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contact name: Kelly Ludeking
email: krlmetals@yahoo.com

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
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- Sept. 2007 Fine Arts & Foundry Education (FEFA), Co-Director/Event Coordinator/
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

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, Artist
Dec. 2007 Georgia State Uni. 35th Anniv. Iron Pour, Atlanta, GA.

July 2007 American Iron Sculpture Competition, Mpls, MN.
2nd Place in Large Sculpture Contest
http://www.scrappy.com/Sculpture%202007/Contest2007_entriesPage.htm

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, Grainbelt Building Mpls., MN.
June 2006 310 Gallery: Stillwater, MN.
Aug 2006 Crossings Gallery, “Find & Refine” Zumbrota, MN.
April 2007 Altered Esthitics, “Art Reincarnated” Mpls., MN.
May 2007 Altered Esthitics, “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 N. Mpls. Art Festival, “Bean Scene” Mpls., MN.
July 2007- White Bear Center for the Arts, Horse Sculpture on display
Present
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

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

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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

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Decorah, IA

Birth Date:
April 1, 1972

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
White Bear Lake

Minnesota County:
Ramsey

Sculptor

 

Readymade: Craftsmanship, the hand of the artist, and originality in contemporary art