Richard Roth

Biography:

Richard Roth is an artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at such venues as L21 Gallery, Mallorca, Spain; Valletta Contemporary, Malta; Pulpo Gallery, Germany; Galerie Rob de Vries, The Netherlands; HICA, Highland Institute of Contemporary Art, Loch Ruthven, Scotland; Rocket Gallery, London; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA; David Richard Gallery, NY; The Suburban, Oak Park, IL; Feigen, Inc., Chicago; the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; OK Harris Gallery, NY; and Castelli Warehouse, NY. He is the co-editor of the book, Beauty is Nowhere: Ethical Issues in Art and Design. His debut novel, NoLab (an artworld thriller), was published in 2019 by Owl Canyon Press. His work was included in the book, 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson, 2014. Roth was the Director of Solvent Space in Richmond, Virginia, 2005 – 2009. He was a faculty member in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1999 - 2015; he chaired the Department from 1999 – 2008. He has also taught at The Ohio State University, Columbus; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; New York University; the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design – University of Central England; and the University of California, Berkeley. In 1991 he was the recipient of a Visual Artists Fellowship in Painting from the National Endowment for the Arts. He received an MFA from the Tyler School of Art and a BFA from The Cooper Union. Richard Roth presently lives and works in Southern California.

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Statement:

For me now, painting is like returning home. I painted for many years, then for a decade my practice became more conceptual - creating collections of contemporary material culture. I returned to painting in 2006 with a renewed interest, fueled by conceptualism and informed by postmodern attitudes. The new paintings claim object status enabling them to tap into the 3D polychrome universe - product and package design, nature, architecture, popular culture, custom cars, and fashion. I am now making my own ideal collection - inclusions to this set of objects are carefully controlled.

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Résumé:

Current Residence:
Richmond, VA

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

Selected Exhibitions:
2015        Op Infinitum: “The Responsive Eye” Fifty Years After, Part I, Part II, American Op Art in the 60’s, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010          The Suburban, solo exhibition, Oak Park, IL
                  Pentimenti Gallery, "Superimpose," three-person exhibition, Philadelphia, PA,
                  Reynolds Gallery, "Perimeter Check," solo exhibition, Richmond, VA
                  SNO, Contemporary Art Projects, solo exhibition in SNO 54, Sydney, Australia
                  Triple Candie, "Painting, Smoking, Eating," a Case Room project, New York, NY
                  Frederieke Taylor Gallery, "Color as Structure," curated by Julie Langsam, four-person exhibition in the
                      Viewing Room, New York, NY
                  Rocket Gallery, "Book A Table," group exhibition of tables and artists’ books, London, U.K.. Book A Table is an
                      affiliate exhibition of the London Design Festival.
                  ParisCONCRET, "Personal Space," 3-person exhibition, Paris, France
2008          Rocket Gallery, "Merger: New Minimal Painting in Dialogue With Contemporary Furniture Design," group
                      exhibition, London, U.K.
                  PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair, Artware Editions, Group Exhibition
                  Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, “Weight of the World,” group exhibition
2007          Reynolds Gallery, one-person exhibition, exhibition essay by Stephen Westfall, Richmond, VA
                  Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, University of Georgia, "Cowboy Magic," one-person exhibition,
                      exhibition essay by Saul Ostrow
                  McCaig Welles and Rosenthal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Wide Open,” group exhibition
                  McDonough Museum of Art. group exhibition, “Modeling the Photographic: The End(s) of Photography”,
                      curated by Saul Ostrow, Youngstown, Ohio
2006          Lab Gallery, three-person exhibition with Siemon Allen and Royce Howes, “Chronicle,” New York, NY
                  University of Cincinnati, group exhibition, “Bad Drawing,” Mark Harris – curator
2003          Reynolds Gallery, one-person exhibition, Richmond, VA
                  School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, “Americana,”
2002          Virginia Museum of Fine Art, “Grief: A Collection,” one-person exhibition
2001          Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, one-person exhibition in the project room
1999          Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, group exhibition
                  30 Paris Street, London, “The Manchurian Candidate,” group exhibition, collaboration with Carmel Buckley,
                      curated by Ciara Ennis and David Goldenberg,
1998          Shillam + Smith, London, U.K., “Form(s): A Collection,” one-person exhibition
                  Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta. Installation
                  California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. one-person exhibition
1996          Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, "Obsession" group exhibition
1995          TZ’Art & Co., New York, Testwall installation
                  Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, “The Language of Place,” group exhibition curated by Sarah Rogers
                       (Wexner Center, Director of Exhibitions)
1993          SPACES Gallery , Cleveland, “Form Out of Context,” four-person exhibition
1992           “American Pluralism” group exhibition curated by Terry Barrett. Traveled to Antwerp, Belgium; London,
                      England; Glasgow, Scotland; Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Budapest, Hungary; Dresden, Germany
1991          Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, “Ohio Selections X,” group exhibition
                  Feigen, Inc., Chicago, one-person exhibition
                  Chicago International Art Exposition, group exhibition
                  Feigen, Inc., Chicago, group exhibition
                  Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY, group exhibition - "The New Eccentricity: Sculpture," curated
                      by Frederieke Taylor
                  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
1990          Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, one-person exhibition
1989          The Machine Shop Gallery at the Emery Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, group exhibition
1988          Dart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, "Formal," group exhibition
                  The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Biennial II Exhibition
                      This exhibition also traveled to
                      The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, March 1989
                      The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1989
1987          Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Directly on the Wall,"
                      4-person exhibition,
1986          Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, group exhibition
1985          A.R.C. Raw Space, Chicago, Illinois, one-person exhibition.

Selected Collections:
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.

Grants and Awards:
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.

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