Education


 BFA, Printmaking, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME. 2013


Apprenticeship, Art Glass Design, Theory and Praxis of Stained Glass Window

Manufacturing, Staatliche Glasfachschule, Hadamar, Germany



Selected solo and two-person shows

Seriously Funny, Artifact, Santa Fe, NM. 2019

War Paintings, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2010

Strange Beauty, Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2009

The Singular/The Eternal. Victoria Price, Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM. 2008

BearableLightness, solo exhibition at the Works on Paper Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2006



Selected group shows

Big Happy, 2nd Group Show, Santa Fe NM. 2024.

Maine College of Art, Collect, Portland, ME. 2024.

Smoke the Moon Gallery, Art Bazaar, Santa Fe, NM. 2023.

Smoke the Moon Gallery, Art Bazaar, Santa Fe, NM. 2023.

Terraine, Santa Fe, NM Juror: Nina Mastrangelo 2022.

Online Exhibition, Mixed Tape, Cultivate Gallery 2022.

Smoke the Moon Gallery, Art Bazaar, Santa Fe, NM. 2022.

Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque to Ukraine Benefit, Albuquerque, NM. 2022.

Title Gallery, Color Aberrations, Santa Fe, NM. 2022.

Online Exhibition, 2021.

Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Shape In All It's Forms, Brooklyn, NY, Juror: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, 2021.

Center for Contemporary Arts, CCAN 2021, Abilene, TX, Juror: Liz Trosper.

Online Exhibition, Choreography In Time And Space, Between the rails in the west. 2020 

Inpost, Cold Sweat, Rita Bard, Loc Huynh, Laura Wacha, Albuquerque, NM. 2020

Ely Center of Contemporary Art, What Surrounds, New Haven, CT. 2020

Axle Contemporary, Drawing and Driving, Santa Fe, NM. 2020

Flynndog Gallery, Inside the Dollhouse: A Tale of Whimsy and Feminine Myth, Burlington, VT. 2020

La Sala Gallery, Under The Influences, Galisteo, NM. 2020

Superfine! 2018, Washington, D.C. 2018

Respiration, Aqua Regia, Santa Fe, NM. 2018

La Sala Gallery, Best Seat in the House Show with 30 New Mexico artists, Galisteo, NM. 2018

Artspace Gallery, Language of Perception, three person show with Douglas Degges, Maureen O'Leary, and Rita Bard, Loveland, CO. 2018

University of Texas at Tyler, 32nd Annual International Exhibition, Juror: Ken Little, Tyler, Texas. 2017

Art.i.fact, Taking Back Orange, Santa Fe, NM. 2017

Axle Contemporary, Local Color, Santa Fe, NM. 2017

Art's Birthday, Santa Fe (first ever), Santa Fe, NM. 2016

Santa Fe Collective, Santa Fe, NM. 2016

(re)LAUNCH, Offroad Productions, Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Collective, Santa Fe, NM.2015

My Spirit Animal, Santa Fe Collective, Santa Fe, NM. 2015

Art Mechanics and Repair Shop, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2014

LaGrange National XXVII Biennial, LaGrange Art Museum, Juror: Dr. Robert. Steele, Lagrange, Georgia. 2013

Galleri Urbane, Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL. 2011

LAUNCH PROJECTS, interference, Rita Bard, Jamie Hamilton, Lucrecia Troncoso, Santa Fe, NM. 2011

EDGE ZONES, southern mix, group exhibition, curated by Charo Oquet, Miami, FL. 2011

EDGE ZONES, duodecad, group exhibition, curated by Charo Oquet, Miami, FL. 2010

LAUNCH PROJECTS, group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM. 2010

ART Santa Fe , Santa Fe, NM. 2010

Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2009

ART Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM. 2009

Victoria Price Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM. 2009

texas national 2009 - Juror: Mel Chin, Nacogdoches, TX. 2009

postcards from the edge, New York, NY. 2009

Victoria Price Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM. 2008

postcards from the edge, New York, NY. 2008

mind the gap, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM 2008

texas national 2008 - Juror: Roger Shimomura, Nacogdoches, TX. 2008

postcards from the edge, New York, NY. 2007

reflections, Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM. 2006

postcards from the edge, New York, NY. 2006

outnumbered, Jack Rabbit Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2006

Works on Paper Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2006

New Mexico Printmakers Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2005

arts feast, Jack Rabbit Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2005

hand-pulled prints, Joe Basiste Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2005

8 x 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2005

New Mexico Printmakers Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2004

8 x 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2004

100 Market Street Gallery, Portsmouth, NH. 2002

Round Table Gallery and Book Store, Ogunquit, ME. 2002

BFA Show, Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, ME. 2002

portland atlas project, Portland, ME. 2002

annual Boston printmakers Juried Show, Boston, MA. 2002

annual juried spring show, Ogunquit, ME. 2002



Selected press

Brian Slattery, "What Surrounds and Ready Familiar," New Haven Independent, 2019

McLister, Iris McLister, "Out of their heads: "The Kinesphere of You and Me," Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, 2017  

Jan Ernst Adlmann, "life on the assemblage line - summoning up Santa Fe's found-object  artists," Santafean Magazine, 2011

Kathryn M. Davis, "War Paintings," Art Ltd, 2011

Hammond, Harmony "War Paintings," Journal North, 2010

Kathryn M. Davis, "War Paintings at Box Gallery," THE Magazine, 2010

Arp Tyler, "War Paintings at Box Gallery," Santa Fe Reporter Picks, 2010  

Marin Sardy,"Rita Bard War Paintings at Box Gallery art Preview," Santafean Magazine,

Michael Abatemarco,"Business is only part of our business," Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, 2010 

Michael Abatemarco, "strange beauty," Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, 2009   

Kim Russo, "Back and Forth," Journal North, 2009  

Kathleen Roberts, "Imagination Overdrive," Journal Santa Fe, 2008 

Leanne Goebel, "mind the gap," Excerpt from Eight Modern Gallery, 2008

Meghan Ferguson, "mind the gap, Rita Bard," Visual Blender Blog , 2008



I currently work and live in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Born in Kentucky, USA

copyright Rita Bard, 2025