Ryuten Paul Rosenblum PHOTOGRAPHY

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Ryuten Paul Rosenblum Roshi is a lineage holder in the tradition of Dongshan and Dogen.

He began Zen practice with his first teacher, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in 1968. For ten years, Ryuten lived and trained at Zen Center: with Suzuki Roshi until his death in 1971, and subsequently with Suzuki Roshi's successor and the Second Abbot of Zen Center, Zentatsu Baker Roshi. Ryuten received lay initiation from Suzuki Roshi in 1970 and priest ordination from Baker Roshi in January of 1975.

After a period working "in the world" in fields such as government, politics and non-profit management consulting, Ryuten resumed formal practice with his teacher, Zentatsu Baker Roshi, in 1995. Ryuten Roshi is a successor of Baker Roshi and received Dharma Transmission, authorization to teach, from him in August of 1999.

Ryuten is a teacher in the Dharma Sangha in both the U.S. and Europe. Part of each year, he serves as the Vice Abbott of Genrinji, Zen-Zentrum Johanneshof-Quellenweg, located in the Black Forest in Germany. Ryuten also teaches at other centers throughout Germany, Austria and The Netherlands. He lives in San Anselmo, California.

The significance of the visual arts in his life has been developed and refined by decades of Zen practice and temple life. This practice life is rooted in and expressed through qualities such as spaciousness, impermanence, stillness, clarity, intimacy, incompleteness, simplicity and the absence of pretension ... a grounding in the mysterious uniqueness of each arising in the present moment.

Exhibitions (Group Exhibitions unless noted)

  • - scapes: 2019 - PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Juror’s Choice Award
  • The Abstract Image: 2019 - Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Honorable Mention Award
  • Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3): 2019 - Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France Gold Medal Award in Fine Art / Abstract Category
  • San Francisco Bay Int’l. Photography Competition: 2019 - SF, CA Silver Medal Award
  • CIP International Photo Festival: 2019 - Grand Arsenali, Chania, Crete
  • Here, Now: 2018 - Datz Museum, Seoul, Korea Show featuring the works of Ryuten Paul Rosenblum, Mikyung Kim, Amanda Marchand, Alyssa Fujita Karoui, and Hoon Lee  
  • San Francisco Bay Int’l. Photography Competition: 2018 - SF, CA Portfolio Award
  • London Photo Show: 2018 - 5th Base Gallery, London, England
  • Monochrome: 2018 - PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • Blurry: 2018 - 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Book Exhibition: 2017- A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
  • Forsaken: 2017 - SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
  • Abstracts: The Alternative Eye: 2017 - 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Taking Pictures: 2017 - Black Box Gallery Portland, OR
  • -scapes: 2017 - PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • Photobook Exhibition: 2017 - Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
  • Int’l. Juried Exhibition: 2016 - Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
  • Trees: 2016 - A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
  • Abstractions: 2016- MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Reflections: 2016 - Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
  • Alphabet: 2016 - A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
  • Int’l. Juried Show: 2016 - NVAL Carter House Gallery, Redding, CA Silver Selection
  • Moscow Int’l. Foto Awards: 2015 - Moscow,  Russia "Abstract" Portfolio - Honorable Mention
  • Trees: 2015 – 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Going Places: 2015 – PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
  • Int’l. Photography Competition: 2015 - Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL “Abstracts” Category – 1st Place
  • Water: 2015– Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
  • Abstracts: 2015 – 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Best in Show – Second Place
  • Water: 2015 – A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
  • Contemplation: 2015 – PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • International Juried Exhibition: 2015 - Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
  • Solo Exhibition: 2014 - Gallery 291, Mill Valley, CA
  • InSight: The World As I See It: 2014 – Cumberland Gallery Nashville, TN 1st Place
  • San Francisco Int’l. Photo Exhibition: 2014 – SF, CA Gold Medal Award
  • Harmony: 2014 – PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Honorable Mention Award
  • Center Forward: 2014– Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
  • Water, Elemental and Fundamental: 2014 – PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
  • Side Gallery: 2014 – RayKo, San Francisco, CA
  • Alternative Processes: 2014 – SohoPhoto, New York City, NY
  • The Ephemeral: 2014 - Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI
  • Currents: 2014 – Exhibition at the Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
  • Crafted at Rayko: 2013 – RayKo, San Francisco, CA
  • Rare Earth: 2013 –Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
  • Reflections: 2013 - 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Small Works: 2012 – SohoPhoto, New York City, NY
  • Snap to Grid: 2012 – LA Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Great Landscape: 2012 – Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
  • 12x12: 2012 – Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
  • Lines: Walked and Crossed and Otherwise: 2012 – PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
  • Shut up and Shoot: 2011 – Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR