ONE ARTIST EXHIBITiONS selected
2019 "BUFFALO ARCHITECTURE", George and Mary Bobinski Gallery, MusicalFare Theater, Daemen College, Buffalo NY
2017 "HONORING WATERCOLOR", Sisti Gallery, Pendleton, NY
2017 "TROPICALS, Watercolors by Rita Argen Auerbach", Pausa ArtHouse, Buffalo NY
2016 "Buffalo Imprints" (two artists), Ashkers Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2015 "Paintings by Rita Argen Auerbach, Buffalo Club, Buffalo NY
2014 "Rita's Choice: Inspiring Friends, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
"RITA ARGEN AUERBACH: Chronicle of a 40 Year Career in Watercolor" , Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
"RITA ARGEN AUERBACH Western New York in Watercolor", Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY
2011 “RITA ARGEN AUERBACH: An Homage to Buffalo’s Architectural Treasures”, Burchfield Penney Art Center and
M & T Bank, Fountain Plaza M&T Center, Main Street, Buffalo NY
2011 “SKETCHES AND REFLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY”, Drawings and paintings made from the Chautauqua
Institution/Eisenhower Conference in the former Soviet Union, 1986 gift to Chautauqua Oliver
Archives, Hultquist Center, Chautauqua Institution NY
2011 “WATERCOLORS, NEW & SMALL”, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
2010 “RECALLING ….SKETCHES AND REFLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY”, The Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery,
Canisius College, Main St, Buffalo, NY
2009 “WRIGHT WATERCOLORS WEEKEND EXHIBITION”, Frank Lloyd Wright Fontana Boathouse, Buffalo, NY
2008 “NEW VIEWS”, Insite Gallery, Buffalo NY
2006 “Celebrating 25 Years of Painting Chautauqua”, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua Institution,
paintings on loan from 50 Chautauquans’ collections.
2006 “Watercolors, etc”, Sunset Imaging Gallery, Williamsville NY
2004 “Floralcolours”, Brian Art Galleries, Buffslo NY
2003 “Trilogies XI, The works of Three Artists", Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2001 Landmark Society of Niagara Frontier, Market Arcade, Buffalo NY
1997 Two Artists , Kenan Center, Lockport NY
1997 “Giverny Revisited, Watercolors in Claude Monet’s Garden”, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo NY
1996 “Sedona to Sicily”, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
1988 Rita Argen Auerbach, 1st American Woman Artist , Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia USSR
CURATED EXHIBITIONS selected
2021. Buffalo Society of Artists, Juried Catalogue Exhibition, Castellani Art Museum at
Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY
2020. Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Members Exhibition, Virtual
2018 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 39th International Juried Exhibition, Crary Art Gallery, Warren PA
2016 Carneige Art Center Members, Tonawanda NY, Award Honorable Mention
2014 Buffalo Society of Artists 118th Catalogue Exhibition, HI-temp Fabrication, Buffalo NY
2012 Buffalo Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Big Orbit, Buffalo NY
2011 Women Artists in Western New York, Selections from the Gerald Mead Collection,
Nichols School Gallery, Buffalo NY
2011 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson
Place, “Old World Passage”, Award by Mel Stabin, artist/teacher
2011 Public/Private, collection of Gerald Mead and Castellani Art Museum, “Buffalo City Hall”,
Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University, Niagara Falls NY
2010 Thresholds of Visibility, A Survey of Miniature Art, Studio Hart, Buffalo NY
2010 Presidential, Past and Present Presidents of Buffalo Society of Artists, Indigo Gallery, Buffalo NY
2010 Buffalo Society of Artists, Partners in Art, Main St, No. Tonawanda NY, “Gaudi Cathedral"
Award by Judge John Massier, Curator at HALLWALLS Contemporary Art Center
2009 U.S. State Department Art in the Embassies Program, “Buffalo Waterfront Montage”,
“Power and Glory”, “McKinley Circle” to Embassy at Republic of Cape Verde.
2009 Albright Knox Art Gallery, Collectors Gallery, Curator’s choice “Night Post” by Heather Pasanti.
2008 Buffalo Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
Carriage House, Buffalo NY
2008 Feasting Eyes, Artists Take on Food, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
2008 Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution Members Juried Exhibition, Logan Gallery
2008 Buffalo Society of Artists Catalogue Exhibition, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2007 “The Artists Among Us”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY
2005 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Invitational
Charter Members Exhibition, Kenan Center, Lockport NY
2004 “New York State Collects Buffalo State”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY
1993 The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Western New York Art, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo NY
1988 Buffalo Society of Artists 93rd Annual Exhibition, Chautauqua Art Association
Galleries, Chautauqua Institution. Ethel & Wilbur Lytel Award.
1987 Watermedia ’87 Montana Watercolor Society, Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
1986 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society National, Philadelphia PA. President’s Award
1985 - 1986 Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge NY
2021. Buffalo Society of Artists, Juried Catalogue Exhibition, Castellani Art Museum at
Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY
2020. Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Members Exhibition, Virtual
2018 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 39th International Juried Exhibition, Crary Art Gallery, Warren PA
2016 Carneige Art Center Members, Tonawanda NY, Award Honorable Mention
2014 Buffalo Society of Artists 118th Catalogue Exhibition, HI-temp Fabrication, Buffalo NY
2012 Buffalo Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Big Orbit, Buffalo NY
2011 Women Artists in Western New York, Selections from the Gerald Mead Collection,
Nichols School Gallery, Buffalo NY
2011 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson
Place, “Old World Passage”, Award by Mel Stabin, artist/teacher
2011 Public/Private, collection of Gerald Mead and Castellani Art Museum, “Buffalo City Hall”,
Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University, Niagara Falls NY
2010 Thresholds of Visibility, A Survey of Miniature Art, Studio Hart, Buffalo NY
2010 Presidential, Past and Present Presidents of Buffalo Society of Artists, Indigo Gallery, Buffalo NY
2010 Buffalo Society of Artists, Partners in Art, Main St, No. Tonawanda NY, “Gaudi Cathedral"
Award by Judge John Massier, Curator at HALLWALLS Contemporary Art Center
2009 U.S. State Department Art in the Embassies Program, “Buffalo Waterfront Montage”,
“Power and Glory”, “McKinley Circle” to Embassy at Republic of Cape Verde.
2009 Albright Knox Art Gallery, Collectors Gallery, Curator’s choice “Night Post” by Heather Pasanti.
2008 Buffalo Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
Carriage House, Buffalo NY
2008 Feasting Eyes, Artists Take on Food, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
2008 Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution Members Juried Exhibition, Logan Gallery
2008 Buffalo Society of Artists Catalogue Exhibition, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2007 “The Artists Among Us”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY
2005 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Invitational
Charter Members Exhibition, Kenan Center, Lockport NY
2004 “New York State Collects Buffalo State”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY
1993 The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Western New York Art, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo NY
1988 Buffalo Society of Artists 93rd Annual Exhibition, Chautauqua Art Association
Galleries, Chautauqua Institution. Ethel & Wilbur Lytel Award.
1987 Watermedia ’87 Montana Watercolor Society, Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
1986 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society National, Philadelphia PA. President’s Award
1985 - 1986 Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge NY