Leif Ritchey

  • Leif Ritchey

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Leif Ritchey, Overtime, 2021-2022. Magazine, acrylic, clay, stick, 3 x 12 x 8 in
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Leif Ritchey, Residue, 2021-2022. Concrete, acrylic, plastic bowl, paint cans and lids, banana peel, tinted lens, 25 x 6 x 6 in
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Leif Ritchey, Momas and Popas, 2021-2022. Canvas tote, balloon, acrylic, paper, 2 x 27 x 17 in
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Leif Ritchey, Mud Kitchen, 2021-2022. Vinyl, plastic bowl, glass plate, concrete, acrylic, paint can lid, rock, palo santo, 7 x 18 x 12 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Parkside, 2022. Acrylic, paper, fabric on canvas, 90 x 76 in
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Leif Ritchey, Fruit and Flowers, 2022. Acrylic, paper, fabric on canvas, 83 x 80 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Break of Dawn, 2022. Acrylic, fabric, paper on canvas, 76 x 70 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Daisy Age 2, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 56 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Daisy Age, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 43 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Seeds, 2022, Acrylic, fabric, paper, balloon on canvas, 91 x 83 in
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Leif Ritchey, Sprawl, 2021-2022, Concrete, paper, canvas, paint, 12 x 20 x 16 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Clonked, 2021-2022, wood, fabric, foam, plastic, 38 x 18 x 12 in.
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Leif Ritchey, Planet Walker, 2021-2022, Birkenstock sandals, dried banana peel, rubber flooring, 12 x 17 x 22 in.

Leif Ritchey’s artistic practices span visual art, music and fashion. Ritchey began working in New York in the early 2000s, he is part of a generation of artists whose output was defined by its commitment to a permissive multidisciplinary methodology. He and his wife are co-founders of Leif & Tooya, a fashion line which erased the boundaries between art, design and craft. This homespun ethos carried over into the concurrent work Ritchey produced as a visual artist. After Leif & Tooya closed in 2009, Ritchey deepened his focus on visual art, showing his work in solo exhibitions at Luce Gallery, Turin; the Journal, Brooklyn; Ltd, Los Angeles; and Martos Gallery, New York. 

Recent Exhibitions 

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

Waves, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI

2015

Leif Ritchey, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy

Gumbo Shoes, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2014

Sun Tea, Ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Poster Paintings, Shoot the Lobster, New York, NY

2011

Chameleon Jeans, Martos Gallery, New York, NY 

2010

Spots, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008

Smoky, Mad Vicky's Tea Gallery, Paris, France

2005

We love, ATM Gallery, New York, NY 

2002

Into, Secret Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

Ever Get the Feeling We Are Not Alone in This World, What Pipeline, Detroit, MI 

2015

I Know You Got Soul, curated by Amir Shariat, ARNDT, Singapore

2014

To the Happy Few, Jeanroch Dard, Paris, France

Life, The Journal Gallery at Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY

2011

Dirt Don't Hurt, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

SALON ZURCHER, ZURCHER Studio, New York, NY 

2010

Material Matters and Other Issues, CANADA, New York, NY 

Desirs Archaiques, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris, France 

Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY 

2008

Peanut Gallery, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY 

2007

masterMYTHbation, Roodkapje, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Leif and Tooya's Sometimes Store, Blankspace, New York, NY 

2004

Drunk vs. Stoned General Store, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY 

The Infinite Fill, Foxy Productions, New York, NY 

2003

Inside the Fantastical Cave, Little Cakes, New York, NY