Kelly Ludeking
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contact name: Kelly Ludeking
email: krlmetals@yahoo.com
Experience
Kelly R Ludeking
495 N. Washtenaw Ave. #1
Chicago, Il. 60622
Phone: (608)-772-7369
Email:
kelly@kellyludeking.com
www.KellyLudeking.com
EDUCATION
Summer-1988 Iowa
State University, Journalism Workshop
1988-1991 Decorah
High School, Yearbook Photographer, Art Club, Band, Pep Band, Theater, Readers
Theater, Improvisation Group
1991
Graduated
Decorah High School
1991-1993 Augsburg
College, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Photo Editor for Community Newspapers
and College Yearbook, Freelance Photographer
1993-1997 Attended
Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD), MN and Graduated with BFA –
Emphasis in Furniture & Sculpture
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug.
1996 Recipient
of the DRAC Budding Artist Program as Instructor.
Nov. 1997- HSC
Scenic Services – Welder Fabricator
Feb.
1999 Minneapolis,
MN.
Feb. 1999- Atomic
Props & Effects - Welder Fabricator
Present St.
Paul, MN
Aug. 2000- Foundry
Education & Fine Arts (FEFA), Co-Director/Event Coordinator/
Sept. 2007 Public
Relations/Instructor/-- Mendota, MN
Aug. 2001 Olin
Wrought Iron - Welder Fabricator/Blacksmith
March
2002 Mendota,
MN
June 2004 Luther
College Art Instructor – Dorian Music & Art Camp
June 2005 Luther
College Art Instructor – Dorian Music & Art Camp
June 2006 Luther
College Art Instructor – Dorian Music & Art Camp
Sept 2006 Prevaro,
Commissioned for Custom Office Systems Furniture
June 2007 Luther
College Art Instructor – Dorian Music & Art Camp
July 2007 Susan
E. Brown Designs Commissioned for custom furniture
Sept. 2007 Crossings
Gallery Art Instructor - Garden Art Sculpture Class
Zumbrota,
MN
Sept. 2007 Benevolent
Acorn Gallery Commissioned for Signage
Sept 2007 Susan
E. Brown Designs Commissioned for custom furniture
Jan.
2008 Co-Owner
of Ironhead Sculptural Services, LLC.
April 2008 Crossings
Gallery Art Instructor - Garden Art Sculpture Class
Zumbrota,
MN
May 2008 John
Truman, Commissioned for custom light fixture
June 2008 Tom
& Clara Grove, Commissioned for custom fire ring
April 2009 Crossings
Gallery Art Instructor - Garden Art Sculpture Class
Zumbrota,
MN
Dec. 2009 Ryumonji
Buddist Temple, Dorchester, IA. - Commissioned 400# temple bell
April 2010 Crossings
Gallery Art Instructor - Garden Art Sculpture Class
Zumbrota,
MN
April 2010 ArtHaus
Gallery/Studio, Workshop
May 2010 Decorah
Middle School, Commissioned Found Object 11’ Viking Sculpture
Jan. 2010 Alloy
Manufacturing & Design, Custom cast metal & fabricated high-end
furniture
design and
build.
May 2010 Susan
E. Brown Designs Commissioned for custom furniture
Aug 2010 Susan
E. Brown Designs Commissioned for custom furniture
METAL CASTING EXPERIENCE
Spring 1994 MCAD Cast Metal Pour – Aluminum & Bronze
Oct. 1994 College
of Visual Arts (CVA), St. Paul, MN – Iron “Test” Pour
March 1995 MCAD “Sensitive” Iron Pour
Aug. 1995 First
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour, Herman MN
Oct. 1995 CVA
“Fright Day” Iron Pour
March 1996 The
Space, Minneapolis, MN – “MagmaMorphose” Aluminum Pour
June 1996 Hamline
Sculpture Park Art Fair, St. Paul, MN – Iron Pour
Aug. 1996 Second
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour
Nov. 1996 MCAD
Iron Pour
Feb. 1997 Smith
Foundry, Minneapolis, MN – Iron Pour
May 1997 Anurag
Art Foundry, Stillwater, MN – “May Day” Iron Pour
Aug. 1997 Third
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour
May 1998 Anurag
Art Foundry – “Big Fe” Iron Pour
June 1998 Franconia
Sculpture Park, - “Iron” Iron Pour
Aug. 1998 Fourth
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour
May 1999 University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis - “Iron
Circus”
Aug. 1999 Fifth
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour
May 2000 MCAD
Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
Aug. 2000 Sixth
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour
Aug. 2002 Eight
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour – Fine Arts & Foundry Education (FEFA) -
Instructor
Aug. 2003 Ninth
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour – FEFA - Instructor
Sept.
2003 St.
Cloud, MN – “EMMJ” Iron Pour – FEFA - Instructor
Oct.
2003 University
of Wisconsin, LaCrosse Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
Nov.
2003 University
of Minnesota, Bemidji Iron Pour – FEFA - Instructor
Nov.
2003 University
of Kentucky, Lexington Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
May 2004 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA – Program Director & Instructor
July 2004 Mine’s
& Pine’s Art Festival Hibbing , MN. –FEFA- Instructor
Aug. 2004 Tenth
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour – FEFA – Instructor
Aug. 2004 Live
on Winnebago Art Festival, Decorah, IA.
– FEFA- Program Director & Instructor
Sept.2004 Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale - Visiting Artist
Oct. 2004 University
of Wisconsin, LaCrosse Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
Nov. 2004 University
of Kentucky, Lexington Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
April 2005 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
April 2005 Sloss
Birmingham, AL, International Iron Conference - Visiting Artist
April 2005 UofM
Twin Cities- 36th Annual Iron Pour- Visiting Artist
Aug. 2005 Eleventh
Annual “Herman” Iron Pour – FEFA – Instructor
Aug. 2005 Live
on Winnebago Art Festival, Decorah, IA.
– FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
Oct. 2005 White
Bear Art Walk/Iron Pour, White
Bear Lake, MN. – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
Nov. 2005 University
of Wisconsin, LaCrosse Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
April 2006 Tamarack
Nature Center , “Iron Pour for the Children”-
White Bear Lake, MN. – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
Aug. 2006 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
Sept. 2006 Zumbrota,
MN. 150th Anniv. Art
Walk & Iron Pour.
-FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
Sept. 2006 White
Bear Art Walk/Iron Pour, White
Bear Lake, MN. – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
Oct. 2006 Iowa
High School Art Teachers Conference, DesMoines, IA. - FEFA-Program Director
& Instructor
May 2007 Normandale
Community College, Bloomington, MN. - FEFA – Instructor
June 2007 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
July 2007 Franconia
Sculpture Park, Taylors Falls, MN.
Iron Pour, Visiting Artist
Sept. 2007 Zumbrota,
MN. Iron Pour. -FEFA-Program
Director & Instructor
Sept. 2007 White
Bear Art Walk/Iron Pour, White
Bear Lake, MN. – FEFA-Program Director & Instructor
June 2008 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA - Ironhead Sculptural Services- Program
Director & Instructor
July 2008 WhiteBear
Center for the Arts- Art Watch Bronze Pour
Aug. 2008 White
Bear Iron Pour, White Bear Lake,
MN. – Ironhead Sculptural Services- Director & Instructor
Sept. 2008 Zumbrota,
MN. Iron Pour. -Ironhead
Sculptural Services- Director
& Instructor
April 2009 National
Conference on Cast Iron Art, Sloss Furnace- Visiting Artist/Guest Speaker
June 2009 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA - Ironhead Sculptural Services- Program
Director & Instructor
Aug. 2009 White
Bear Iron Pour, White Bear Lake,
MN. – Ironhead Sculptural Services- Director & Instructor
Sept. 2009 Zumbrota,
MN. Iron Pour. -Ironhead
Sculptural Services- Director
& Instructor
Nov. 2009 University
of Kentucky, Lexington Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
April 2010 University
of Wisconsin, LaCrosse Iron Pour – Visiting Artist
May 2010 Lunar
Burn Iron Pour, Chicago, Il. –Furnace builder/coordinator
June 2010 “Down
on the Farm” Iron Pour, Decorah, IA - Ironhead Sculptural Services- Program
Director & Instructor
July 2010 Lunar
Burn Iron Pour, Lunar Burn Man fund raiser, Chicago, Il. –Coordinator
Aug. 2010 Ironwood
Iron Pour, Ironwood, MI.- Ironhead
Sculptural Services-
Director & Instructor
Sept.2010 West
7th Arts Org. Iron Pour, Schmitt Brewery, St. Paul, MN.-
Ironhead Sculptural Services- Director & Instructor
Oct. 2010 Indianapolis
National Iron Conference, Indianapolis, IN. – Teaching Workshop – Ironhead sponsored event.
Awards
July 2007 American Iron Sculpture Competition, Mpls, MN.
2nd Place in Large Sculpture Contest
http://www.scrappy.com/Sculpture%202007/Contest2007_entriesPage.htm
Exhibitions/Performance History
April 1992 “Murphy’s Square Arts & Literature” - Published Photography
June 1993 “The Lutheran” and St. Paul area “Synod” Newsletter - Published Photography
Nov. 1993 Calhoun Square, Minneapolis, MN – MCAD Sculpture Exhibit
March 1994 Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (MIA) – “Art in Bloom”
May 1994 Calhoun Square – “Self Portrait”
Jan. 1995 MCAD Gallery – Sculpture Exhibit
Feb. 1995 Ground Zero Night Club, Minneapolis, MN – Sculpture on Display
March 1995 MIA – “Art in Bloom”
April 1995 Calhoun Square – MCAD Sculpture Exhibit
Sept. ’95-‘96 Hamline Sculpture Park, St. Paul, MN – “Lion” on Display
Nov. 1995 Maxwell’s Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN – Framed Photo on Display
Dec. 1995 CVA – “Fe+ Sculpture Exhibition”
March 1996 The Space – “Magma Morphose”
Sept. 1996 The Space – “Erotica” Exhibit
Oct. 1996 Bionic Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN – “Halloween Art Exhibit”
Nov. ’96-‘97 MCAD Balcony – “Gargoyle” on Display
Feb. 1997 Decorah Regional Arts Council, Decorah, IA – “Winter Fest”
May 1997 MCAD – Graduation Exhibit
May ’04-‘06 “Gargoyle” Juried into Bemidji, MN Sculpture Walk
Oct. 2004 NE Iowa Studio Tour – Exhibitor
Aug. 2005 Hard n’ Heavy Iron and Steel Competition & Exhibition-
Bemidji Community Arts Council
Aug. 2005 HIP 2005: Cast Metal Competition- UofM Morris
March 2006 Online Exhibition of Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture,
5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art-
Iron Bridge Gorge, England
April 2006 Tamarack Nature Center Art Show, White Bear Lake, MN.
May 2006 Northeast Mpls. Art Crawl, Grain belt Building Mpls., MN.
June 2006 310 Gallery: Stillwater, MN.
Aug 2006 Crossings Gallery, “Find & Refine” Zumbrota, MN.
April 2007 Altered Esthetics, “Art Reincarnated” Mpls., MN.
May 2007 Altered Esthetics, “Art for the Other Senses” Mpls., MN
May 2007 Q.arma Building, “Art-a-Whirl” NE Mpls., MN
June 2007 Uptown Images Gallery, ongoing display White Bear Lake, MN.
June 2007 White Bear Center for the Arts, “Art Watch” MN.
July 2007 Crossings Gallery, “Find & Refine” Zumbrota, MN.
July 2007 Music at Mears Park, St. Paul, MN.
July 2007 American Iron Sculpture Competition, Mpls, MN.
2nd Place in Large Sculpture Contest
July 2007 N. Mpls. Art Festival, “Bean Scene” Mpls., MN.
July 2007- White Bear Center for the Arts, Horse Sculpture on display
April 2008
Aug. 2007 Uptown Art Fair, Exhibitor Mpls., MN.
Sept. 2007 Benevolent Acorn Gallery Grand Opening
Sept. 2007 Franconia Sculpture Park Exhibiting Artist
Oct. 2007 St. Paul Art Crawl exhibiting Artist
Nov. 2007 Benevolent Acorn Gallery “the Art of Grand”
Nov. 2007 Uptown Images “art, bouquets &canapés”
Nov. 2007 White Bear Center for the Arts, Members Art Show
Dec. 2007 White Bear Center for the Arts, Members Holiday Art Sale
Jan. 2008 Board of Director, WhiteBear Center for the Arts
March 2008 Benevolent Acorn Gallery "CastIron Art" solo opening
April 2008 Red Wing Train Depot Art Gallery, Horse Sculpture on display
April 2008 Pivot Arts Gallery, St. Paul Art Crawl exhibiting Artist
July 2008 WhiteBear Center for the Arts, Art Watch exhibitor
July 2009 Pure Wood Pure Art Gallery, Albany, WI.- exhibiting Artist
Nov. 2009 Robert Rae Gallery, Stoughton, WI. - exhibiting Artist
April 2010 ArtHaus Gallery/Studio, “Heavy Metal” Decorah, IA -Solo Opening
Oct. 2010 Fine Furnishing & Fine Craft Show, Milwaukee, WI.- exhibiting Artist
Publications
http://music.luther.edu/dorian/summer_programs/high_school_camp/staff/index.html
http://www.liveonwinnebago.com/fun.htm
http://www.downtownjournal.com/index.php?&story=8972&page=65&category=54
http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/169458988.html
http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=11712
http://www.decorahnewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=10731&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=&S=1
http://www.decorahnewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=8530&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=13&S=1
http://whitebeararts.org/pr/05/051001.htm
http://presspubs.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=1&gallery_page=0&album_page=0&albumid=154&mediaid=1566
http://www.cedarnet.org/aei/conf06/breakouts&tours.html
http://whitebeararts.org/itn/050914.htm
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Birth Place:
Decorah, IA
Birth Date:
April 1, 1972
Gender:
Male
Active Place:
White Bear Lake
Minnesota County:
Ramsey
Artist Information
Roles
Sculptor
Artist's Website
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Readymade: Craftsmanship, the hand of the artist, and originality in contemporary art