Education

    2004 - MFA, Painting

                 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

    1997 - BFA, Painting

                 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Solo Shows

    2010 - Works of Ordinary Madness, Slate Grey Studios, Savannah, GA

    2010 - Five Bottle Stud, Hang Fire, Savannah, GA

    2008 - Specific Lines, A Collaborative Installation of Wall Drawings, The Diamond Plate Space,   

                 Savannah, GA

    2004 - Letting the Accident Ride Shotgun, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

    2003 - Selected Works, S&L Gallery, Savannah, GA

    2003 - Selected Works, Design 360 Gallery, Savannah, GA

Selected Group Shows

     2010 - Wall Works, Slate Grey Space, Savannah, Ga

     2010 - Inaugural Fold, Atwells, Savannah, GA

     2010 - Works on Paper, Atwells, Savannah, GA

     2010 - Artorama, Atwells, Savannah, GA

     2008 - Wall Drawings, Open Studio - Visiting Alumni, Savannah College of Art and Design,

                 Savannah, GA

     2008 - The Best of 2 Car Garage - The Collectors Exhibition, 2 Car Garage Contemporary

                 Art Gallery, Savannah, GA

     2007 - Small Works, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

     2007 - Seven from Savannah, 2 Car Garage Contemporary Art Gallery, Savannah, GA

     2006 - Follow Up, sideSPACE Gallery, Pasadena, CA

     2006 - Book-Art Project, Artetica Gallery, Rome, Italy

     2005 - Speakeasy, UPspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

     2005 - Group Show, Boveri Gallery, Kansas City, MO

     2005 - Semiconductors: Painting the Transmission of Information, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

     2002 - Group Show, Gallery 28, Savannah, GA

     2001 - Opening @ Emerald Lake, Gallery NoMad, Atlanta, GA

     2001 - Opening @ 127 Pearl Street, Gallery NoMad, Atlanta, GA

     2001 - Opening @ 609 Cherokee Avenue, Gallery NoMad, Atlanta, GA

     2001 - Opening @ 702 Boulevard SE, Gallery NoMad, Atlanta, GA

     1999 - Contemporary Visions, The Visual Arts Society, Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, BWI

Release Dates

     2010 - The Art Ball - Christine Hall, Friday, April 16, Savannah, GA

     2008 - The Art Ball - Brit Turner, Tuesday, July 1, Savannah, GA

     2007 - The Art Ball - Eric Standley, Sunday, October 21, Savannah, GA

     2007 - The Art Ball - Heather Lindsey Stewart, Wednesday, July 4, Savannah, GA

     2007 - The Art Ball - Jason Myers, Tuesday, March 14, Savannah, GA

     2006 - The Art Ball - Wes Daniel, Thursday, December 7, Savannah, GA

     2006 - The Art Ball - Milutin Pavlovic, Friday, December 1, Savannah, GA

Public works & Charity Exhibitions

     2008 - Floor Drawing – 1st Saturday Event, Jepson Center Atrium, Telfair Museum of Art,

                  Savannah, GA.

     2008 - 4^th Annual “An Evening in Monte Carlo”, The William Jay Society, Savannah, GA

     2007 - Relay for life – Silent Auction & Benefit, American Cancer Society, Savannah GA

     2007 - 3rd Annual “An Evening in Monte Carlo”, The William Jay Society, Savannah, GA

     2004 - The 100% Charity Show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

     2004 - Silent Auction, The American Diabetes Association, Savannah, GA

     2003 - Georgia Regional Hospital, Psychiatric Unit, Savannah, GA

Professional Experience

     Present - Senior Preparator, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah GA

     Present - Founder, Editor and Publisher, SALiT Magazine, Savannah GA

     2004-2006 - Senior Preparator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

     2004 - Guest Speaker, Food for the Eyes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

     2004 - Teaching Assistant, Introductory to Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, 

                 Savannah, GA

     2004 - Teaching Assistant, Drawing II, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

     1999 - Instructor, Intro to Painting, The Visual Arts Society, Grand Cayman Island,  

                 Cayman Islands, BWI

Publications

     2008 - If and It, With Cold Hands, cd case cover art.

     2008 - Bertha Husband, Specific Lines, Art Review, Connect Savannah, Oct 22 – Oct 28, 2008, pg. 38.

     2008 - Heath Ritch, New Town – a novel, SALiT Press.

     2008 - Heath Ritch, All I Could Hear Was The Thunderball Slap Of The Redneck Engine – collected

                 poems, SALiT Press.

     2007 - Heath Ritch, Story Time, Episode 3 (7B04), Produced by Tim Hall, Public Access Channel.   

                 Chicago, IL

     2007 - Heath Ritch, A Casual Fog – a novel, SALiT Press.

     2006 - Southern Accents Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 6, Nov.-Dec.

     2006 - Heath Ritch, Review of - It Doesn't Need A Title, GOCA (Gallery of Contemporary Art) Limited

                 Edition Catalogs, pages 3-10.

     2005 - Craig Drennen, Semiconductors: Painting the Transmission of Information, Curatorial Essay,

                 Los Angeles, CA

     2004 - Monique Bos, Accident Produces Art, The Chronicle Newspaper, Vol. 4, No. 31, Savannah, GA

     1999 - Cayman 27 News, Television Interview, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI

     1999 - Cayman Compass Newspaper, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI