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RICHARD PITTS

Born in New York, New York, 1967.
Education: School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, M.F.A. Program, 2005.
University of Massachusetts, Commonwealth College - Amherst, Massachusetts - B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), 2004.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Certificate, 1993.
Studio 70, Fine Art Atelier - Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Certificate, 1991.
Lives in New York City, Northampton, Massachusetts.

www.richardpitts.com

ART | RESUME | STATEMENT | CONTACT


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2004 ..... 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York

2002 ..... 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York

2001 ..... 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York

1998 ..... Hanson Galleries, New Orleans

1996 ..... Deutch Bank Gallery, New York, New York

1995 ..... Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

1992 ..... Cedar Art Center, Corning, New York

1985 ..... David Findlay Jr., New York, New York
1985 ..... Ruthvin Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

1984 ..... Randolph Machon, Ashland, Virginia

1983 ..... David Findlay Jr., New York, New York

1979 ..... Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York

1974 ..... Jacobs Ladder Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1974 ..... Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York

1972 ..... First Street Gallery, New York, New York

1970 ..... First Street Gallery, New York, New York

1967 ..... Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2006 ..... Gallery 230 DUMBO, Bkyn,NY curated by Faye Hirsch" Déjà vu"

2004 ..... The Museum at FIT, NYC "Schools of Thought" curated by Florence Lynch

2003 ..... Tochigi, Japan, Nasu-Kogen Print Show
2003 ..... The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey
2003 ..... 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY, The Box
2003 ..... The Museum at FIT, New York, NY, Works on Paper

2002 ..... Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, Recent Acquisitions

2001 ..... Earl Gallery, New York, NY
2001 ..... Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon, New Acquisitions

2000 ..... 14th Street Painters, New York, NY, Exhibition 14

1999 ..... The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., NYC., Recent Figure
1999 ..... Mary Anthony Gallery, New York, NY., Rooster Show

1998 ..... Hanson Galleries, New Orleans, LA.

1997 ..... Gallery 2/20, New York, NY, Artists Prints

1996 ..... The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, Signifying Love

1995 ..... 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY, Work in Progress

1993 ..... Proctor Art Center, Bard College, New York, Human Form

1988 ..... National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Annual Exh. (cat.)
1988 ..... One Penn Plaza, NYC, Contemporary Nudes (curated by Garrett Henry)

1986 ..... Mendin Gallery, New York, NY, Contemporary Images
1986 ..... First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational
1986 ..... One Penn Plaza, NYC, Short Stories (curated by Judd Tully)

1984 ..... Artists Choice Museum, NYC, The First Eight Years, (curator, Carter Ratcliff), cat.

1983 ..... Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, Bodies & Souls, cat.
1983 ..... The Queens Museum, New York, The Painted Light

1981 ..... College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas, Painters of Content, cat.
1981 ..... Galleria D'Arte Di Leonarda DiMauro, New York, NY.

1980 ..... Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
1980 ..... Fishbach Gallery, New York, NY, Artist's Choice Museum

1978 ..... U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY, Organization of Independent Artists

1977 ..... First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational

1976 ..... Peter Rose Gallery, New York, NY.

1975 ..... Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY, Intimate Landscape
1975 ..... First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Drawings

1974 ..... Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, Then & Now, cat.

1973 ..... Halls Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Forty Miles of Art
1973 ..... Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

1972 ..... Charlotte, Crosby, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

1971 ..... Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.

1970 ..... State University at Albany, New York, Spirit of Representation, cat.
1970 ..... Charlotte, Crosby, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1970 ..... Finch College, New York, NY, Jacque Kaplin Collects

1969 ..... First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings
1969 ..... Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, New Jersey State Annual

REVIEWS (SELECTED)

Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 4, 1983, pg. 3 (b), David Findlay Jr., American

Contemporary Hosts Recent Paintings of Richard Pitts.

Art News, March, 1985, Richard Pitts One Man Show at David Findlay Gallery, by Garett Henry

Art News, June, 1975, Intimate Landscape

Art World, April, 1988, Nature & Art, by David Matlock

Art World, November, 1987, Animal Life at One Penn Plaza

Art World, June, 1981, Intimate Landscape

Arts, February, 1983, Richard Pitts at David Findlay Gallery.

Arts Magazine, February, 1983, Richard Pitts, by Sarah King.

Arts Magazine, Dec. 1979, Richard Pitts, by Ruth Bass

Arts Magazine, June, 1974, (reproductions)

Columbus Dispatch, May, 1985, Landscapes at Rutherin Gallery by Jacqueline Hall

Diversion Magazine, August, 1988, Paintings by Richard Pitts, by Abigail Wender, pp. 93, 94. (reproductions).

The Galveston Daily News, November, 1981, Return to Realism, by Joe Kirkpatrick

Houston Chronicle, November, 1981, Realist Painters by Pat Johnson

Kansas City Star, April, 1981, Local Shows, by David Hoffman

Kansas City Star, February, 1971, A Pitts Tour, by D.D. Jones

Kansas City Star, November, 1970, Art in Mid America, by D.D. Jones

The New York Times, Feb. 25, 1983, Richard Pitts One Man Show, David Findlay Jr.

The New York Times, June, 1974, New Talent Festival at 18 Galleries, by John Russell

Soho Weekly News, June 13, 1974, New Talent, by John Cruen

The Washington Post, June 23, 1974, Sculpture, Paintings, and More, by Gene Baro

CATALOGUES (SELECTED)

Richard Pitts, A Fresh Look at Bacchus and Venus, by Judd Tully, 1993 Six color reproductions from the series of paintings based on Old Masters Richard Pitts, Recent Work, 2001, color catalogue, 16 pages. With exhibition at 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC. Interview with the Artist, by Ginnie Gardner Essay: Recent Painted Reliefs, by Judd Tully (member of International Assoc. of Art Critics).

COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York

Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina

Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon

Continental Insurance Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey

General Electric Company, New York, NY

Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina

International Telephone and Telegraph Co., Passaic, New Jersey

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers State Univ., New Brunswick, New Jersey

Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi

The New York Public Library, New York, New York

Port Authority of New York, New York, NY

Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania

Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

University of Virginia Museum of Art, Charlottesville, Virginia

University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, South Carolina

University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah

Keysone College, La Plume Pennsylvania

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