Biography
Charles Ritchie
Born 21 November 1954, Pineville, Kentucky
Education:
1980 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, MFA Painting
1977 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, BFA Graphic Design
Selected Collections:
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Art Bank Program, US Department of State, Washington, DC
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Berea College, Berea, KY
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
East Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
Fidelity Investment Corporation, Boston, MA
Fine Arts Musuems of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Lauinger Library, Rare Books and Prints Division, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Honors and Awards:
2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1998 Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
2005 The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund
1999 The MacDowell Colony Fellowship
2005, 1996 Individual Artist Fellowship, Arts Council of Montgomery County, Maryland
1978-80 Graduate Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie, Gregg Musuem of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, traveling to Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (forthcoming)
2007
Charles Ritchie: Drawings and Journals, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2006
Charles Ritchie and Joianne Bittle: Bioluminescence, Akus Gallery, East Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Charles Ritchie: Works on Paper, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Charles Ritchie: Suites and Pages, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2004-5
Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA and traveling to the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD and the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2000
Charles Ritchie: 21 Twilights and Nocturnes, Spheris Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Prints and Drawings by Charles Ritchie, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Charles Ritchie: Recent Work, Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
1996
Charles Ritchie: Works on Paper 1983-1996, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1993-95
Charles Ritchie: The Interior Landscape, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond. Traveling exhibition coorganized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1980
Charles Ritchie, Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008
Revealing the Light: Mezzotint Engravings at Georgetown University, Fairchild Gallery, Washington, DC
Publishing Prints: Selections from the Center Street Studio Archives, Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
2007
Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful: Ornament, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Made in America: Washington Print Club 19th Biennial, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
New England Impressions: The Master Printers, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Landscape: A View from Maryland, in celebration of 25th Anniversary of Maryland's Sister State Program with Kanagawa, Earth Plaza, Yokohama, Japan, Lowe House of Delegates Building, Annapolis, MD and traveling to Maryland State Arts Council, Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD and The University of Maryland, University College, Adelphi, MD
2006
The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Artists of the First Three Years, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Lasting Impressions: Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Gifts to the Permanent Collection: The Woolsey Collection, Department of Art and Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Subject: Contemporary Portraiture, The Cartin Collection, New London, CT
Natural Selection: Landscape Print Portfolio, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
2005
Art Noir, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
Water color: Current Views, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Corcoran 2005 Print Portfolio: Drawn to Representation, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Society of American Graphic Artists 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Art Students League, New York, NY
Intimate Treasures, Washington Print Club 18th Biennial Exhibition, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery of George Washington University, Washington, DC
Drawing with Light and Graphite, James Backas Gallery, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore MD
State of the Art, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2004
Small Treasures, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC
20 Years of Prints for the Washington Print Club's 40th Anniversary, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2003
Summer Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Value and Presence: Works on Paper, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2002
Works on Paper: Gallery Artists, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
2001
Lichtenstein and Beyond: Recent Acquisitions of Modern Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Saints and Sinners: A Portfolio, in Honor of the University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
65th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
75th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, Award
2000
Seven Washington Printmakers, Washington Art Club, Washington, DC
1999
63rd Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the Twenty-first Century, Meridian International Center, Washington, District of Columbia, and traveling to The Museum of Fine Arts Hanoi, Vietnam, The Painting Institute, Shanghai, China, The Working People's Cultural Palace Beijing, China, The CIPTA Gallery, Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia, The Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines, and The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
1998
More Than One: Prints and Portfolios from Center Street Studio, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
The Second National Minnesota Print Biennial, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1997
The Distinct Still Life, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
61st Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The 40th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY, Marion A. Rahm Award for Landscape
Prints Washington '97, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Group Exhibition, Forni Gallery, Bologna, Italy
1996
Treasures for the Community, The Chrysler Collects, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
The 39th Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY
171st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1995
59th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
14th Annual September Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, Award
1994
The Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition 1994, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, First Prize
American Drawing Biennial IV, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1993
57th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1992
Washington Project for the Arts at the Hemicycle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Bibliography:
2008
Ennis, Lynn and Brad Thomas, From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie, exhibition catalogue, 28 pages, full color, The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (forthcoming)
2007
Cotter, Holland, Mequitta Ahuja and Charles Ritchie at BravinLee programs, The New York Times, Weekend Arts, Last Chance (1 June 2007), p. E1
Filson, Joan Pinkerton, Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Nurtures Mid-Career Artists, The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Spring 2007, pp 4-6, Volume 43, No. 1
O'Sullivan, Michael, Galleries: The Quiet Pull of the "Bader Fund" Show. The Washington Post, Washington, DC (12 January 2007), p.WE21
2006
Miller, Lenore D. and Johanna Halford-MacLeod, The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Artists of the First Three Years, exhibition catalogue, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, pp. 3, 7
Bostic, Connie, Slow Hand, Mountain Xpress, Asheville, NC (September 6, 2006)
Zevitas, Steven, New American Paintings 63, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA (Spring 2006)
Newhall, Edith, Two Fine Painters, One Show The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 10, 2006)
2005
Sozanski, John, Eclectic Watercolors, The Philadelphia Inquirer (November 11, 2005)
Fallon, Roberta, Not So Sketchy, Philadelphia Weekly (October 19-25, 2005)
McGinty, Johnathan, Museum Exhibits Work of Alumnus, The University of Georgia Columns, Volume 32, No. 7 (July 11, 2005), p. 3
Denker, Eric, The Corcoran 2005 Print Portfolio: Drawn to Representation, exhibition catalogue, pp. 3, 22, Washington, DC, 2005
Amedori, Kari, Charles Ritchie, Baltimore Magazine, Catch It, Volume 98, No. 3 (March 2005), pp. 18, 33
McNatt, Glenn, Ritchie Gives Familiar Suburbs an Artist's Touch, The Baltimore Sun, Arts (March 3, 2005)
McCabe, Bret, Night Moves, Arts, Baltimore City Paper, (February 10, 2005)
Giuliano, Mike, Critic's Pick, Baltimore City Paper, Suburban Journals, (February 5, 2005)
2004
Turchi, Peter, Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, Trinity University Press, San Antonio, TX (illustrations pp. 47, 48, 213)
McQuaid,Cate, "Exhibit Showcases Studio's Exploration of the Art of the Print: Founder Fuels the Talents of Many," The Boston Globe, 24 October 2004
Turchi, Peter and Charles Ritchie, Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, 72 pages, full color, with an preface by Marjorie B. Cohn, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Roberts-Pullen, K. Paulette, Sleepwalking in the Suburbs: An Artist Awakens After Years of Practice Looking, Style Weekly, Richmond (April 7, 2004) Vol. XXII, No. 14, p.25
2003
Donohoe, Victoria, Value and Presence Exhibition Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, February 2, 2003 Fallon, Roberta, "Drawing Conclusions", Philadelphia Weekly February 19, 2003, Volume XXXII, No. 8 2002
Hirsch, Faye, Charles Ritchie, Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples, Art On Paper, Volume 7, No.1, September-October 2002, p.55 2001
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna, Print Masters at Corcoran, The Washington Times, Wasshington, DC, December 8, 2001
Kurtz, Robert L., 65th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, exhibition catalogue
Zevitas, Steven, New American Paintings 33, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
2000
King, Loren, Pressing Matters, artsMEDIA: Bostons monthly Guide to the Visual Arts, April 15 - May 15, 2000, p.8-9
Hirsch, Faye, Charles Ritchie, Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples, On Paper, Volume 3, No.2, March-April 1999, p.55
Gliick, Herbert, New American Paintings 21, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
1998
Protzman, Ferdinand, Galleries: Holzberg and Ritchie at Numark, The Washington Post Washington, DC (29 January 1998), p.B7
1996
Fanning, Gabriella, Charles Ritchie, Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples, On Paper, Volume 1, No.1, September-October 1996, p.29
Brodie, Jacqueline, Charles Ritchie, Prints and Photographs Published, The Print Collector's Newsletter, Volume XXVII, No.1, March-April 1996, p.29
1995
Kurtz, Robert L., 59th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, exhibition catalogue, Youngstown, OH, cover illustration / p.6
1994
Annas, Teresa, Visions of Inner and Outer Worlds, The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger Star, Norfolk, VA (October 16, 1994) , p.E7
1993
Erickson, Mark St. John, Ordinary View Assumes Epic Proportions, At a Glance, Hampton, Daily Press, Hampton, VA (June 20, 1993) p.1/13
Bullard, CeCe, From the Ordinary, Pure Poetry Art Review, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA (February 2, 1993) p.C3
Roberts-Pullen, K. Paulette, Home-Made Art Style Weekly, Richmond, VA (January 12, 1993) Vol. X, No. 36, p.20-21
Lectures, Panels, and Presentations:
2008
Charles Ritchie, Staring Back, Gregg Musuem of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (forthcoming)
Charles Ritchie: Journals, Drawings, Prints, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2007
”A Quiet Normal Life”: 30 Years in Journals, Works in Progress Lecture Series, National
Gallery of Art, Washington
2006
Charles Ritchie: Journals, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Charles Ritchie: Bioluminescence, Gallery Talk, Akus Gallery, East Connecticut State University,
Willimantic, CT
Keep Your Heart in Your Pocket, Keynote Speaker, Southern Graphics Council 2006, Madison,
Wisconsin
2005
Private Astronomies: Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles
Ritchie, five presentations delivered during exhibition tour at the following venues University of
Richmond, Richmond Virginia, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Georgia Museum of Art,
Athens, Georgia
1993
Three Themes: Interior, Exterior, and Reflection, Lecture, University of Richmond, Richmond,
Virginia
Panel on Censorship in the Arts, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Experimental Film Program and Discussion, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond,
Virginia
1988
Charles Ritchie: Works 1982-88, Lecture; University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program,
Cortona, Italy
Professional Experience:
1988 - Present: Associate Curator, Department of Modern Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Reviews and References
PeterTurchi.com web site launch, 12 August 2007
Author Turchi discusses his collaboration with the artist
The New York Times, 1 June 2007
Holland Cotter on Ahuja and Ritchie at BravinLee programs
The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Spring 2007
Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Artists
The Washington Post, 12 January 2007
Group exhibition at George Washington University, Washington, DC
Mountain Xpress, 6 September 2006
Solo exhibition at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
The Cartin Collection, 14 May to 14 August 2006
Lyman Allyn Art Musuem, New London, CT
Philadelphia Inquirer, 10 March 2006
Solo Exhibition at Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Weekly, 30 August - 5 September 2005
Group Exhibition at Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
University of Georgia Columns, 11 July 2005
Suburban Journals exhibition review
Baltimore City Paper, 9 February 2005
Suburban Journals exhibition review
Richmond Style Weekly, 7 April 2004
Suburban Journals exhibition review
Baltimore City Paper, 2 February 2005
Suburban Journals exhibition review