1964 Born in New York City; Lives: Ojai, CA
EDUCATION
1990-1993 M.F.A. Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY;
1987-1988 The Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1984-1987 B.F.A. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, N.Y, NY;
1982-1984 State University of New York College at Purchase, Purchase, NY;
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2004 Vertical Gray Paintings, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO
Vertical Paintings, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Vertical Red-Green Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Blind Spot Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Sottsdale, AZ
Vertical Yellow-Violet Paintings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
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
2003 Catalyst and Continuum: Historic and Contemporary Minimalism, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2002 Breathing Room, Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Margaret Thatcher Projects, N.Y, 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, NY, 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’s 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
2002 Matsuyama, Sadamichi. Contenuous Senses, Gallery Jurou, Kurashiki, Japan, Sunyo News, Nov. 6, 2002,
Viebrock, Susan. ‘Terrain: Literal to Metaphysical” at Scott White Contemporary Art, 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, p.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 Mercery 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, p1-4.
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
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