BIOGRAPHY
Born in Atlanta, GA in 1973
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1999
MFA, Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1996
BFA Painting/BA Art History, University of Georgia
2000
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Nude at Home, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2013
Andrehn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta and Savannah
2012
Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2005
Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL), New York, NY
2004
Frieze Art Fair, London, UK (Zach Feuer LFL Gallery)
2002
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
SEINFELD, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2013
Nearly Neutral, , Sarah Lawrence College, curated by John J O'Connor, NY
100 Little Deaths, Bravin Lee Programs, curated by Tom Sandford, NY
Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, curated (from collection) by Steven Wicks, TN
2012
35th Anniversary Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Mennello Museum of American Art, Imprints: 20 years of FH Editions, Orlando
Reynolds Gallery, I glove U, Richmond
2011
Allan Nederpelt Gallery, Rules of Engagement, curated by David Coggins, Brooklyn
The Hole, As Vision Moves Sideways, AAP benefit, ctd. by Elizabeth Insogna, New York
2010
Galerie Richard, The Incomplete, curated by Hubert Neumann, Paris, FR
CCA Andratx, Animal Companions, Mallorca, SP
Leo Koenig Gallery, Long Long Gone, New York
2009
National Academy Museum, Reconfiguring the Body in American Art,1820-2009, NY
Solomon Projects, Poised, Atlanta
2008
Deitch Projects, Conceptual Figures, New York
Leo Koenig, Between Us, Andes, NY
Knoxville Museum of Art, Size Matters XS, Knoxville, TN
Paperworks Gallery, Storytellers, Baltimore, MA
Jenny Jaskey Gallery, The Drawing Narrative, Philadelphia, PA
Kinz, Tillou, and Feigen, B.I.O. 2, New York
31 Grand, Admirer, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, New York
Mississippi State University, New Object/New York, Starkville, MS
2007
High Museum of Art, Recent Acquisitions, Atlanta
Hudson River Center for Contemporary Art, Size Matters, Hudson, NY
Chelsea Art Museum, The Incomplete, New York
Derek Eller Gallery, NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, New York
Kravets Wehby Gallery, The Incomplete Incomplete, New York
2006
Gallery 4000, Stiff, curated by Ann Toebbe, Chicago
Fredericks and Freiser, Sweets and Beauties, New York
Galleria Glance, Benjamin Butler, Holly Coulis, Ridley Howard, Torino, Italy
2005
Sixtyseven Gallery, Hello Sunday, New York
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Honeymoon with Romeo, Basel, Switzerland
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Radical Vaudeville , Great Barrington, MA
CUE Art Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipients, New York
Feigen Contemporary, Of Life and Limb, New York
Madder Gallery, Introspective Men, London, UK
Solomon Projects, Homegrown, Atlanta
Sean Kelly Gallery, Expect: Art, New York EAST International, selected by Neo Rauch and Harry Lybke, Norwich, UK
2001
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, Garden State, New York Fredericks Freiser Gallery, I See You 2, curated by Kiki Smith and Sam Messer, NYC
Howell Mill, Cream, Atlanta
2000
The Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, Snapshot, Baltimore, MD
LFL Gallery, Open, New York
1999
Clifford-Smith Gallery, Go Figure!, Boston
1998
The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for Arts, Posing, Boston
AWARDS
2012
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Painting
2011
Traveling Scholars Alumni Fellowship, SMFA
2010
CCA, Mallorca, Spain, Visiting Artist Residency
2006
Joan Mitchell Foundation Career Opportunity Grant
2001
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1999
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA GranT
1999
Dana Pond Painting Award, SMFA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Amanda Church, Ridley Howard at Leo Koenig, Art in America, April
Ryan Steadman, Ridley Howard at Leo Koenig, Artforum.com (critics picks), Feb
David Coggins, Small Desires; Ridley Howard at Leo Koenig, Modern Painters, Jan
Stephanie Bunham, Small Canvasses and Big Contrasts, The Villager, Feb 16th
Dan Tarnowski, Observations of Modern Life, Ridley Howard.., Aesthetica (UK), Feb
Virginia VanZanten, Artist Ridley Howard.. , Wmagazine (online), Jan 18
Leigh Anne Miller, The Lookout, Art in America (online), Feb 9
Steve Zevitas, 10 Must See Painting Shows in the US, Feb., The Huffington Post, Jan 30
Jon Lutz, Interview w Ridley Howard, Daily Operation, Feb 21
Leanna Robinson, Meet the Press, Orlando Weekly (cover), April 19
Cindy Bowman Lafronz, Pressing On, Orlando Arts Magazine, May/June
2011
Ryan Steadman, Brooklyn Aesthetics, Paper Monument, April
Emily Nathan, Brooklyn Local, Arnet, February
2010
Marie-Emilie Fourneaux, Ridley Howard Artforum Berlin, intv., Luxe Immo, Dec-Jan 2011
Kate Sutton, Batting Average; Cosmoscow, Artforum.com, Dec 23
Ingeborg Ruthe, Deine Birke is mein Strickstrumph(ArtForum Fair), Berliner Zeitung, Oct 13
Ester Partegas, The Last Monitor, issue 5 (Latitudes at the New Museum), Nov 3
2009
Cathy Lebowitz int. Josefina Ayerza, Ridley Howard, Lacanian Ink 33, (cover)
David Coggins, This is all there is, Ridley Howard, catalogue essay
Donald Kuspit, The Varieties of Body, Artnet, October
Dan Tarnowski, Ridley Howard at Leo Koenig, Whitehot Magazine, May
Cinque Hicks, Poised Stands Tall, Creative Loafing Atlanta, March 9
Kate Noonan, The Missing, Baltimore City Paper, Jan 14
2008
Dan Tarnowski, Conceptual Figures, Whitehot Magazine, October
Christaine Hoffman, Gute Zeiten für gute Sammler, Welt, Nov. 2
Edith Newhall, Young artists pick.., The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20
Mason, Doug, Exhibit showcases extra small.., Knoxville News Sentinel, March 23
Fauer, Jon, Ridley Howard, Film and Digital Times, March
2007
Daniel Kunitz, A Collector’s Fantasy on Display, The New York Sun, Oct. 18
Christian Viveros-Faune, Vapid Transit, The Village Voice, Oct. 30
Susan Richmond, Ridley Howard at Solomon Projects, Art Papers, January/February
2006
Charlotte Mullins, Painting People; Figure Painting Today, DAP Press
Jerry Cullum, Ridley Howard at SolomonProjects, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dec.24
Felicia Feaster, Ridley Howard’s Feminine Mystique, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Dec. 6
Rebecca Dimling Cochran, Ridley Howard, The Atlantan, November
Luca Vona, Il Nuovo Folk, Exibart.onpaper, no.32, September
Mario Benz, Auf der Suche im Nirgendwo, Basler Zeitung, June 8, p. 25
2005
Charlotte Mullins, False Sense of Security, Financial Times, August, 13
Francine Miller, Ridley Howard, Tema Celeste, July/ August
Mario Naves, Is Orange the New Blue?, The New York Observer, May 2, p.20
Daniel Kunitz, Meet the New Folk, ArtReview, April
Daniel Kuntz, Modern Folk, Vanity Fair, April
Charlie Finch, The Decline and Fall of Painting, Artnet.com, April
Kayleen Scaefer, Culture: Ridley Howard, Details, April, p. 56
2004
Jerry Cullum, Same Name, Different Game, Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 18
Felicia Feaster, Summer Sizzles, Creative Loafing, July 8
Ian Collins, Painting comes out of the Cold, Eastern Daily Express UK, London, July 3
Karolyn Hatton, Brass Buttons…,East, ex. cat.
2002
Christopher Chambers, October Picks, NY Arts, October
Alexi Worth, Ridley Howard, The New Yorker, October 7
Ken Johnson, Ridley Howard, The New York Times, October 4
2000
Francine Koslow Miller, Ridley Howard, Artforum, Summer,pp 187-188
Kate McQuaid, Ridley Howard, The Boston Globe, March 22Mark Valentine, Paintings of Suburban Childhood, The South End News, March 8
1999
Kate McQuaid, Ridley Howard, Striking Portraits, The Boston Globe, July 22Kate McQuaid, Posing, The Boston Globe, January 3