Caren Helene Rudman

Artist Bio
Caren Helene Rudman (b. 1964, Chicago) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work engages questions of health, heredity, and mortality within contemporary life. Informed by her experience as a BRCA gene carrier, her practice examines how bodies are seen, measured, and understood within medical and cultural systems.
Working with layered plexiglass, acetate, paint, and unstretched canvas, Rudman creates translucent environments that shift with light, movement, and perspective. Abstracted forms and overlapping silhouettes emerge across layers, inviting acts of looking that emphasize perception, presence, and relational awareness.
Her ongoing series merge art and science to address experiences often rendered invisible, including illness, genetic risk, and the emotional weight of medical systems, particularly within the context of women’s health.
Rudman earned her MA from New York University through a selective 56-credit program in partnership with the International Center of Photography (ICP). Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions and is held in private collections across the United States and abroad. Recent highlights include sales at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair and Aqua Miam...

1989-1992: New York University
56 Credit Master's of Arts- Program Affiliated with The International Center of Photography
1988-1989: Columbia College Candidate MA
1982-1986: University of Colorado, Boulder
BA- Major: Philosophy, Minor:Psychology and French

2025
• Transitions to Spring Installation, Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL
• A Whisper 2 A Scream (2-person with Kelly Mathews), Zhou B Art Center / OH Foundation, Chicago, IL
2024
• Aqua Miami, Ross Contemporary Art (sold works), Miami, FL
• Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Ross Contemporary Art (sold), Southampton, NY
• Who Are We? (with Marketa Sivek), 2936 Contemporary / Fine Art, Chicago, IL
• Telling Her Story (Invitational), Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
• Glorious Point! (Invitational), Juliets, Joliet, IL
2023
• The Space Between, ARC Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA
• Woman to Woman Invitational, xèd Design Studio, Chicago, IL
• Pride in Art (Invitational), 116 Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2022
• Days of Quarantine Series (Solo), Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• Visions of Hope (Invitational), Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• A Burst of Hope (collaboration with Ellen Sandor), The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2020–2016 (Selected)
• Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
• Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, IL
• Elmhurst Art Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2006–2015 (Selected)
• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Evanston Art Walk (Juried)
• Highlan...