Resume

EDUCATION
 
Studied at SVA New York City under Gilbert L. Stone and Jonathan Borofsky
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2023
Reticence & Transparency (Des Nuages), The House of Arts, Miami

2020
Quests & Miracles, and other Recent Works, Kirk Jewelers, Miami

2019
SPECTRUM | Art Basel Miami 2019
Magic, Science & Romance, Artwood Project @ The Collective Art Miami

2018
Mingus’ Cumbia I & II, RINCK, Paris, curated by Héléne Desmazières

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

2012
Privacy and other Recent Works, Poltrona Frau, NYC
 
2010
No Regrets, Atelier Interior Design Gallery, NYDC, NYC
  
2007
Comfort / Calins, ArtSee Gallery, NYC 
The Dream Stelae, Earth2Mars Gallery, NYC
 
2004
Courage, Nexus Projects Gallery, NYC 
 
2000
Orion the Hunter and other Recent Works, Caliban Gallery, NYC, curated by Les Barany 
Ritchard Rodriguez, Sterling Sound Gallery, NYC
  
1997
Heroines & Villainesses, Part I and II, Atelier International Gallery, NYC, curated by Carole Jones
 
1993
Hic Et Ubique, Lavignes-Bastille 5, Paris
 
1991
The Clash of Erotic & Industrial Rhythms, La Mama La Galleria, NYC
 
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
 

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

2019
Artists & Charities – Hand in Hand Fine Art Show, West Palm Beach Convention Center

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, NYC, curated by Janusz Jaworski
Tria Summer Cocktail VII, Tria Gallery in Chelsea, NYC 
East Village All Stars, Dorian Grey Gallery, NYC, 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, NYC, curated by Enrique Cubillas
 
2008
Latin American Art Show, NYC, 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, NYC, curated by Carl Rosenstein 
Nude Portraits, Barthelemy / Salomon Gallery, NYC
 
2003
Pier Show 11, The Brooklyn Painters Show & The Solo Works Show, BWAC, NYC 
 
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, NYC, curated by Dale Fitzgerald
 
1998
Vision 21, La Mama La Galleria Artists, The Tunnel, NYC, curated by Leeza Ahmady
 
1997
Styles & Aesthetics VIII, La Mama La Galleria, NYC
Grace of Great Things II, Atelier International Gallery, NYC, 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, NYC, curated by Peggy Hadden
Article 2, Sec. 4; Art at the Polls, Limner Gallery & Brecht Forum, NYC, curated by Kevin O’Neill
 
1991
Patterns & Repetitions, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC, 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
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 (paintings: 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