Cover image: Ridley Howard, Sea and Sky, 2022 Oil on linen, 24 x 34 inches. On view at Marinaro Gallery in New York City. Photo courtesy of Joseph Peragine.

Director Joseph Peragine studied drawing and painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the early 1980s. A decade later, alum and School of Art board member Ridley Howard paralleled Peragine, graduating from the Dodd in 1996 with a BFA in painting. This past weekend, Howard's latest solo exhibition Forever opened at the New York City gallery Marinaro. Peragine was among various colleagues from the school and from the Athens area to attend the celebration.

According to Marinaro Gallery, “Howard’s recent paintings continue his investigation of color and shape, as well as the reciprocal relationship between figuration and abstraction. This body of work dives deeper into the Pop aesthetic that has infused Howard’s work in recent years, combining a geometric and cinematic sensibility with his signature, delicate painterliness.”

Exhibition dates

October 21 – December 10, 2022

Opening

Friday, October 21, 5-8 pm

Painter, Dodd alum, and board member Ridley Howard poses with fellow painter, Lamar Dodd School of Art Director Joseph Peragine, at the opening of Forever, Ridley's solo exhibition at Marinaro Gallery in New York City on Friday October 21, 2022. Photo courtesy of Joseph Peragine.

Painting by Ridley Howard. A.M., 2022, Oil on linen, 50 x 60 inches. On view at Marinaro Gallery in New York City.

Artist Biography

Ridley Howard (b. 1973, Atlanta, GA) earned his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in 1999 and his BFA in Painting from the University of Georgia in 1996. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2000. He has recently shown at AndréhnSchiptjenko, Stockholm; David Zwirner, Hong Kong; Night Gallery, LA; Perrotin Gallery, Seoul; and James Cohan, NY among others. His work has been exhibited at numerous institutions including The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; The Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA; National Academy Museum, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; and Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN. Howard’s work can be found in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta; and High Museum of Art, Atlanta; and Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN. Howard currently lives and works in Athens, GA.