Born: Flint, Michigan
Lives: Berkshires, Massachusetts
Education
Glasgow School of Art, MFA
Michigan State University, BFA
Residencies
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Rustland Relics, Gallery on North, Hotel on North, Pittsfield, MA
2018 Six Paintings #3 – Brent Ridge, Talking Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Liz Gargas and Brent Ridge, Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2012 Brent Ridge – Paintings, The Brunswick Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2010 Breaker-Breaker, Assembly Gallery at The Vic, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Loose Wires, Heather’s Project Window, New York, NY
2008 Road to Nowhere, V&A Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Jean-Baptiste Bouvier and Brent Ridge, V&A Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Up From the Grate, Gallery 113, Kresgie Art Center, East Lansing, MI
Selected Group Exhibition
2024 Centered, 5-Person Show, Becket Art Center, Becket, MA
Collage/Assemblage, (Online Artshow), Juried by Regine Basha, Site:Brooklyn.com
2022 Forget-Me-Not, NUarts collective group show for alzheimer's, Colonial Theater, Pittsfield, MA
2021 Collages and Constructions, juried by Ekua Holmes, Menino Art Center, Boston, MA
2019 26th Annual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston. MA
Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Awards Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
HallSpace Drawing Project 2019, HallSpace, Boston, MA
Newton Open Studios Winter Juried Art Show, City Hall, Newton, MA
Autumn 2019 Online Exhibition, Young Space, Instagram.com
2018 Newton Open Studios, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Inspired Views, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2017 Talking Pictures 1st Invitational, Talking Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
Post-Romance: Artists Valentines, Renaissance Center, Erie, PA
Inspired Views, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2016 On the Line, Spoke Gallery @ Medicine Wheel Productions, Boston, MA
2015 HallSpace Drawing Project 2015, HallSpace Gallery, Boston, MA
Paper Jam: Exploring Visual Strategies for Social Concern, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Creative Process, New Art Center Community Exhibition, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2014 Happy Ending, The Hallway Gallery, Boston, MA
Snap to Grid - 11th Annual UN-juried exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, CA
HallSpace Drawing Project 2014, HallSpace Gallery, Boston, MA
Hyde Park Artists Association 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Boston, MA
Roslindale Arts Alliance, Boston Neighborhood Art Gallery at BNN (Boston Neighborhood Network),
Boston, MA
The Creative Process, New Art Center Community Exhibition, New Art Center, Newton, MA
The Art of Spring, Roslindale Community Library, Boston, MA
2013 New Art Center Master Artists: Fine Art and Craft Show and Sale, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Hyde Park Artists Association Annual Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Boston, MA
ArtExchange, CAA Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York, NY
2012 Don’t Leave Me This Way, Kunstquartier Bethanien: Center for Contemporary Arts, Berlin, Germany
MFA Degree Show, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
The Chalet Prize, The Chalet, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Cloud Nine, Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Patchwork, Center for the 21st Century, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2011 My Collection, ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Interim Show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Off the Hook: the Telephone Project, the Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Brooklyn on Paper, Mount Airy Contemporary Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
An Armory Show, Fair Folks and a Goat Gallery, New York, NY
2008 BAM silent auction, (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY
2007 ArtCologne, V&A exhibiting with Markus Winter Gallery, Cologne, Germany
A Cloudy Day’s Epiphany, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
Art As Anecdote, Brooklyn Arts Council, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 The Square, ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn, NY
Le Show, V&A, New York, NY
The Impermanent Collection III, ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn, NY
Open for Business, V&A, New York, NY
Works on Paper, FluxFactory, Long Island City, NY
Because the music he constantly plays says nothing to me about my life…, MetroColorCollision at
Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
The Small Painting Show, Ulrich Project Series: The General Store,
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KA
2005 Perogi Flatfiles, Perogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
The Impermanent Collection, ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn, NY
NYC Open Studios, Brooklyn NY
2004 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
Bulletproof, Spire Studios, Beacon, NY
2003 5th Stop, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
1993 Young Artists Today! Flint Public Library, Flint, MI
Bibliography
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review by Laura Lark, April 22, 2006