Born New York City, New York Lives in Ojai, California Education M.F.A. Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY; 1990-1993 The Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 1987-1988 B.F.A. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY; 1984-1987 State University of New York College at Purchase, Purchase, NY; 1982-1984 Solo Exhibitions 2011 Immaterial Matters, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Conquer Surrender: Green Orange Violet, Secondary Color Series, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Transcendent Boundaries, Edward Cella Art & Architecture + Cabana Home, Santa Barbara, CA 2010 Present Fugitive: Red Green & Blue Orange Series, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX 2009 Limitless, Red Green Series, Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Phase and Shifting, Gray Series, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2008 Convergence, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Ever Present, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX 2007 Black Light, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA Focus on the Masters, Tuesday Talk Series Interview, Ventura, CA 2004 Luminesce-Red Green, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA 2003 Expedition-Yellow Violet paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2000 Numinous Duochrome, Yellow Magenta-Violet Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Red-Green & Yellow-Magenta Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA Yellow-Magenta Paintings, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY 1999 New Paintings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1998 Ray Paintings: Blue-Orange-Violet, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Ray Paintings: Blue-Yellow-Violet, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York, NY 1996 Mergings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA East Meets West, West Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 1993 Diffusion Paintings, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY 1987 Arc Paintings, Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, New York, NY Group Exhibitions 2011 Art in Public Spaces, Peter Blake Gallery, Riviera Art Space, Newport Beach, CA Contemporary, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Latitude 34-40, Los Angeles incontra Napoli, Art 1307, Villa di Donato, Naples, Italy California Winter Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2010 In House, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Fresh Figures & Abstraction, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Sulle Tracce di Luca Giordano, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Naples, Italy 2009 Accrochage 2009, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX QUINT: Three Decades of Contemporary Art, California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, CA Summer Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA The Non-Objective Object, Four Abstract Painters, CSUCI Gallery, Camarillo, CA White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2008 Supermarket, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 15 Years 15 Artists, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA History is Now, Photographic Portraits by Donna Granata, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, CA 2007 X Invitational, California State University Channel Islands, SCIART, Camarillo, CA Pulse London Contemporary Art Fair, London, England Pulse Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Miami Beach, FL Red Dot Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL 2006 Transformative, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA Art LA, Contemporary Art Fair, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Good Clean Fun, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA Installations, Yellow Violet Paintings, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ Pool Party, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA Summer Sensation, White paintings, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY 2004 Inaugural Exhibition: 23+ on 9th St., Celebrating 23 Years, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR New Location Grand Opening Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO 2002 Breathing Room, Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY Signals, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Terrain: Literal to Metaphysical, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO Crossover, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Kurashiki, Japan Continuous Senses, Gallery Jurou, Kurashiki, Japan 2001 Abstraction and Immanence, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY Monochrome/Monochrome?, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY Three Painters, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY 2000 Abstraction: Form To Field, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (In)tangible, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY Overcast, Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA Live from New York, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 Core, Stark Gallery, New York, NY Sudden Incandescence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska 1998 4th Annual Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Gallery Artists, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York, NY Jewel Box Project, GAGA Gallery, New York, NY Self-Portrait, Gallery at Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY 10 Year Anniversary Group Show, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico What's On The Wall, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY 1997 Abstraction Index, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY Art Without Curves, Invitational, Phoenix, AZ Benefit Exhibition, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY Drawing from Life, Stark Gallery, New York, NY On the Wall - Current Expressions in Contemporary Art, TIAA/CREF, New York, NY Presentational Painting II, Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, NY Pools of Light, Donahue/Sosinski Art, New York, NY 1996 A Large Show of Small Works, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY Formal Abstraction / New York, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Places of the Imagination, E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York, NY Summer 1996, E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York, NY 1995 Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair L.A. at Chateau Marmont, Friedman-Guinness, L.A., CA; (James Turrell, Gary Lang, Ruth Pastine, Herbert Hamak) Vulnerability, The Dahn Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Outreach Alumni 2, The Cooper Union, New York, NY 1993 MFA Selection, Wexler Library, Hunter College, New York, NY 1991 Voorhees Painting Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY 1987 Annual Exhibition, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY Grumbacher Emerging Artists Exhibition, New York, NY and National Travel Show National Arts Club Annual Art Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY 1986 Annual Exhibition, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY Group Show, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY 1985 Annual Exhibition, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY 1984 Annual Exhibition, S.U.N.Y. Purchase, Purchase, NY Small Works Exhibition, S.U.N.Y. Purchase, Purchase, NY 1983 Annual Exhibition, S.U.N.Y. Purchase, Purchase, NY 1982 Honorary Group Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Bibliography 2011 Carasso, Roberta. "Ruth Pastine: Conquer Surrender: Secondary Color Series," Coast Magazine, Art Access, March 2011, p. 105. Carasso, Roberta. "Tony DeLap & Ruth Pastine at Peter Blake Gallery," Visual Art Source, April 1, 2011. Frank, Peter. "Tony DeLap & Ruth Pastine," Huffington Post, Haiku Reviews, April 8, 2011. Head, Anthony. "Art and Interiors," Pulse: Tracking the Beat of the 805, 805 Living, March 2011, p. 17-18. Salvucci, Nancy. "Ruth Pastine: Transcendent Boundaries," SBDigs.com, February/March 2011. 2010 Britt, Douglas. "Ruth Pastine's Paintings Astound," Houston Chronicle, November 10, 2010. Carasso, Roberta. "Ruth Pastine" Artist Profile, Art Ltd. Magazine, January/February 2010, p. 60-61. 2009 Campognone, Andi. “Ruth Pastine and Gregg Renfrow”, The Magazine, L.A., March 2009. Carasso, Roberta. “2 Artists Showcase Heritage, Finesse in New Collections,” Jan. 27, 2009, Orange County Register, Art News, Art Waves, www.ocregister.com Stein, Rick. Ruth Pastine at Peter Blake Gallery, SparkOC.com, January 11, 2009. 2008 Hurt, Maxine. “Focus on the Women”, Ventana Magazine, November 2008, p.41-44. Britt, Douglas. “Ruth Pastine at Sonja Roesch,” Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2008. Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Ruth Pastine: Ever Present,” Houston Press, Capsule Art Reviews, June 19 - 26, 2008, p. 35. Granata, Donna. “History is Now, Focus on the Masters Portrait Series”, catalog and exhibition, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, CA, Sept. 21, 2008 – Jan. 12, 2009. 2007 Sherwin, Brian. “Ruth Pastine Interview”, Brian Sherwin is Senior Contributing Editor for www.myartspace.com/interviews, October 5, 2007 D’Amore, Nicole. “Artist Wants People Who Look at Her Paintings to Think,” Ventura County Star, Friday, April 27, 2007, p. B4. Granata, Donna. “Focus on the Masters”, Live taped interview and formal documentation, Ventura, CA Kinnear, Stephanie. “Ruth Pastine & Gary Lang – Paint by Heart, A Passionate Affair With Paint, Life, art and love collide for Ojai’s Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine,” Ventana Monthly Magazine, February 2007, p. 10 – 11. Row, Ron. “Black Light” paintings by Ruth Pastine at the Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai & Ventura Voice, Friday, May 4, 2007, Volume 20, number 1, p 12. Kinnear, Stephanie. "Ruth Pastine & Gary Lang - Paint by Heart, A Passionate Affair With Paint, Life, art and love collide for Ojai's Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine", Ventana Monthly magazine, February 2007, pp. 10 - 11. 2006 Herbert, Simon. "A New Buzz in Paradise", Lifescapes, May 2006, p. 28 - 29. Richmond, Holly. Painterly Space, Interview with Ruth Pastine and Gary Lang, Santa Barbara Magazine, August/September 2006, p. 110. 2005 Frank, Peter. Neovernacular, Good Clean Fun, LA Weekly, December 2-8, 2005. 2004 Campbell, Rob. A Year In Review, newsletter, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA, Sept. 2004. Freedenberg, Molly. Red Light, Green Light: Ruth Pastine explains the intent behind her solo show Luminescent Red Green to 20 art-savvy locals (and one bewildered, Minimalism-challenged writer), Nathan Barramundi Gallery, Ojai, CA, Ventura County Reporter, Thursday, September 30, 2004, p.24. Lindell, Karen. Minding the Store- Gallery owner Nathan Larramendy wants to sell customers on the brain-broadening power of art, "Luminesce: Red Green," Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA, Ventura County Star, Time Out weekly entertainment guide, Thursday, September 2, 2004, p.10-11. Phelps, Jesse. Larramendy Hosting Solo Pastine Show: "Luminesce: Red Green," Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA, Ojai Valley News, Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, p. A-8. 2002 Matsuyama, Sadamichi. Continuous Senses, Gallery Jurou, Kurashiki, Japan, Sunyo News, Nov. 6, 2002, Viebrock, Susan. 'Terrain: Literal to Metaphysical,' at Scott White Contemporary Art, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO, Telluride Weekly Planet, Pulse, May 31, 2002, p. 10-11. 2001 Johnson, Ken. "Abstraction and Immanence," Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, The New York Times, Friday, March 23, 2001 Longo, Vincent. "Abstraction and Immanence," Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, Exhibition catalog essay, February 22 - April 7, 2001. MacAdam, Barbara A. "Monochrome/Monochrome?," Florence Lynch, ArtNews, May 2001, .190 Phillips, Laura Sue. "Abstraction and Immanence," Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, Exhibition catalog essay, February 22 - April 7, 2001. Pincus, Robert L. Concentric fields, Artist paints with flowers on an unpredictable garden canvas, Gary Lang's Circles and Cycles, a Chance Garden, The San Diego Union Tribune, Sunday, April 22, 2001, p. I-32. 2000 Baker, Kenneth. Paintings Colored By Illusion: Ruth Pastine: Red Green and Yellow Magenta Paintings at Haines, San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, Saturday, Aug.12, 2000, p. D-1. Baker, Kenneth. Paintings Colored By Illusion: Ruth Pastine: Red Green and Yellow Magenta Paintings at Haines, San Jose Mercury News, Saturday, August 19-26, 2000, p. D-1. Johnson, Ken. Ruth Pastine, The New York Times, Weekend, Friday, October 6, 2000, p. E40. Morgan, Robert C. Duchamp & The Postmodern Contemporary Artist, May 2000, University of Buenos Aires, p. 117-118. Row, D.K. The pleasures of abstraction, An Elizabeth Leach Gallery group show depicts two faces of conceptualism, The Oregonian, Arts & Entertainment, Friday, June 30, 2000, p.63. Zinsser, John. Painter's Journal, New Paintings in Chelsea, Ruth Pastine's Yellow Magenta Paintings at Margaret Thatcher Projects. artnet.com Magazine, Oct. 20, 2000, p. 1 - 4. 1999 Pincus, Robert L. Color Guard-Ruth Pastine Revels In The Art Of The Hue, San Diego Union Tribune, April 1, 1999, p. 48. Schultz, Carol Ebert. Artist Pastine envelops viewers in radiance, La Jolla Village News, Thurs. March 25, 1999, Vol. 4, No. 19, front cover & p. 4. Schultz, Carol Ebert. Pastine's radiant paintings envelop viewers, Golden Triangle News, Thurs. March 25, 1999, Vol. 3, No. 19, front cover & p. 4. 1998 Kuspit, Donald. Ruth Pastine and Frederick Holland at Deven Golden Fine Art, Artforum, May 1998, p. 150-151. Morgan, Robert C. Ruth Pastine at Deven Golden Fine Art, Review, February 15, 1998, p. 25. Newhall, Edith. Ruth Pastine, New York Magazine, February 16, 1998, p. 71. 1997 Koplos, Janet. Drawing From Life at Stark, Art in America, May 1997, p. 126. Lambert, Jesse. Presentational Painting: Ruth Pastine, exhibition brochure essay. Smith, Roberta. Drawing From Life, The New York Times, February 7, 1997, p. C26. 1996 Roche, Harry. Mergings, Ruth Pastine, San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 18, 1996, p. 109 1995 Karmel, Pepe. Vulnerability, Ruth Pastine, The New York Times, September 22, 1995, p. C31. Morgan, Robert C. Tense Present-Tense: Ruth Pastine, Cover Magazine, October 1995, p. 48. Awards/Honors 2000 The Shifting Foundation Grant 1999 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant 1993 Hunter College Graduate Study Award 1992 Hunter College Graduate Study Award Esther Fish Perry Scholarship Award, Hunter College 1990 Harriet Rutter Eagleson Scholarship Award, Hunter College 1987 The Cooper Union Travel Abroad Award; Amsterdam, The Netherlands Grumbacher Artist Award 1984 Four Year Scholarship, The Cooper Union 1982 Alexander Medal, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Honorary Awards Lectures/Teaching 2007 Focus on the Masters, Tuesday Talk Series Interview with Donna Granata, Founder and Director of www.focusonthemasters.com, Ventura, CA 2006 Guest Artist Lecture, Painting's Edge Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA 2004 Artist Lecture, Luminesce- Red Green Paintings, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA Artist Talk, Group Exhibition: Pool Party, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA 2003 Artist Lecture, Expedition- Yellow Violet paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2002 Guest Artist Lecture, Painting's Edge Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA 1997 Visiting Artist, Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ Panel Discussion, Presentational Painting II, Hunter College; NYC, NY 1996 Guest Artist Lecture, U.C.L.A. Department of Art; Los Angeles, CA Guest Artist, Atlantic Lecture Series, Claremont Graduate School; Claremont, CA 1995 Guest Artist Lecture, Drew University Department of Art; Madison, NJ 1993 Assistant Teacher for Beginning and Advanced Painting; Hunter College, NYC, NY 1992 Assistant Teacher for Beginning and Advanced Painting; Hunter College, NYC, NY 1986 Painting Teacher for Saturday Art Program; The Cooper Union, NYC, NY 1985 Painting Teacher for Saturday Art Program; The Cooper Union, NYC, NY Publications 2006 New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA 2005 Bentley Gallery Publications, April-May 2005, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Abstraction and Immanence, Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY 1997 Presentational Painting II, Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY 1993 XII Spring, M.F.A. Candidates, Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY Films/Feature Motion Pictures 2005 "Syriana," Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 2000 "Autumn in New York," Lakeshore Entertainment Artist's Website www.ruthpastine.com
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