Ruth Borgenicht
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Education

1987-91 Rutgers College, Rutgers University
         New Brunswick NJ, BA Mathematics
 
Residencies/Awards

2007 Medal of the Lions Club, 55th Premio Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy
2005 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
2004 Guest artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
2002 Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass CO
2001 Resident Artist, Greenwich House Pottery, New York NY
         Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
1999-02 Resident Artist, Ceramics Department, Hunter College, New York NY
2000 Merit Award - Ceramics USA 2000, University of North Texas, SOVA Gallery, Denton TX
1998 Resident Artist, Chester Springs Studio Center for Visual Arts, Chester Springs PA
1996 Jurorís Mention, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Camden NJ
1993-4 Resident Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
1993 Beckwith Memorial Art Scholarship
1993 University College Honors, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
1990 Golden Key National Honor Society

Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions

2008 Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs PA
         Collaboration: Linking Metal and Clay (2-person), Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia PA
2007 Baumann & Borgenicht (2-person), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York NY
         Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago IL
2006 Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO*
         Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery, Kansas City MO
2005 Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
         NCECA 2005, Baltimore MD
         Lacoste Gallery (2-person), Concord MA
2004 Millersville University, Ganser Gallery, Millersville PA
2003 New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
2002 Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia PA
2001 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
         Princeton Arts Council (2-person), Princeton NJ
1998 Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA
         Chester Springs Studio , Chester Springs PA
         Passaic County Community College (2-person), Paterson NJ
1997 Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Phillips Exeter Academy, Lamont Gallery, NH
         Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2008 Uncommon Clay, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
         Pace University, in conjunction with All Fired Up, Pleasantville, NY
         All About Trees, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs PA
         NJ Arts Annual Crafts, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair NJ
         Jump: The Synergy of Connection, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
2007 55th Premio Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, awarded Medal of the Lions
            Club, Faenza, Italy*
         Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit, William Patterson University, Wayne NJ*
         Perforations, Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington DC
         Unadorned, Santa Fe Caly, Santa Fe NM
         Small Favors II, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2006 Interlocked, Bucks County Community College, PA
         Watershed 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA
         Art School at Old Church, Demarest NJ
         Susquehanna Art Museum, Art Counts: Math in Art, Harrisburg PA
2005 LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton NY
         Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery, Kansas City MO
         NJ Arts Annual/Crafts, Jersey City Museum, NJ*
         Anderson Ranch past and present resident artists, NCECA Baltimore MD
         Transformation, NCECA Baltimore MD
2004 Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Resident Artists, SOFA Chicago, IL
         NJ Arts Annual, Cache: New Horizons in crafts, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville NJ*
         University of Miami, Anderson Ranch past and present residents, Coral Gables FL
2003 Transformation: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, the Elizabeth R. Raphael
            Founder's Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA*
         Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster PA*
         Anderson Ranch Past and Present Resident Artists, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
         Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
         The Fine Art of Craft, Susquehanna Art Museum, PA*
2002 Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
            San Angelo TX
         4 x 10: Ceramic Sculpture, The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall
            College,Lancaster PA
         Sidney Myer Fund Intíl Ceramics Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Austrailia*
2001 52nd International Ceramics Competition, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy*
         Compelled, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ*
         Future Imperfect, Sharadin Art Gallery at Kutztown University, Kutztown PA
         Vanitas & Veritas, The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton NJ*
2000 Ceramics USA 2000, University of North Texas, SOVA Gallery, Denton TX
         Ceramic International, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville OH*
         Absence of Color, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA
         The Banquet, Borowsky Gallery at the Gershman Y, Philadelphia PA
1999 Black & White, Greenwich House Pottery, New York NY
         Ceramics Monthly International Competition at the National Council on Education for the
            Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus OH
         DADA Country, Duchamp and Friends in New Jersey, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
1998 Made in America, Hopkins House Gallery, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Camden NJ
         Elements of Architecture, Sharon Gill Gallery, Montclair NJ
         3D - IT, Chamot Gallery, Jersey City NJ
         Tools, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
1997 Food Show, Artworks, Trenton NJ
1996 Craft Forms ë96, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
         22nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission,
            Hopkins House Gallery, Jurorís Mention, Thora Jacobsen, Camden NJ
         Point of Departure, TAWA, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
         Living it Up, Gershman YMHA, Philadelphia PA
         Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition of Old City, Philadelphia PA
1995 Outdoor Sculpture Garden at Academy Books and Bindery, Rosemont NJ
         5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
         Heterodoxy Alice 75, Trenton Avant Garde, Inc., Trenton NJ
1994 Red Figure Show, Mercer County College, Trenton NJ
         University of the Artsí Ceramic Residentsí Exhibition, Yellow Springs PA
         Annual Ceramic Departmentís Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia Pa
         Ellarslie Open XII, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
         Best of Trenton Artistís Workshop Association, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ

Commissions

1994 National Organization for Women (NOW), Trenton NJ
         Sculpture presented to NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman
1995 Achievement in Community Theater (ACT), NJ
         Sculpture cast for annual recognition awards
1997 Eyelevel, Philadelphia publication of art criticism and commentary, PA
         Sculptures for distribution to contributing members.
2001 Goldenberg Rosenthal Group, LLP, Jenkintown PA
         Wall sculpture for conference room

Public Collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta NC
Topeka and Shawnee City Public Library, Topeka KS


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