1934     Born: 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: 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: 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, "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 FILMS: 1977     LULU 90 mins. (USA)                               Festivals: Filmex (Los Angeles), Rotterdam, Berlin (Forum),                               Deauville, London, Dublin, Ghent, Locarno, Bruxelles 1976     BRUGES-LA-MORTE 80 mins (USA and BELGIUM)                               Prize: Prix de la Presse, Ghent, Belgium 1980                               Festivals: Rotterdam, Liege, Ghent, Antwerp SHORT FILMS: 2000     VERY ANGRY PEOPLE 7 mins.              PUBLIC SERVICE 4 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: SECA Award              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 THEATER 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