Richard Thatcher

BIOGRAPHY

Richard Thatcher Biography

 

 

 

 

Lives and works in New York City


Solo Exhibitions

1997              
Fulcrum Gallery SoHo, New York City

1991 
              
Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York City

1989               
Griffin-McGear Gallery, New York City

1984               
Phantom Exhibitions, various locations throughout NYC

1981-88          
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, three installations on extended view

1980               
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

1977               
Galerie Peccolo, Cologne, Germany

1975               
55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York City

1971               
Gallery 84, New York City

1970               
Gallery 84, New York City


Group Exhibitions

2014               
Turn Up the Heat, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2009               
Sunny Side Up, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Deviate, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY

2008               
Re-Mix, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2007               
Chill, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2005               
It’s Not About Sex, Luxe Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Sensation, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2004               
Hard & Soft, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2002               
Text/Textile, Deutsche Bank, New York City. Curated by Mario Muller.
Breathing Room, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York City
Edge, w/Cheonae Kim and Bill Thompson,
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York City

2001              
Heat, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York City

2000               
Industry, w/John Beech, John Monti, Thatcher Projects, New York City

1999               
Summer Slam 1999, Tobey Fine Arts, New York City

1998               
What’s On the Wall, Thatcher Projects, New York City

1996               
Material Matters, curated by Bobbie Foshay-Miller, A.O.I. Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY

1995               
Group Exhibition, Fulcrum Gallery SoHo, New York City

1993                
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Fulcrum Gallery SoHo, New York City

1991               
An Invitational: 1991, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York City
Painting Into Object, Stark Gallery, New York City
Compulsion, Jamison-Thomas Gallery, New York City
Drawing Invitational, Stark Gallery, New York City

1989               
Form; Being; Absence, Griffin-McGear Gallery, New York City (catalog)

1988                
Forecasts, curated by Gail Levin, Nerlino Gallery, New York City (catalog)
Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
Emulsions, Nerlino Gallery, New York City (catalog)
Democracy and Cultural Participation, curated by Group Material,
Dia Center for the Arts, New York City

1986               
Time Will Tell, City Gallery, New York City (catalog)

1985               
The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey

1984                
Virtual Garrison, New York City
Welton and Becket, Inc., New York City

1983               
The Page Museum, Island Magazine, May 1983, curated by Roseanne Truxes Livingston, New York City

1981               
Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Allentown, PA (catalog)
The Alternative Museum, New York City
City Gallery, New York City

1980               
The State University, Stony Brook, NY
The Queens Museum, Queens, New York (curated by Robert Pincus-Witten)

1979               
Galerie Peccolo, Livorno, Italy

1978               
International Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp, Belgium
Lasteria Galleria D’Arte, Rome, Italy
112 Greene Street, New York City

1977              
Galerie Peccolo, Cologne, Germany
Aphoto, Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy (catalog)
Aphoto, Gallerie Rondanini, Rome, Italy

1976               
Rutgers Art Gallery, curated by Roseanne Truxes Livingston, Rutgers University, New Jersey (catalog)

1973               
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

1971                
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Performances

1980               
Lecturing, The Queens Museum, Queens, New York; live performance

1977               
Queens Museum, Queens, New York, video performance

Bibliography

“Director’s Choice”, Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1971 (catalog).
“Photographic Process as Medium”, Rutgers, the State University, essay by
Roseanne Truxes Livingston, 1975 (catalog).
“Kunstler fotografieren”, Kunstforum International, vol. 20, February, 1977.
“Aphoto”, Studio Marconi, Milano, Italy, 1977 (catalog).
The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, 1980, essay by Robert Pincus-Witten (catalog).
Queens Artists and Their Studios: A Documentation, Queens Council on the Arts, 1980.
Artforum Magazine, 1980 (review).
“Art In Pursuit of a Smile”, Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, essay by Linda       Weintraub, 1981 (catalog).
“Ikons, Logos, Word as Image”, The Alternative Museum, 1981 (catalog).
“Time Will Tell”, The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985 (catalog).
“FORECASTS: Visions of Technology in Contemporary Painting & Sculpture”,     essay by Gail Levin, Nerlino Gallery, New York City (September 24 - October 26), 1988 (catalog).
“FORM; Being; Absence”, Pratt Journal of Architecture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, vol. 2, Spring 1988.