Kath Kornelsen Rutherford

Kath Kornelsen Rutherford was first introduced to printmaking while studying with David Silverberg at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1978 she moved to Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia and began by setting up a studio/ printshop in her home. Through her first Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award in 1982 she attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design to further study intaglio techniques under the instruction of Ed Porter. This course began her shift from the chemical processes of etching to more direct engraving processes of Mezzotint and Drypoint.

In addition to receiving The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award twice, she has also been awarded a Professional Artists Development Grant from the Nova Scotia Department of Culture.

Her work is represented in many public and corporate collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Nova Scotia Art Bank, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Hudson’s Bay Company.

" I am fascinated by collections and by diversity which is revealed by closer observation. In my work I try to encourage the viewer to look again for hidden meaning or image. My work is always the result of concentrated study of the elements to be collaged; followed by many weeks of careful development of the image. An intimate knowledge of my subjects and a sense of humour, often in the form of a play on words, are my trademarks."

Recently, she has participated in many international as well as Canadian group shows that include:

Women Artists of the Nova Scotia Art Bank Collection- 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Mini Print Slovenija in Slovenia, Europe.

The Yokohama International Print Show in Yokohama, Japan.

Canadian Nature Art, a traveling exhibit sponsored by the
National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa.

Landmark, a major show of prints by Kath Kornelsen Rutherford and her husband,
printmaker Robert Rutherford was shown at the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.

Solo shows include:

t Local Colour, a major show of prints by Kath Kornelsen Rutherford and her husband, printmaker Robert Rutherford at the Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS.
t   Secord Gallery (with Helen Painter), Halifax, NS
t   Studio 21 in Halifax, NS.
t   Gallery Gabor in Toronto.
t   Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB.
t   Small Wonders, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS

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Kath Kornelsen Rutherford & Robert Rutherford, 544 West Petpeswick Road, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada B0J 2L0
Telephone: (902) 889-3344 Email: prints@ns.sympatico.ca
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