Geo Rutherford
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Geo Rutherford (born 1984 or 1985) is an American artist, educator, and TikToker based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] She considers herself to be a hobbyist limnologist.[2]
Rutherford was raised in Boulder, Colorado and Dexter, Michigan.[1][3] Her mother had a PhD in geology (which was the inspiration for Rutherford's first name) and taught at Eastern Michigan University.[2][3]
Rutherford first took a printmaking class in middle school,[4] but didn't become passionate about art until high school.[3]
After earning a bachelor's degree in art education at Eastern Michigan University,[5] Rutherford worked as a high school art teacher in Chelsea, Michigan for five years.[1][5][6] Although she enjoyed the job, she returned to graduate school in 2019 in hopes of finding a teaching job that paid better.[6] She attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts.[1][3] Her graduate thesis show, which she exhibited in May 2021, focused on the Great Lakes.[7][5]
In 2021, she worked as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[5]
Art
Rutherford is a printmaker and book artist.[4][8]
Many of Rutherford's pieces are related to the environment and climate change.[4][8] One of her inspirations is beach trash, which she collects for some of her prints and found object works.[3][4][5][8] She particularly likes using glass tubes, which she fills with found objects.[6][5]
In 2021 she had a solo exhibition, entitledGeo Rutherford: On the Threshold of the Great Lakes at Rahr West Art Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[8] The following year, she was included in the exhibition Approaching Water at Constellation Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]