“My paintings are a spontaneous occurrence, born of experience, but maturing reflexively in the process of creation. My technique is controlled improvisation. Gravity is my medium. Images are caught with intent”. It is best explained in this short film.
Noteworthy Awards:
The artist has been awarded Artist of the Year 2025 by the Effeto Arte Foundation in Rome. Last year she won the Leonardo daVinci International Prize and the Goya & Velasquez Prize. In 2023 the artist received both the Leonardo DaVinci International prize and the Michelangelo Prize. Other notable awards include: 2022 Caravaggio Prize, Top 60 International Contemporary Masters by Art Tour International Magazine and the Oxford University Alumnae Award at Chianciano Museum in Florence, Italy.
Selected Collections:
The Mayo Clinic, Federal Reserve Bank and the John Deere Corporate Collection, the Boro Tower in Tysons, Va are amongst Ridgeway’s many permanent public placements. Others include: The Sammons Trauma Center, Methodist Hospital, Dallas, TX, Northwestern University, Nexus Health in Santa Fe, NM and the University of New Mexico Hospital.
Exhibitions:
Global exhibitions in 85+ museums, universities and galleries, including: Palais Royale, Paris, Embassy of Madagascar , DC and the inaugural London Art Biennale.
Recent Press & Publications:
Interview with Contemporary Art Magazine, Monk Magazine UK Interview, Its Liquid, Apero Magazine , Click here for a film on her largest public commission.
“Contradictions”
acrylic with gold on canvas
60 x 50 inches (rstretched)
“
acrylic with gold on canvas
62 x 44 inches (stretched)
60 x 54 inches (rolled)
acrylic with gold & bronze on canvas 60 x 54 (stretched)
“
”
Acrylic with copper & gold on canvas
68 x 48 inches (rolled)
on linen 66 x 84 inches (rolled)
“Spectral Memory”
acrylic on canvas 52 x 66 inches (stretched)
60
“
64 x 48 inches (rolled)
72 x 48 inches (rolled)
“Twilight” acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas 48 x 58 inches (stretched)
“Monsoon Season”
acrylic on canvas
36 x 52 inches (rolled)
bronze on canvas
78 x 76 inches (rolled)
68 x 52 inches (stretched)
“
62 x 48 inches (stretched)
acrylic with gold on canvas
42 x 46 inches (stretched)
“Spectral Window”
acrylic with gold on canvas
48 x 29.5 inches (stretched)
“Memories of the Future” acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas 62 x 48 inches (stretched)
“
”
acrylic on canvas 51 x 79 inches (framed)
acrylic
58 x 50 inches
“Beyond” acrylic with gold , silver, pink gold on canvas 60 x 42 inches (rolled)
“We’re Havin’ a Heat Wave”
acrylic
on canvas
52 x 80 inches (rolled)
72 x 50 inches (stretched)
“Summer Symphony”
acrylic with copper on canvas 58 x 48 inches (stretched)
“ A Day at the Circus”
60 x 48 inches (rolled)
acrylic on canvas
28 x 52 inches (rolled)
“
78 x 54 inches Framed
“Light in the Chaos” Diptych acrylic with gold leaf on cradled boards 12 x 12 inches each
