Orin Rutchick
2400 N. Second Street, Second Floor.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-327-4146
orin@minneapolisphoto.com
www.pushbuttonmemories.com
EDUCATION
Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Bachelor of Fine Arts; Photography and Graphic Design.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
ORIN RUTCHICK PHOTOGRAPHS, LLC; Independent commercial and art photographer, 2000 to present.
IBID PHOTO, CHICAGO; Contributing photographer, 2000-present
JOHN RYAN COMPANY; Creative director in international retail marketing and design agency specializing in financial services for global banking institutions, 1997-1999
RUTCHICK, RUTCHICK & ASSOCIATES; President and chief creative officer for firm specializing in the design, merchandising and marketing of women's apparel, 1982-1996
ARTWORX, LLC; Co-founder of firm. Photographer, designer and creative director in both advertising and publication design, 1979-1981
WAREHOUSE ONE, LLC; Co-founder of firm. Photographer, designer and art director in both advertising and publication design, 1976-1978
JOHN RYAN PUBLICATIONS; Art director, photo editor, photographer, 1974-1976
AWARDS
McKnight Photographic Fellowship Grant for Push Button Memories project, 2006.
Metropolitan YMCA Pilot Documentary Photographic Program (Push Button Memories: Documenting Your Life and the Lives of Those Around You), 2006. Best Buy Technology Grant and the Metropolitan YMCA Beacon Site Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 2006
Bernice Abbott Portfolio Competition, Honorable Mention, Julia Dean Photo Workshops,Marina del Ray, California; August 2006
Minnesota Organization for the Arts & Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition First Place; Fine Arts Photography; St. Paul, Minnesota, 2001.
EXHIBITIONS
Panoramics: The Wide View; nMPLS PHOTO COOP Galleries; Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2008
McKnight Photographic Fellowship Exhibit, New Photography, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2007
Push Button Memories: Landmarks Worldwide; Icebox Gallery; Minneapolis, Minnesota; November 2006 to January 2007
Jerusalem: The Western Wall Portfolio; 10 World Landmarks including 20 print portfolio from Jerusalem's Western Wall; Sabes JCC; Minneapolis, Minnesota; September 2006 to November 2006
Push Button Memories; Testing The Theory; Gallery 200; Minneapolis, Minnesota; June 2005
Push Button Memories The Hong Kong Portfolio; Gallery 200; Minneapolis, Minnesota; March 2005
COLLECTIONS
George Eastman House Gallery; Artist-selected, 50-print Portfolio from, Push Button Memories: Landmarks Worldwide, 2006.
PUBLISHED WORK
Heart in Hands; 82 pages; ISBN 0970109202 No Limits Publishing; June 2000
WORKSHOPS
Santa Fe Center, Michael Grecco, the editorial portrait, 2001
Santa Fe Center, digital editing, color and file management, 2000.
Debbie Flemming Caffery, documentary photography on Mardi Gras, Breux Bridge, Louisiana; 1999.
Debbie Flemming Caffery, documentary photography in rural Louisiana; Breux Bridge, Louisiana; 1998.
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MEMBERSHIPS
IFP, Independent Film Project; Fiscal Sponsor, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 2008 - present.
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; March 2006 - present.
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota; November 2004 - present.
MNARTIST.ORG, Minneapolis, Minnesota; November 2000 - present.