Rudy Kovacs, Chair
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- Fine Arts Rm. 414
- Phone: (208) 282- 2488
- Email: kovarudo@isu.edu
Courses:
- Survey of Art
- Introduction - Intermediate - Advanced Weaving
- Papermaking
- First Year Seminar
- Creative Process
About Rudy Kovacs
Studied:
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
M.F.A. - 1975 - Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
B.F.A. - 1972
Currently:
- Professor of Art at Idaho State University
Artist Statement
Since I recently began exploring hand-jacquard weaving, I have continuously worked to develop a specific approach that uses computers to continue the theoretical principles of weaving with my interest in representational art. Photographs of places I have been and seen which I have documented myself, combined with computer design and weaving, have allowed me to be involved with many processes at one time. This new approach with photographic images in my textile work has urged me to start investigating photography as an art form and to begin studying the history of photography. Recently, my work has involved imagery from Italy (1995-1996), Peru (1988), China (1983), and now Singapore (2002). I want my work to be a visual journey of places I have been and seen, of inner feelings or spiritual rejuvenation. For me, weaving is a means of communication, a conceptual expression of my attitude toward art, space, and time, a means that holds a rich historical and ethnic definition of “cloth,” the thread of life, a process.
Additional Information:
- 1992 -- Distinguished Researcher Award, Idaho State University
- 1992 -- Artist Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts
- 2002 -- Artist Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts
Recent Exhibitions:
- The De-Constructed West, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, D.C., 2001
- The Wichita National, Wichita Center for Arts, Wichita, Kansas, 1999
- Ten in Textiles, Craft Alliance, St. Loius, MO, 1998