ED RATH
Chipping My Own Gravestone 36 x 48 2000 acrylic on canvas
Ed Rath was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After completing his art education at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design and the Yale University School of Art, he moved to New York City in 1977. He lives and paints in Brooklyn, New York.
Since 1980 he has participated in over seventy-five group shows, and produced thirty solo shows. He has shown his work in Austria, Japan, South Korea, New York, and throughout the USA, and has published four books about his art work. His work on Dream Imagery and Animated Trees, produced by filmmaker Mark Khaimov, can be seen on YouTube.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1976 MFA Yale University, New Haven, CT, Winner of Phelps-Berdan Award
1974 BFA Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1972-73 Brighton Polytechnic Art and Design, Brighton, United Kingdom
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Nirvana/Urbana New Paintings by Ed Rath" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog available on Amazon)
2023 “In The Eye of the Beholder" The Center for the Arts of Homer, NY
2022 “GUYS - New Paintings by Ed Rath" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog available on Amazon)
2021 “Cityscapes by Ed Rath" Superfine Restaurant, NYC
2019 “Metropolis - New Work By Ed Rath" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog available on Amazon)
2017 “Sacred, Profane, Mundane” Noho/M55 ART, NYC
2016 “The Other Side Revisited” Split Level, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Dreams and Nightmares” Noho/M55 ART, NYC
2014 “The Other Side” Pottsville Museum, Pottsville, PA (Catalog)
2013 “Eden Today” Noho/M55 ART, NYC
2011 “Under the Influence” (Catalogue) M55 ART LIC, NY
“The Nature of Art” Vit Gallery, Seoul, North Korea (Catalog)
“Ed Rath: New Work on Paper” Nuovo E. Vecchio, Kobe, Japan
2009 “Terrible Trees” M55 ART, LIC, NY
2007 “Emotional Mirror, New Work by Ed Rath” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
2006 “Remembering 911” Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey
“Imagination” Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT curator Wendy Kelley
2005 “Grieved and Bereaved in Brooklyn” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
“Ed Rath: A Story from D.U.M.B.O.” H.A.C. Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2004 “New Paintings, Crisis in the White House” 55 Mercer Gallery
2002 “Paintings” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
“Messages from Ground Zero” Shimin Plaza Gallery, Himeji, Japan
2001 “New Work” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
2000 “Exploring Ideas through Drawing” Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
1997 “New Work” The Project Room, Thread Waxing Space, NYC
1996 “Ed Rath” The Landmark at East View, Tarrytown, NY, Curator Wendy Kelly
“Human, Nature” UCONN at Storrs, NY Times Review by Bill Zimmer
1994 “Ed Rath Paintings” Gallery B.A.I., NYC
1992 “Decade” 1982-91, Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center, Brooklyn, NY
1991 “Paintings” WEBO Gallery, NYC
1987 “Ed Rath Vassar College Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
1980 “Ed Rath Paintings” Art Galaxy, NYC, Soho News Review by Bill Zimmer
“Ed Rath Paintings” Drew University Gallery, Madison, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Members Annual Catalogue" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog)
2023 “Exhibitionists" Noho/M55 ART, NYC
2022 “Members' Annual" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog)
2019 "Third Annual Invitational" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog)
2018 "Rise" Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog)
2017 “Artist Run” Noho/M55 ART, NYC (Catalog)
2016 “Conventions” Noho/M55 ART, New York, NY
2015 “Telling Stories” CCSU Galleries, CCSU, New Britain, CT
“Black and White” Noho/M55 ART, New York, NY
2014 “Friend of a Friend” Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
“Nude as Muse” Noho/M55 ART, New York, NY
2013 “Who’s Who” Noho/M55 ART, New York, NY (Catalog)
2012 “So Moving” St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY
2011 “Motion Sensitive” Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 “Telling Tales” Marymount Manhattan College, NYC
“Portrayal” Lohin Geduld Gallery, NYC,
“Topology of Dream Time” HAC Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2007 “55 Mercer Gallery Artists” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2006 “Grand Allusions” The Painting Center, NYC
“New York Contemporary, Art Times Squared” Hangart-7 Salzburg, Austria (Catalogue, TV interview, newspaper essay)
2004 “Hibiki, A Conversation With Nature”, City Hall, Phoenix, Arizona
“Reduce/Reuse/Reexamine”, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 “A Wall of Prayer – A Crisis in New York” (traveling show) Himeji, Osaka, and Yamasaki, Japan
2000 "Narratives, Tanya Hartman, Ruth Moritz, Ed Rath” Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, curated by Saralyn Reece Hardy. Catalog.
1999 “Outer Boroughs” White Columns, NYC
“Size Matters” Gayle Gates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Mike Weiss
1998 “Cityscapes” HBO Gallery, NYC, curated by Wendy Kelley
1996 "On the Waterfront" Kentler International, Brooklyn, NY
1996 “The Crest Hardware Show” Brooklyn, NY, Curator Gene Pool
"Scratch" Thread Waxing Space, NYC, Catalogue
1995 "Split Level" Art in General, Curator Lisa Corinne Davis, Catalogue
“Drawings” Soho Biennial 450 Broadway, Curator Matt Meyers
1993-94 “The Machine in the Garden Revisited”, Kingsborough College Gallery, Catalogue essay by Curator Janet Riker
1993 Bronx River Art Center Gallery, Curator Mariella Bisson
1991 "Selections" 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC, Curator Connie Butler
"Portraits and People" Frank J. Miele Gallery, NYC
1990 "Who Laughs...Last?" Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, NYC, Curator Karen Harris
1989 “Rainforest Benefit Show” NYC Curator Robert Costa
"The Live Ones" Boathouse Gallery, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Curator Mariella Bisson
1986 BWAC Group Show NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs City Gallery, NYC. Curator Charlotta Kotik
1985-86 Parsons School of Design Gallery NYC
1984 The Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1983 “The Grand Gallop” Artists Space, NYC, Catalogue essay by Curator Jim Casebere
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1998-99 NYC BOE & SCA, “Jump Rope” brick mural at P.S. 7, Brooklyn, NY
1998-99 NYC BOE & SCA, “We Are the Future” ceramic tile mural, P.S. 7, Brooklyn NY