Solo Exhibitions
2023
Timothy Tew Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2022
Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
Forum Gallery, New York, NY2021
Hinson Art Museum, Wingate University, Monroe, NC
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI2020
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA2019
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2018
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CAHeather Gaudio Fine Art, New Caanan, CT
2017
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Hoyt Art Center, New Castle, PA
Tew Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Clear Seeing Place, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Scallop Pond, New Paintings, Peter Marcelle Project, Southampton, NY
2015
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2014
Saltwater, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings by Brian Rutenberg, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2012
River, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Brian Rutenberg: Paintings and Drawings, Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
I Will Tell You A Place: Paintings by Brian Rutenberg, The Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Low Dense, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2008
Palmetto, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA
2006
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2005
Carolina, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, TN
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, CA
2003
John Raimondi Gallery, Vitale, Caturano & Co., Boston, MA
Recent Landscape Paintings, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2002
Algonquin, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tippy-Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Artists to Artists, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO
2001
A Ten Year Survey, Butler Institute of American Art, Warren, OH
Hidell-Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Tippy-Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Gallery, Toronto, Canada
A special exhibition sponsored by the Glenn Gould Foundation, Hidell-Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998
Burroughs-Chapin Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, SC
University of South Carolina-Beaufort, SC
Fine Arts Center of Camden County, Camden, SC
Wells Gallery, Charleston, SC
1997
Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, SC
National Library of Canada, Glenn Gould Exhibition Website, Ottawa
1995
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
1994
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Fridholm Gallery, Asheville, NC
1993
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Fridholm Gallery, Asheville, NC
1992
Fridholm Gallery, Asheville, NC
1989
Francis Marion College Art Gallery, Florence, SC
Group Exhibitions
2022
Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
2021
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SCHaynes Galleries, Franklin, TN
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2018
MM fine Art Advisory, Southhampton, NY
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA2017-18
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SCForum Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2016
92nd St. Y Art Center, New York, NY
20/21 – VISIONARY ARTISTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Nature Unbound, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Timothy Tew Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014
46th Collector’s Show and Sale, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2013
Singular Vision, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
W.O.P, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
45th Annual Collector’s Show & Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Rebekah Jacob Gallery, Charleston, SC
Room with a View, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
Dark Eye Glances: Romantic Impulse in Landscape, Stedman Gallery at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, NJ
2012
Five Decades: Art and Artists of Forum Gallery: 1962–2012, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
State Museum of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2011
43rd Collectors Show & Sale, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Vantage Point 2011, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Private Beauty, Martin County Courthouse Cultural Center, Stuart, FL
2010
Contemporary Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture: A Summer Selection, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2009
Summer Selections, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
South Carolina Selections: Ideas Distanced from Objects, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Abstraction in the South, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
25/25, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2008
New Acquisitions, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2007
The Contemporary Landscapes Show, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2006
Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Eva Carter Gallery, Charleston, SC
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
75th Anniversary Exhibition, Weill Art Gallery, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2005
John Raimondi Gallery, Boston, MA
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Burroughs-Chapin Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, SC
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2004
Transamerica Corporation Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Burroughs-Chapin Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, SC
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Terra Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Ace Gallery, New York, NY
Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, WV
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
2002
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Tippy-Stern Gallery, Charleston, SC
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Hidell-Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2001
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Tippy-Stern Gallery, Charleston, SC
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Hidell-Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Tippy-Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, B.C.
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
McAllen Art Museum, McAllen, TX
Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1997
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
American Academy of Arts & Letters Invitational, New York, NY
Radix Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Art Initiatives, New York, NY
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
1995
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Artists from the Permanent Collection, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
1994
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
808 Penn Modern Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1993
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
Abstraction Per Se, Pratt Institute Manhattan, NY
University of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Fridholm Fine Arts, Asheville, NC
1992
Dean Velentgas Gallery, Portland, ME
Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Piccolo Spoleto Festival, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
1990
Biennial Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
Washington Square Art Gallery, New York, NY
Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, SC
Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
1989–88
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (multiple exhibitions)
Piccolo Spoleto, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
1987
Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Piccolo Spoleto, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (curator: Will Insley)
1986
Beyond Rainbow Row, Charleston County Library, SC
Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, SC
Lenexa Art Center, Lenexa, KS
Piccolo Spoleto, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
1985
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Awards
2018
Commencement Speaker and Honorary Doctorate, College of Charleston, SC
2004
Fellowship in Painting, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2002
Spring Island Trust Award
2000
Peter S. Reed Foundation Award
Sea Island Trust Visiting Artist
1997
Fulbright Scholarship
Artists Work Programme Studio Grant, Irish Museum of Modern Art
1993
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
1991
Basil Alkazzi Award USA
Ragdale Foundation Fellowship
1988
MFA Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts
1987
Laura Bragg Memorial Award
Museum and Public Collections
Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Bronx Museum of Art, NY
Burroughs-Chapin Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, SC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Carolina First Bank, Greenville, SC
College of Charleston Foundation, SC
The Colony Group, Boston, MA
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Dow Jones & Co., New York, NY
Drive Time, Tempe, AZ
Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA
First National Bank of Chicago, Detroit, MI
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Hoyt Art Center, New Castle, PA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC
McGladrey, Charlestown, MA
MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas, NV
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Naples Art Museum, Naples, FL
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
The Ozer Group, Needham, MA
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, CA
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
Saks Fifth Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Showboat Casino, Inc., Atlantic City, NJ
South Carolina Arts Commission State Art Collection
Spring Island Trust, Spring Island, SC
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Stoneridge Corporation, Warren, OH
Strategic Search Inc., Charlotte, NC
Swiss Re Corporation, New York, NY
University of Arkansas Hospital for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Wilmington Trust Co., New York, NY
Yale University Gallery of Art, New Haven, CT