NEWS:

"In Motion" opens at Anticus Gallery, Scottsdale on Jan 6th 6-9pm. 

Ridgeway awarded the Botticelli International Prize for 2024. It will be presented at the Borghese Palace on January 20th.



Ridgeway was awarded the Michelangelo International Prize on July 22 in Rome.  



Ridgeway was awarded the "Collectors Art Prize" from American Art Curator Magazine. Click Here.




Ridgeway has been awarded the 2023 Leonardo daVinci International Prize. 



Solo Exhibitions in 2023:
NYB Gallery in Kirkland, Wa, a beautiful suburb on the west side of Seattle. "A Love Letter" Dec 2, 2022 - Feb 18, 2023.
Southwest Gallery in Dallas, Tx opened May 20, 2023
"In Motion" opens Sept 15, 2023 at Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.


2022 Awards:

October 21, at the Louvre, Paris

The Paris International Prize




April 20, Milan
The Carravaggio
International Prize



The Leonardo daVinci International Prize
presented Feb. 6, 2022 at the Borghese Palace in Florence, Italy.



Most recent solo exhibition:



"The Language of Light" Sept 2022 at Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM.
 The Catalog.



Jan 2021
The Michalengelo International Prize, Rome, Italy


~~ from the curator, Dott. Salvatore Russo, Rome, Italy:
"You have been awarded the Michelangelo Award because you have the same quality as Paul Jenkins, and you continue his research, enriching it with a feminine style characterized by the great strength of color and power of the design".



Click HERE to read critical review by Dr. Salvatore Russo, "Bette Ridgeway the True Heir of Paul Jenkins."


Galleries:

Anticus Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

NYB Gallery in Kirkland, Wa. (Seattle)

Southwest Gallery in Dallas, TX 

Shaw Gallery in Naples, Florida.

Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM.

MAC Fine Art in Ft. Lauderdale, Jupiter & Delray Florida.

Hanson Fine Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA.

Jones & Terwilliger Gallery in Palm Desert, Ca.
and Carmel by the Sea, Ca.



International AWARD:

2020 Leonardo DaVinci Prize, presented in Florence, Italy Jan. 25, 2020




In 2019:

International Prize - Artist of the Year
Presented in Mantua, Italy in June 2019




Ridgeway completed a major commission for the Boro Tower in Tysons, Virginia.  "Arc of the Imaginals" a triptych 15 feet x 21 feet, was installed on Jan 12, 2019.
Photo: Dane Penland 

Click HERE for film on the project by Carlo Zanella.

Venice Biennale 2019:
The artist's work was selected for Woman's Essence, a concomitant event of the 58th Biennale in Venice, Italy in May 10-19, 2019.
The exhibition is curated by noted curator and critic, Dr. Laura di Trapani who is also editor of the exhibition catalog.
Ridgeway was p
resented with the WAA Prize:
The Woman Art Award 2019experimentation in technique that uses light in unique ways".
~~ Dott. Francesco Saverio Russo, Curator, Rome
 

The artist received the prestigious 2012 Oxford Univ. Alumni of Tuscany Prize at Chianciano Art Museum's  "Art of the Mind" exhibition in the Chianciano Art Museum in September 2012. This exhibition is the first to be entirely abstract art.

For more information:

Click HERE to view the catalog online

 

Ridgeway participated in the London Art Biennale in Jan 2013.

 

A Fashion Collaboration:

The artist collaborated with well-known Japanese Fashion Designer, Mihara Yasuhiro on his 2013 Spring and Summer Womens collection.  The designer, who has been described as the young and hip Ralph Lauren, used Ridgeway's transparent images to create both 100% silk and stunning European-style knits for dresses, pants, blouses and exquisite t-shirts.  

"Color of Butterfly" was launched during Fall Paris Fashion Week in October 2012. The designer is revered throughout Europe and Asia for his unique and eclectic designs.

 

Click HERE for video installation of "Color of Butterfly"

Click HERE to visit Mihara Yasuhiro's website. 

  

 

 

news | galleries | awards

NEWS:

"In Motion" opens at Anticus Gallery, Scottsdale on Jan 6th 6-9pm. 

Ridgeway awarded the Botticelli International Prize for 2024. It will be presented at the Borghese Palace on January 20th.



Ridgeway was awarded the Michelangelo International Prize on July 22 in Rome.  



Ridgeway was awarded the "Collectors Art Prize" from American Art Curator Magazine. Click Here.




Ridgeway has been awarded the 2023 Leonardo daVinci International Prize. 



Solo Exhibitions in 2023:
NYB Gallery in Kirkland, Wa, a beautiful suburb on the west side of Seattle. "A Love Letter" Dec 2, 2022 - Feb 18, 2023.
Southwest Gallery in Dallas, Tx opened May 20, 2023
"In Motion" opens Sept 15, 2023 at Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.


2022 Awards:

October 21, at the Louvre, Paris

The Paris International Prize




April 20, Milan
The Carravaggio
International Prize



The Leonardo daVinci International Prize
presented Feb. 6, 2022 at the Borghese Palace in Florence, Italy.



Most recent solo exhibition:



"The Language of Light" Sept 2022 at Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM.
 The Catalog.



Jan 2021
The Michalengelo International Prize, Rome, Italy


~~ from the curator, Dott. Salvatore Russo, Rome, Italy:
"You have been awarded the Michelangelo Award because you have the same quality as Paul Jenkins, and you continue his research, enriching it with a feminine style characterized by the great strength of color and power of the design".



Click HERE to read critical review by Dr. Salvatore Russo, "Bette Ridgeway the True Heir of Paul Jenkins."


Galleries:

Anticus Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

NYB Gallery in Kirkland, Wa. (Seattle)

Southwest Gallery in Dallas, TX 

Shaw Gallery in Naples, Florida.

Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM.

MAC Fine Art in Ft. Lauderdale, Jupiter & Delray Florida.

Hanson Fine Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA.

Jones & Terwilliger Gallery in Palm Desert, Ca.
and Carmel by the Sea, Ca.



International AWARD:

2020 Leonardo DaVinci Prize, presented in Florence, Italy Jan. 25, 2020




In 2019:

International Prize - Artist of the Year
Presented in Mantua, Italy in June 2019




Ridgeway completed a major commission for the Boro Tower in Tysons, Virginia.  "Arc of the Imaginals" a triptych 15 feet x 21 feet, was installed on Jan 12, 2019.
Photo: Dane Penland 

Click HERE for film on the project by Carlo Zanella.

Venice Biennale 2019:
The artist's work was selected for Woman's Essence, a concomitant event of the 58th Biennale in Venice, Italy in May 10-19, 2019.
The exhibition is curated by noted curator and critic, Dr. Laura di Trapani who is also editor of the exhibition catalog.
Ridgeway was p
resented with the WAA Prize:
The Woman Art Award 2019experimentation in technique that uses light in unique ways".
~~ Dott. Francesco Saverio Russo, Curator, Rome
 

The artist received the prestigious 2012 Oxford Univ. Alumni of Tuscany Prize at Chianciano Art Museum's  "Art of the Mind" exhibition in the Chianciano Art Museum in September 2012. This exhibition is the first to be entirely abstract art.

For more information:

Click HERE to view the catalog online

 

Ridgeway participated in the London Art Biennale in Jan 2013.

 

A Fashion Collaboration:

The artist collaborated with well-known Japanese Fashion Designer, Mihara Yasuhiro on his 2013 Spring and Summer Womens collection.  The designer, who has been described as the young and hip Ralph Lauren, used Ridgeway's transparent images to create both 100% silk and stunning European-style knits for dresses, pants, blouses and exquisite t-shirts.  

"Color of Butterfly" was launched during Fall Paris Fashion Week in October 2012. The designer is revered throughout Europe and Asia for his unique and eclectic designs.

 

Click HERE for video installation of "Color of Butterfly"

Click HERE to visit Mihara Yasuhiro's website.