The works of Gary Ruddell capture figures out of doors, often balancing on natural or man-made forms, moving with steps or leaps of faith across a chasm. His subjects often look askance or are turned away from the viewer, their features obscured as their bodies dematerialize into the abstract background as if to highlight human impermanence and to challenge the singularity of human experience. Rendered in a gorgeously muted palette punctuated by vibrant colors, these suspended moments of balance and tension prompt quiet contemplation.

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b. San Mateo, CA 1951

EDUCATION
1975 B.F.A. California College of Arts and Crafts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Gary Ruddell: Daydream Believer, Gallery Henoch, New York
2016 Gary Ruddell: Little Journeys, Gallery Henoch, New York
2012 Recent Work, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 New Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Two-Man Show,Susan Greenwood Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006 Small Changes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Two-Man Show,Greenwood Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Reckless Dreamers, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Two Man Show, New Work, Greenwood Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Lightning Strikes, San Francisco, CA
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
Winder Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
2018 Holiday Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
Small yet Mighty, Gallery Henoch, New York
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
2017Holiday Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
Holiday Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City
ARIST AS SUBJECT: 20th Anniversary Show, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
2016 In Good Company, 2016, Quidley & Company
2015 Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
Spring Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
2014 Holiday Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York
In Good Company 2013, Quidley & Company
Them Pretty Paintings, Gallery Henoch, New York
2012 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2011 Group Show, Art Space 712, curated by Theophilus Brown, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2010 Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2011 Group Show,Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2009 The Genesis of Bay Area Figurative Art Now, Juried by Theophilus Brown, Art Space 712, San Francisco, CA
A Figural Presence, Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center, Manchester, 2008
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2007 49th International Award Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
40 Years: A Dealer’s Collection, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
72nd Annual Cooperstown Art Association Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY Nicolet College Annual Art Competition,
Rhineland, WI
2005 Group Show, San Diego Museum of Living Artists, San Diego, CA
Group Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, Marin County, CA
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2003 Group Show,Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group show,Marin Arts Council, Falkirk Center of the Arts, Marin County, CA
2002 Group show, Inaugural Exhibition, Greenwood Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Show, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Juried by Michael Zakian, Ph.D.
Individual Artist Grant for excellence in the field of Painting
Marin Arts Council, Lance Walker, Director
2001 American Landscapes 2001, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland, Juried by Gary Vikan
International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY, Juried by Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director of Group Show, Guggenheim Museum
2001 National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, NY
National Works on Paper, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
Watermedia Twelve Competition, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, Juried by Judi Betts
Group Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C.
1999 Stephen F. Austin State University, Figuration in Contemporary Art Texas National 1999 Exhibit, Juried by James McGarrell
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA National Juried Competition of Contemporary Painting, Juried by William Wilson
Holter Museum of Art, National Juried Exhibition, Juried by Peter Plagens
1998 33rd Annual Open Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA, National Juried
Competition of Contemporary Painting
27th National Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juried by Peter Frank
Edward Thorp Gallery - First Street Gallery, National Competition, Group Show, Juried by Edward Thorp, Director,
New York, NY
San Diego Museum of Art, Artists Guild All California Juried Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas National 1998 Exhibit, Juried by Martha Erlebacher, Group Show,
Figuration in Contemporary Art
1998 Crocker Kingsley Biennial Exhibition, Juried by Sam Hernandez, University of Santa Clara Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA
1997 26th National Exhibition, Juried by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
St. John's University, New York, NY
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
1996 San Bernardino County Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Museum of Art, CA
1995 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Museum of Art, CA
1993 Cheekwood Tennessee Museum of Art, TN
San Bernardino County Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
National Juried Competition of Contemporary Painting
1992 67th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA Juried by Henry Hopkins

AWARDS + HONORS
2009 Honorable Mention in Painting, The Genesis of Bay Area Figurative Art Now, Art Space 712, San Francisco, CA
2007 Special Merit Excellence Award, Annual Northern Juried Competition, Rhineland, WI
2005 Hoffman Trust Award, San Diego Museum of Living Artists, CA
2005 Distinctive Honor Award in Painting, Falkirk Center for the Arts, CA
2003 Individual Artist Grant for Excellence in the Field of Painting, Marin Arts Council, CA
1999 Honorable Mention in Painting, Stephen F. Austin State University, TX
1998 Merit Award in Painting, Holter Museum of Art, MT
1995 Best of Show, Painting, Palm Springs Desert Museum of Art, CA
1993 Marin Arts Council Award for Artistic Excellence, Marin Arts Council, CA
Award of Excellence in Painting, California State Fair Art Exhibition, CA