Winter Rusiloski

Winter Rusiloski was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and grew up painting the rural landscapes of Pennsylvania and the northeastern coast. She earned a BFA in Painting and Related Arts-Dance at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, studying abroad in Cortona, Italy with the University of Georgia. She earned an MFA in Painting with a fellowship award at Texas Christian University, studying abroad at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. Rusiloski joined the Baylor University Department of Art and Art History in the Fall of 2016 where she currently serves as Associate Professor of Art in Painting.

Rusiloski works collaboratively with her husband Angel Fernandez in their deadWEST studios in Lakeside, TX and Terlingua Ranch in the Big Bend of Texas. Site specific works, performances, video, and photography, which often include their six children are some of the artifacts they create. Rusiloski creates oil on canvas paintings and mixed media works that incorporate photography collaged on canvas that is integrated with paint. Fernandez creates sculptures, installations, and performances that reflect the harsh environment of Big Bend. They have traversed the northern and southern borders of the United States experiencing the sublime in landscape and pair this experience with the desolate Texas desert. Their work has been included in regional, national, and international exhibitions.

Rusiloski’s abstracted landscapes have been included in 15 solo exhibitions, more than 30 national and international juried exhibitions, many invitational exhibitions, and received numerous awards. Her work is included in public and private collection nationally and internationally. Exhibition highlights include: The Next Big Thing First Place Winner 2022 at Studio Channel Islands in California, Best of Show in Open 30 International Juried Exhibition 2018, Martha Fenstermaker Memorial Visual Arts Gallery in Lardeo, TX, Gesture and Motion, SITE: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, The Texas Biennial 2009, three time Hunting Art Prize Finalist 2012, 2008, 2007, Paint Part 2-Out of Abstraction, at the Arlington Museum of Art, The Texas Oklahoma Art Prize at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art, The 30th, 32nd ,34th and 35th International September Competition at the Alexandria Museum of Art, Gateway to Imagination at the Farmington Museum New Mexico, Contemporary Landscape at the CICA Museum in South Korea, Natural Elements, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, Studio Visit Magazine, the Dallas Art Fair, Houston Art Fair and Art Santa Fe. Her work is included in public and private collections. Artspace 111 in Fort Worth, TX and MixHaus Gallery in Comfort, TX represent her
work.