Brian Ritchard  


 

b.1965


EDUCATION


1990   MFA The University of Chicago

1988    BFA  Northern
Illinois University
 

Selected Exhibition History

2007   Solo Show, Beverly Art Center, Chicago

2006   Travel Documents, Group Show, A+D Gallery, Columbia College

2005   Morgan Stanley, Winnetka

2004   Solo Show, Gallery Sklo, Atlanta

2003   Natural Selection, three person show, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago

2003   San Francisco International Art Exposition, Tom Blackman Associates

2003   ArtChicago, Navy Pier

2002   Plotting: An Exhibition of Artists Studies, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago

2002   ArtChicago, Navy Pier

2001   April Gornik, Brad Durham, Brian Ritchard  Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago

2001   Solo Show: New Work Riverside Art Center, Riverside, Illinois

2001   ArtChicago, Navy Pier

2001   Three-Person Show, Evanston Art Center  Curated by John Brunetti

2001   Doppelganger, NIU Art Gallery in Chicago Curated by Julie Charmelo

2000    Out of Line: Drawings by Illinois Artists, Chicago Cultural Center

2000    ArtChicago, Navy Pier

1999    Red All Over, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago

2000     Sextablos, Hyde Park Art Center  Curated by Michael Hernandez de Luna.  Nat'l tour.

1999     ArtChicago, Navy Pier         

1999    The Butter Show, Margin Gallery  Curated by Nathan Mason

1998    Painting in Chicago Now, Columbia College Art Gallery

1998    San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco

1998    The Interior Journey, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, Il.  Curated by Jo Burke

1998     ArtChicago, Navy Pier

1997     The Great Outdoors, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon

1997     Seattle International Art Fair, Seattle

1996     The Deep Hearts Core, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Boston

1996     Solo Show, Gallery A, Chicago

1995     Pulp Fictions, Gallery A, Chicago

1994     Solo Show, Gallery A, Chicago

1994     Annual Valentine Exhibition, N.A.M.E Gallery, Chicago

1993     Solo Show, Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago

1992     Quartet, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago  Catalog Essay by Deborah Wilk

1991     Solo Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

1990     Peculiar Faces, Struve Gallery, Chicago, Curated by John Santoro

1990     Group Show, The David and Alfred Museum of Art, The University of Chicago

1990     Solo Show, Thesis Exhibition at Midway Studios, The University of Chicago
 

Selected Publications, Reviews and Awards

2005   Chicago Bungalow Association Grant

2002   Plotting:Artist Studies, Exhibition Catalog, Carrie Secrist Gallery

2002   New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA.

2002   Charmelo, Julie, citation, Doppelganger, Visual Cultures, Routledge Press

2001   Artner, Alan,"Review", Chicago Tribune

2001   Brunetti, John, Catalog Essay, Evanston Art Center

2001   Anderson, Jon, "City Watch", The Memory of Place, Chicago Tribune

2000   Postiglione, Corey, citation, Dialog Magazine, Columbus, Ohio (vol, pg)

2000   New American Paintings Catalog, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA.

2000   Out of Line:  Exhibition Catalog, Chicago Cultural Center publication

1999   Hernadez de Luna, Michael, “Catalog Essay”, Sextablos, Hyde Park Art Center

1998   Burke, Jo, “Catalog Essay”, The Interior Journey, NIU Museum, DeKalb, IL.

1998   Wiens, Ann, "Review of LINK:22 Painters", NewCity, Chicago

1998   Bucholz, Barbara, “Review”, Chicago Tribune

1997   New American Paintings Catalog, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA.

1996   O’Brien, Barbara, The Deep Hearts Core, Catalog Essay, Boston

1994   Zdanovics, Olga, “Review”, The New Art Examiner, Chicago

1994   Crandall, Jordan, “Re-Thinking Civilization”, Blast/X-art Foundation, NYC

1993   CAAP Grant awarded by the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs

1992   Wilk, Deborah, “On Quartet”, Catalog Essay, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago

1991   Rumsby, Martin, “Why Chicago”, Site/Sound Magazine, Toronto

1990   Noe, J., “Converstion with Brian Ritchard”, Grey City Journal, Chicago

1988   Full MFA tuition awarded, The University of Chicago


Collections

Over 50 private and public collections. 

 

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