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ABOUT RICK
From Hollywood to the Easel
After a forty-year career producing films and managing locations for motion pictures including Blue Crush, Crazy/Beautiful, Father of the Bride, City Slickers II, Baby Boom, The Doors, and numerous independent films, Rick Dallago traded movie sets for the art studio.
Since relocating to Colorado in 2019, Rick has become one of the region's most active emerging artists, exhibiting throughout Colorado while teaching painting and mentoring young artists through his Art for Kids program.
Although self-taught as a painter, his years behind the camera profoundly influence every piece he creates. Each painting is composed cinematically—with carefully considered lighting, perspective, emotional tension, and visual storytelling.
His work combines technical realism with unexpected narrative twists, encouraging viewers to linger, question assumptions, and discover new meanings with every viewing.
Rick's paintings have appeared in galleries, museums, art festivals, and publications including CPR News, Westword, and Voyage Denver.
Today he continues creating work from his Colorado studio while exhibiting nationally
Since 2017, Rick has exhibited his artwork at the PALM SPRINGS MODERISM SHOW, NUETRA MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF BOULDER, ANNENBERG FOUNDATION, WALTER MACIEL GALLERY, SOUTH BAY CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, ART SHARE LA, MUSEUM OF TORRENCE, OLD WEST MUSEUM of CHEYENNE, FOUNDRY ARTS CENTER, BLUELINE ARTS, COASTLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LONGMONT MUSEUM, THE LAB ON SANTA FE, ROLO ART GALLERY, N KOLLECTIVE, AR MITCHELL MUSEUM OF FINE ART, LINCOLN GALLERY, LOUISVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, R GALLERY, RAYBACK, NIZA KNOLL GALLERY, ARTISTS ON SANTA FE, D’ART GALLERY, DENVER ART SOCIETY, IMPROPER CITY, ODELL’S, MILLER & ROSSI, etc..
MEET RICK DALLAGO; FILM PRODUCER & ARTIST
SHOUTOUT COLORADO PRESS
CHAUTAUQUA & CAL WOOD CHARRED TREES INTO ART
DAILY CAMERA PRESS
“It doesn’t make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said.”
I spent four decades helping directors tell stories.
Now I tell my own.
Every painting begins as a single frame from a movie that never existed. I invite viewers to complete the narrative themselves.
Some pieces are humorous.
Others are uncomfortable.
Many ask difficult questions about technology, celebrity, history, memory, and our relationship with images.
Working in oil pastel allows me to build extraordinary detail while maintaining an intimacy and immediacy that feels almost photographic.
My goal isn't simply realism.
It's emotional realism.
If someone walks away still thinking about one of my paintings the next day, I've succeeded.
— Rick Dallago
These hand-tinted photos of me hung in my grandmother's house. I love the color-effect.
Exhibitions [partial]
Regional Fine Arts Show, LINCOLN GALLERY, Loveland, CO 2023
“AI-Morphosis: Exploring the Fusion of Human and Machine in Art,” NIZA KNOLL GALLERY, Denver, 2023
National Fine Arts Show, LINCOLN GALLERY, Loveland, CO 2023 [2nd PLACE}
“Holy Moly,” Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO 2023
PALM SPRINGS MODERNISM SHOW, Palm Springs, CA, 2023
“Don’t Look Back: Solo Exhibit,” D’ART GALLERY, Denver, CO, 2022
“Western Spirit Art Show,” National Juried Show
OLD WEST MUSEUM, Cheyenne, WY, 2022 [1st PLACE]
“Spot on #2,” D’ART GALLERY, Denver, CO; Dr. Gwen Chanzit [juror; Denver Art Museum], 2021, [HONORABLE MENTION]
“Food for Thought,” BUS STOP GALLERY; Boulder [1st PLACE]
“Ass, Gas, or Grass - Nobody Rides for Free: Solo Exhibit”
D’ART GALLERY - Denver, CO 2021
“Avalon Arts Festival,” Creator
BOULDER, CO 2020-21
PRESS
“Rick Dallago- Paintings, Photos, Perspectives”
MUSEUM OF BOULDER - Boulder CO, 2021
PRESS
“What’s the Buzz?””
BUS STOP GALLERY - Boulder, CO, 2021
[BLUE RIBBON]
“Drawing Parallels”
MUSEUM OF BOULDER - Boulder, CO, 2020
“Home Together”
LONGMONT MUSEUM - Longmont, CO 2020
[1st PLACE]
“National Fine Arts Show”
LINCOLN GALLERY - Loveland, CO 2020
[1st PLACE]
“Spot On”
D’ART GALLERY - Denver, CO, 2021
“Since March”
MUSEUM OF BOULDER - Boulder, CO 2020
PRESS
“Solo Show”
ODELLS-RINO - Denver, CO 2019
“Changes”
MILLER ROSSI GALLERY - Denver, CO 2019
“Group Show”
DENVER ART SOCIETY - Denver, CO 2019
“Transforming Matter”
MATTER STUDIO GALLERY - Los Angeles, CA, 2019
“Exposed”
NEUTRA MUSEUM - Los Angeles, CA, 2018
“Personal Narrative”
ANNENBERG BEACH HOUSE - Santa Monica, CA, 2018
“Dear President”
SOUTH BAY CONTEMPORARY - San Pedro, CA
“With Liberty & Justice For Some”
WALTER MACIEL GALLERY - LA, SF, Berkeley, CA
“Arbitrary Color”
FOUNDRY ART CENTRE - St. Louis, MO
[JUROR’S PRIZE]
“MAS Attack”
MUSEUM OF TORRENCE - Torrence, CA
“Ribba 3”
COASTLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Newport Beach, CA
“Fluff & Fold”
ABBOTT’S HABIT GALLERY - Venice, CA
Rick has donated art for auction:
THE BOULDER PHILHARMONIC
BOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATER COMPANY [BETC]
COLORADO CHAUTAUQUA
PRESS
CAL-WOOD EDUCATIONAL CENTER
BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ENVISION- LGBTQ suicide prevention, Denver
ARTMA— Denver based non-profit- Pediatric Cancer Patients
CITY OF LAFAYETTE ARTS COUNCIL, Lafayette, CO
WOMEN IN SCIENCE, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
COLORADO HEALTH NETWORK, Denver, CO
Filmography
Producer/Co-Producer
ARIZONA RAISED [Director, Writer, Producer]
CIELO DRIVE [Sharon Tate Project] [in Development]
TURISTAS [2929 Entertainment]
INTO THE BLUE [MGM]
BLUE CRUSH [Universal/Imagine]
CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL [Touchstone]
CHEATERS [HBO]
THINGS BEHIND THE SUN [Showtime]
THE PENTAGON WARS [HBO]
IN THE GLOAMING [HBO]
Locations: [partial list]
FATHER OF THE BRIDE 1 & 2 PRESS
CITY SLICKERS 2
THE DOORS
MAD LOVE
COME SEE THE PARADISE
STEALING HOME
CHECKING OUT
BABY BOOM
THE PICK-UP ARTIST
ISHTAR
WISE GUYS
INTO THE BLUE, Bahamas
Contact
Please inquire about pricing. Prints available of all work. ART LESSONS offered.
![Check out my latest: "SANTA MONICA" Oil pastel on Canvas, 42"x19"
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