Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently living in Brookly, NY.
rickidwyer@gmail.com
Solo Shows
Group Shows
Curatorial Projects
Grants & Awards
Residencies
Education
2024 A Mobilizing Force. Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Protean Survivalism. Rupert, Vilnius, LT
2020 Brass Tacks. Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco, CA
First Impressions. Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA
2019 The Way Nets Cannot Hold Water. Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Soft/Wet. Recology, San Francisco, CA
2026 Forms of Connection, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
We May Be Soft, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
2025 Service Tension, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
Pile of Shit, Side Bitch Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sacred Threads, Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2024 Firmament. The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Dump Show. Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mad Dash. John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Apex, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 HeyDay. Equity Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Outmoded Shapes, Blanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Queer Threads. San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
2022 La Biennial de Lyon. Lyon, France (in collaboration with Nicki Green)
Midas. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2021 Spirit & Flesh. / (SLASH), San Francisco, CA
Reclaimed. Bedford Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Surfacing. Mono Practice, Baltimore, MD
Typos + Spills. Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Lands Beyond. Anglim Gilbert. San Francisco, CA
What Is Left Behind. Eleanor Harwood Gallery. San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition. Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Out of Line. Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Laughter and Tears. Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 We’ve Been Among You. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2021 MONOLITH. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2021 NEA Exhibition Grant, for MONOLITH with Southern Exposure
2020 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant
2019 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award
2017 San Francisco Queer Cultural Center, Emerging Scholar Award
2024 Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship
2022 Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
ARTHAUS, Havana, Cuba
John Michael Kohler Art Center Artist in Residence, Kohler, WI
2021 Facebook Artist In Residence, San Francisco, CA
2020 Curatorial Council, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Cecilia Vicuna: Reading Room, The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
2019 MFA Fellowship UC Berkeley, CA
ACRE, Steuben, WI
Recology, San Francisco, CA
2019 University of California, Berkeley, MFA Art Practice. Berkeley, CA
2011 Savannah College of Art and Design, BFA Fibers. Savannah, GA
2022 Protean Survivalism. Rupert, Vilnius, LT
2020 Brass Tacks. Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco, CA
First Impressions. Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA
2019 The Way Nets Cannot Hold Water. Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Soft/Wet. Recology, San Francisco, CA
2026 Forms of Connection, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
We May Be Soft, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
2025 Service Tension, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
Pile of Shit, Side Bitch Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sacred Threads, Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2024 Firmament. The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Dump Show. Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mad Dash. John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Apex, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 HeyDay. Equity Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Outmoded Shapes, Blanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Queer Threads. San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
2022 La Biennial de Lyon. Lyon, France (in collaboration with Nicki Green)
Midas. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2021 Spirit & Flesh. / (SLASH), San Francisco, CA
Reclaimed. Bedford Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Surfacing. Mono Practice, Baltimore, MD
Typos + Spills. Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Lands Beyond. Anglim Gilbert. San Francisco, CA
What Is Left Behind. Eleanor Harwood Gallery. San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition. Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Out of Line. Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Laughter and Tears. Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 We’ve Been Among You. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2021 MONOLITH. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2021 NEA Exhibition Grant, for MONOLITH with Southern Exposure
2020 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant
2019 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award
2017 San Francisco Queer Cultural Center, Emerging Scholar Award
2024 Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship
2022 Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
ARTHAUS, Havana, Cuba
John Michael Kohler Art Center Artist in Residence, Kohler, WI
2021 Facebook Artist In Residence, San Francisco, CA
2020 Curatorial Council, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Cecilia Vicuna: Reading Room, The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
2019 MFA Fellowship UC Berkeley, CA
ACRE, Steuben, WI
Recology, San Francisco, CA
2019 University of California, Berkeley, MFA Art Practice. Berkeley, CA
2011 Savannah College of Art and Design, BFA Fibers. Savannah, GA