Inge Bruggeman, Proprietor (503) 234-8129 email

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EDUCATION

MFA in Book Arts, 1994
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

BA in French, 1991
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Certifcate of studies in the French language and culture, 1987
La Sorbonne, Paris, France

Certifcate of studies in the French language and culture, 1986
L'Ecole des Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-En-Provence, France


TEACHING EXPERIENCE - EXTENDED LENGTH

Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
9/01 - present Adjunct Professor in the Book Arts Dept.
9/00 - 6/01 Assistant Professor in the Book Arts Dept.
September 1, 2000 - present

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
College of Creative Studies and Art Studio Dept.
Lecturer & Advisor in Book Arts and Lecturer in Print
January 1996-2000

Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Artist-in-residence/Instructor for classes in
letterpress printing, printmaking, & binding.
July 1994 - November 1995


TEACHING EXPERIENCE - SHORT TERM (recent)

Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Fall Semester, 2003
Contemporary Letterpress Printing

New York Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
June 18 & 20, 2002
LO-Tech/HI-Quality Photopolymer Platemaking:
for Text & Image Generation

Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
July 8-22, 2001
Lo-tech Hi-Quality Photopolymer Platemaking:
for Text & Image Generation

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
April 26 & 27, 2000
Lecture on Visual Typography and photopolymer
printmaking workshop

Reed College, Portland, OR
March 8 & 13th, 2000
Lecture on my work and influences and
photopolymer demonstration

San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Lo-Tech Hi-Quality photopolymer workshop
February 26-27, 2000


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Proprietor
Textura Letterpress Printing: Art & Design
January, 2000 to present

Proprietor
INK-A! Press: Fine Press Artist's Books
1990 to present

Co-Site Host
2004 Paper & Book Intensive, a concentrated
working session for practitioners and serious
students in conservation, papermaking and the
book arts.

Member - Board of Directors
Independent Publishing Resource Center
July, 2001 to present

Member - Advisory Board
University of Alabama Book Arts Program
2001 to present

VP of Membership, Board of Directors
Friends of Dard Hunter, an international group
of hand papermakers, printers & artists.
January, 1999 to December, 2002

Keynote Speaker
Oregon Book Arts Guild Conference,
Lewis & Clark College

June, 2003

Juror
National Book Arts Show, Fine Arts Gallery,
Community College of Southern Nevada

May, 2003

Guest Artist Lecture
Washington State University
April, 2003

Juror
artists' books exhibit for the NW Bookfest
September, 2002

Guest Artist Lecture
Pacific Northwest College of Art
March, 2002

Guest Artist Lecture
Reed College
March, 2002

Guest Artist Lecture
Oregon State University
November, 2001

Curator
'Book Arts 1999' student book arts show, UCSB
May, 1999

Curator
'Bibliopolis' student book arts show, UCSB
May, 1998

Curator
'Biblio DiDo' student book arts show, UCSB
May, 1997

Panelist
Book Arts 2000 and Beyond, a gathering of book arts educators in Tuscaloosa, AL. Betty Bright curated our panel which also included Gary Frost, Susan King, Karen Wirth and Philip Zimmermann and is entitled 'Towards Theory: What Concepts are Evolving as the Book Arts Mature?'
February, 1999

Lecture
"Typography: A Visual Reading" at the Beverly Hills Library,
sponsored by the Alliance for Contemporary Book Arts
April 9, 1998

Cover printing & design
JAB9, The Journal of Artist's Books
February, 1998

Site host
1998 California Paper & Book Intensive, a concentrated
working session for practitioners and serious students in
conservation, papermaking and the book arts.

Lecture
"Typography as a Visual Medium," San Francisco Center for the Book
August, 1997

Lecture
"A Necessary Art: or the Beautiful Necessity of Bookmaking"
at the University of WA for the Book Arts Guild of Seattle
June, 1995

Panel discussion
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
on the Winter Book collaboration. Performed with Alison Knowles.
December, 1995

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (recent)

The Art of Contemporary Paper
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery Cedar City, Utah
Texarkana Reg. Arts & Humanities Council Texarkana, Texas
Danville Museum of Fine Art Danville, Virginia
Brigham City Museum Brigham City, Utah
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Wausau, Wisconsin
Hearst Art Gallery Morarga, California
October, 2004 - October, 2007

OCAC Faculty Exhibition
Hoffman Gallery Portland, OR
February 12 - March 21, 2004

Core Sample: Portland Art Now: Second Cycle
curated by Stephanie Snyder Portland, OR
October 11-19, 2003

The Art of the Book '03
York Quay Gallery A Toronto, Canada
September 19, 2003 - November 2, 2003

Bibliocosmos
An exhibition of artists' books and related material from the Reed College Collection (work featured on announcement)
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery Reed College Portland, OR
August 27 - October 5, 2003

Love and/or Terror: A Book Arts Exhibition
University of Arizona Museum of Art Tucson, AZ
August 3 - September 21, 2003

The World of Paper
Museo de Bellas Artes Santiago, Chile
July 29 - August 31, 2003

Letterpress
The Center for Book Arts New York, NY
April 3 - June 14, 2003

New Proof
Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR
March 6 - March 31, 2003

A Means of Transferring Ink: An Exhibition in Letterpress
Fairbanks West Gallery, Oregon State University Eugene, OR
March, 2003

NW Print Council: 50 Works
University of Wollongong New South Wales, Australia
February 7 - March 28, 2003

Built by Hand: The Book as Art
Pyramid Atlantic National Juried Book Exhibition
Eleven Sculpture Space Washington, DC
November 20, 2002 - February 8, 2003

Bright Hill Press First National Book Arts Juried Exhibition
The Word & Image Gallery Treadwell, NY
October 5 - 27, 2002

Invitational Letterpress Exhibition
School of Visual Concepts Seattle, WA
September 8 - October 16, 2002

3rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial 2002
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
Chicago, IL
September 13 - October 25, 2002

Sock & Kiss: A Letterpress Portfolio
Center for Book Arts New York, NY
April 5 - June 7, 2002

Northwest Bookfest: Artists' Books Juried Exhibition
(first place award for fine press artist's book)
Seattle, WA & Portland, OR
October 25-November 14, 2001

Bookworks: Pacific Center for the Book Arts Exhibition
San Francisco Public Library San Francisco, CA
June 7 - August 3, 2001

For Posting: An Exhibit of Contemporary Letterpress
an exhibit at several sites Portland, OR
March 2001 - June 2001

Book Explorations 2001 Juried Exhibit
(judge's commendation award for excellence
in the printed book) The New Art Forum Kingston, MA
April, 2001

Best of the Best The Guild of Bookworkers Juried Exhibit
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Ohio University Athens, OH
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts Chicago, IL
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Smith College Northampton, MA
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
San Diego State University San Diego, CA
San Francisco Public Library San Francisco, CA
October, 2000 - June, 2001
October 5 - June 27

Book and Paper Arts Biennial 2000
Columbia College Chicago Center for
Book & Paper Arts, juried show Chicago, IL
September 15 - October 27, 2000

Based on the Book: New Prints and Print Objects
Based on the Fine Press Artist's Book 'Bad News'
by Inge Bruggeman (solo show)

Artworks/Bookarts, Bergamot Station Santa Monica, CA
January 8 - February 11, 2000


WORK REVIEWED (selected)

Core Sample: Portland Art Now.
Gragg, R. & Stadler, M., ed's., Clear Cut Press
2004

New York Times
'Books as Art Objects: Reading is Optional'
January 2, 2004

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
'One Taste of Portland Art is Not Enough'
October 17, 2003

Paranthesis
'INK-A! Press - Hank Lazer, Inge Bruggeman
and Simple Harmonic Motions'

Number 7, November, 2002

The Cauldron & Net
'Inge Bruggeman - Featured Artist'
Volume 4, Autumn, 2002

Journal of Artists' Books 16
'Simple Harmonic Motion, Hank Lazer & INK-A! Press:
A Book Review by Charles Alexander'

Fall, 2001

Linesandsplines
'Inge Bruggeman is a Portland designer
and letterpress printer...'
May, 2001

Chicago Reader
'Pick of the Week'
September 22, 2000

EndPapers: San Diego Book Arts Newsletter
'Inge Bruggeman Lecture at San Diego State University'
Volume 3, Number 2, Summer 2000


COLLECTIONS/GALLERIES (selected)

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN
Joan Flasch Artists' Books Collection
  Chicago School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Washington Seattle, WA
Brown University Providence, RI
San Francisco Public Library San Francisco, CA
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
Auburn University Auburn, AL
New York Public Library New York, NY
Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN
University College London, UK
British Library London, UK
Athenaeum LaJolla, CA
Reed College Portland, OR
Granary Books New York, NY
Library of Congress Washington, DC
Stanford University Stanford, CA
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
Mills College Oakland, CA
Yale University New Haven, CT
Portland Art Museum Portland, OR
Portland Public Library Portland, OR
Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive
  of Concrete & Visual Poetry Miami Beach, FL
PABA Gallery New Haven, CT
J. Beebe, PDX Gallery Portland, OR
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA
Cerritos Public Library Cerritos, CA


AWARDS AND GRANTS (selected)

Oregon Arts Commission
Individual Artist Fellowship, Salem, Oregon
June, 2004

Regional Arts & Culture Council
Professional Development Grant
Portland, Oregon
June, 2004

Regional Arts & Culture Council
Project Grant
Portland, Oregon
November, 2002

Northwest Bookfest: Juried Artists' Book Exhibition
First place award for fine press artist's book
Seattle, Washington
October, 2001

The New Art Forum
Judge's commendation award for excellence
in the printed book at the annual Book Explorations
juried exhibit
Kingston, Massachusetts
April, 2001

The New Art Forum
First place for Excellence in the Printed Book
at the annual Book Explorations juried exhibit
Kingston, Massachusetts
March, 1999