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