About Caren Helene Rudman
Caren Helene Rudman www.carenhelenerudman.com carenhelene4@gmail.com
IG @carenhelene
Bio: Caren Helene Rudman (b. 1964, Chicago) has been an artist and curator for over 30 years focusing on the connection between mind and body. Her interest in health and heredity genetics began in graduate school where she received an MA from NYU/ ICP, in a prestigious 56 credit program affiliated with the International Center of Photography. She has participated in many group and solo exhibitions and her work is in private collections worldwide. In 2010, she merged her art and curatorial interests, working as the staff curator at The Art Center Highland Park from 2017 to 2024.
Education
1989-1992 New York University 56 Credit MA- International Center of Photography
Graduate Internship: Whitney Museum of American Art Public Education Program
1988-1989 Columbia College Candidate MA - Photography
1982-1986 University of Colorado, Boulder BA- Major: Philosophy/ Minor: Psychology and French
Selected Exhibitions and Honors
2025
• Transitions to Spring Installation, Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL
• A Whisper 2 A Scream (2-person with Kelly Mathews), Zhou B Art Center / OH Foundation, Chicago, IL
2024
• Aqua Miami, Ross Contemporary Art (sold works), Miami, FL
• Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Ross Contemporary Art (sold), Southampton, NY
• Who Are We? (with Marketa Sivek), 2936 Contemporary / Fine Art, Chicago, IL
• Telling Her Story (Invitational), Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
• Glorious Point! (Invitational), Juliets, Joliet, IL
2023
• The Space Between, ARC Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA
• Woman to Woman Invitational, xèd Design Studio, Chicago, IL
• Pride in Art (Invitational), 116 Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2022
• Days of Quarantine Series (Solo), Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• Visions of Hope (Invitational), Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• A Burst of Hope (collaboration with Ellen Sandor), The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2016–2022 (Selected)
• Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
• Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, IL
• Elmhurst Art Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2015- 2006 (Selected)
• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Evanston Art Walk (Juried)
• Highland Park Art Walk (Juried)
• Laguna Art Walk (Invitational), Laguna Beach, CA
GALLERY REPRESENTATION & ART FAIRS
• Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Ross Contemporary Art
– Aqua Miami Art Fair, 2024
– Hamptons Fine Art Fair, 2024
Statement: My goal is to blur the lines between mind and body, exploring the body’s fragility and strength. I work in series, reflecting a sense of time and space. Using cut-up photographs, mixed media, and paint on different surfaces from canvas to plexiglass, I explore how energy comes through the body within the process of making art. My hope is by facing our mortality, we also find meaning and build connections.
SELECTED MEDIA & PRESS
Sheridan Road Magazine (JWC Media), Feature & Digital Cover Story
NorthShore Weekend / Highland Park Neighbors, Cover Story: Portrait of an Artist
Chicago Magazine, “Five Things to Do” (Creativity in Quarantine)
Chicago Tribune, Arts Feature
Chicago Gallery News, Exhibition Review- Chicago Gallery News:
Images from Sheridan Road