{{Short description|Artist, curator, and writer}} '''Kathleen Ritter''' is an artist, curator, and writer based in Vancouver and Paris<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.casalethbridge.ca/event-detail/1876|title=ART NOW - Kathleen Ritter {{!}} CASA Lethbridge {{!}} CASA Lethbridge|website=www.casalethbridge.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09|archive-date=2018-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922140159/http://www.casalethbridge.ca/event-detail/1876|url-status=dead}}</ref> who focuses on contemporary art. In her works she is focused on exploring themes of "visibility, especially in relation to systems of power, language and technology,".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kathleenritter.com/bio.html|title=Kathleen Ritter|website=kathleenritter.com|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220125453/http://www.kathleenritter.com/bio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == Ritter graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a BFA in 2000 and obtained an MFA from the University of Western Ontario in 2005.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2011/07/14/the-opening-kathleen-ritter/|title=The Opening - Kathleen Ritter {{!}}|last=Cottingham|first=Anne|date=2011-07-14|work=Vancouver Is Awesome|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, Ritter was an artist in residence at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris<ref name=":0" /> in Paris. She was a visiting artist in residency at Open Studio, Toronto, in the spring of 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://openstudio.ca/residencies/visiting-artist-residencies/|title=Visiting Artist Residencies - Open Studio|work=Open Studio|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074249/http://openstudio.ca/residencies/visiting-artist-residencies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ritter also works as a part of the advisory council for Prefix ICA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prefix.ca/about-prefix-ica/|title=Prefix ICA » About Prefix ICA|website=www.prefix.ca|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> At the Vancouver Art Gallery, Ritter curated shows including ''How Soon Is Now'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_how_soon_is_now.html|title=Vancouver Art Gallery|website=www.vanartgallery.bc.ca|access-date=2018-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071451/https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_how_soon_is_now.html|archive-date=2018-08-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''Beat Nation'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/aboriginal-artists-shine-at-the-vag/article4240281/|title=Aboriginal artists shine at the VAG|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepowerplant.org/Exhibitions/2012/2012_Winter/Beat-Nation--Art,-Hip-Hop-and-Aboriginal-Culture.aspx|title=The Power Plant - Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture - 2012-2013 - Exhibitions – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre|website=www.thepowerplant.org|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_beat_nation.html|title=Vancouver Art Gallery|website=www.vanartgallery.bc.ca|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> Ritter has been featured in exhibitions including ''Transference'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.richmondartgallery.org/exhibition/transference/|title=Transference {{!}} Richmond Art Gallery {{!}} Richmond, BC, Canada|website=www.richmondartgallery.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> ''Camoufleurs'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://canadianart.ca/exhibitions/camoufleurs-kathleen-ritter/|title=Camoufleurs: Kathleen Ritter – Canadian Art|work=Canadian Art|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Some Spontaneous Particulars'' (2017 - 2018),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://accessgallery.ca/archive/exhibarchive/somespontaneousparticularsexhibit/|title=Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter - Access Gallery|date=2017-11-21|work=Access Gallery|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref> ''In Broad Daylight'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nowtoronto.com/events/barrow-ritter-nguyen/|title=Kathleen Ritter, Daniel Barrow; Jeannette Nguyen; Playful Tangents|date=2017-08-24|work=NOW Magazine|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-us|archive-date=2018-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312031151/https://nowtoronto.com/events/barrow-ritter-nguyen/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://openstudio.ca/exhibition/visiting-artists-exhibition-daniel-barrow-kathleen-ritter/|title=Visiting Artists Residency Exhibition: Daniel Barrow & Kathleen Ritter - Open Studio|work=Open Studio|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref> and ''In Search of Expo 67'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://macm.org/en/exhibitions/in-search-of-expo-67/|title=In Search of Expo 67 – MAC Montréal|work=MAC Montréal|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Publications == * How to Recognize a Furtive Practice — A User’s Guide. Les editions esse. (2005)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://esse.ca/en/livre/places-and-non-places|title=Places and Non-Places of Contemporary Art|work=esse arts + opinions|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en}}</ref> * Welcome to the Wild East. Fillip. (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fillip.ca/content/welcome-to-the-wild-east|title=Welcome to the Wild East (Kathleen Ritter)|last=Fillip|website=Fillip|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> * Mistuning the Narratives of Performance. (in collaboration with Jessica Wyman). (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publish.uwo.ca/~fdavey/c/13.7.htm|title=Open Letter - A Canadian Journal of Writing and Theory|website=publish.uwo.ca|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> * An Image, Misremembered. Prefix Photo. (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artmetropole.com/shop/9646|title=Art Metropole / PREFIX PHOTO #24 Big Skies|website=Art Metropole|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> * Pierre Huyghe, The Waking Dream. Canadian Art. (December 13, 2013)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://canadianart.ca/reviews/pierre-huyghe/|title=Pierre Huyghe: The Waking Dream - Canadian Art|work=Canadian Art|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref> * Beat Nation: Art, Hip hop and Aboriginal Culture. (co-authored with Tania Willard). (2012)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1tdDQEACAAJ&dq=beat+nation+tania+willard+and+kathleen+ritter|title=Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture|last1=Ritter|first1=Kathleen Virginia|last2=Willard|first2=Tania|date=2012|publisher=Vancouver Art Gallery|isbn=9781895442984|language=en}}</ref> * Ritter also has numerous articles published on the esse arts + opinions webpage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://esse.ca/fr/auteurs/kathleen-ritter|title=Kathleen Ritter|work=esse arts + opinions|access-date=2018-03-09|language=fr|archive-date=2018-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310075407/http://esse.ca/fr/auteurs/kathleen-ritter|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ritter, Kathleen}} Category:Living people Category:Canadian contemporary artists Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni Category:University of Western Ontario alumni