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Artist Profile

Mark Ritche
Mark Ritchie
                       
Education

1990                 Master of Fine Arts
                         printmaking,  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1986 – 1987     ISEP Study Abroad Program
                         South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education,
                         Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
1986                 Bachelor of Fine Arts
                         printmaking,  Kansas University, Lawrence, KS



Teaching Experience

2007- present     Professor, printmaking, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 2001 – 2007       Associate Professor of Art
                           printmaking, drawing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
1995 – 2001       Assistant Professor of Art
                           printmaking, drawing, University of Wyoming,  Laramie, WY 1995                   Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
                           painting sabbatical replacement, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
1994                   Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
                           printmaking sabbatical replacement University of Dallas,   
                           Irving, TX
1993 – 1994       Instructor
                           art appreciation, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
1991 – 1992       Instructor
                           printmaking, painting, drawing
                           Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA
1991 – 1992       Instructor
                           prison college program, Georgia Correctional Institution, 
                           Milledgeville, GA
1990 – 1991       Artist-In-Residence
                           Georgia Council for the Arts
                           St. Marys, Augusta, Milledgeville, GA

Workshops/ Lectures/ Residencies


2008                       “Printmaking & Book Art Workshop”
                                Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, WY

                               “Where Printmaking & Drawing Meet”
                                Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN

2007                       WSAE printmaking workshop,
                               Ranch A,  Beulah Wyoming

                               Monotype Workshop
                               Western Wyoming College, Rock Srpings, WY

                                   “Printmaking as an Extension of Drawing” workshop,
                               Lander Arts Center, Lander WY                             

 2006                      “Printmaking as an Extension of Drawing”
                               Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
           
                              “Genetic Mutations:  Innovations in Printmaking Education”
                               Invited Panel Participant, Southern Graphics Council
                               Conference, Madison, WI

2005                      Artist/ Lecturer – Lithography
                        “Toro”, DBAE Workshop
                              Sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council
                              and the Wyoming Department of Education
                              Laramie, Wyoming


   2004                      Visiting Artist Lecture
                         Fine Arts College
                         Trivandrum, India
                              Visiting Artist Lecture
                              University College
                              Trivandrum, India

                             Resident Artist
                             Chitraniketan Artist Residency
                             Trivandrum, Kerala, India

2003                      Resident Artist
                             Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
                             Otis, Oregon

                             Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop
                         University of Wisconsin- Steven’s Point
                         Steven’s Point, WI
                       
                              Gallery talk and introduction for “Art in Isolation:
                              Contemporary Printmaking in the United States”,
                              In conjunction with the Baltic Center for North American
                              Studies biennial conference, Tartu, Estonia                             
                      
                         “Art In Isolation:  Contemporary Printmaking as an
                               extension of the WPA”, Nordic Association of American 
                               Studies conference, Trondheim, Norway
                               &
                               Gallery talk and introduction for “Art in Isolation:
                               Contemporary Printmaking in the United States”,
                               Trondheim Art Association (in conjunction with NAAS
                               conference)
                  
                               Visiting Artist
                               Jyvaskyla Printmaking Studio
                               Jyvaskyla, Finland

2002                       Mid America Printmaking Council Conference Host
                                organizer and host of MAPC conference
                                Laramie, WY

2001                       ”Art of Angling" printmaking workshop,               
                               National Museum of Wildlife Art,
                                Jackson, Wyoming
                             
                               "Art in Isolation: Printmaking In the Contemporary U.S.”
                               IMPACT international printmaking conference,
                               Helsinki, Finland

                               DBAE studio artist lecture and workshop, Laramie, WY
                              
1999                       Visiting Artist
                          Lithography lecture and demonstration
                          University of Northern Colorado

1995                        ArborArt Workshop
                                drawing workshop for elementary teachers
                                Lockerly Arboretum, Milledgeville, Ga

1992                        Lithography Workshop / Visiting Artist
                                color lithograph demonstration / slide lecture
                                University of Miami, Miami, FL

                                Gallery Talk, Mercer University, Macon, GA



Awards and Fellowships

2008                            University of Wyoming, International Travel Grant
                                 India:  Garhi Studios & ArtSpace India

2006                         Wyoming Arts Council Individual Fellowship recipient

                                 University of Wyoming, International Travel Grant
                                 Language Study: Himalaya Hindi House

2005                         Third Place
                                 “Art on Paper”, Maryland Federation of Art,  
                                  Baltimore, MD                                                                                                                           
                                
                                  Honorable Mention
                                  “Drawing Conclusions”, Maryland Federation of Art,
                                  Baltimore, MD

2004                          Wyoming Arts Council, Individual Artist
                                  Development Grant      

2003                          Selected as Artist-in-residence,
                             Sitka Center For Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon

                             Selected as Artist-in-residence,
                             Chitraniketan Artist Residency, Trivandrum, India

2002                            Flittie Award, University of Wyoming
                                    
                                   University of Wyoming International Travel Grant,
                                   “Small Works on Paper”, Jyvaskyla, Finland


2001                          "Top Ten Professors", University of Wyoming
                                 
                                   “Extraordinary Merit in Teaching”
                                   University of Wyoming

2000                           Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 
                                   and Council for Advancement and Support of Education,
                                   C.A.S.E. Teacher of the Year
                                  
                                   University of Wyoming Ellbogen Award
                                   for Excellence in Teaching
                 
                                   Juror's Commendation for Concept
                                   “Book Explorations 2000”, New Art Forum, Kingston, MA


                                   Purchase Award,
                                   “Sixty Square Inches”, West Lafayette, IN

                                   Honorable Mention,
                                   “Cry of the Land”, Rapic City, SD
                                  

1998 – 1999               Wyoming Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship,
                                   Fellowship Recipient, jurors: Peter Frank, art critic, Los 
                                   Angeles, CA, Boris Bally, artist, Seattle, WA, Olivia Parker, 
                                   Artist, Manchester, MA

1997                           University of Wyoming International Travel Grant,
                                    Intensive Arabic Program, Fez, Morocco

1996                           University of Wyoming Faculty Grant-in-Aid
                                   Artist / Writer BookArts Collaboration

                                   University of Wyoming Basic Research Grant
                                   Book Arts in Morocco

1995                            University of Wyoming Faculty Development Grant
                                    Kent State letterpress workshop

1993                            Best of Show
                                    “Ottawa National Print Exhibition”, Sylvania, OH


1992                            Juror's Award
                                    “Parkside National Small Print Exhibition”, Kenosha, WI

1989                            Purchase Award
                                    “Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition”,
                                    Palatine, IL

                                    2nd place, “Florida Printmakers Society National Exhibit”,
                                    Tampa, FL

1986 – 1987                Purchase Award, “Sacred Arts Ten”, Wheaton, IL

                                    Pearson Fellowship, Peacock Printmakers
                                    Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.


Publications and Collections

2004                        Corporate Art Collection, In-Situ, Ft. Collins, CO

2003                        Collection of Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Jyvaskyla,
                           Finland
                           Collection of University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
                                Collection of the Gallery of University of Wisconsin –
                                Steven’s Point, Steven’s Point, WI

2000                        Collection of Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN


1998 – 1999            Museum of Chicago Art Institute, Milwaukee Art Museum,
                                and Texas Tech University as participant in
                                Colorprint USA portfolio
1995                        Codex-Civa Artist Book Project,
                                Wheaton College Museum, Wheaton, IL

1989                        Collection of Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition,
                                Palatine, IL

1986 – 1987            Collection of Billy Graham Art Museum, Wheaton, IL




Exhibitions

2008                         “Forge & Press”, national juried exhibition,
                                  Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ    
                                 “Agoraphobia”, national juried exhibition,
                                  Moorhead Gallery, Minnesota State University Moorhead
                                 “Passages and Vessels”, solo exhibition,
                                  Berea College, Berea, KY
                                 “Arrowmont Faculty Exhibition”,
                                  Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
                                 “Earth and Ink”, India /US portfolio invitational print portfolio 
                                  exhibited at MAPC Conference,
                                  Fargo, ND and Kuchik Gallery, Goa, India
                                 “Beyond the Surface”, invitational print portfolio, exhibited
                                  at MAPC Conference, Fargo ND
                                 “Vitamin I” invitational print portfolio, exhibited at
                                  Southern Graphics Conference, Richmond, VA
                                 “No Fear”, invitational exhibition, Richmond International
                                  Airport, Richmond, VA
                                 “University of Wyoming Faculty Exhibition”, University of 
                                  Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY  
                                 “University of Wyoming Faculty Exhibition”,
                                  Lander Arts Center, Lander, WY
                                
                               
                                
2007                        “Passages”, two person exhibition, invited,
                                Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming
                                “The Language of Evidence”, portfolio exchange, exhibited
                                 at Frontiers Conference, Illinois State University
                           “Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition” juried
                           selection and curation, Jackson Visual Art Association,
                           Jackson, WY
                           Solo Exhibtion, Lander Arts Center,
                           Lander, WY
                               “Range of Expression I”, invited regional exhibition,
                                Ucross Gallery, Ucross Residency, Ucross, WY
                               “Echo”,  invitational exchange portfolio, to be exhibited in 
                                conjunction with Southern Graphics Printmaking
                                Conference, Kansas City, MO and subsequent exhibition at
                                Grand Valley State Univeristy, MI

2006                       “Forging Connections: MAPC Members Juried Exhibition”,
                          Dairy Barn Art Center, University of Ohio, Athens, OH
                               “Seeing God”, national juried exhibition, The Dadian Gallery
                               at the Center for Arts and Religion, Wesley Theological
                               Seminary, Washington, DC
                          “Epiphany: Yellow Boat”, installation, juried selection,
                                Margo’s Gallery, Buffalo Wyoming
                               “Rocky Mountain Biennial Exhibition”, Regional Juried
                                Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO
                               “Horizontal / Perpendicular”, juried exhibition,
                               Tarrant County College, Arlington, TX
                               
2005                       “Print Zero Studios:  Print Exchange III”
                          Blue Door Gallery, Seattle, WA
                          “Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition”,
                          Regional Juried Exhibition,
                               Cheyenne Historical Museum, Cheyenne, WY
                               “28th Annual Art on Paper”, National Juried Exhibition,
                                Maryland Federation of Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                               “University of Wyoming Faculty Exhibition”,
                                University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie Wyoming
                               “Yellowstone Art Museum 37th Annual Art Auction”
                           Juried Exhibition, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
                          “Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition”, International
                                Juried Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
                                   “Drawing Conclusions”, National Juried Exhibition,
                                Maryland   Federation of Art GalleDry, Baltimore, MD

2004                       “Free Speech Zone Exchange Portfolio”, Invitational portfolio   
                               and related exhibitions, Mid America Printmaking Council
                               Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska; University of North Dakota,
                               Grand Forks; Department of Art, University of Wisconsin,
                               Oshkosh, WI;  University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK ;
                               Indiana   University, South East, New Albany, IN
                               “MAPC Members Exhibition”, National Juried Exhibition,
                                Mid America Printmaking Council Conference,
                                Lincoln Nebraska
                               “Print Zero Studios Printmaking Exchange and 
                               Exhibition”, Blue Door Gallery, Seattle, WA
                               “Boundaries:  Recent Drawings”, Solo Exhibition,
                          Irving Bible Church, Irving, TX
                          “Recent Works”, Two Person, International Juried Exhibition,  
                          Chitraniketan Art Gallery, Trivandrum, India
                         “Recent Works”, Solo exhibition, University of Wyoming Union 
                          Gallery, Laramie, Wyoming
                         “Govenor’s Capital Art Exhibition”, regional juried exhibition, 
                               Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
                               “Printmaking and 3-Dimensional Paper”, regional exhibition,
                               Wyoming Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
                               “Art In Isolation:  Contemporary Printmaking In the Rural
                                UnitedStates”, Kolboth, Norway; Nicolaysen Art Museum,
                                Casper, Wyoming; Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft Collins,
                                Colorado; Contemporary Arts Midwest, Lincoln, Nebraska
                        



2003                       “2003 Sitka Art Invitational”
                               National Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
                          “Prints U.S.A. 2003”, National juried exhibition
                          Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
                          “25th Anniversary Show”, Invitation exhibition,
                               Purdue University Galleries,
                               West Lafayette, IN 
                               “Art In Isolation:  Contemporary Printmaking In the United 
                          States”, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia;
                          Joensu University, Joensu, Finland;
                          Trondheim Art Association, Trondheim, Norway
                          Invited featured artist, (in conjunction with exhibition of
                          “Metaphorical House” Finnish – American exchange portfolio)
                          Art Haus Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
                          “Metaphorical House” Finnish – American exchange portfolio,
                                Art Haus Gallery, Oshkosh, WI, Jyvaskyla Art Museum,
                      
 
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