b. 1974, Atlanta, GA
Education
1999
MFA, Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1996
BFA Painting/BA Art History, University of Georgia
Collections
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Awards/Grants
2015
Villa Lena Foundation, Visiting Artist Residency, Tuscany, Italy
2012
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Painting
2011
Traveling Scholars Alumni Fellowship, SMFA
2006
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Career Opportunity Grant
2001
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1999
Joan Mitchell Foundation, MFA Grant
Dana Pond Painting Award
Selected solo exhibitions
2024
Skylight, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris, FR
2022
Forever, Marinaro, New York, NY
2021
August, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE
2020
Shorelines, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris, FR
2019
Light Paintings, Marinaro, New York, NY
Shapes and Lovers, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Travel Pictures, Marinaro, New York, NY
2015
Nude at Home, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2014
City Waves, Koenig and Clinton Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Blues, Legs, Pools, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Fields and Stripes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Conversations with Albers, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2012
Slows, Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Ridley Howard, Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Ridley Howard, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2006 New Paintings, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
New Small Works, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2005
Ridley Howard, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
Selected group exhibitions
2024
Stay Cool, Marinaro, New York, NY
Fever Dream, Swivel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Fronds, Marinaro, New York, NY
Fronds, Brackett Creek Exhibitions, Bozeman, MT
Beach, Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Ojos de Perro Azul, curated by Natalie Weder-Huntsman and Nuria Galland, Marinaro, New York, NY
2021
Eau de Vallotton, Tif Sigfrids, New York, NY
Color Shape Form Body, Marinaro, New York, NY
New Visions: After De Keyser, David Zwirner, Hong Kong
2020
Artists for Biden, David Zwirner, New York, NY
I Want To Feel Alive Again, Lyles & King, New York, NY
Majeure Force Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Summer Group Show I, Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA
2019
Portraits, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
Go Figure!, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
No Patience For Monuments, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Cheeky: Summer Butts, curated by Anthony Iacono and Peter LaBier, Marinaro, New York, NY
Easy Air, Hathaway Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Case Against Reality, Marinaro, New York, NY
Line and Verse, Andrehn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE
2017
Practice in Leisure, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
2016
Human Condition, John Wolf, Los Angeles, CA
The Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Intimisms, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
All Tomorrow’s Parties, Hathaway David Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2015
A House Without Rooms, Galerie Torri, Paris, France
Words Without Letters, Tel Aviv, Israel
Black/White, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY
Love, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2014
Discerning Eyes, New Bedford Art Museum, MA
Image Makers, Novella Gallery, New York, NY
Unrealism Part 1, Fredericks and Freiser, New York, NY
Black and White, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
AfterModernism: Howard, Busby, Bevilacqua, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York
Last Night, Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY
2013
AfterModernism: Works on Paper, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York
Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
100 Little Deaths, Bravin Lee Programs, New York
Nearly Neutral, Sarah Lawrence College, New York
2012
35th Anniversary Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
ImprintsL 20 Years of FH Editions, Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL
I glove U, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011
Rules of Engagement, curated by David Coggins, Brooklyn, NY
As Vision Moves Sideways, The Hole, New York, NY
2010
The Incomplete, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Animal Companions, Mallorca, Spain
Long Long Gone, Leo Koenig Gallery, New York
2009
Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009, National Academy Museum, NY
Poised, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2008
Conceptual Figures, Deitch Projects, New York
Between Us, Leo Koenig, Andes, NY
Size Matters XS, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Storytellers, Paperworks Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
B.I.O. 2, Kinz, Tillou, and Feigen, New York
Admirer, 31 Grand, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, New York
New Object/New York, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
2007
Recent Acquisitions, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Size Matters, Hudson River Center for Contemporary Art, Hudson, NY
The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, curated by Keith Mayerson, New York
The Incomplete Incomplete, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2006
Stiff, Gallery 4000, curated by Ann Toebbe, Chicago, IL
Sweets and Beauties, Fredericks and Freiser, New York
Benjamin Butler, Holly Coulis, Ridley Howard, Galleria Glance, Torino, Italy
2005
Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York
Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Radical Vaudeville, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York
Of Life and Limb, Feigen Contemporary, New York
Introspective Men, Madder Gallery, London, UK
2004
Homegrown, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Expect: Art, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
EAST International, selected by Neo Rauch and Harry Lybke, Norwich, UK
2001
Garden State, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York
I See You 2, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, curated by Kiki Smith and Sam Messer, NYC
Cream, Howell Mill, Atlanta, GA
2000
Snapshot, The Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD
Open, LFL Gallery, New York
1999
Go Figure!, Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
1998
Posing, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for Arts, Boston, MA