WILDLIFE/LANDSCAPE ARTIST AND SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR

EDUCATION
1986-1990: The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
           Major: Scientific Illustration
           B. A.,  College of Arts and Sciences, GPA 3.8

1988: The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Summer Workshop

EXHIBITIONS (Partial list of recent shows)
Birds in Art 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 
     at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Art and the Animal 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 
     2000, the Society of Animal Artist's annual exhibition
Arts for the Parks top 100 exhibitions and national tours 1991, 
     1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, and 2000
Art of the Animal Kingdom IV 1999 at the Bennington Center for
	the Arts
Art and the Animal, 1999 a special Society of Animal Artist's 
	exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
American Art in Miniature 1999, and 2000 at the Gilcrease Museum
Christie's Wildlife Art Sale 1995, and 1997, in association with 
     World Wide Fund for Nature
Natural Wonders, 1993 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Wildlife: The Artist's View 1990 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art 
     Museum
Natural Selections II, III and IV, 1995, 1997, and 2000, the 
	Society of Animal Artist's Benefit exhibition
The Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show 1990-1998
The CM Russell Auction 1991-1996
Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibition 1996, 1998, and 2000 at
	the Henderson Fine Arts Center
The Arts for the Parks Second 100 Exhibition 1990, 1991, 1993, and
	1999

AUTHOR
Painting Birds Step by Step, North Light Books, 1996
Artist's Photo Reference - Birds, North Light Books, 1999
Chapter 7 of Painting the Faces of Wildlife, (Kalon Baughan) 	
	North Light Books, 2000

COLLECTIONS
The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Massachusetts Audubon Society
The Bennington Center for the Arts
The University of Kentucky Museum of Zoology
The John and Alice Woodson Forester Miniature Collection, LYWAM

AWARDS
Audubon Alliance Artist of the Year for 1998
"The Bird Art Award" in the 1994 Arts for the Parks Competition
Second Place, 1993 Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show
Finalist in the 1992 Artist Magazine Painting Competition

MEMBERSHIPS
The Society of Animal Artists (since 1993)
The Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters

PUBLISHED ARTWORK
Painting the Faces of Wildlife, Chapter 7 contributing Author, 
	North Light Books, 2000
Wildlife Art, Rockport Publishers, 1999
Keys to Painting Fur & Feathers, North Light Books, 1999
The Best of Wildlife Art, North Light Books, 1997
Wildlife Painting Step by Step, North Light Books, 1995
All the Birds of North America, (pelagic birds illustrator) 
     HarperCollins publishers 1997
A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies, (illustrator of waterfowl
     in flight, swifts and vireos), Princeton Press
Bird Watcher's Digest, cover paintings, July/Aug 1993, May/June
     1996, and Jan/Feb 1998
"Bart Rulon - Biologist Turned Fine Artist", Wildlife Art Magazine
     Jan/Feb 1997
Current Ornithology vol. 7,8 and 9, Plenum Publishing Corporation
     (cover and title page)
Bird Watcher's Digest, March/April 1995, Nov./Dec. 1994, Jan./Feb.
     1993, May/June 1993, and July/Aug. 
     1992, color illustrations
The Zoology Lab Manual, illustrator
 
MUSEUMS THAT HAVE EXHIBITED PAINTINGS BY BART RULON
The National Wildlife Art Museum, Jackson, WY
The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
The Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
The High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
The Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont
The Old Algonquin Museum, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
The Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
The Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
The Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE
The C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
The Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
The Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson, KY
The Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center,
     Columbus, OH
The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, New Jersey
Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
The Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
The Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, TX
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio
The John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art at the Genesee Country
	Village and Museum
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NJ
The Virginia Museum of Natural History, Marinsville, VA
The Laura and Harry Hohr Gallery, Platteville, WI
The Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
The Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, Maine
The Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford Illinois
The Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah

TEACHING
The Coupeville Arts Center
The Academy of Realist Art
Daniel Smith Art Supplies, Inc. 

(resume updated September 15, 2000)