Nicholas H. Ruth
Curriculum Vita

Home: 12 Pavilion Street, Rochester, NY, 14620, (585) 271-1475
Office: Hobart and William Smith Art Dept., Geneva, NY, 14456, (315) 781-3493
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Education
1988 Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
   MFA, Painting
1986 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
   Summer College Intern Program
1986 Pomona College, Claremont, CA
   BA, Studio Art

Selected Exhibitions
2004 “Paintings, Drawings, and Prints,” Solo Show, Tjaden Hall Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2004 “This About That; Paintings, Drawings, and Prints,” Solo Show, Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
2004 “A National View at Grandview,” National Juried Exhibition, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA, juror: Stephen Wicks, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
2004 “8-Hour Drawings, VIII,” Group Invitational, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
2004 “Made in NY 2004,” Regional Juried Exhibition, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, jurors: Al Bremmer, Sarah McCoubrey
2004 “Printmakers’ Choices,” Group Invitational, Ink Shop Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2003 “Nicholas H. Ruth,” Solo Show, Science Hall Gallery, Westmoreland Community College, Westmoreland, PA
2003 “2003 Digital Art Exhibition,” National Juried Competition, The Muse Gallery, Prescott, AZ, juror: Dale O’Dell
2003 “Imaging City: 2003 Prints,” Regional Juried Competition, Gallery r, Rochester, NY, jurors: Nancy Greene, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, and David Kwasigroh, Curator, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN
2003 “The Last Exhibit,” Group Invitational, Gallery 15, Rochester, NY
2002 "Fourteenth National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition," The Gormley Gallery,
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, juror: Christopher Brownawell, Director, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2002 "The Mark," National Juried Competition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, juror: Anne Rocheleau, Director, RI Foundation Gallery, Providence, RI
2002 "Four Digital Artists,"Invitational Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2001 "Everything at once: new work by Nicholas H. Ruth," The Little Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2001 "Nicholas H. Ruth," The Gallery at the Art and Music Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2001 "Three Rivers Arts Festival," National Juried Competition, Pittsburg, PA, juror: Howard N. Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2001 "Hand Pulled Prints IX, International Juried Print Exhibition," Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX, juror: Wayne Kimball
2001 "Nicholas H. Ruth, Bobby Goldman," The Gallery at the State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
2001 "Rochester Print Club Annual Juried Competition," The Gallery, Rochester, NY, juror:
2000 "SCAN 20/2000, Small Computers in the Arts National Juried Exhibition," Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, jurors: Tom Porett, Sabrina DeTurk, Rick De Coyte, and Michal Smith
2000 "New Work; Invitational," Andrews Gallery, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2000 "departureturn," Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX,
group show
2000 "National Small Works Exhibition, 2000," Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY, juror: Eleanor Heartney
2000 "Ladders and Chutes," Winn-Seely Theater, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, collaborative dance concert with Donna Davenport of the Dance Department.
1999 "Nicholas H. Ruth, Todd McGrain," String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
1999 "v.1, artists working in electronic media," Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY,
curator: Nicholas H. Ruth
1999 "Made in New York," Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY jurors: Karen Bakke, Al Bremmer
1999 "The Artists of Hobart and William Smith," George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY
1999 "Ithaca Artists," Invitational, Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
1998 "The Mind's Eye: Paintings and Prints," Canalside Gallery, Seneca Falls, NY
1998 "Faculty Exhibition," Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
1998 "Ithaca Artists," Invitational, Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
1997 "Nicholas H. Ruth: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints," Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, NY
1997 "Multi-Perspectives V," An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL, juror: William Conger
1996 "Membership Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery," Ithaca, NY, group show
1995 "Membership Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery," Ithaca, NY, group show
1995 "Abstract Matters," Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, curator: Nicholas H. Ruth
1994 "1994 Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibition," The Haggin Museum Stockton, CA, Juror: Rupert Garcia
1994 "Abstract Matters," Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX curator: David Newman
1992 "After Beauty," Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX, group show
1992 "Faculty Show," Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
1992 "Faculty Show," Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
1991 "Pure Paint," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
1990 "Nicholas H. Ruth: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints," Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
1990 "Art in the Metroplex," TCU, Fort Worth, TX, juror: Ned Rifkin, winner Pat Woodson Award
1990 "Faculty Show," Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
1989 "Faculty Show," Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
1989 "Nicholas H. Ruth, Jeff Reser: Paintings," Connection Gallery, Dallas, TX
1988 "MFA Qualifying Exhibition," Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX
 
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