Resume

EDUCATION

Studied at the School of Visual Arts, New York City, under Gilbert L. Stone and Jonathan Borofsky

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014
The Keys of Life and other Recent Works, Atelier Interior Design Gallery, NYDC, New York

2012
Privacy and other Recent Works, Poltrona Frau, New York

2010
No Regrets, Atelier Interior Design Gallery, NYDC, New York

2007
Comfort / Calins and other Recent Works, ArtSee Gallery, New York, curated by Delah Mckay 
The Dream Stelae, Earth2Mars Gallery, New York

2004
Courage, Nexus Projects Gallery, New York 

2000
Orion the Hunter, Caliban Gallery, New York, curated by Les Barany 
Ritchard Rodriguez, Sterling Sound Gallery, New York

1997
Heroines & Villainesses, Part I and II, Atelier International Gallery, New York, curated by Carole Jones

1993
Hic Et Ubique, Lavignes-Bastille 5, Paris

1991
The Clash of Erotic & Industrial Rhythms, La Mama La Galleria, New York

1987
Crimes du coeur, Théatre de la Potiniere, Paris

1984
Ritchard Rodriguez, Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris

1982
Unsere Frau, Galerie Continental, West Berlin 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
The Asemic Trilogy, Chase Edwards Contemporary, Bridgehampton, NY, curated by Bonnie Edwards
The Dance of Maya, Aura Copeland Gallery, Miami, FL, curated by Aura Copeland

2022
Portrait of Sylvester Stallone, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany, curated by Artem Sergienko

2021
Word Paintings, Chase Edwards Contemporary, Bridgehampton, NY, curated by Bonnie Edwards

2016
Saramago (for Jose) and Recent Works, MB-XL Galerie, Brussels, curated by Paloma de Boismorel
ArtExpo NYC 2016, represented by AVA Galleria Helsinki

2015
Ritchard Rodriguez, Recent Works, Colorida Gallery, Lisbon 

2014
ArtExpo NYC 2014, represented by AVA Galleria Helsinki

2013
Curate NYC 2013, The Durst Organization & chashama, Condé Nast, New York, curated by Janusz Jaworski
Tria Summer Cocktail VII, Tria Gallery in Chelsea, New York 
East Village All Stars, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, curated by Christopher Pusey

2011
Paintings and Photography, Mantis Collective Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, curated by Andrew Guth & Tara Chickey

2009
A Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Sutton Art Gallery, New York, curated by Enrique Cubillas

2008
Latin American Art Show, New York, curated by Angela Royo Serpa

2007
Auction Sale of Contemporary Artwork, La Maison de Vie FAM, Monaco, curated by Princess Stephanie and M-L Lesaffre

2004
Kingdom of Fear, The Puffin Room Gallery, New York, curated by Carl Rosenstein 
Nude Portraits, Barthelemy / Salomon Gallery, New York

2003
Pier Show 11, The Brooklyn Painters Show & The Solo Works Show, BWAC, New York 

2002
Paradigms Lost: Art, Ambiguity & The Decoding of The Unforeseen, The New Yorker Gallery, NYC, curated by C. S. Ledbetter III

1999
To Honor Don Pullen: From Gospel to the Globe, The Jazz Gallery, New York, curated by Dale Fitzgerald

1998
Vision 21, La Mama La Galleria Artists, The Tunnel, New York, curated by Leeza Ahmady

1997
Styles & Aesthetics VIII, La Mama La Galleria, New York, curated by Lawry Smith
Grace of Great Things II, Atelier International Gallery, New York, curated by Carole Jones

1996
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, curated by Dan Cameron

1992
Spare Parts, Marine Midland Bank, New York, curated by Peggy Hadden
Article 2, Sec. 4; Art at the Polls, Limner Gallery & Brecht Forum, New York, curated by Kevin O’Neill

1991
Patterns & Repetitions, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, curated by Margot Norton & Rob Curcio

1985
Auction Sale ‘Les Peintres au XX° Siècle’, Auction House Elkaim, L’Isle-Adam, curated by Michel Ozenne

1984
FIAC ’84, Galerie Jan de Maere, Grand Palais, Paris, curated by Jan de Maere & Michel Ozenne

1977
Annual Roaring Fork Valley Exhibition, Jerome Gallery, Aspen, CO 

COMMISSIONS

2016 — Cowboy’s Admiration and Cowboy’s Beautiful Demimondaine, for RDG Commercial Art Company, Pleasant Hill, CA
2015 — Aitherios II, for Leon Arcos Consultores, Barranquilla, Colombia
2011 — Aitherios, via Daun Curry (Modern Declaration) for Carmen Tal, NYC

BIBLIOGRAPHY | PRESS

‘Ritchard Rodriguez | 50 Years Painting’, 90 page illustrated anthology of RR career, printed in 2024 commemorating 50th anniversary
MAZ | MiamiArtZine.com, “Ritchard Rodriguez Show at The House Of Arts Speaks To Emotions“, by Michelle F. Solomon, Visual Arts Writer/Editor
ARTBURST Miami, “Ritchard Rodriguez solo exhibition ‘Reticence & Transparency (Des Nuages)’ at The House of Arts“, by Olga Garcia-Mayoral
El Nuevo Herald, “Interesante exhibición sobre la esperanza | ‘Reticence & Transparency (Des Nuages)’, de Ritchard Rodríguez, en The House of Arts Miami“, by Isabel Olmos
MAZ | MiamiArtZine.com, “The Abstract World Of Ritchard Rodriguez”: Online Artist Interview by Michelle F. Solomon
APERO Fine Art Publication, March 2021, curated by E.E. Jacks
EL DIARIO, NYC, Jan 18, 2015, “Tienes las ‘llaves’ de su arte” (paintings: The Keys of Life & Mingus Cumbia II), p 18 
AVA Magazine, Helsinki, March 2014, “Ritchard Rodriguez” (paintings: The Keys of Life & Privacy), p 40
NIGHT/ITALIA, Rome, No 2, Aug 2008, “Ritchard Rodriguez” (paintings: Taming the Hunter & A Thousand Days and a Day), p 82
Fight AIDS Monaco catalogue, Dec 1, 2007, Auction Sale of Contemporary Art, La Maison de Vie FAM, Monaco (art: Fear of Fear & Fear…), p 4
Resolve40.com, NYC, “Artist to artist (in conversation with David FeBland)”, (painting: The Dream Stelae/Akenaten’s), archives.
NY ARTS, NYC, March / April, 2005, “The Artist’s Process: Portrait to Abstract” (paintings: Portrait of Don Pullen & Desire), p 90
Drawn from Memory, CD released by American Clavé 2001, cover (detail from painting: Portrait of Kip Hanrahan)
The Brasilians, NYC, No 304, May / June 2000, “A magia dos trópicos nas piceladas de Ritchard Rodriguez”, p 10
NEWORLD, NYC, Vol 25, No 1 Jan / Feb 1998, “Ritchard Rodriguez” (paintings: A Thousand Days and a Day), p 47
A Thousand Nights and a Night (Shadow Nights I & II), CDs released by American Clavé, 1999, (paintings: A Thousand Days and a Day) 
A Gathering of the Tribes, NYC, #6 Winter / Spring ’95 / ’96 (painting: Excelsior III), p 43
Conjure: Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon, CD released by American Clavé 1995, cover (detail: Excelsior III)
Exotica, CD released by American Clavé 1992, cover (Prague Souvenir III)
Computer Associates, Paris, Catalogue General Education 89/90, cover (painting: Hic Et Ubique)
Penthouse, Paris, 1988 (month unknown), “Ritchard Rodriguez” (painting: Portrait of a Night Infatuation), p 6
B.A.T., Paris, Mensuel, No 103, Mars 1988, “Piston: Ritchard Rodriguez” (painting: Urban Idiocy IV)
CREATION, Paris, No 25, Mars 1987, “Book: Ritchard Rodriguez” (painting: Urban Idiocy I), p 67