BIOGRAPHY
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Selected Exhibitions
Davidson Gallery, Impossible Objects, group exhibition, New york, NY, June 2019
Valletta Contemporary, AFTERMINIMALISM, group Exhibition, curated by Norbert Francis Attard & Francesca Mangion. Valletta, Malta. April 2019.
drj - Dr. Julius | AP
CENTURY. idee bauhaus
A drj project with 100 international artists; an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus. CENTURY. idea bauhaus is participating in an International series of celebratory Bauhaus events.
The curatorial team: museum director Simone Schimpf, MKK Ingolstadt; curator Sibylle Hoiman, Bauhaus Archive Berlin; art scientist Frederik Schikowski, Berlin/Basel; and architect and art collector Frank F. Drewes, Berlin/Bielefeld; as well as drj directors Christiane Bail and Matthias Seidel.
Berlin, Germany. April 2019
David Richard Gallery, Close Call, solo exhibition, new work, November 2018, New York, NY.
Harper's Books, Grafik, group exhibition curated by Ryan McGinness, East Hampton, NY, August, 2018.
Marquee Projects, What's the Matter, group exhibition, Bellport, NY,
March 2018
57W57arts, solo exhibition, New York, NY, March 2018
Reynolds Gallery, Richard Roth: Early Glass Paintings, solo exhibition, March 2018, Richmond, VA
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Transcendent Functionalism, group exhibition,
December 2017, Hudson, New York
Margaret Thatcher Projects, Hybrid Form, group exhibition, June 2017, New York, NY.
Reynolds Gallery: Pop-Up. Group exhibition, Georgetown, Washington, DC. May, 2016
Raakvlakken, a group exhibition in the Achmea Building, sponsored by Beelden in Leiden for 100 years De Stijl, Leiden, the Netherlands. May 2017.
Part of a series of exhibitions celebrating the 100th anniversary of De Stijl in the Netherlands — Mondriaan to Dutch Design. IS-projects, Iemke van Dijk and Guido Winkler, curators
Part of a series of exhibitions celebrating the 100th anniversary of De Stijl in the Netherlands — Mondriaan to Dutch Design. IS-projects, Iemke van Dijk and Guido Winkler, curators
David Richard Gallery, Shocks and Struts: Richard Roth - New Work, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, May 2017
Reynolds Gallery, Speed Bump, solo exhibition, January 2016, Richmond, VA.
David Richard Gallery, RE-OP: 'The Responsive Eye Fifty Years After', group exhibition, October 2015, Santa Fe, NM
Mixed Greens Gallery, New Dominion, group show, curated by Lauren Ross, June 2015, New York, NY.
Beers Contemporary, 100 Painters of Tomorrow, group exhibition, November 2014 – January 2015, London, U.K.
Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, Maximal/Minimal, group exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, October 2014
Reynolds Gallery, group exhibition, Richmond, VA, July 2014
McKenzie Fine Art, Color as Structure, group exhibition, New York, NY, June 2014
David Richard Gallery, Sensation, group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, April 2014
Dallas Biennial, DB14, group exhibitions, multiple venues throughout Dallas, Dallas, TX, May 2014
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Hard-Edge Abstraction: Paintings and Works on Paper, group exhibition, Canton, New York, January 2014
ART in Embassies | US Department of State, Villa Richardson, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Vatican City, group installation, 2014 – 2015
David Richard Gallery, Color As Abstraction, group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, December 2013 – January 2014
Institute Library Gallery, Punchline, group exhibition, curated by Kevin Daly, New Haven, CT, November 2013
Dallas Biennial, DB14, group exhibitions, multiple venues throughout Dallas, Dallas, TX, May 2014
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Hard-Edge Abstraction: Paintings and Works on Paper, group exhibition, Canton, New York, January 2014
ART in Embassies | US Department of State, Villa Richardson, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Vatican City, group installation, 2014 – 2015
David Richard Gallery, Color As Abstraction, group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, December 2013 – January 2014
Institute Library Gallery, Punchline, group exhibition, curated by Kevin Daly, New Haven, CT, November 2013
Reynolds Gallery, Richard Roth - Under the Influence: New Paintings and Early Work, solo exhibition, Richmond, VA, January 2013
Reynolds Gallery, Refracting Light, group exhibition, Richmond, VA, November 2012
McKenzie Fine Art, Line and Plane, group exhibition, New York, NY, September 2012
Devening Projects + Editions, two-person exhibition: Dorothee Joachim and Richard Roth, Chicago, April 2012
Tomlinson Kong Contemporary, No Hazmats, solo exhibition, New York, NY, November 2011 – January 2012
McKenzie Fine Art, Line and Plane, group exhibition, New York, NY, September 2012
Devening Projects + Editions, two-person exhibition: Dorothee Joachim and Richard Roth, Chicago, April 2012
Tomlinson Kong Contemporary, No Hazmats, solo exhibition, New York, NY, November 2011 – January 2012
Dallas Biennial, DB 12, Volume 2, on-line exhibition curated by Stephen Lapthisophon, 2012. http://dallasbiennial.org/volume-2/
David Richard Contemporary, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, September 2011
Galerie Rob de Vries, Group Exhibition, Haarlem, The Netherlands,
July 2011HICA, Highland Institute of Contemporary Art, "Richard Roth: Vernacular Modernism," solo exhibition, Loch Ruthven, Scotland, May 2011.
David Richard Contemporary, "Op, Pop and Geo Again," group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, December 2010
David Richard Contemporary, "Line, Curve, Form," group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, July 2010
The Suburban, solo exhibition, Oak Park, IL, June 2010
Reference Gallery, "Exit Light," group show, Richmond, VA, May 2010
Pentimenti Gallery, "Superimpose," three-person exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010
Reynolds Gallery, "Perimeter Check," solo exhibition, Richmond, VA, March 2010
SNO, Contemporary Art Projects, solo exhibition in SNO 54, Sydney, Australia, November 2009
Triple Candie, "Painting, Smoking, Eating," a Case Room project, New York, NY, September 2009
Frederieke Taylor Gallery, "Color as Structure," curated by Julie Langsam, four-person exhibition in the Viewing Room, New York, NY, September 2009
Rocket Gallery, "Book A Table," group exhibition of tables and artists’ books, London, U.K., September 2009. Book A Table is an affiliate exhibition of the London Design Festival.
ParisCONCRET, "Personal Space," 3-person exhibition, Paris, France, June 2009
Rocket Gallery, "Merger: New Minimal Painting in Dialogue With Contemporary Furniture Design," group exhibition, London, U.K., October 2008
PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair, Artware Editions, Group Exhibition, March 2008
Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, “Weight of the World,” group exhibition, January 2008
Reynolds Gallery, one-person exhibition, exhibition essay by Stephen Westfall, Richmond, VA, November 2007
Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, University of Georgia, "Cowboy Magic," one-person exhibition, exhibition essay by Saul Ostrow, September 2007
McCaig Welles and Rosenthal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Wide Open,” group exhibition, August 2007
McDonough Museum of Art. group exhibition, “Modeling the Photographic: The End(s) of Photography”, curated by Saul Ostrow, Youngstown, Ohio, February 2007
Lab Gallery, three-person exhibition with Siemon Allen and Royce Howes, “Chronicle,” New York, NY, March 2006
University of Cincinnati, group exhibition, “Bad Drawing,” Mark Harris – curator, February 2006
Reynolds Gallery, one-person exhibition, Richmond, VA, September, 2003
School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, “Americana,” February 2003
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, “Grief: A Collection,” one-person exhibition, January 2002
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, one-person exhibition in the project room, December 2000 – January 2001
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, group exhibition, December 1999
30 Paris Street, London, “The Manchurian Candidate,” group exhibition, collaboration with Carmel Buckley, curated by Ciara Ennis and David Goldenberg, 1999
Shillam + Smith, London, U.K., “Form(s): A Collection,” one-person exhibition, December 1998
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta. Installation, November 1998
California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. one-person exhibition, March 1998
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, "Obsession" group exhibition, November, 1996
TZ’Art & Co., New York, Testwall installation, July 1995
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, “The Language of Place,” group exhibition curated by Sarah Rogers (Wexner Center, Director of Exhibitions) – October 1994 – January 1995
SPACES Gallery , Cleveland, “Form Out of Context,” four-person exhibition, June 1993.
“American Pluralism” group exhibition curated by Terry Barrett. Traveled to Antwerp, Belgium; London, England; Glasgow, Scotland; Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Budapest, Hungary; Dresden, Germany. November 1992 – January 1994.
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, “Ohio Selections X,” group exhibition, November 1991 – February 1992.
Feigen, Inc., Chicago, one-person exhibition, June 1991
Chicago International Art Exposition, group exhibition, May 1991
Feigen, Inc., Chicago, group exhibition, May 1991
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY, group exhibition - "The New Eccentricity: Sculpture," curated by Frederieke Taylor, March 1990
Penine Hart Gallery, New York, NY, group exhibition - "Painting Between the Paradigms Part IV: A Category of Objects as Yet Unnamed," curated by Saul Ostrow, March 1990
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, one-person exhibition, January 1990
The Machine Shop Gallery at the Emery Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, group exhibition, November 1989
Dart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, "Formal," group exhibition, November, 1988.
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Biennial II Exhibition, "September 1988.
This exhibition also traveled to:
The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, March 1989
The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1989
Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Directly on the Wall," 4-person exhibition, July 1987
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, group exhibition, June 1986
A.R.C. Raw Space, Chicago, Illinois, one-person exhibition, November 1985
SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 3-person exhibition, November 1985
Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 3-person exhibition, September 1985 C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio, one-person exhibition, March 1985
Nationwide Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, "Non-Objective," 3-person exhibition, August 1984 John Davis Gallery, Akron, Ohio, group exhibition, September 1983
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, Annual Columbus Art League Exhibitions: June 1982; May 1983; May 1985; June 1986
Noyes Gallery, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio, group exhibition, March 1983
Houghton Gallery at The Cooper Union, New York, New York, group exhibition, October 1982
Gallery at The Ohio Foundation on the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 2-person exhibition, February 1982
Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, 2-person exhibition, April 1980
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 3-person exhibition, June 1979
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, group exhibition, December 1978
Van Doren Gallery, San Francisco, California, group exhibition, August 1978
N.A.M.E Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, group exhibition, "Four Fourths," December 1977
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, one-person exhibition, June 1972
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, group exhibition, March 1971
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, group exhibition, September 1970
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, group exhibition, "The Director's Choice," 1970
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, one-person exhibition, April 1970
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, group exhibition, January 1970
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, "1969 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, " December 16, 1969 – February 1, 1970
Parker Street 470 Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, group exhibition, November 1969
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, group exhibition, October 1969
Castelli Warehouse, New York, New York, "4 Painters for Spring," May 1969
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Selected Collections
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
David Richard Contemporary, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, September 2011
Galerie Rob de Vries, Group Exhibition, Haarlem, The Netherlands,
July 2011HICA, Highland Institute of Contemporary Art, "Richard Roth: Vernacular Modernism," solo exhibition, Loch Ruthven, Scotland, May 2011.
David Richard Contemporary, "Op, Pop and Geo Again," group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, December 2010
David Richard Contemporary, "Line, Curve, Form," group exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, July 2010
The Suburban, solo exhibition, Oak Park, IL, June 2010
Reference Gallery, "Exit Light," group show, Richmond, VA, May 2010
Pentimenti Gallery, "Superimpose," three-person exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010
Reynolds Gallery, "Perimeter Check," solo exhibition, Richmond, VA, March 2010
SNO, Contemporary Art Projects, solo exhibition in SNO 54, Sydney, Australia, November 2009
Triple Candie, "Painting, Smoking, Eating," a Case Room project, New York, NY, September 2009
Frederieke Taylor Gallery, "Color as Structure," curated by Julie Langsam, four-person exhibition in the Viewing Room, New York, NY, September 2009
Rocket Gallery, "Book A Table," group exhibition of tables and artists’ books, London, U.K., September 2009. Book A Table is an affiliate exhibition of the London Design Festival.
ParisCONCRET, "Personal Space," 3-person exhibition, Paris, France, June 2009
Rocket Gallery, "Merger: New Minimal Painting in Dialogue With Contemporary Furniture Design," group exhibition, London, U.K., October 2008
PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair, Artware Editions, Group Exhibition, March 2008
Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, “Weight of the World,” group exhibition, January 2008
Reynolds Gallery, one-person exhibition, exhibition essay by Stephen Westfall, Richmond, VA, November 2007
Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, University of Georgia, "Cowboy Magic," one-person exhibition, exhibition essay by Saul Ostrow, September 2007
McCaig Welles and Rosenthal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Wide Open,” group exhibition, August 2007
McDonough Museum of Art. group exhibition, “Modeling the Photographic: The End(s) of Photography”, curated by Saul Ostrow, Youngstown, Ohio, February 2007
Lab Gallery, three-person exhibition with Siemon Allen and Royce Howes, “Chronicle,” New York, NY, March 2006
University of Cincinnati, group exhibition, “Bad Drawing,” Mark Harris – curator, February 2006
Reynolds Gallery, one-person exhibition, Richmond, VA, September, 2003
School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, “Americana,” February 2003
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, “Grief: A Collection,” one-person exhibition, January 2002
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, one-person exhibition in the project room, December 2000 – January 2001
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, group exhibition, December 1999
30 Paris Street, London, “The Manchurian Candidate,” group exhibition, collaboration with Carmel Buckley, curated by Ciara Ennis and David Goldenberg, 1999
Shillam + Smith, London, U.K., “Form(s): A Collection,” one-person exhibition, December 1998
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta. Installation, November 1998
California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. one-person exhibition, March 1998
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, "Obsession" group exhibition, November, 1996
TZ’Art & Co., New York, Testwall installation, July 1995
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, “The Language of Place,” group exhibition curated by Sarah Rogers (Wexner Center, Director of Exhibitions) – October 1994 – January 1995
SPACES Gallery , Cleveland, “Form Out of Context,” four-person exhibition, June 1993.
“American Pluralism” group exhibition curated by Terry Barrett. Traveled to Antwerp, Belgium; London, England; Glasgow, Scotland; Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Budapest, Hungary; Dresden, Germany. November 1992 – January 1994.
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, “Ohio Selections X,” group exhibition, November 1991 – February 1992.
Feigen, Inc., Chicago, one-person exhibition, June 1991
Chicago International Art Exposition, group exhibition, May 1991
Feigen, Inc., Chicago, group exhibition, May 1991
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY, group exhibition - "The New Eccentricity: Sculpture," curated by Frederieke Taylor, March 1990
Penine Hart Gallery, New York, NY, group exhibition - "Painting Between the Paradigms Part IV: A Category of Objects as Yet Unnamed," curated by Saul Ostrow, March 1990
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, one-person exhibition, January 1990
The Machine Shop Gallery at the Emery Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, group exhibition, November 1989
Dart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, "Formal," group exhibition, November, 1988.
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Biennial II Exhibition, "September 1988.
This exhibition also traveled to:
The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, March 1989
The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1989
Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Directly on the Wall," 4-person exhibition, July 1987
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, group exhibition, June 1986
A.R.C. Raw Space, Chicago, Illinois, one-person exhibition, November 1985
SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 3-person exhibition, November 1985
Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 3-person exhibition, September 1985 C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio, one-person exhibition, March 1985
Nationwide Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, "Non-Objective," 3-person exhibition, August 1984 John Davis Gallery, Akron, Ohio, group exhibition, September 1983
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, Annual Columbus Art League Exhibitions: June 1982; May 1983; May 1985; June 1986
Noyes Gallery, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio, group exhibition, March 1983
Houghton Gallery at The Cooper Union, New York, New York, group exhibition, October 1982
Gallery at The Ohio Foundation on the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 2-person exhibition, February 1982
Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, 2-person exhibition, April 1980
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 3-person exhibition, June 1979
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, group exhibition, December 1978
Van Doren Gallery, San Francisco, California, group exhibition, August 1978
N.A.M.E Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, group exhibition, "Four Fourths," December 1977
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, one-person exhibition, June 1972
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, group exhibition, March 1971
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, group exhibition, September 1970
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, group exhibition, "The Director's Choice," 1970
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, one-person exhibition, April 1970
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, group exhibition, January 1970
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, "1969 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, " December 16, 1969 – February 1, 1970
Parker Street 470 Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, group exhibition, November 1969
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York, group exhibition, October 1969
Castelli Warehouse, New York, New York, "4 Painters for Spring," May 1969
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Selected Collections
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
2015 – present Professor Emeritus
1999 – 2015 Professor, Painting and Printmaking Department
Try-me Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Monroe Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio
Des Moines Register and Tribune Collection, Des Moines, Iowa
The Barron Collection, Detroit, Michigan
The Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, New York
Marine Midland Trust Company of Western New York, Buffalo, New York
New York University Art Collection, New York, New York
First National City Bank Collection, New York, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Education
M.F.A. Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
painting major
B.F.A. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York,
painting major
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Grants and Award
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship, Painting, 1991.
Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artists Fellowship,Visual Arts, 1990.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting, 2008–09.
Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, 2012 – 2013
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Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio
Des Moines Register and Tribune Collection, Des Moines, Iowa
The Barron Collection, Detroit, Michigan
The Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, New York
Marine Midland Trust Company of Western New York, Buffalo, New York
New York University Art Collection, New York, New York
First National City Bank Collection, New York, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Education
M.F.A. Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
painting major
B.F.A. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York,
painting major
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Grants and Award
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship, Painting, 1991.
Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artists Fellowship,Visual Arts, 1990.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting, 2008–09.
Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, 2012 – 2013
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Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts
2015 – present Professor Emeritus
1999 – 2015 Professor, Painting and Printmaking Department
1999 – 2008 Department Chair
2005 – 2009 Director, Solvent Space, Richmond, VA
2005 – 2009 Director, Solvent Space, Richmond, VA
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