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exhibition history

SOLO EXHIBITONS *

"Drawings by Ric Ambrose", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA September 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 EXHIBITIONS

"State of Perpetual Indulgence", Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez    Art Center, Pacifica, CA ("Juror's Award") April 8-May 15, 2022

   Juror: Jeff Nathanson, Executive Director & Curator, Museum of Sonoma    County

"State of Perpetual Indulgence," 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

   Juror: Susan Aulik, The Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA

"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

   Juror: Jessica Beck, Milton Fine Curator of Art at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA                          

"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

     Juror: Lewis  Story Director of Denver  Art Museum

“1983 Colorado Biennial” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

    Jurors: Lucas Samaras,& Richard Koshalek. 

“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, 

    Juror: Michael  Monroe, Curator of Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian

“Colorado ’83 Biennial”, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, ,

    Colorado Springs, CO, August, 1983

    Juror: Henry Hopkins, Director of SFMOMA

“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, 

    Juror: Dianne Vanderlip, Curator of  Contempoary Art, Denver Art Museum

“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

    Juror: John  Canaday

“Bi-state Graduate Show”, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, November, 1980


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Jacobs & CO, San Francisco, 

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


* I did not create or exhibit artwork between 1986 and 2010.


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