Born, Lubbock, Texas, 1949
Education-
University of Wisconsin, Madison, MFA, 1975
Texas Tech University, BFA, 1971
University of the Americas, México D.F., 1969
Teaching-
1986-87 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach
Instructor, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica
1985-86 Associate Professor, California State University, San Bernardino
1977-85 Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
1975-77 Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette
1975 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Awards-
Juror’s Award, Zeichnung Heute, Kunsthalle, Nurnberg, 1983
National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship, 1979
Selected One Person Exhibitions-
2006 Berman/Turner Projects, Santa Monica, This Life, paintings and works on paper
2005 One California Building, San Francisco, Poetic Paintings, (an exhibition arranged by Modernism, San Francisco and by Cathy Baum & Associates)
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, Recent Paintings and Works on Paper
2004 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Recent Paintings
2003 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Paintings
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, Strange Attractions
2001 Modernism, San Francisco, Paintings and Works on Paper
1999 Sylvia White Gallery, New York, Paintings and Works on Paper
The New Gallery, Nantucket, MA, Paintings and Works on Paper
1998 Modernism, San Francisco, Paintings and Works on Paper
1996 Modernism, San Francisco, Paintings and Works on Paper
1994 Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA, Works on Paper
1990 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, Paintings and Drawings
1986 Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, Paintings and Drawings
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, Vessels and Drawings
1985 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1984 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, Vessels and Drawings
1983 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Reynolds/Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, Drawings and Sculpture
1980 Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC, Ceramic Vessels
Selected Group Exhibitions-
2006 Abstract Notions, Berman Turner Projects, Santa Monica
2004 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Modernism, San Francisco
Group Show, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA
2002 Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica
1999 Selected Works, Modernism, San Francisco
Y2Khaos, Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas
1998 The Horse- images of the horse in contemporary art, Sylvia White Gallery Santa Monica and New York
1996 Collector’s Choice Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas
1995 Group Show, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica
The Small Painting, O’Hara Gallery, New York
1994 The Art Cup, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
Group Show, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica
To Enchant (Blue), McCallister Gallery/Bixler-Stacey Lee Gallery, New York
1993 Intimate Universe, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Gallery Group Show, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco
Vessels- Painting and Sculpture, Patricia Correia Gallery, Venice, California
Icons in Contemporary Art, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco
1992 Group Show, Michael Walls Gallery, New York
Group Show, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas
Rituals of Tea, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
1990 Group Show, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica
1988 Young Masters- Right off the Rack, Joy Moos Gallery, Miami
1987 The Current Landscape, Felicita Foundation, Escondido, California
Gallery Artists, Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles
1986 Texans, Past and Present, University of Texas, San Antonio
New Clay, Art Gallery, California State University, San Bernardino
1985 Recent Ceramic Sculpture, University Art Museum, Univ. of New Mexico
1984 Group Drawing Exhibition, Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Image/Vessel/Image, Garth Clark Gallery, New York
1983 Nocturne, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York
Tulip Time, Impressions Gallery, Boston
1982 Zeichnung Heute, Kunsthalle, Nurnberg, Germany
Outdoor Sculpture/20 Sculptors, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond
1981 Starry Night, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York
Group Show, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
Visiting Artist Exhibition, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore
Selected Public Collections-
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, First National Bank (MN), Chemical Bank (NY), J.P. Morgan Chase (NY), Prudential Insurance (NJ), Exxon Mobil (TX), Booz, Allen & Hamilton, (NY), Federal Reserve Bank (VA), General Electric (CT), HBO (NY), Hotel Monaco, San Francisco & Seattle, Yokohama Royal Park Hotel, Yokohama, The Ambassador Hotel, Taipei, The Imperial Hotel, Osaka, The Sherwood Hotel, Taipei, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Southern California Gas Co.(CA), Global Crossing (CA), Hotel Argent, San Francisco, David & Lucille Packard Foundation (CA), Capital One (VA), Markel Corporation (VA).
Selected Articles, Reviews and Catalogs-
Curtis Ripley, This Life, recent paintings & works on paper, Berman/Turner Projects, Santa Monica, 2006 (exhibition catalog)
Modernism, Twenty Five Years, 1979-2004, Modernism, Inc., San Francisco, 2005, two volumes, Contemporary, page 424-5.
Curtis Ripley 2004/Recent Paintings, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, 2004 (exhibition catalog)
Art Scene, Southern California, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 94 (Illustration)
Art Now Gallery Guide, West Coast, December, 1994 (Cover illustration, Yellow Days, and article with illustrations, Desert Rose and Violeta)
Las Vegas, USA, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, 1994 (catalog) (color illustration- Chance)
McKenna, Kristine,
Galleries, Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1986, Part IV (review)
Cohen, Ronny, Image/Vessel/Image, The Art of Curtis Ripley, Ceramic Arts, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring
1984, p.3 (article) Garth Clark Gallery (il. Untitled drawing)
Klein, Ellen Lee, Nocturne, Arts, Vol 58 (3), Nov. 1983, p. 38 (review)
Russel, John, Reviews, New York Times, Jan 28, 1983, Section C, p.23
