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