Kay Ruane

Solo Exhibitions

2016    Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

2011    Ellen Miller Gallery, Boston, MA

2008    Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

2006    Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

2005    Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004    Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

2002    Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

2000    Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997    Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago

1991    MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1990    Gallery K, Washington, D.C.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

“Works on Paper”, Pier 36, NY

2020   

“Works on Paper”, Pier 36, NY

2018

“Works on Paper”, Pier 36, NY

2017  

“Annual Retrospective” Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2016 

“Face to Face-Artists’ Self-Portraits” from the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr.; Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL

“Shades of Winter”, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, CA

2015  

“Face to Face-Artists’ Self-Portraits” from the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr.; Baker Museum of Art, Naples, FL,

2014   

Loved and Observed, Hersh Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY

2013   

Face to Face: Artists’ Self-Portraits from the Collection of Jackye & Curtis Finch,  Jr.; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

OFF-SHOOT: Serial Explorations; 21C Museum, Cincinnati, OH

Drawing Discourse; 4th annual exhibition of contemporary drawing, University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC

Flatfileboston, group show, Wellesley, Ma

2012   

The New Real, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

Winter Salon, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010    

Aqua Art Miami, represented by Miller Block Gallery

Through Any Window, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA

2009   

Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA

Is Everything Black and White: selected works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection; Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Black & White, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA

On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY & San Francisco, CA

Economies of Scale, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

The Artists of ZYZZYVA, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008   

The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

Gray Matter, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

Artists Speak Out: Campaign Buttons, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

Celebrate Summer, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA

2007   

10th Anniversary Exhibit, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Ninth Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA & New York, NY

Summer Show, Miller Block Gallery

Fine Arts Work Center Fellows, Copley Society of Art, Boston

Blue, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

Interiors & Works on Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006   

Flow, Miami Art Fair, represented by Miller Block

Eighth Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA & New York,

Celebrate Summer, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Inaugural Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

2005  

Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, Miller Block Gallery

Small Works, Jenkins Johnson Gallery

Seventh Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Summer Show, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

2004  

Pretty/Sweet: The Sentimental Image, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

6th Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Small Works, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Summer Show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Copley Society 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Boston, MA

2003   

Women by Women, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

5th Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Small Works, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Unlikely Portraits, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

Playtime, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

2002     

Self As Muse, Copley Society, Boston, Massachusetts

Harboring Beauty, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

Ragdale Foundation 25′”Anniversary Show, Chicago, IL

Drawing Invitational, Northeastern Illinois University

2001    

Snow Globe Invitational, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

Gallery Artists: Summer Show, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

Venus, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

Spring Show, Copley Society, Boston, Massachusetts (Nathaniel Burwash Award)

2000    

National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, juror: William Beckman

Group Show, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago IL

1999    

Group Show, DFN Gallery, New York, NY

New Work, 1998-99 MCAD McKnight Artists, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, MN

Contemporary Women Artists, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, MN

1998    

The Human Figure/Contemporary Realism, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH

American Drawing Biennial 6, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA

AAP 68th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

Art Chicago, represented by Lyons Wier

Body/Trouble, William E. Galberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Artists of the Midwest, Northern Michigan University Art Museum, Marquette, MI

New Romantic Landscapes, Gallery Northwest, Indiana University, Gary IN

Realism, DFN Gallery, New York, NY

Honors & Awards

2014   

Massachusetts Cultural Council Drawing and Printmaking Finalist Fellowship

2008   

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship (2008 + 2005)

The Drawing Center Viewing Program Slide Registry

2003   

Ragdale Foundation Fellowship

2002   

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center/Copley Society 2008 Residency Fellowship/stipend

Ragdale Foundation Residency 

Full Fellowship: Vermont Studio Center Residency

2001   

Copley Society of Boston, Nathaniel Burwash Artist Award

2000   

Minnesota State Arts Board, Career Opportunity Grant

Ragdale Foundation Residency

1999   

Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

1998   

MCAD/McKnight Foundation Fellowship

1997   

Minnesota State Arts Board/ Artist Assistance Fellowship Grant

National Endowment for the Arts/ Arts Midwest Fellowship Award

1989   

Mildred K.Cohen Memorial Award, Carnegie Museum/Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

1985   

American Artist Magazine, 1985 Emerging Artist

Selected Collections

Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

21c Museum, Louisville, KY

Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, MA

Howard Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL

Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

Sequel Development, St. Louis, MO

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY

Cargill, Incorporated, Minnetonka, MN

AT&T, Minneapolis, MN

Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, MN

Dain Rausher, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

Travelers Express, St. Louis Park, MN

St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN

Selected Bibliography

2018   

INDA 12, 12th International Drawing Annual Book

2016   

Poets and Artists Magazine, “100 Great Drawings” Issue 78, December, 2016

2014   

Arkansas Art Center exhibition catalogue, “Face to Face” Artist’s Self Portraits from the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch

Drawing Magazine, feature article, Fall 2014

2012   

Nashville Magazine, “The New Real”, July issue

New American Paintings: Northeast Edition, Open Studios Press No. 98

2011   

Cate McQuaid, “Images Distilled” The Boston Globe, June 15, 2011

The Boston Art Review, Kay Ruane: Images in Motion” Brienne Cignarella

U-Skill.com  Kay Ruane interview http://www.u-skill.com/skill/kay-ruane

2010   

ZYZZYVA: West Coast Writers & Artists Journal, Spring 2010 Vol.XXVI No.1

2009   

The New York Optimist (online magazine)

2006   

FLAUNT Magazine, No. 80,cover art & article, pg. 66-67

Cate McQuaid, “The self-portrait of a lady” Boston Globe, December 21, 2006

Jenkins Johnson Gallery Catalogue: Eighth Annual Realism Invitational, essay by Peter Frank,

2005   

YZZYVA: West Coast Writers & Artists Journal, Vol. XXI, No. 1 Spring 2005

Catalogue: Sixth Annual Realism Invitational, essay by D. Dominick Lombardi,  Jenkins Johnson Gallery

2004   

Book Cover Illustration: “The Law of Bound Hearts” by Anne D. LeClaire, Random House Publisher, August, 2004

Cate McQuaid, “Real Time” Boston Globe, December 9, 2004

Catalogue: Sixth Annual Realism Invitational, essay by Claire Daigle

2003   

Catalogue: Fifth Annual Realism Invitational, essay by Paul J. Karlstrom, Jenkins Johnson Gallery

Cate McQuaid, “Bright and Dark” The Boston Globe, July 25, 2003

Joanne Silver, “Explore Dark Side of ‘Playland’”, Boston Herald, Friday July11, 2003. Cate McQuaid, “The Stories Portraits’ Tell Us” , Boston Globe, March 28, 2003

2002   

Boston Globe: June 6: photo of work in Calendar Section

Boston Globe: Dec. 6th review of Miller Block solo show

2001   

American Artist Magazine, July 2001, Catherine Noonan, “Life On Earth”

2000   

Chicago Tribune, Best Bet, (with photo of work) Sept. 22

Chicago Sun Times, Entertainment Guide (with photo of work) Sept. 29

1999   

New Work, MCAD/McKnight Artists 1998-99, catalogue, Diane Mullin essay

New Art Examiner: review of exhibit: “Body Trouble” October

New American Paintings, Volume 17, Midwest Edition, Open Studios Press

The Best of Sketching and Drawing, by Terry Sullivan, Rockport Publishers

Catalogue: “Body Trouble” Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage

1997   

Chicago Tribune, December 5th: “Kay Ruane’s Female Figures Make Striking Debut,” by Barbara B. Buchholz

Panelist:

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Drawing & Printmaking Fellowship panelist (2010)

MCAD/ Jerome Foundation Fellowship panelist (1999)

Education

University of Illinois, Campaign-Urbana, BFA, 1979

Indiana State University, 1981

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1975