Offramp Gallery = 1702 Lincoln Avenue = Pasadena, CA 91103 = 626.298.6931
Rick Araluce: Constructions
January 11 - February 22, 2009
Fragments of a Life, West
starting the week of January 12, 2009
Rick Araluce
Born: 1960, Encino, California
Resides:Seattle, Washington
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Education: 1979--81 Orange Coast Community College, Costa Mesa, CA
Website: http://web.mac.com/rickaraluce
Special Projects:
2008 Fragments of a Life, East, a series of site-specific miniatures in various locales, Chelsea Art District, Manhattan, New York
2008 Fragments of a Life, a series of miniature site-specific installations in various locales, downtown Seattle, Washington
2006 Artist Collaborator, The Hope Series by Robert Kantor, Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, Washington
2005 Artist Collaborator with Sarah Sze, An Equal and Opposite Reaction, Marion Oliver Mc Caw Hall, Seattle, Washington
1992 Guest Lecturer, Otis Parsons, Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2009 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Off Ramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2008 OK Harris, New York, NY
2007 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 OK Harris, New York, NY
2006 Marion Oliver Mc Caw Hall, Seattle, WA
2005 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 OK Harris, New York, NY
2003 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
1996 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Horwitch/Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1994 Louis Newman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA
1993 La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Rachelle Lozzi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
1991 La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
1988 The Onyx Sequel. Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions (selected):
2009 9th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2007 Actor! Actor! Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2006 The Production Network, Seattle, WA
2006 Scenic Dope, Ballard Works, Seattle, WA
2006 Building Allegory, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2002 The Box Show, The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 25th Anniversary Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Northwest Documenta I, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
2000 Assemblages, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Jerry Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Horwitch/Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1993 Rachelle Lozzi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Twisted Tales, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 Dark Suburban Fantasies, The Art Institute Of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1992 Eclectic Images, Barakat Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Boxes, SPACE, Los Angeles, CA
1991 California Perspectives, The Modern Museum of Art (MMOA), Santa Ana, CA
1991 Citywide Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990 China: June 4 1989, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
1988 La Impression, Los Angeles, CA
1987 The Men's Show, Michael Ivy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography: Catalogues/Magazines:
Preview: The Gallery Guide, "The Stolen Hours" by Allyn Cantor, 2007, p. 90
Actor! Actor! curated by Signe Mayfield, 2007, p. 6
Encore Magazine, October 2006, p. 9
Dark Suburban Fantasies, curated by Jim Reed, 1993 p. 2-3
LA Art, curated by Jeff Phillips and Mickey Kaplan, 1993 p. 30
Eclectic Images, Barakat Gallery, curated by Jeff Phillips, 1992 p. 6
Bibliography: Newspapers/Weblogs:
The Seattle Weekly, "A Study in Small" by Adriana Grant, October 15-21, 2008, p. 36
The Seattle Post Intelligencer, "In Seattle, Tiny Art Takes to The Street" by Regina Hackett, September 24, 2008 on her Blog, Art To Go
The Seattle Times, "The Stolen Hours" by Sheila Farr, July 29, 2007, p.K1
San Jose Metro, "Floater" by Michael S. Gant, March 7-13, 2007
The Stranger, "Paranoid Dollhouse" by Tom Mc Taggart, September 19, 1996, p. 65
Awards/Grants:
2008 Artist Trust GAP Award
2006 Seattle City Artist Projects Grant
Rick Araluce
The Vigil, 2008
mixed media construction
2" x 2" x 1"
A miniature book hidden in a boarded up window in Los Angeles, from Rick Araluce: Fragments of a Life, West, 2009.
Rick Araluce
The Endless City, 1996
mixed media construction
9" x 21.5" x 6"
