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Seattle Magazine

Seattle Magazine Spotlight Art Award – String Theorist
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Seattle Times

Cellist and all-around artist seeks beauty in improv.
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Sound Magazine

The New Renaissance Man
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Earshot Jazz

Mapping The Future, February 2004
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Seattle Weekly

Paul Rucker’s Work Requires No M.F.A to Appreciate
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The Wire

Review of History of an Apology and Oil.
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Earshot Jazz

New Works from a New Leader, November 2011
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Aloft: The Museum of Flight Magazine

Seattle Artist Paul Rucker Adds Audio Experience to Museum’s New Bridge, July 2008
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Earshot Podcast

Paul Rucker on Creating beyond Boundaries
Podcast and companion article.

Earshot Jazz

Jazz: The Second Century, August 2007
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Seattle Channel Television Interview

Paul Rucker on Verve.
Verve is a half-hour showcase of local artists-those already known and those yet to be discovered. Each monthly episode of Verve will consist of video portraits of three artists. Viewers will get a look inside the artists’ worlds—their creative processes, studio and work environments, and thoughts on inspiration.

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Paul Rucker on ArtZone with Nancy Guppy Television Interview

Television interview with Paul about his public art installation at the Museum of Flight with an in studio performance.

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The Stranger

The Score: PAUL RUCKER & COSÌ
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Paul Rucker

As an interdisciplinary artist, I combine mediums. I find inventive ways to integrate live performance, sound, original compositions, and visual art. The music I create on cello involves extended technique, prepared cello and electronics. My compositional style ranges from improvised to strictly notated. My visual artwork incorporates infrared beams, lasers, touch pads, glass instruments, sound, video, photography, animation, and large-format printing.

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January 21 – May 20

10th Northwest Biennial

Four Score
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA

February 3–24

Living Arts Gallery/Tulsa Opera

PROLIFERATION
Living Arts Gallery
Tulsa, Oklahoma

February 25

Artist Trust Auction

Solo Cello Performance
Artist Trust
Seattle, WA

February 29

Stafford Creek Corrections Center

Solo Cello Performance
Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Aberdeen, WA

March 2

Artist in Residence

Dimmitt Middle School
Seattle, WA

March 16

Magma Festival

Hollow Earth Radio - Magma Festival
Performing with Tari Nelson-Zager, Byron Au Yong
Chapel Performance Space
Good Sheppard Center
Seattle, WA

March 8–11

Armory Art Fair

Armory Art Fair
New York, NY

April 17

TEDx Talk Tacoma

Solo Cello
TEDx Talk Tacoma
Museum of Glass, Tacoma
Tacoma, WA

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