SOLO EXHIBITONS *
- "Drawings by Ric Ambrose", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA April 2023
- "Patchwork", The Juliet Museum of Art at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV April 8 - August 21, 2022
- "New Work by Ric Ambrose”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA July 2 -28, 2019
- "Drawings by Ric Ambrose”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA Jan 24 -April 16, 2019
- "Psychic State II", Citicorp Center, San Francisco, CA June 1 -July 14, 2012
- “Psychic State”, 555 California Street Plaza Gallery, San Francisco March 3 – May 12, 2012
- ”New Drawings", Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November, 2011
- "Urbanscapes", Off Broadway Gallery, Pueblo, CO 1985
- Eastern Montana College, Billings, Mt, November, 1985
- Off Broadway Gallery, Pueblo, CO, September, 1985
- Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos, Bay, OR, September, 1983
- Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO, 1983
- Colorado State University Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, 1981
- Ohio State University Art Gallery, Columbus, OH, 1981
- "Neighbor-scape", Arapahoe Community College, November 1983
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
- "38th Chelsea International Fine Arts Exhibition," Agora Gallery, New York, New York, August 2024
- “Fantasy” National Juried Exhibition at ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 11-June 8, 2024
- “Made in California.” Brea Gallery, Brea, CA, April 27-June 23, 2024
- “Broadsides: Pairing Artworks with Poetry from the Morton Marcus Community of Poets," (sponsored by UCSC) at the Sea Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, November 18, 2023 - January 13, 2024.
- "The deYoung Open", deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA, September 30, 2023 - January 7, 2024
- Crocker Art Museum, February 5-April 30, 2023
- 81st Crocker Kingsley Juried Exhibition, (Award Winner, Crocker Art Museum Selection) December 2, 2022 -January 14, 2023
- Art2Life International Juried Exhibition, (First Place) September 2022,
- 109th Annual Allied Artists of America International Juried Exhibit (“Best in Graphite Category”), September 2022
- RESTART juried exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, June 25-August 20, 2022
- Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA ("Juror's Award") April 8-May 15, 2022
- Gray Art Show, Gray Cube Gallery, ("Best of Show") December 2021
- "Home," National Juried Exhibition, ARC Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA ("Juror's Award") May 15 - June 12, 2021
- "Crocker Kingsley National Art Competition," Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA, Jan 28 through Feb 21, 2021
- "The deYoung Open", deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2020 - January 3, 2021
- "2020 Will's Creek Exhibition of Fine Art", Cumberland, MD (“People’s Choice Award”), August 29-September 26, 2020
- "Left Coast", Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, June - July 2020
- "Over and Under", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, April -June 2020
- “Biennial Salon Show”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA ("Best of Show"), November 2 to Feb 22, 2018
- “Members Show”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2014, 2015 & 2017
- International Print and Drawing Fair, Hespe Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
- “Group Exhibition”, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, 2011
- Summer Show, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, 2010
- San Francisco International Art Fair, May 2010
- Art Chicago, May 2010 (Hespe Gallery)
- Pacific Art League, Group Exhibition, 2010 & 2011
- “Reconstructed Memories”, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, December-January, 2010
- “Big Drawing Exhibit”, University of Wyoming Art Museum, February, 1988
- Invitational Exhibit, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, November, 1987
- “Colorado Drawing Show”, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, 1987
- “The Great Drawing Show”, Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO, 1987
- Group Exhibit, Carson Shapiro Gallery, Denver, CO, 1984, 1985 & 1987
- "Realism Today", Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1983
- “International Art Expo”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, May 1983, 1984, &1986
- “Colorado ’85, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO, March, 1985
- “27th Annual North Dakota Print and Drawing Show”, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1984
- “Arts ‘84”, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO, March, 1984
- “1983 Colorado Biennial” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
- “Contemporary Realism”, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL, November, 1984
- “National Print Exhibition”, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL February, 1984
- “September Competition,” Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA. September, 1983
- “Colorado ’83 Biennial”, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO, August, 1983
- “Second International Exhibition of Prints and Drawings" ,Porter Fine Arts Center, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. Work travelled to various art museums throughout the Southeast United States
- “All on Paper ’82", AAO Gallery, Buffalo, NY, January, 1983
- "Arts '82", Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, 1982
- “17th Annual November Art Show”, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, November, 1982
- “Works on Paper”, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, April, 1981
- "20th Annual Regional Art Exhibition”, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, April, 1981
- "Using Paper”, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT, November, 1980
- “Bi-state Graduate Show”, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, November, 1980
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Juliet Museum of Art at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV
Jacobs & CO, San Francisco, CA
Getty Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Charles Hespe, SF, CA
7 Unknown private collections in Bay Area
AT&T Regional Headquarters, Denver, CO
Beta West, Denver, CO
City of Littleton, Littleton, CO
Central Bank, Lakewood, CO
Central Bank, Denver, CO
Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, Denver, CO
Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, Colorado Springs, CO
Kirkland and Ellis Law Firm, Denver, CO
Professional Bank of Denver, CO
Sohio Gas and Oil Company, Denver, CO
United Bank of Skyline, Denver, CO
Walters Construction, Denver, CO
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009- 2017
Carson Shapiro Gallery, Denver CO 1983-1990
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL 1984-1990