We no longer look toward the future for technology and progress to elevate our lives. The remnants of past generations stay behind and we become stewards of these icons of a growing culture both physically and metaphorically. I continually draw inspiration from places around where I live, particularly sites in older areas hidden from the flow of traffic. Places not yet desirable for redevelopment. I see businesses leaving up old damaged signs and raising new signs in front of the old. The original signs--having lasted decades--are then semi-obscured by inexpensive digital prints. This forms a vision of history no longer being removed for the sake of progress but rather left as a shadow of inception. This contemporary aesthetic is seen within the places we live as well. Layers of wallpaper and paint hide a history that continually bubbles through to the surface.
Education
School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Master of Fine Art, 2004
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, Bachelor of Fine Art, 1997
Solo Exhibitions
Pence-Chowning Art Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY, 2024 (scheduled)
Birke Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, “Divide and Follow,” 2023
The Gallery at the Greenly Center, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, “Timing is Everything,” 2023
Vault Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, “Approximating Release,” 2022Rosefsky Art Gallery, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, “If It Was Funny, Wouldn’t We All Be Laughing,”2022
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, “Fall Solos,” 2021
Tiny Pedestal, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH, 2021
CANO, Oneonta, NY, “Approximating Release,” 2020
Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA, “Objects of aesthetic Remorse,” 2020
Pajama Factory, Second Floor Lobby, Williamsport, PA, “Internal Pressure,” 2019
John Sloan Gallery, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA, “A Customary Redaction,” 2018 Cube Gallery, Raleigh, NC, “Living Goodbye,” 2017
Crenson Gallery, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, “Standing Room,” 2017
Terminal 136 University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, “Borrowed Air,” 2016
Demo Project, Springfield, IL, “Unfavored Air,” 2016
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, “House Wear,” 2016
York College Gallery at Marketview Arts, York, PA, “Expecting the Expected,” 2015
John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 2014
Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, “Goodbye Norman Lear,” 2014
Terminal Physical Space, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2013
Living Gallery Program, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, “Languish of Patience,” 2013
The Niche, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2012
Vox Populi, Guest Artist Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Anywhere Sometime,” 2012
Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2011
The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN, “Planned Coincidence,” 2010
Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, TN, “Yardwork,” 2010
Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, “Ron Lambert / Photography and Sculpture,” 2009
Lexington Art League Project Space, Lexington, KY, “In Defense of a Quickening Pace,” 2007
Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Status,” 2007
Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA, “In Climate,” 2006
Recent Group Exhibitions
Fall River Government Center, Fall River, MA, “Unfixed Concrete Ideal,” curated by Ben Sloat and Allyson Vieira, 2023 (catalog
Boston City Hall, Boston, MA, “Unfixed Concrete Ideal,” curated by Ben Sloat and Allyson Vieira, 2023
The Art Grind, Danville, PA, “Tiny Prints,” 2023
The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA, “100 Miles,” 2023 (catalog)
Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA, “Cannibals of Love,” 2023
The Gallery at the Greenly Center, Bloomsburg, PA, “Connect the Dots,” 2022
The Art Grind, Danville, PA, “Material Matters,” (two-person show with Lonnie Farrare), 2022
Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, “Art of the State,” 2021The Art Grind, Danville, PA, “Human/Nature,” 2021
Well Well Projects, Portland, OR, “What’s So Funny,” 2021
Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN, “Teachable Moments,” 2020
Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, “What’s So Funny About the End of the World?,” curated by Chalet Comellas, 2019
Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA, “Unsolicited Submissions,” 2019
King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD, “House Works,” (two-person show with Hollis McCracken), 2019
Video Wall, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2019
Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, “Residue,” 2017
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Wish You Were Here Annual Postcard Show,” 2017
Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot SD, “Americas 2017: Paperworks,” 2017 (catalog)
sUgAR Gallery University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, ‘In Which We Dwell,” 2016
Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA, “Etiology,” (two-person show with Meredith Grimsley), 2016
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, South Korea, “International Experimental Film & Video Exhibition,” 2016
Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Remains of the Real,” 2016
Lycoming Campus Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA, “Transformed Realities,” 2015
Gallery Hall, Marketview Arts, York, PA, “Mirror Mirror,” 2015 (catalog)
Tieton Arts& Humanities, Tieton, WA, “10x10x10 Tieton,” 2015 (catalog)
Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, “Everyday Is Ordinary,” curated by Jacqueline McGilvary, 2015
Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2015
Heliopolis Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Vanishing Act,” curated by Karen Seapker, 2015
Electronic Gallery, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, “Alternative Topographies: An Exploration of Place(s)...,” 2015
COOP hotel room popup exhibition, Wyndham Grand, Pittsburgh, PA, “Turndown Service,” 2015
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, “Nor’Easter,” 2015
Tate Britain, London, England, “All Glitched Up,” 2014
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, “In/Light,” 2014
Dogwood Artists Workspace, Columbia, MO, “Unmonumental,” 2014 (catalog)
Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY, “Ecstatically Quiet,” (three-person show with Nikki Painter and Derek Larsen), 2014
Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Gist,” (two-person show with Christopher Moss) 2014
Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA, “Metamorphic,” 2014 curated by Kasey Lyon
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA, “See The Light,” 2014
Unsmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA, “Terrestrial,” curated by Virginia Grizwald and Karen Seapker, 2014
Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, “Shoebox: An International Sculpture Exhibit,”2014
Downtown Gallery, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, “City of Tiny Lights,” 2013
Conte Community Arts Gallery, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, “Abstractometry,” 2013
Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT, “Video Art Exhibition Series,” 2013
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, “The Mediums Session,” curated by Patrick DeGuira, 2013
Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Punch and Judy,” curated by Terry Thacker, 2013
Open Gallery, Nashville, TN, “Parting Is,” (two-person show with Ruth Zelanski), 2013
Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY, “Squint: Waking Dreams of the Caffeinated Hippy,” Curated by Paul Collins, 2013
MoMA, New York, NY, “Abstract Currents: An Interactive Video Event,”2013
Ohio University Art Gallery, Ohio University, Athens OH, “Borders and Boundaries,” 2013 (catalog)
Recent Screenings/Festivals
Adjusting the Lens, Unrequited Leisure Gallery, Nashville, TN, November 9, 2019
Mediated: An Urban Projection Event, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, May 6, 2016
Wayfinding Film Festival, Traveling Video Screening:
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, August 2-3, 2014
Farmers Market Belfast, ME, August 8, 2014
Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, August 9, 2014
Avenue Concept, Providence, RI, August 16, 2014
O+ Festival, Kingston, NY, October 10-12, 2014
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Canada, June 25, 2015
Flint Free City Festival, Flint MI, July 3-4, 2015
Comfort Station, Chicago IL, July 12, 2015
Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Space, Pittsburgh, PA, July 19, 2015
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, August 22, 2015
Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY, September 27, 2015
Attention, Track One Building, Nashville, TN, June 20, 2014
Flint Projection, Spencer’s Art House, Flint, MI, May 30, 2014
1 Minute Film Festival, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, October 5, 2013
20/92 Video Screening, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA, September 2013
REACH One Minute Vid-Fest, Popcorn Noir, Easthampton, MA, April 2013
Residency
Vermont Studio Center 2023
Recent Publications
Uncertain Concrete Ideal, Exhibition Catalog
100 Miles: The Regional Juried Exhibition Catalog
Americas 2017: Paperworks Exhibition Catalog W2S 2016, Exhibition Catalog
Mirror Mirror, Exhibition Catalog
10x10x10 Teiton, Exhibition Catalog
Unmonumental Project, Exhibition Catalog
Who’s Who In American Art 2015, 35th edition
City of Tiny Lights, Exhibition Catalog
Borders and Boundaries, Exhibition Catalog
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts by Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Recent Reviews
Joseph and Barre Ann George, “Get an appetite for love at Ejecta Projects,” The Sentinel, Carlisle PA, April 19, 2023
Leah Anderson, “Ely Center Artists Wake Up the World,” Arts Council of Greater New Haven, New Haven, CT, October 12, 2021
Brian Slattery, “Ely Center Orders Up Chaos,” The New Haven Independent, New Haven, CT, October 1, 2021
Joseph and Barrie Ann George, “Ejecta Projects returns with Lambert solo exhibit,” The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa, August 20, 2020
Mark Jenkins, “Lambert & McCracken” Washington Post, Washington DC, April 26, 2019
Kody Ford, “sUgAR Gallery Presents: “In Which We Dwell” featuring Hillary, Tyler Beard, Andrew Blanchard, Adam Ekberg, Matthew F. Fisher & Ron Lambert,”
The Idle Class Magazine, Fayetteville Arkansas, September 8, 2016
Rachel Atwell & Scott Faingold, “The Scene Speaks With DEMO Artists,” NPR Springfield Illinois, August 4, 2016
Steve Bennett, “Blue Star exhibition celebrates the mundane,” San Antonio Express News, June 12, 2015
Dan R. Goddard, “Everyday Life Connects The Dots In New Blue Star Exhibits,” San Antonio Current, June 17, 2015
Catherine D. Anspon, “San Antonio’s Contemporary Art Beacon: Blue Star Art Bounty,” Paper City Magazine, June 19, 2015
Deianira Tolema, “Q and A with Ron Lambert,” Williamsport Sun-Gazette, July 10, 2014
Kennedy Allen, “PW’s Weekend Picks: July 11-13, Ron Lambert and Christopher Moss: Gist,” Philadelphia Weekly, July 11, 2014
Matthew Parrish, “‘Metamorphic’ brings transformational work to Converge Gallery this July,” Williamsport Sun-Gazette, June 25, 2014
Sara Estes, “The Medium’s Session at Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville,” Burnaway.August 2013
Laura Hutson, “The Medium’s Session,” Nashville Scene, July 2013
Laura Hutson, “Artist of the month: Ron Lambert,” Nashville Scene, September 2012
The Murfreesboro Post “‘H x W x D’ exhibit brings new regional artists to MTSU’s Todd Gallery,” February 7, 2012
Laura Hutson, “Conversation Feat. Shepherd Alligood, Dan Brawner and Ron Lambert,” Nashville Scene, August 25, 2011
David Maddox, “Incidental Aesthetics,” Nashville Scene, March 25, 2010
Joe Nolan, “Yardwork at Davis Art Advisory’s Showroom Gallery Nature Boy,” Nashville Scene, March 3, 2010
Sara Estes, “Strange Cocktail: Watkins Mixes Faculty and Student Work,” Nashville Critical, March 2, 2010
Joe Nolan, “Watkins Five + 5 School Daze,” Nashville Scene, February 3, 2010
Joe Nolan, “Best New Addition to the Art Scene,” Nashville Scene, October 2, 2009
Joe Nolan, “What’s Going On Up There,” Nashville Scene, September 2, 2009
Joe Nolan, “Moving Pictures,” Nashville Scene, February 7, 2009
Katherine Rushworth, “Natural Resources,” The Post Standard, March 9, 2008
Adriana Grant, “Status,” Seattle Weekly, June 13, 2007
Beth Sale, “Footprints In The Sand,” Flagpole Magazine, February 7, 2007
Jason Quackenbush, “At Once,” Urban Pollution, July 6, 2006
Regina Hackett, “Sneaky Public Art Coming Your Way at Crawlspace,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 28, 2006
Steven Michael Vroom, “Crawl Space: Personally Public,” Vroom Journal, April 20, 2006
Matthew Kangas, “A Delightful Show of Team Spirit,” The Seattle Times, January 20, 2006
Regina Hackett, “Comfort and Distress Grow in the Landscapes of Lambert’s Mind,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 13, 2006
Jim Demetre, “Ron Lambert at Catherine Person Gallery,” Artdish, January 12, 2006
Regina Hackett, “‘Catalog’ artists chart their experiences,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 23, 2005
Molly Norris, “The Sky’s a Blackboard High Above You,” Art Access, October 2005
James W. Mahoney, “Embedded: Living With Technology,” Art Papers September-October, 2005
Sheila Farr, “Current of fun runs through ‘Electricity II’,” The Seattle Times February 25, 2005
Nate Lippens, “Strange Currency,” The Stranger, February 24, 2005
Beth Sale, “‘Crisis’ at ATHICA,” Flagpole Magazine, February 16, 2005
Collections
Lock Haven University
Swedish Medical Center
Tacoma Art Museum
Joseph Vascovitz Private Collection
Theodore and Noemi Kearns Private Collection
Maryville University Permanent Art Collection
Brooklyn Art Library
Recent Lectures
Bloomsburg University, Gallery Lecture, 2023
Marshall University, Visiting Artist Lecture, 2023
Vermont Studio Center, Resident Presentation, 2023
Susquehanna Museum, Visiting Artist Lecture, 2022
Binghamton University, Visiting Artist Lecture, 2022
Zoom Lecture, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, Gallery Lecture, 2021
Zoom Lecture, CANO Oneonta, Gallery Lecture, 2020
Skype Lecture, Auburn University, Visiting Artist Lecture, 2019
Bloomsburg University, ICS Explores Sustainability Series, Representing Earth, Bloomsburg, PA, 2019
Watkins College of Art, A little More Noise in the System, Nashville, TN, 2019
Montgomery College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Takoma Park, MD, 2019
Cohen Gallery, Gallery Lecture, Alfred NY, 2017
Crenson Gallery, Barrett Art Center, Gallery Lecture, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2016
Lycoming College Art Gallery, Gallery Lecture, Williamsport, PA, 2016
Sculpture Center, Gallery Lecture, Cleveland OH, 2016
SECAC, Alternative Consistency Paper, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015
York College, Visiting Artist Lecture, York, PA, 2015
NYSCC at Alfred University, Gallery Lecture, Alfred, NY, 2015
Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Bloomsburg, PA, 2014
Lipscomb University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Nashville, TN, 2014
SECAC, New Artists to SECAC, Greensboro NC, 2013
Austin Peay State University, Senior Studio Guest Critic, Clarksville, TN, 2013
MTSU, Sculpture Department, Murfreesboro, TN, lecture and guest critic, 2012
Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, Roundtable Discussion on the Importance of Artist Run Spaces, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Vanderbilt University, Senior Studio Class, Nashville, TN, lecture and guest critic, 2011
Vanderbilt University, Sculpture Department, Nashville, TN, artist lecture, 2011
Teaching Experience
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg PA, Associate Professor, 2013- Present
Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, Nashville TN, Assistant Professor, 2008-2013
NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred NY, Visiting Professor, 2006-2008
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA, Lecturer, 2004-2006