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About the artist:
Richard Fishman is a Professor of Art at Brown as well as the Director of the Brown University Creative Arts Council. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA from Tulane. He has been awarded both the Howard Foundation and Guggenheim Fellowships. Richard is primarily interested in sculpture. In the past few years he has focused on a combination between old world techniques using stone and glass as well as new technologies involving computer aided imaging and 3-dimensional rapid prototyping. He has also spearheaded innovative research into creativity and the mind through his teaching, including projects such as the Creative Mind Initiative, the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, and the course Hybrid Art. EDUCATION 1963-1965 M.F.A., Tulane University 1962-1963 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design 1959-1962 S.F.A.A., Boston University 1962 Yale-Norfolk School of Music and Art (summer) PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Professor, Brown University, 1965 – present Chairman, Art Department, Brown University, 1979-82,1986 and 1998-2004 Director, Brown University Creative Arts Council Director, Friends of List Art Center, 1982-87 ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS 1989 Cleveland Gallery, December, Providence, RI 1989 Cleveland Gallery, May, Providence, RI 1988 Body Sculpture, Boston, MA 1988 Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987 Salena Gallery, Long Island University 1986 Brouhaha Gallery, Providence, RI 1982 Delahunty Gallery, New York City 1981 Linda Einfeld Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1981 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1980 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 1980 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design 1980 Electrum Gallery, London 1979 Getler Pall Gallery, New York City 1979 Suzette Schochet Gallery, Newport, RI 1979 Ehrlich Gallery, New York City 1979 Body Sculpture, Boston 1978 Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York City 1977 Bell Gallery, Brown University 1977 Suzette Schochet Gallery, Newport, RI 1975 Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York City 1979 Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston 1971 Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston 1971 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1970 Forum Gallery, New York City 1967 Penthouse Gallery, Montreal, Canada 1964 Swetzoff Gallery, Boston GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003 Matrix Arts 2003 International Sacremento, CA 2003 Bell Gallery Brown University Faculty Exhibition 2002 City Arts Gallery, Providence, R.I. 2001 Manhasset Mill Gallery, Providence, R.I. 2000 State House Rotunda, Providence Rhode Island 1998 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design 1997 Bell Gallery, Brown University, Faculty Exhibition 1996 “Artist’s boxes,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1995 “Artists’ chairs,” Museum of Art, RISD, Providence, RI 1992 Body Sculpture, Boston, MA 1990 Body Sculpture, Boston, MA 1989 Body Sculpture, Boston, MA 1988 Addison Parks Gallery, Providence, RI 1988 Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA 1988 M Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1988 Gayle Wilson Gallery, South Hampton, NY 1988 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI 1987 Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, “Images of Holocaust” 1986 Bell Gallery, Brown University, Faculty Exhibition 1986 Brouhaha Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island 1986 Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC 1985-86 Artwear, New York City 1984-85 Body Sculpture, Boston, MA 1983 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City 1983 Delahunty Gallery, New York City 1982 C.D.S. Gallery, New York City, “Artists Choose Artists” 1981 Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana 1980 Wave Hill Museum, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, New York City 1980 Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland 1979 Electrum Gallery, London 1979 Ehrlich Gallery, New York City 1975-79 Sculpture Now, Inc., New York City 1975 Donna Schnier, Inc., New York City 1974 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore 1973 LoGiudice Gallery, New York City 1973 Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York City 1973 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 1973 M.I.T. Hayden Gallery, Boston 1972 Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA 1970 The Jewish Museum, New York City 1969 Forum Gallery, New York City 1968 “Six Sculptors,” Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University 1967 Thirteenth Annual Drawing and Sculpture, Ball State University, 1967 Art for Embassies, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1966 Museum of Modern Art Penthouse Gallery, NYC 1966 Drawing Show, Providence Art Club 1966 Davis Art Gallery of Stephens College, Ohio 1966 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1966-69 Rhode Island Arts Festival 1965 Eleventh Annual Drawing and Sculpture, Ball State University, 1964-65 New England Art, Part IV, Sculpture, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 1964 1964 Invitational Boston Arts Festival 1963 Sculpture Exhibit, Bundy Art Gallery, Waitsfield, Vermont 1962-67 Swetzoff Gallery, Group Shows, Boston 1961 New Talent Show, Nova Gallery, Boston PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Jewish Museum, New York City Boston Public Library, Department of Prints and Drawings The First National Bank of Boston The Jewish Museum, New York City Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Chemical Bank, New York City Paine Webber, Boston, MA The Chase Manhattan Bank Collection COMMISSIONS 1972 Ecumenical Chapel, Johnston, RI : 15 ft. Granite Sculpture 1971 University of Rhode Island, Biology-Zoology Building : 60 ft. x 10 ft., Concrete Relief 1966 Tifereth Israel Synagogue, New Bedford, MA 1964 Weeks Hall Memorial, New Iberia, Louisiana FELLOWSHIPS 1982-1983 John H. Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 1974.1975 Howard Foundation Fellowship AWARDS 2002 Gold Medal 2002 CASE award 1969 Sculpture Award – 58th Annual Exhibition, Art Association of Newport, RI 1968 Award of Distinction, Mainstreams, Marietta College 1967 Sculpture Prize, Rhode Island Arts Festival 1962 First Prize, Boston Arts Festival, Sculpture Bibliography Providence Journal Review, Channing Gray April 27, 2000 Providence Journal, Article, Bill Van Siclen June 2, 1989 Los Angeles Times, Review, May 1988 Providence Journal, Review, Bill Van Siclen, April 24, 1987 Long Island University, Salena Gallery catalogue, Essay, Addison Prks, 1987 Providence Journal, Review, September 1986 Art New England, Article, October, 1985 Art New England, Susan Barahal, Article, November, 1984 Arts Magazine, Therese Lichtenstein, Review, February, 1983 New York Times, Long Island Section, Review, February, PhyllisBraff, January 29, 1983 The Art Gallery Scene, KN Thurlbeck, Review, December, 1982 New York Times, Vivien Raynor, Review, November 16, 1982 The Providence Journal, Channing Gray, November 25, 1982 Art News, Grace Glueck, “Artists” November, 1982 Arts Magazine, Kenneth Gaker, June, 1982 New York Times, Grace Glueck, Review, May 1, 1981 Art New England, Cathy Schulze, November, 1980 The New Paper, Robin Wiseman, October 8-15, 1980 Willamette Week, Paul Sutinen, Review, “Drawings of a Different Nature,” June 10, 1980 Artspeak, Vol.No. 3, Review, January 3,1980 Art Forum, Jeffrey Keefe, Review, May 1978 Denver Post,James Mills, Review, April 2, 1978 Arts Magazine, Kermit Champa, Essay on Work, February, 1978 Providence Eagle, Addison Parks, “Richard Fishman: Recent Works,” 1977 Soho Weekly News, David Gruen, Review, March 20, 1975 Arts Magazine, Ellen Lubell, Review, April, 1975
Richard Fishman is a Professor of Art at Brown as well as the Director of the Brown University Creative Arts Council. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA from Tulane. He has been awarded both the Howard Foundation