SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 The American University of Paris Fine Art Gallery, one man show of drawings and paintings.
2016 Galerie Metanoia, Paris, Artistes Américains à Paris, group show of paintings
2016 Combes Gallery, The American University of Paris, Exhibition of drawings from the publication, Breathing Underwater, Sylph Editions in the UK.
2013 AUP’s 50th anniversary. Donation of granite sculpture to commemerate the university's 50th anniversary
2013 The American University of Paris, three-person show of paintings.
2013 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art, Retrospective group exhibition of ENSAAMA ex-students 1970- 2013, paintings, , Paris.
2012 Casino Gallery, Aix-les-Bains, France Three-person show of paintings.
2012 Espace La Preuve par Neuf, Paris, solo exhibition of drawings, paintings, sculpture
2011 Novosibirsk State Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia, solo show, 70 works, paintings drawings
2011 Haus Kasuya Museum, Kamakura, Japan, with Japanese artist Matsutani, paintings and drawings, two-man show
2011 Sakura City Museum, Japan, “Le chat qui parle”, group show of paintings
2011 Mutsu Gallery, Tokyo, solo show of paintings and drawings
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9IQY2SCBL4 (video of opening with Ralph playing sax)
2011 The American University of Paris Fine Arts Gallery, solo show of drawings for the book Démons Quotidiens, (2011) texts by Nancy Huston, drawings by Ralph Petty
2011 Espace d’Editeur Iconoclaste, Paris, exhibitions of drawings for the book, Démons Quotidiens
2010 Tobinodai Park Museum, Funabashi City, Japan, “Esprit de Jomon II”, group show
2011 Novosibirsk National Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia, solo exhibition of paintings and drawings, the third largest museum in Russia
2010 Eumeria Gallery, Tokyo, exhibitions of paintings, group show comprising of 4 other international artists. There was a symposium on Fuji television on the program “Prime Time News” May 14, Friday, 20:00 -22:00 (Tokyo time) that discussed this exhibition with the theme “Internationalism, localism in the arts”. Prime Time News is one of the major cultural television programs on Japanese television.
2010 T & S Gallery in Tokyo, exhibitions of paintings and drawings, one man show.
2005 Combes Gallery, The American University of Paris Permanent Collection Exhibition, paintings.
Stage set (design and execution) for Samuel Beckett’s Play for the London based Godot Theatre Company.
1999 Cline Contemporary Art Gallery, “New Artists,” Sante Fe, New Mexico.
1997 Mona Bismark Foundation, American Artists in France 1958 – 1998,, Paris.
1992 Eglise St. Pierre-St. Paul, Montreuil – Installation. 250 sq. m. of paintings i in the church for the 500th anniversary of discovery of America.
The city of Montreuil – Paintings, three-man show "Des Amériques".
Parsons School of Design, New York – Drawings.
Prague National Museum, Paintings, selected for the exhibition:
" Contemporary Art in France”
1982 Château de Nieul, France, paintings, sculptures, stained glass
Design, creation and presentation of a 13-meter dragon on the esplanade of the Georges Pompidou Center, Paris (concurrent with the Nieul
Exhibition).
1981. Galerie L'Oriflamme, Paris, sculptures
VIDEO
An American Artist in Paris: Ralph Petty
1980 Directed by Michel Gales and Lorna Monohan,
with the cooperation and assistance of the French Telecom.
TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE
Institutions
2015. Honored as: Professor Emeritus of The American University of Paris.
2004-2015 Founded and Curator of The American University of Paris Fine Arts Gallery.
1990`2015 American University of Paris – Professor of Fine Arts.
2012-2016 Co-chair of the Art History Fine Arts Department at AUP.
1997-00 Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris—Lecturer on contemporary art.
1987-97 Parsons School of Design, Paris—Painting and drawing instructor.
1994-95 Coordinator for N.Y. Parsons Summer Program in Paris.
1992-94 Gallery Director of Parsons School of Design, Paris.
COMPANIES
2006-2010 Designer for Flesh and Flora bedding company, London
1978-1982 Assistant product designer under Michel Diehl at Carré Noir,
CONFERENCES
2002-2007 President and founding member of the “Art Ephemérè”, Jaujac, France
2000 Lome, Togo. Conference of contemporary American art and workshops with West
African artists as part of the Ewole festival (under the auspices of the American
Cultural Services, U.S. Embassy, Paris.
1999 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris: Presentation/discussion of works (in conjunction with the anniversary celebration for FRANK, a literary journal).