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VIDEO INSTALLATIONS

2017 Where Am I Standing? 50 manipulated images of street scenes in St. Catharines playing continuously on the large video screens in the lobby of the St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre. Commissioned by the St. Catharines Performing Arts Center

2015 Rush Hour 10 minute abstract video playing continuously on the large video screens in the lobby of the St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre. Commissioned by the St. Catharines Performing Arts Center

ONE-PERSON SHOWS

2012 Pumphouse Gallery, Niagara-on-the-Lake

2011 A Mano Libera Gallery, St. Catharines, Ontario

2010 A Mathematician Breathes, Red Head Gallery, Toronto

2009 (ongoing) Brock Video Gallery, Brock University

2009 A Mano Libera Gallery, St. Catharines, Ontario

2006 Gallery 25N, Peekskill, New York

2005 Gallery 25N, Peekskill, New York

2005 Westchester Gallery (Westchester Community College), Peekskill, New York

ONE-PERSON MUSEUM SHOWS

2004 Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

2002 Hamilton Conservatory, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

2014 Red Motion, Brock University Video Gallery

2013 Brain Vibes, Brock University Video Gallery

2012 1000 Variations, Brock University Video Gallery

2012 Ice Flow, Brock University Video Gallery

2010 Pellian 1, Red Head Gallery Solo Show, Toronto

2010 1-year Group Retrospective, A Mano Libera Gallery, St. Catharines, Ontario

2010 Timeshift, Redhead Gallery Group Show, Toronto

2008 new!, 2008 Niagara Biennial, Rodman Hall Museum

2008 Digits!, Propeller Gallery group show

2006 Slow Blue, an animation, shown in a juried show at the New Image Gallery at James Madison University.

2001 Artexpo, Javits Center, New York, New York

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

2004 Composition on R⁴, Brock University, Ontario, Canada

2000 Howard Anton (10 pieces)

2000 James Stewart ( 5 pieces)

MEDIA COVERAGE

2010 Listed as a “Must See” show, Now Magazine, Toronto

2010 Video Review by ArtListPro can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr6tBGqrBDY

2009 Article and Picture, St. Catharines Standard,

2008 Article and Picture, St. Catharines Standard,

2005 Review, New York Times (Westchester Edition)

2005 Article, North County News (Entire Back Page)

2004 Review, Pulse Niagara, St. Catharines, Ontario

2004 Article, Brock Press, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

2002 Article, Artexpo Preview Magazine, New York, New York

QUOTES

“…, Mr. Ralph has a wonderful and effective color sense”

“…a veiling of sinuous smoky lines and colors that dominates all the work here and is the key to its success.

“Mr. Ralph may just convince more than a few people that mathematics can be an inspiration for wonderful art.”

New York Times (Westchester Edition), 2005

“viewing one of Ralph’s works is ultimately like seeing into the unification of two generally separated worlds: mathematics and fine art”

“even though his pieces are based on rather simple math rules they carry an increasing complexity and spontaneity that would be almost impossible to duplicate”

North County News (Westchester New York), 2005

“If this is the first time that you have heard of Bill Ralph’s mathematical art, it certainly won’t be the last. “

“What begins as an equation becomes an abstract masterpiece through a series of techniques which demand a nearly flawless understanding of the subject.”

Brock Press, Brock University, Canada

INVITED LECTURES (Selected)

2008 Art and Mathematics, Niagara Region Architects Association

2006 Imagery From Encoded Systems,, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, New York

2005 Visions of a Mathematical Mind, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, New York

2005 Fine Art Through a Mathematicians Eyes, Brock University

2004 Can Mathematics Recognize Great Art?, American National Youth Science Camp

2003 Can Mathematics Recognize Great Art?, The NOCA school in New Orleans

2003 Can Mathematics Recognize Great Art?, The Birmingham School of Arts and Science, Alabama

2003 Can Mathematics Recognize Great Art?, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish Nova Scotia

2003 Can Mathematics Recognize Great Art?, International Conference of Schools of the Fine and Performing Arts, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

AWARDS

2003 Teaching Award, M.A.A. Seaway Section

2002 Office for Partnerships for Advanced Skills (OPAS) award, for excellence in Teaching with Technology for the creation of the Multimedia software “Journey Through Calculus” , commissioned by the Brookes/Cole Publishing Company

EDUCATION

1982 Ph.D in Mathematics, University of Waterloo, under an N.S.E.R.C. scholarship

1974 A.R.C.T., L.T.C.L, piano performance, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto

EMPLOYMENT

1985- 2020 Professor of Mathematics (retired), Brock University Canada