Rudy Autio

Born: 1926, Butte, MT

Elisha Harteis is known for hand-built stylized figurative sculpture focused on a child and animal narrative. Scale varies from table top to larger installation work. Surface techniques include underglaze and metallic oxide ...
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    Elisha Harteis is known for hand-built stylized figurative sculpture focused on a child and animal narrative. Scale varies from table top to larger installation work. Surface techniques include underglaze and metallic oxide washes. Primary subject matter revolves around the issue of child innocence and abuse.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
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    1957

    Assistant Curator, Montana Museum, Helena, Montana

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    1981

    National Endowment for the Arts Grant

    1957
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    1985

    Founder, Ceramics Department, University of Montana, Missoula

    Other

    Public Collections

    Applied Arts Museum, Helsinki, Finland

    Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

    Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

    Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

    Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

    Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

    Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

    Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

    Johnson Wax Company Collection, Racine, Wisconsin

    Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway

    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

    Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

    National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

    Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

    Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

    St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

    Scripps College Collection, Claremont, California

    Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

    Shigaraki Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Japan

    Smithsonian Institution Collection, Washington, D.C. 

    Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, Finland

    The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

    University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

    University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

    Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas

    Bibliography

    Lackey, Louana M., and Rudy Autio. Rudy Autio. Westerville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2002.

    Newby, Rick. Rudy Autio: the Infinite Figure. Helena, MT: Holter Museum of Art, 2006.

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    Archie Bray Foundation

    Scripps College Ceramic Annual

    Helena, Montana

    Missoula, Montana

    Citation: Rudy Autio, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/rudy-autio

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