04/21/2026
🏄♀️ GAY SUMMER RICK - Heading Home is on display through Friday, May 1, 2026.
Originally from New York, Gay Summer Rick received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and a Master’s degree from the University of Puget Sound. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the US, Europe, and Japan. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, California Art Club, and Malibu Art Association.
Her paintings have been featured in American Art Collector Magazine, HYPERALLERGIC, Huffington Post, ARTNOWLA, Artillery Magazine, Chronicle Luxembourg, Malibu Magazine, Malibu Times, and others, and in several books and exhibition catalogs. She is a Center for Creative Innovation grant recipient, a Getty grant recipient, and a Kipaipai Fellow. Rick’s art and practice are the subject of short documentary films including “Iconic LA and the Urban Coast”, and “Follow the Sun” sponsored by a grant from the Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections around the world.
A resident of Malibu for over 25 years, Rick normally maintains studios in Malibu and Inglewood. The Palisades Fire, which devastated a large swath of Malibu in January 2025 rendered her Malibu studio and home unusable. From this experience a new body of work is emerging from her Inglewood studio that celebrates resilience in the face of uncertainty, embraces moments of joy, and describes an inexorable beauty that is life along the Malibu coast.
For more information, visit MalibuArtsandCulture.org/GaySummerRick
In partnership with:
Gay Summer Rick l Artist
Malibu Community Services
