MFA   School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois                                      

 

BA      University of California, Santa Cruz, California                                                   

           

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

 

           School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois                                     

           University of California, Santa Cruz, California                                                                                                      

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Solo Exhibitions

 

2026  Origin of Species (working title), Martin Museum, Baylor University,

          Waco, Texas

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2024  Folk Tails, Richard T Wright Gallery, College of Lake County,

          Grayslake, Illinois

 

2021  Folly, Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee

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2017  Heroic Painting, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee

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2016  Heroic Painting, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky

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2015  Ectoplasm from the Underworld, The Bike Room, Chicago, Illinois

 Ryan Richey: Ghostbuster, The Newhart Promenade, Loyola University,

 Chicago,  Illinois (curator)

 

2012  Christian Rieben: The Failure of Rational Thought, The Bike Room, Chicago, Illinois                                      

 

2011  Christian Rieben: Meat for the Siren, Gallery UNO, Chicago, Illinois

 

2009  Christian Rieben: Recent Work, Gallery 73, Belgrade, Serbia

          Christian Rieben: Phallusy, Stumptown Gallery, Alma, Wisconsin

          Christian Rieben: Friend of Dorothy, Gallery UNO, Chicago, Illinois

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2007  Christian Rieben: How To Make a Painting, Gallery UNO,

          Chicago, Illinois

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Selected Group Exhibitions

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2024  Moreover: 50 Paintings, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

          Thunderdomesticity: The F-Word, No. 7 Center Gallery, Vermillion, South Dakota

          TMA Contemporary, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, Wisconsin

          Arbeiten internationaler Künstler, Gallery UNO Projektraum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

          Faculty Art Exhibition, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

 

2022   What Strange Water, What Strange Air, Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, 

           North Carolina    

 

2021  FLEX, Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee

          Creation After Destruction, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee

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2019  The Rejects, Coldbench.com, Online curated exhibition

 

2018  The Face of Danger, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee

          Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee

          Ciao: Virgin Disaster, Il Museo, Spannocchia, Italy

 

2015  Marks from Sparks, Beverly Art Center, Beverly, Illinois

          Prism Walls: Sexual Identity and the Expression of Desire, The Newhart Promenade,                  Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois (curator)              

          Affordable Art Fair, Gallery Uno Berlin, London, England

 

2014  Surrealism and War, National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois

          Art of it All, Featured Artist, Shy Rabbit, Online Exhibition

          Review, Reflect, The Newhart Promenade, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

 

2013  More than Naked, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois (curator)

 

2012  Ordinacija #3, Inex Film, Belgrade, Serbia

          Midway Art Fair, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

          Faculty Biennale, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

 

2011  Studio Art Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

 

2010  Faculty Biennale: Outside the Classroom, Loyola University, Chicago,  Illinois

 

2008  Berliner Liste, Cumberland Haus, Berlin, Germany

          Make Me an Offer, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, Illinois

          Summer Show, Castello di Santa Severa, Italy

          Secret Lives Revealed, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

          Kewaunee Art Fair, Voda Gallerie, Kewaunee, Wisconsin

          Living Room Paintings, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2007  One by One, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

          Studio Art Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen  Ellyn, Illinois

          (Un)restricted, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2006  Balls Out, 518 Erie, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (curator)

          Fantastical Dreams and Primitive Desires, Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

 

2005  Love 8, Gallery X, Chicago, Illinois

          (W)holeness, Gallery 1926, Chicago, Illinois (curator)

          Fluid Motion, Chicago Theater Building, Chicago, Illinois

 

2004  Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

          Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

 

2003   “Best in Painting”, Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

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Residencies

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2023  Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

 

2022  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia

          Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Laceyville, Pennsylvania

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Employment

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East Tennessee State University

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting

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2016-2022

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Courses taught: Introduction to Painting, Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting, Figure Painting, Graduate Painting and Drawing, Methods of Research, Portfolio and Exhibition, Protest Painting, Visionary Landscape Painting, Introduction to Drawing, Color and Practice, Words and Images (creative writing/painting course), Painting in Tuscany (study abroad course)

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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2007-2018           Early College Program Faculty

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2006                    Roving Substitute Professor

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Fall 2005              Teaching Assistant, First Year Program

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Summer 2005      Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting

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Spring 2005         Teaching Assistant, Multi-level Painting

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Courses taught: Painting and Drawing; Beginning Oil Painting; From Drawing to Painting; Drawing 2: the Portrait; Painting 2: the Portrait; Figure Painting; Figure Drawing

 

 

Loyola University, Chicago

 

2008 - 2016         Instructor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts

 

Courses taught: Drawing 1; Painting 1; Painting 2; Senior Advisor

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College of DuPage

 

2007-2013     Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department

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Courses taught: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Painting 1, Painting 2, Painting Trends, Visual Fundamentals 2-D, Student Art Gallery

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The Dolphin School, Berkshire, England

 

1999 - 2000            Art Instructor

 

 

Other Employment

 

 

2015                      Juror, Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant,  

                              Provincetown, Massachusetts

 

2000 – Present     Owner/Designer Outer Space Garden Design, Chicago, Illinois;                                                    Madison, Wisconsin; London, England

2004 – Present     Host/Disc Jockey, DJ Robopop, 

                             https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/DJRobopop

 

2000 - 2001           Production Assistant, Will van der Vlugt Film Productions,

                             London, England

 

1996 - 1999           Manager, L'Odeon Restaurant, London, England