Curriculum Vitae
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
2021 Folly, Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee
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2017 Heroic Painting, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
2016 Heroic Painting, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
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
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