RONALD CHASE CHRONOLOGY
1934 Born in Seminole, Oklahoma
1956 B. A. Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York
1956 Studies and travels abroad—Spain, Italy, France
1964 Lives and works in San Francisco, California
SELECTED ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
2018 Paper & Paint, K.Oss Contemporary Art, Detroit
2017 New Work , Parlor, San Francisco
2016 Works on Paper, LB Lemercier, Paris, France
2013 Paintings and Paper, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco
1994 Paintings, Plaza Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco
1993 Photographs, Concourse Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco
1992 Photographs, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City
1991 Minchner / Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco
1990 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1989 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1987 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
Norrtalje Konsthall, Norrtalje, Sweden
1986 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1985 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1984 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
1982 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1976 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1974 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1973 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1972 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1970 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1969 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento
Galerie Libre, Montreal, Quebec
1968 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1967 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
Galerie Libre, Montreal, Quebec
1966 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1965 Galerie Libre, Montreal, Quebec
1964 Galerie Libre, Montreal, Quebec
1962 Galerie Libre, Montreal, Quebec
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 DZine Gallery, San Francisco
2017 DZine Gallery, San Francisco
2014 Glass Door Gallery , San Francisco
2012 New Works by New Gallery Artists, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
1991 Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
1989 Group Show, "The Male Nude," Ravenna, Italy
"Art Against Aids," Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco
1987 Norrtlje Konsthall, Norrtalje, Sweden
1988 Kunstberien, "The Male Nude," Frankfurt, Germany
1984 Alternative Museum, "Technics," New York City
"New Art / Technology," Princeton University, Princeton
1971 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
1969 Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Invitational, University of Illinois
1968 West Coast Painters and Sculptors Invitational,
Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1967 Fourth International Young Artitsts Exhibition, Tokyo
1963 "The Box Show," Byron Gallery, New York City
1962 Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston
1962 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bibliotecque Nationale, Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Norrtalje Konshalle, Norrtalje, Sweden
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
SELECTED REVIEWS
Baker, Kenneth, 'Ronald Chase at Don Soker", San Francsico Chrincile, June 2013
Baker, Kenneth, "Chase at Triangle", San Francisco Chronicle, April 1990
Shale, Conrad, "Merging Film and Opera", Opera Monthly, April 1989
Baker, Kenneth, "Painter Fits in–", San Francisco Chronicle, March 1988
Malm, Inger, "Ronald Chase—Californian", Norrtejle Tioning, July 1988
Baker, Kenneth, "Ronald Chase", San Francisco Chronicle, May 1984
Albright, Thomas "Ronald Chase Returns to the Scene", San Francisco Chronicle, April 1982
Pede, Ronnie, "USA Today: Ronald Chase", Filmsgbeurem, Ghent, Belgium, January 1980
Armstrong, James, "The Thrill of the Chase", After Dark, July 1978
Schonberg, Harold, "Films: A New Dimension in Opera", New York Times, April 1975
Albright, Thomas, "Recent Works of Ronald Chase", San Francisco Chronicle, March 1972
De Wiltt Robbeloth, "Multi-Media Mind of Ronald Chase", SF Magazine, April 1971
Albright, Thomas, "Illusionist at the Triangle", San Francisco Chronicle, 1970
Bloomfield, Arthur, "Artist Thinks Big Things", San Francisco Examiner, 1970
Albright, Thomas, "Ronald Chase's Victorian Sculpture", San Francisco Chronicle, 1968
Ballantyne, Michael, "Ronald Chase", Montreal Star, June 1967
Jasmine, Claude, "Une Recherche de Qualite", Sept-Jours, June 1967
Robillard, Yves, "Ronald Chase", La Presse, June 1967
Frankenstein, Alfred, "A Very Large Artwork", San Francisco Chronicle, April 1966
Fried, Alexander, "A Contrast in Solo Shows", San Francisco Examiner, April 21, 1966
PUBLICATIONS
Cooper, Emmanuel, "Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography", London 1990
Weimier, Peter, "The Male Nude," Frankfurt Kunstverien, 1989
Naef, Weston, "History of Photography," Avantgaurde, Tokyo, Japan 1988
Fulton, Marianne, " The New Photograph," Eastman House and Triangle Gallery, 1984
ARTIST BOOKS
1995 BOOK OF DAYS, San Francisco
MOTS IMPORTANTS, San Francisco
1994 LEAF, San Francisco
FARBER II, San Francisco
THE BOOK AND ITS COVER, Paris
1993 FARBER I, San Francisco
GENERATION: Hugo von Hofmannsthal & Family 1830-1939, San Francisco
EYE, San Francisco
1992 ONE, Osiris Press, New York City
1991 BOOK OF HOURS, San Francisco
LOOK AND SEE: Thoughts on Penmanship
PLAY, San Francisco
FEATURE FILMS
1977 LULU 90 mins. (USA) Available on Amazon Prime
Festivals: Filmex (Los Angeles), Rotterdam, Berlin (Forum),
Deauville, London, Dublin, Ghent, Locarno, Bruxelles
1976 BRUGES-LA-MORTE 80 mins (USA and BELGIUM) Available on Amazon Prime
Prize: Prix de la Presse, Ghent, Belgium 1980
Festivals: Rotterdam, Liege, Ghent, Antwerp
SHORT FILMS
2000 VERY ANGRY PEOPLE 7 mins.
1976 FANTASIA ON THE CHILDHOOD OF BUSONI 15 mins.
Prize: SECA Award, SF Museum of Modern Art
1975 A VILLAGE ROMEO AND JULIET 15 mins.
1972 BEATRICE CENCI 20 mins.
Prize: the 1st SECA Award in film, SF Museum of Modern Art
SALLY SIMPSON 10 mins.
PARADE 10 mins.
CATHEDRAL 10 mins.
1971 SCENE ONE: TAKE ONE 45 mins.
1969 CHAMELEON 10 mins.
Prize: Ann Arbor
CLOWN 10 mins.
1966 THE COVENANT 10 mins.
Festivals: Cracow, Venice
1964 FRAGMENTS 15 mins.
Prize: Ann Arbor, Michigan
OPERA
2001 Die Tote Stadt, New York City Opera
1993 La Voix Humaine, La Mamelles des Teresias
Juilliard School of Music, New York City
1992 Dr. Faustus, New York City Opera
Fennimore and Gerde, Juillard School of Music
1991 Die Tote Stadt, New York City Opera
1990 L'Enfant et les Sortileges, New York City Opera
1987 L'Enfant et les Sortileges, Glyndebourne, England
1985 Die Frau ohne Schatten, Chicago Lyric Opera
Strike up the Band, American Music Theater of Philadelphia
1983 Anna Karenina, Los Angeles Opera
Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Opera Theater of St. Louis
Margot La Rouge, Opera Theater of St. Louis
1982 Turn of the Screw, Eastman School of Music, Rochester
Fennimore and Gerde, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
1981 Fennimore and Gerde, Opera Theater of St. Louis
1979 A Song for Dead Warriors, San Francisco Ballet
1977 Docktor Faust, Wolftrap Farm, Washington, D.C.
1975 Die Tote Stadt, New York City Opera
Lulu, Houston Grand Opera
1972 A Village Romeo and Juliet, Kennedy Center
1971 Beatrix Cenci, Opening the Kennedy Center
1970 Koanga, Washington Opera Society
1969 The Turn of the Screw, Washington Opera Society