RUTH SHIVELY
ruth@ruthshively.com
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Fine Arts – 1988, Emphasis on Drawing and Illustration University of Nebraska – Lincoln
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant to Illustrator Steven Guarnaccia, New York, NY – 1992-1994
Landscape Prints ,Restoration Hardware.com, Curated by General Public
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY/ Hudson, NY
Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Art of Rest and Relaxation, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
2019 Bru Coffee Bar, Los Angeles, CA February-August
2018 Art and Philanthropy, Spur Gallery, Portland , OR - 20% of sales donated to NAMI, National Alliance for Mental Illness
Infinite Variety, Basil Howard Gallery, Powell Bookstore Downtown location, Portland , OR
2017 Anthony Phillip Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Park Row Gallery, Chatham, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Femme, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
2023 CAP Auction, Portland, OR
2022 Portrait Show, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2021 Gathering, Susan Eley Fine Art, Hudson, NY
2020 Interplay- Susan Eley Fine Art, Hudson, NY
Portrait Show- Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2019 Portrait Show, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2018 Portrait Show, Imogen Gallery Astoria, OR
Figuratively Speaking, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York City, NY
Japanese Girls Series, Cerulean Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Vroom Vroom, Beep Beep, Celebrating America's Car Culture,Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
2016 California Open, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Wally Workman Gallery 35th Anniversary Show, Austin, TX
2014 Drawings, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2013 "Consenses" Curated by Sally Taylor
2008 14th Annual Art Walk, New York, NY2006
2006 Marianne Courville Gallery, Hudson NY
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
2023 Wall Street Journal “Would You Pay $1200 for an Oil Painting of … Yourself?
2019 1859 Oregon’s Magazine, Artist Feature -Moving to the Abstract in Modern Portraiture
2019 Spiruality and Health Magazine February/March
2018 Buckman Journal Literary Magazine August Issue
2018 Spirituality and Health Magazine May/June
2017 Artist in Residency Chateau Orqueveux, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2016 Ian McEwan Novel, Nussschale, Diogenes Publishing, Zurich
Washington Square News, NYU-NYC
Vice Magazine - the Creator's Project
ON LINE ART FEATURES
2024 Architectural Digest: Inside a "‘70’s Style River Island Home Outside Portland, Oregon
2017- the Jealous Curator
2016 - the Nice Niche
2015 - the Jealous Curator
2013 the Jealous Curator
COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONS
General Public Art for Restoration Hardware
Super Bite Restaurant, Portland, OR