series: American Drawings & Sculptures
solo: There’s no “I” in “Win,” Houston || How to make Enemies Friends, BasketShop
group: Diverge/Convene, San Diego || Let’s Fly, Site 131, Dallas || The Art of Sexperimentation, Motorbunny || Babel’s Bricks, North Adams || Patent Pending, Sherman || 222 Invitational, Roswell || Roswell Artists in Residence 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Roswell Museum & Art Center || The Political Seducer’s Diary, Performance Art Houston Instagram Event
residencies: The Hambidge Center, Georgia
A series of works considering American notions, stereotypes, politics, and labor class.
American Drawings
“American Drawing: Stool” 30×22 acrylic, graphite on paper “American Drawing: Megaphone/Asshat” 30×22 acrylic, graphite on paper “American Drawing: Planter” 30×22 acrylic, graphite on paper “Apocalyspe Prevention Kit” acrylic, graphite on paper_ 30″x22″ “Ignorance Juicer” acrylic, graphite on paper_ 30″x22″ “Electric Lasso Disco Power or Impromptu Bondage Maker” acrylic, graphite on paper_30″x22″ “Birds of a Feather… are stupid together” acrylic, graphite on paper_ 30″x22″ “Robot handshakes hurt” acrylic, graphite on paper_ 30″x22″ “Complexity Reduction Framework” acrylic, graphite on paper_ 30″x22″ “Brute Force Politics Fixer Thingy” acrylic, graphite on paper_ 30″x22″ “How to make enemies friends” graphite, acrylic on paper_30″x22″
American Paintings
“American Painting: Megaphone” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Stool” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Stack” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Stack” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Tire” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Jacked” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Jacked” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Maya Ball Court” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Stacked II” acrylic on panel “American Painting: Stacked II” (detail) acrylic on panel
Blind
Political Tools: Seduction I
Seduction Tools: Actuality was drowned in the poetic // rescued from becoming interesting Seduction Tools: The occasion of the calamity//pile yourselves up over my head Seduction Tools: intimating an infinite depth // perhaps you are incognit Seduction Tools: strength was a sickness // actuality did not have enough stimulation He assumed a parasitic body, and then was sheer sensuousness
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

There’s no “I” in “Win”
BLUEorange, Houston [link]
March 18 – April 14, 2017
PRESS: Houston Press, by Tex Kershen [link]
PRESS: “Top 5: April 6, 2017” Glasstire.com [link]

How to make Enemies Friends
BasketShop [link]
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 8- August 12, 2017
Press: “What to do, hear, see || July 5-11” Movers & Makers
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Diverge/Convene
April-May, 2017
San Diego Art Institute [link]
San Diego, California
American Sculpture: V is for Success

Let’s Fly
21 January 2017, 7:30 PM
Site 131, Dallas [link]
Paul Abbott, Willie Baronet, Derek Boshier, James Buss, Hunter Cross, Kelly DeLay, Celia Dias, Nofa Dixon, Celia Eberle, Jeff Gibbons, Nate Glaspie, Sally Glass, Josh Goode, Susan Kae Grant, T J Griffin, Luke Harnden, Terry Hays, Joshua King, Iva Kinnaird, Debbie Klein, Kelly Kroener, Travis LaMothe, Darryl Lauster, Carrie Markello, Michael Mazurek, Clay McClure, Lauren Muggeo, Roberto Munguia, Celia Muñoz, Pamela Nelson, McKay Otto, Sally Packard, Art Peña, Susie Phillips, John Pomara, Eduardo Portillo, Carlyn Ray, Ryder Richards, Kathy Robinson-Hays, Adrienne T Rosenberg, Joel Sampson, Meet the Schwarzes, Benjamin Terry, Angelika J Trojnarski, Liz Trosper, Zeke Williams, Paul Winker, and Longhui Zhang.

The Art Of Sexperimentation: An Exploration Of Sexual Creativity in the Pursuit of Climax
A collaborative project between Sue Anne Rische and Ryder Richards
A Motorbunny Project
PRESS: “Fun with a Sex Machine” by Christina Rees, Glasstire.com

Babel’s Bricks
Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, Massachusetts
May 25-June 25, 2017
Curated by Corwin Lev
PRESS: “Babel’s Bricks: The Power of Play” by Michelle Aldredge, gwarlingo.com

Patent Pending
Austin College, Sherman, TX
March 20th – April 21, 2017

Roswell Artist in Residence 50th Anniversary Exhibition
ROSWELL MUSEUM AND ART CENTER [link]
Roswell, New Mexico
October 6, 2017 – April 6, 2018

222 Invitational
(part of the RAiR 50th Anniversary)
curator: Trey Nesseldrodt
ISAAC’s PIPE & SUPPLY, Roswell, New Mexico
October 5-8, 2017
Praxis Apparatus: Liberal Elitist Scum + Primitive Working Class

The Political Seducer’s Diary
Performance Art Houston
an Instagram-based performance art event curated by Jeanette Joy Harris
based on Keirkegaard’s “The Seducer’s Diary” [link]
Ryder’s event: December 2-8, 2017
Political Tools: Seduction I
Political Tools: Seduction II
Press: Performing a Seduction: Performance Art Houston’s “Political Seducer’s Diary” by Jeanette Joy Harris & Steven Martz, Political Animal Magazine [link]
RESIDENCY
The Hambidge Center [link]
Rabun Gap, Georgia
April 18-April 30, 2017