Ridley Howard was born in 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his BA and BFA from the University of Georgia, Athens, and his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and also went to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He currently shows with Marinaro Gallery, NY; Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; and Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami.

His paintings were most recently on view in his current solo exhibition at Marinaro Gallery NY, as well as the Atlanta Biennial at the Contemporary and Intimisms at James Cohan Gallery, NY.

He is also co-founder of gallery 106 Green in Brooklyn, NY.

He has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation as well as the New York

Foundation for the Arts.

Ridley came over to Brian’s apartment while visiting from Atlanta and they spoke about differences between making art in school and years later as a practicing artist, working and living in New York versus other cities, our shared love of soccer, starting a gallery, the impact of a good teacher and much more.