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
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
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
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