary Art Exhibit 2010: Emporium
Gallery, Knoxville, TN
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Art Exhibit:'Wounded in Action'
commemorates wounded Veterans, orthopaedic advancements: 2011,Convention
Center: New Orleans,LA.; Russell Senate Office Rotunda: Washington DC;
National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed 2011; Health Sciences
and Human Services Library at University of Maryland: Baltimore; Chicago
Cultural Center:2011. See website of AAOS
Arts & Culture Alliance Emporium Gallery Shows: 2015-2008, Knoxville, TN
Office of the Mayor of Knoxville, TN 2016-2008
Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 2007: Baltimore, MD; Vancouver
exhibit: paintings/photos of Art & Addiction, and the Brain
MARY RUDEN (865)579-1162 rudenm@gmail.com ercregistry.com/MaryRuden