Ruth Frisch Dealy
101 Regent Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
Education:
1971-1973 Rhode Island School of Design, M.F.A., Painting
1967-1971 Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., Painting
July 1965, 66 Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Painting
Selected Exhibitions:
2015 Ruth Dealy + Rodrigo Nava, Yellow Peril Gallery at ArtHamptons 2015,
Bridgehampton, NY
Networks Retrospective Exhibition, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
2014 Collectors III: Discerning Eyes, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2013 Locally Made: Contemporary Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Work Harder: Installation Exhibit, Yellow Peril Gallery at Lightspace Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Artist Community, Rhode Island: Harry Callahan, Stephen Brigidi, Ruth Dealy,
Richard Fleishner, Malcolm Grear, Bunny Harvey, Aaron Siskind, Hugh Townley,
Dale Chihuly: Big Town Gallery, Rochester, Vermont
Paintings. Now: T.F. Greene Airport, Warwick, Rhode Island
2011 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award Winning Artists for 2011: Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, Rhode Island
Water, Land and Sky: The Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
“YES!”: Buonaccorsi + Agniel, Providence, Rhode Island
2010 Present Again: Guest Artist Ruth Dealy : Imago Gallery, Warren, Rhode Island
Vault Series: Portraits : New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Abstraction in Providence: Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence,
Rhode Island
Italo Scanga Visiting Artist Exhibition: University of Rhode Island Fine Arts
Center Gallery, Kingston, Rhode Island
2008 On Emotion: Re-Articulation of Emotion in the Contemporary Visual Arts:
Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
NetWorks 2008: Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
NetWorks 2008: 5Traverse Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
NetWorks 2008: AS220 Project Space, Providence, Rhode Island
2006 Ruth Dealy and Jamie Sherman: Gallery Agniel,
Providence, Rhode Island
2005 RISD Painting and Sculpture Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery,
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Chazan's Choice: Gifts of Contemporary Art to The RISD Museum: Rhode
Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
2004 Group Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
Face to Face: Solo Show, Hunt-Cavanaugh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island
Out Front: Collecting Contemporary Art in Rhode Island With Paula and Leonard Granoff. Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
2003 In the Land of the Blind: One Person Exhibition
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Body of Work 2003: A Survey of Contemporary Work
Gallery Agniel, Providence, Rhode Island
Anniversary Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
2002 Mask or Mirror? A Play of Portraits:
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
Group Show: Maienza – Wilson Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Body of Work: Gallery Agniel, Providence, Rhode Island
Group Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
Celebrate Orange: Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Substantive Scale: Gallery Agniel, Providence, Rhode Island
Ruth Dealy at BankRI: Bank Rhode Island Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2000 Sign Language: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode
Island
Landscapes: Rhode Island State Department of Administration, Atrium
Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Millennium Bug: Karen Shaw, Curator, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
1999 Group Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
An Evil Bumblebee: solo show, Rhode Island State Department of
Administration, Atrium Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
1998 Down to Earth: The Enduring Landscape: Rhode Island
School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
1997 Recent Acquisitions, Spotlight on Rhode Island: Rhode
Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Ruth Dealy Paintings: The Happy White Gallery,
St. Andrew’s School, Barrington, Rhode Island
1996 Beyond Recognition: Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut
State University, Willimantic, Connecticut; Montserrat College of Art Gallery,
Montserrat College, Beverly, Massachusetts; The Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
RISD Collects RISD: Rhode Island School of Design Museum,
Providence, Rhode Island
Group Show: Dealy, Hamilton, Wulff, Franklin: Virginia Lynch Gallery,
Tiverton, Rhode Island
1995 RISD Faculty Exhibition: Museum of Art, Rhode Island
School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Figure as Form II: Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York
New Acquisitions: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of
Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Thirteen Faculty Members from the Rhode Island School of Design:
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
1994 Ruth Dealy: Sleep in Spite of Thunder (Part 1):
AS220 Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island
Ruth Dealy: Sleep in Spite of Thunder (Part 2):
Dodge House Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island
Two Views of a Self: Paintings by Ruth Dealy and Ann Harris:
Area Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
1993 Ruth Dealy: Self-Portraits: Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Ruth Dealy: Self-Portraits:fifteen-year retrospective, Wriston Art
Center, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
1992 Rhode Island School of Design Biennial Faculty Show: Museum of Art,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
AS220 Building Box Exhibition: Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
1991 Stations of the Cross: Hunt-Cavanaugh Gallery,
Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island
Ruth Dealy: Paintings: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
Abstract Art, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, Rhode Island
1989 Twelve Years of Solitude (Part I): solo show, AS220, Providence, Rhode Island
Twelve Years of Solitude (Part 2): solo show, Gallery One, Providence, Rhode
Island
New Work: 52l Broadway, New York, New York
1988 Artists Against AIDS: concurrent exhibitions at Museum of Art, Rhode
Island School of Design; Barros Gallery; Gallery One; Modulus Gallery;
AS220, Providence, Rhode Island
12” x 12”: Rhode Island School of Design Alumni: Woods-Gerry Gallery,
Providence, Rhode Island
A New Season with Four Providence Artists: Virginia Lynch Gallery,
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Visionary Dimensions in Nature: James Eddy Memorial Arts
Exhibition, Bell Street Chapel, Providence, Rhode Island
A Year of the Arts: A History of Excellence: 20th Anniversary Exhibition
of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Newport Art Museum,
Newport, Rhode Island.
1986 The Artist’s View: Rhode Island People and Places: Gallery 401,
Juror: Frank Robinson, Director, Museum of Art, Rhode Island
School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island1st Prize.
Human Dimensions, Figurative Works by Regional Artists: Bristol
Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
1985 Art for Africa, The Famine Relief: Wheeler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
1984 Ruth Dealy - in the Land of the Blind: Gallery One,Providence, Rhode Island
1981 Rhode Island Artists: Dore Ashton Selects: Museum of Art, Rhode
Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1980 Passive Women and Other Subjects, solo show, Bayard Gallery,
456 West Broadway, New York, New York
1979 Two Person Show:Benbow Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
1978 Annual Juried Show: Bristol Art Museum, Juror, Lloyd Goodrich,
Bristol, Rhode Island,1ST Prize.
1976 Columbia and Missouri Rivers Re-Explored: 10 State Bicentennial
Juried Art Show, CM Russell Museum, Jurors: Lewis Winfield
Story and Ben Goo, Great Falls, Montana,1ST Prize.
Corporate Collections:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
G-Tech; East Greenwich, RI
Mayor’s Office, City Hall; Providence, RI
Citizens Financial Group; Providence, RI
Edwards & Angell; Boston, MA
Chaika and Chaika; Providence, RI
Yesser, Glasson, and Dineen; Providence, RI
East Films; Providence, RI
Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer; Providence, RI
Providence Public Library; Providence, RI
Rhode Island Convention Center; Providence, RI
The Westin Hotel, Providence, RI
Johnson and Wales; Providence, RI
Museum Collections:
Perez Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Santa Barbara, California
Colby College Museum of Art; Waterville, Maine
Rutgers University, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum;
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art; Providence, Rhode Island
Newport Art Museum; Newport, Rhode Island
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
Grants and Awards:
Fellowship in Painting, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2011
Italo Scanga Visiting Artist Award, University of Rhode Island, 2010
Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2004
Fellowship in Painting, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2003 –
2004
Fellowship in Painting, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2000 –
2001
Individual Artist Achievement Award, Rhode Island Business Volunteers
for the Arts, 2000
Regional Fellowship in Painting, New England Foundation for the Arts/
National Endowment for the Arts. 1994-1996.
Project Support Grant to create a series of secular altarpieces, Rhode
Island State Council on the Arts. 1990-1991.
Fellowship in Two-Dimensional Art, Rhode Island State Council on
the Arts, 1987.
Project Support Grant to create fine arts on outdoor advertising
billboards, National Foundation on the Arts/Rhode Island State
Council on the Arts, 1975.
Project Support Grant to create public murals at New England
Community Arts Festival, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts,
August, 1974.