Selected Exhibitions


2010

Present Again: Guest Artist Ruth Dealy: Imago Gallery, Warren, Rhode Island

Vault Series: Portraits : New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Abstraction in Providence: Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island

Italo Scanga Visiting Artist Exhibition: University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center Gallery, Kingston, Rhode Island


2008

On Emotion: Re-Articulation of Emotion in the Contemporary Visual Arts:
Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

NetWorks 2008
: Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

NetWorks 2008: 5Traverse Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

NetWorks 2008: AS220 Project Space, Providence, Rhode Island


2006

Ruth Frisch Dealy and Jamie Sherman, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI


2005

RISD Painting and Sculpture Show, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island

Chazan's Choice: Gifts of Contemporary Art to The RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Group Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

Face to Face: Solo Show, Hunt-Cavanaugh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI

Out Front: Collecting Contemporary Art in Rhode Island With Paula and Leonard Granoff, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI


2003

In The Land of the Blind: One Person Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum,
Providence, RI

Body of Work 2003: A Survey of Contemporary Work, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI

Anniversary Show: Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI


2002

Mask or Mirror? A Play of Portraits, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Group Show, Maienza - Wilson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Body of Work, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI

Group Show, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

Celebrate Orange, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI


2001

Substantive Scale, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI

Ruth Dealy at BankRI, Bank Rhode Island Gallery, Providence, RI


2000

Sign Language, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Landscapes, RI State Department of Administration, Atrium Gallery, Providence, RI

Millennium Bug, Karen Shaw, Curator, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY


1999

Group Show, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

An Evil Bumblebee, solo show, RI State Department of Administration, Atrium Gallery,
Providence, RI


1998

Down to Earth: The Enduring Landscape, group show, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI


1997

Recent acquisitions, Spotlight on Rhode Island, group show, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Ruth Frisch Dealy Paintings, solo show; The Happy White Gallery, St. Andrew's School,
Barrington, RI


1996

Beyond Recognition, group show; Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT; Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Montserrat College, Beverly, MA; The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

RISD Collects RISD, group show; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Group Show: Dealy, Hamilton, Wulff, Franklin, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI


1995

RISD Faculty Exhibition, group show, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI

Figure as Form II, group show, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY

New Acquisitions, group show, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Thirteen Faculty Members from the Rhode Island School of Design, group show, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI


1994

Ruth Frisch Dealy: Sleep in Spite of Thunder (Part 1), solo show, AS220 Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

Ruth Frisch Dealy: Sleep in Spite of Thunder (Part 2), solo show, Dodge House Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

Two Views of a Self: Paintings by Ruth Frisch Dealy and Ann Harris, Area Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME


1993

Ruth Frisch Dealy: Self-Portraits, solo show, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

Ruth Frisch Dealy: Self-Portraits, fifteen-year retrospective, Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI


1992

Rhode Island School of Design Biennial Faculty Show, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

AS220 Building Box Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI


1991

Stations of the Cross, solo show, Hunt-Cavanaugh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI

Ruth Frisch Dealy: Paintings, solo show, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

Abstract Art, invitational, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI


1989

Twelve Years of Solitude (Part 1), solo show, AS220, Providence, RI

Twelve Years of Solitude (Part 2), solo show, Gallery One, Providence, RI

New Work, two-person show, 52l Broadway, New York, NY


1988

Artists Against AIDS, concurrent exhibitions at: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; Barros Gallery; Gallery One; Modulus Gallery; AS220

12" x 12", Rhode Island School of Design Alumni, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

A New Season with Four Providence Artists, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

Visionary Dimensions in Nature, James Eddy Memorial Arts Exhibition, juried, Bell Street Chapel, Providence, RI

A Year of the Arts: A History of Excellence, 20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. Rhode Island Attorney General's Office


1986

The Artist's View: Rhode Island People and Places, Gallery 401, Juror: Frank Robinson, Director, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1st Prize

Human Dimensions, Figurative Works by Regional Artists, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI


1985

Art for Africa, The Famine Relief, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI


1984

Ruth Dealy - In the Land of the Blind, solo show, Gallery One, Providence, RI


1981

Rhode Island Artists: Dore Ashton Selects, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI


1979

Benbow Gallery, Newport, RI, two-person show


1978

Bristol Art Museum, Annual Jury Show, Juror: Lloyd Goodrich, Bristol, RI 1st Prize


1976

Columbia and Missouri Rivers Reexplored, 10-state bicentennial Juried Art Show, CM Russell Museum, Jurors: Lewis Winfield Story and Ben Good, Great Falls, MT 1st Prize


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