DEBRA RUEB RESUME

281-316-2351

http://www.debrarueb.com

SUMMARY

Extensive and diverse experience as college educator, fine arts professional, commercial, medical and scientific photographer. Professional expertise in photographing and documenting events, instruction of material and equipment use, management and archiving of collections, networking and problem solving, board development, fundraising, community outreach, grant writing and ad design. Known for creativity, outgoing friendliness in working with others, high standards of quality, resourcefulness and sensitivity as a teacher.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Created and taught photography curriculum, maintained department budgets, ordered equipment and supplies

Instructed students and teaching staff in use of photographic materials, cameras, studio and office equipment, and digital programs

Managed all aspects of chemical darkroom, including film processing, printing photographs, maintaining processors, and ordering supplies. Coordinated outside lab sources

Created digital images and translated images to digital files for use on web sites and electronic transmission. Manipulation and combining of images digitally using Photoshop

Interfaced with scientists, staff and patrons assisting in research of materials and information for projects, creating 3-D images, creating mosaic images from thin sections, image processing

Created and maintained art displays at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and installed exhibits at Firehouse Gallery for Houston Women’s Caucus for Art and in other public spaces

Photographed and recorded events and personnel; Created and maintained an archive of reference material for publications and websites

Assisted in educational outreach programs including gathering of materials, instruction of use of material and brainstorming for new ideas in learning and outreach

EXPERIENCE

Alvin Community College, Alvin, Texas 2003 - 2007

Photography & Digital Art Instructor, Campus Photographer

University of Houston Clear Lake 2007

Instructor of Photography

College of the Mainland 2006

Instructor of Digital Imaging

Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas 1986 – 2002

Photographer, Image Processor

College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas 1988 – 90; 1997;

Adjunct Instructor of Photography 2000

San Jacinto College, Pasadena, Texas 1995

Adjunct Instructor of Photography

University of Houston, Houston, Texas 1984 – 1989

Teaching Fellow

Gay Block Fine Art Photographer, Houston, Texas 1985 – 1986

Photographic Assistant, Darkroom Specialist

PhotoMax Color Lab, Houston, Texas 1984

Assistant Manager and Color Printer

In-Focus Studio, Houston, Texas 1983

Portrait Photographer

Rimel Photography, Houston, Texas 1978 – 1979

Commercial Photographer and Darkroom Technician

M.D. Anderson Hospital & Cancer Institute, Houston, Texas 1978

Biomedical Photographer

Freelance Photography, Houston, Texas 1985 – 2002

Selected clients:

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority

Houston Women’s Caucus for Art

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Houston Center for Photography

Alexandra Marshall, Collector

Phyllis Hand, Photographer

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Photography, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 1989

Bachelor of Arts, Photography, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 1977

SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Web Design, Photoshop, Digital Production, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas

Photoshop Workshops, Texas Photographic Society, Austin, Texas

Photoshop Class, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas

Art Therapy Classes, University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, Texas

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

National Council for Marketing & Public Relations Award, 1^stPlace Billboard Design 2006

National Council for Marketing & Public Relations Award, 1^stPlace Color Photograph 2005

Alvin Community College Innovative Grant for Improvement of Darkroom Facility, 2004

Jurors Choice Award 2002, Honorable Mentions 2001 & 2000, Portfolio Award, 1999

Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake

Honorable Mentions 2003, 2002, Texas Photographic Society, Annual Members Show

Second Place in Photography Contest, DigitalFoto national magazine, 2000

Honorable Mention, Juried and traveling exhibit for Photo Americas, 1997

Cover Photo and photo article in Gulf Coast Literary Magazine of UH, 1994

Second Place, Visual Arts Alliance, 6^th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, 1989

Excellence in Arts Graduate Scholarship, University of Houston, 1986-1987

First Place & Honorable Mention, Bastrop County Times Labor Day Photo Contest, 1985

Honorable Mention, Bastrop County Times Labor Day Photo Contest, 1984

Honorable Mention, Houston Post 1983 Camera & Photography Exhibit, 1983

Best of Show, Boulevard Gallery, Juried photography Exhibit, 1983

Cultural Arts Center of Houston Grant, Collaboration with Joan Karff Dance Troupe, 1981

First Place and Cover, University of St Thomas, Courses a la Carte Publication, 1980

Honorable mention, Poster Contest, Houston Women’s Center, 1979

First Place and Poster for the Westheimer Colony Art Festival, 1979

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Houston Center for Photography

Women in the Visual and Literary Arts

Texas Photographic Society

Houston Women’s Caucus for Art

Lawndale Art Center

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

“Tammy Speaks,” Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, Texas, 2005

“English Lesson,” during FotoFest 2002, College of the Mainland, Texas City, 2002

“Children Series,” SRO Photography Gallery, Texas Tech Univ. Lufkin, 2000

“Tammy Photographs” FotoFest 2000, Mosquito Café, Galveston, 2000

“Self-Discovery of Women,” FotoFest 1992, Firehouse Gallery of the Houston Women’s

Caucus for Art, 1992

“Debra Rueb,” The Fountainhead Gallery, Houston, 1991

Selected Group Exhibitions

“Generations of Caring,” Healing Arts Exhibition, Methodist Hospital, Houston, 2007

“Positive-Negative” Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO 2006

“Bound to Nothing” Mother Dog Studio during FotoFest, Houston 2004

“New Work” Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas, 2003

“10x2+2=22 Texas Artists” FotoFest Exhibit Diverse Works, Houston, 2000

UH Photography Graduate Students Past & Present, FotoFest, Lawndale, Houston, 2000

40th Annual Invitational Photoview 2000, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Texas, 2000

Invitational Exhibit, Recontres Inernationales de la Photographie, Arles France, 2000

“Figure and Form” FotoFest Exhibit North Harris College, Houston, 1998

“At Rest in Motion” Commissioned work from ten MFA photography alumni, Blaffer Gallery,

University of Houston, and permanent display in new Athletic Alumni Building, 1995

Amarillo Competition, biennial juried exhibit, Amarillo, 1991

“Refrigerator Show” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1990

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1989

Women of the Big State: Current Art (traveling show) 1987, Arts Warehouse, Austin

The Pavilion in LTV Center, Dallas, Carver Community Center, San Antonio

Sesquicentennial Exhibition, “150 Texas Women Artists” Dallas City Hall, 1986

Women Photographers in America, Women’s Building, Los Angles, California, 1985

Houston Center for Photography, Third Annual Members Show, 1984

The Drawing Room, “Women —Three Perspectives,” Houston, 1982

References available upon request