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Sara Rytteke

Professor of Photography

Sara Rytteke
Sara Rytteke Professor of Photography

Education

  • Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas
  • BFA from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Biography

Sara Rytteke was born and raised in Växjö, Sweden. She did her undergraduate education in Sweden, France, and US. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas and her BFA from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Sara have continually explored the issue of female identity and influence from mass media and popular western cultural ideas; this exploration has taken several forms: magazine covers, paper dolls, postcards as well as the recent series relating to the Barbie doll. She has participated in over seventy exhibitions in Europe and the US.

  • EXHIBITIONS - SOLO (SECTION)

    • 2009 Andy Gato Gallery, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
    • 2009 Galleriet, Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
    • 2006 SRO Photo Gallery, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX
    • 2006 STUDIO 728, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    • 2005 Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
    • 2002 - 2003 Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
    • 1994 Northlight Upstairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

    EXHIBITIONS - (SELECTION)

    • 2009 Brockway Memorial Library, Miami Shores, FL
      Pictures on Exhibition
    • 2009 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
      6x6x2009
    • 2009 Society for Photographic Education Southeast, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
      Faculty Exhibition
    • 2007 Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
      Give us Your Best Shot
    • 2007 Galleriet, Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
      Charabang
    • 2007 Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA
      Evidence of Things Unseen, Sponsored by Ultimate Eye Foundation
    • 2007 Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
      All Media Biennial Exhibition
    • 2006 Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX
      HCP Fellowship Exhibition
    • 2006 Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
      CURRENT: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Culture
    • 2006 Photomedia Center - http://www.photomediacenter.org
      Only Skin Deep
    • 2005 Art Museum, Miami University, Oxford, OH
      Out of the Darkroom
    • 2003 Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX
      TSP 12
    • 2003 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
      Digitally Speaking
    • 2002 FotoFest 2002, Houston, TX
      The Classical Eye and Beyond (Juried by Wendy Watriss and Fred Baldwin, Fotofest)
    • 2002 Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
      "Through the Looking Glass" - contemporary photo exhibit
    • 2001 Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY
      Women’s Invitational Exhibition
    • 2001 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
      October Competition
    • 2001 Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
      Current Works 2001
    • 2000 Konsthallen, Växjö, Sweden
      Nytt i samlingarna
    • 2000 Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of University of Houston, Houston, TX
      Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition
    • 2000 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
      New Texas Talent 2000 (Juried by Diana Block, Denton)
    • 2000 Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX
      2000 HCP Juried Membership Exhibition (Juried by Ellen Handy, ICP, New York)
    • 2000 SOHO Photo Gallery, New York, NY
      2000 National Juried Competition (Juried by Barbara Head-Millstein, Brooklyn Museum of Art)
    • 2000 The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
      74th Annual International Competition (Juried by Therese Mulligan, Kodak Eastman House)
    • 2000 Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
      University of Houston Photography Graduate Alumni Past and Present
      (Juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts/Houston & Clint Willour, Galveston Art Center)
    • 1999 – 2000 Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, Sweden
      För Mycket (Dec 1999 – Jan 2000)
    • 1999 Konsthallen, Växjö, Sweden
      För Mycket
    • 1999 Washington University, St. Louis, MO
      In Progress 1999 (Juried by Joe Deal, Washington University)
    • 1999 Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
      Small Works ’99 “Contemporary Realism” (Juried by Marti Mayo, CAM, Houston)
    • 1998 Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of University of Houston, Houston, TX
      Student Exhibition
    • 1995 Gamla Gymnastikhallen, Söderköping, Sweden
      KFN, May 11-12
    • 1995 galleriet, Växjö, Sweden
    • 1994 Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
      BFA Show, May
    • 1993 GALERIE SPEOS, Paris, France
      Paris Photofolie, 4 - 6 June.
    • 1990 Färg & Form Huset, Eskilstuna, Sweden
      Estetiska Linjen, Eskilstuna Folkhögskola, Eskilstuna, Sweden
    • 2006 University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
      Photography Now: one hundred portfolios/DVD-ROM publication
    • 2005 Photolucida, Portland OR
    • 2005 Critical Mass/ DVD-ROM publication
    • 2005 Cincinnati Enquire – February 24, 2005
      Old Engravings,pop art and photographs by Sara Pearce
    • 2005 Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
      Art Week 2005 brochure
    • 2004 Women in Photography International – August 2004
      Sara C Rytteke
      http://www.womeninphotogrpahy.org
    • 2002 Texas Monthly – May 2002
      FotoFest 2002 Moving Pictures by Michel Ennis
    • 2002 ArtNexus No 45 – Sept 2002
      FotoFest 2002 From Alchemy to Cybernetics by Fernando Castro
    • 2002 The Classical Eye and Beyond exhibition catalogue
      FotoFest International, Houston, TX, Feb2002
    • 2001 October Competition exhibition catalogue
      Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, Oct 2001
    • 2001 Current Works 2001 CD ROM exhibition catalogue
      Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO, Oct 2001
    • 2000 Digital Fine Art Magazine, Fall 2000, p.20
      Cover Art by Marie Marber
    • 2000 The Photo Review, Summer 2000
    • 2000 Digital Fine Art Magazine, Summer 2000
    • 2000 Smålandsposten, Kultur, May 26
      Kontroversiella konstaffärer, by Tina Persson
    • 2000 Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, p. W40
    • 2000 Art Matters, April 2000, p. 18
      International competition at the Print Center keeps current at 74
    • 2000 Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition catalogue
      Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of University of Houston, TX, April2000
    • 2000 74th Annual International Competition exhibition catalogue
      The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, April2000
    • 2000 Arbetet, Plus, March 8
      Kvinnor både kan och vill; etc, by Anne Jalakas
    • 2000 Jämställdhetskommittén i Växjö kommun, Sweden
      Ut Urbilden…! …från ord till handling
    • 1999 Norra Västerbotten, Kultur, December 21
      För mycket av för mycket, by Mikael Bengtsson
    • 1999 Västerbottens Folkblad, Kultur, December 21
      Fem Kvinnliga Konstnärer, by Patrik Boström
    • 1999 Kronobergaren, Kulturen, August 27
      Konst som utmanar fantasin, by Anneli Wirdenäs, p. 19
    • 1999 Smålandsposten, Kultur, August 24
      Lagom för mycket, by Erika Samuelsson
    • 1999 För mycket exhibition catalogue
      Växjö Konsthall/Museum Anna Nordlander, Sweden, January1999
    • 1999 2000 St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley, MO
      Computer Art ‘99
    • 1999 Washington University, St. Louis, MO
      In Progress 1999
    • 1998 - 2000 Art Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX
    • 1996 Kronobergaren, Kulturen, May
      Hur låter det när man går på makaroner?, by Anneli Wirdenäs
    • 1996 Växjö Information, May
      Gränsöverskridande
    • 1996 Dagens Nyheter, Kultur & Nöje, April 12
      Bakåt eller framåt Växjös stridsfråga, by Karin Bojs, p. B1
    • 1995 TV4, Sveriges Television, Sweden
      Photographer of the Week
    • 1995 Smålandsposten, Kultur, September
      Unik affischkonst, by Lars Hultman
    • 1995 Smålandsposten, Kultur, September 27
      Konst x 3, by Anders Mildner
    • 1995 Smålandsposten, Kultur, August
      Nya och gamla namn på Galleriet, by Lars Hultman
    • 1995 Smålandsposten, August 15
      Konstnärerna har tagit över Italienska Palatset, by Jan Bärtås, p.1 & 15
    • 1995 Växjö Information, August, v.39
      Italienska Palatset invigs, p. 26
    • 1995 Bladet, Landstinget Kronoberg May, Nr 5-95
      Italienska Palatset invigt, by Ingrid Dahlen, p. 11
    • 1995 Smålandsposten, Kultur, March 11
      Spännande konstraster på Galleriet, by Lars Hultman
    • 2006 Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
    • 2005 Society for Photographic Education, Southeastern Conference, Tallahassee, FL
      “On Art, Beauty & Persuasion and Standards of Beauty: Like Barbie"
    • 2003 South Eastern College Art Conference, Raleigh, NC
      Paper: "On Art, Beauty & Persuasion."
      The Next Generation: SECAC’s Newest Artist-Educators.
    • 2002 Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
    • 2001 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
    • 2001 Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
    • 2001 Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches TX
    • 2001 Herron School of Art, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
    • 1998 South Central Women's Studies Association, Clear Lake, TX
      Paper: "Societal Limitations of Women's Freedom Mirrored in Photographic Self-Portraits." Feminist Art in a Postfeminist Period.
    • 1998 University of Houston, Houston, TX
      Paper: "Societal Limitations of Women's Freedom Mirrored in Photographic Self-Portraits." Feminist Art in a Postfeminist Period.
    • 1994 Kungsmadskolan, Media Linjen, Växjö, Sweden
    • 2001 Herron School of Art, Auditorium, Indianapolis, IN
      Video Libre! Video Shorts Screening
    • 2000 Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
      Curated exhibition: Out of Italienska Palatset: Contemporary Swedish Art
    • 1997 Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
      Slideshow: Italienska Palatset, Sept 28 - Oct 4
    • 1996 Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
      Performance: Terra Incognita, March
    • 1995 Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
      Slideshow: Italienska Palatset, Oct
    • 1995 Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
      Performance: Italienska Palatset, Oct 1-6
    • 2006 2006 Photography Fellowship Award
      Houston Center for Photography
    • 2001 Fellowship Award
      Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City
    • 2001 Honorable Mention, 2001 Photography Fellowship - sponsored by Houston Center for Photography
    • 2000 Digital Fine Arts Award
      The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
    • 2000 The Photo Review, PA
    • 1997 – 2000 Friends of Art Graduate Students Scholarship
      University of Houston, Houston, TX
    • 1994 Kronobergsläns Landstings Culture Stipend, Sweden
    • 1994 Best of Show, Best of Category (2), Exceptional Merit
      City of Tempe Exhibition, AZ
    • 1993 Växjö Stadsstipendium, Växjö, Sweden

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