Education
University of California, Davis, CA, M.F.A., Painting, 1987
Yale University, New Haven, CT, Non-Degree Studies in Painting, 1980–1982
Yale University, New Haven, CT, B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, 1980
Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
Richard Whitten: Recent Paintings, McGlothlin Center,
Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA, Fall 2021
William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Summer 2021
Richard Whitten: Capricci, Art Mora, Seoul, Korea May 2021
Games, Art Mora Gallery, Ridgefield, NJ, November 2020
William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Summer 2019
Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI, May/June 2019
Clark Gallery Lincoln, MA, 2018
Chazan Gallery at Wheeler School, Providence, RI, 2018
URI Main Gallery, Kingston, RI, 2017
Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA, 2017
Art Mora Gallery, New York, NY, 2017
Art Mora Gallery, Ridgefield, NJ, 2017
Studiolo, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME, 2016
Passageways, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, 2016
Experiments, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, 2015
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA, 2014
Wunderkabinett, Sabbatical Exhibition, Bannister Gallery,
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 2014
Cabinet of Curiosities, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, 2014
Sacre Rouge, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA, 2014
Wunderkammer, Anderson Gallery,
Bridgewater University, Bridgewater, MA, 2013
Allegory, Metaphor, and Paradox, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, 2011
Details of Thought, Towne Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA, 2011
Ingenium Mentis, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, 2010
Richard Whitten: Passageways,
Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2009
Worlds of Wonder, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI , 2006
Paintings, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, 2003
Richard Whitten: Invisible Cities, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1997
Recent Paintings, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI, 1994
Reflection and Invention: The Paintings of Richard Whitten,
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, 1993
Architectural Icons, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI, 1993
Recent Paintings, Mincher-Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1990
Secret Pleasures, Mincher-Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1989
MFA Graduate Show, Shackelford & Sears Gallery, Davis, CA, 1987
Harlequin Series, Basement Workshop Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
Selected Group Exhibitions
Balance through Colors, Art Mora Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2020
Raid the Icebox: Triple Canopy, RISD Museum, Providence, RI, 2019-20
Playing, Art Mora Gallery Seoul, Korea, 2019
Summer Salon 2018, William Scott Gallery Provincetown, MA 2018
Dreams, Art Mora Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2017
Art of painting in the 21st Century, curated by Edward Lucie Smith,
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, CA, 2017
RISCA Fellowships 2017, Image Gallery, Warren, RI, 2017
Presence of China: International Contemporary Art Forum,
Sanya, Hainan Province, China, 2017
Art Mora Gallery, Ridgefield, NJ, 2017
Networks 2015/16, Newport Art Museum, Newport RI, 2016–2017
The Great California Art Movement 1960–1990,John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, 2016 (in conjunction with the Manetti Shrem Museum inauguration)
What’s the Big Idea?, Small Paintings from the Museum Collection,
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME, 2016
The Thing Itself, (Curated by John Yau),
Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, 2015
8 Visions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro Arts Museum, 2013
Newport Art Museum: Reconnection/Recollection II,
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, 2012
8 Visions, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA, 2008
Director’s Choice, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1998
Collegiate Alumni Gala Collegiate School, New York, NY, 1997
Artists of New England Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA, 1996
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY, 1995
Frame-Up, University of Rhode Island Main Gallery, Kingston, RI,
Triennial Invitational Exhibition, 1992
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, 1991
Invitational, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY, 1990
Awards & Fellowships
Golden Apple Residency, Harrington, ME, Summer 2021
Art Mora, Seoul, Korea Residency/Lecture Series, May 2021
Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Foundation
Fellowship and Residency, 2019
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts,
Fellowship in Painting Merit Award, 2017
Speaker, Presence of China: International Forum of Contemporary Artists,
Sanya, Hainan Province, China, 2017
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Grants and Residencies,
2019, 2018, 2017, 2013
Speaker, Leonard Lecture Series, University of Maine Museum of Art, 2016
Keynote Speaker: Art of the 21st Century: 2016 Conference,
Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, CA, 2016
Networks 2015, 2015
Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship, Ballycastle, Ireland, 2007 – present
Rhode Island College Faculty Scholarship Grants, Providence, RI: 2019-2020, 2018-2019, 2017–2018, 2016–2017, 2015–2016, 2013–2014, 2012–2013, 2011–2012, 2010–2011, 2009–2010, 2008–2009, 2007–2008, 2006–2007, 2005–2006, 2004–2005, 1997–1998, 1995–1996
Rhode Island College Faculty Scholarship Mini-Grants,
Providence, RI: 2019-2020, 2018-19
Rhode Island College Faculty Development Grant 2016-17, 2012-13, 2011-12
The E.D. Foundation Grant, Kearny, NJ, 1995 – 1996
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Artist Project Grant,
Providence, RI, 1993
Graham Foundation Grant, Chicago, IL, 1990
University of California Regents’ Fellowship, Davis CA, 1986 – 1987
University of California Regents’ Fellowship, Davis CA, 1985 – 1986
Artists’ Space Exhibition Grant, New York, NY, 1983
Bibliography (selected)
Science FictionS, Art New England, Alexander Castro, May/June 2019
Whitten at Providence’s Chazan Gallery, Channing Gray,
Providence Journal, January 24, 2018
Cover Image: October Issue of Artist’s Magazine, October 2017
Time, Money, and Mentoring, by Richard Whitten,
Artist’s Magazine, October 2017
The Art of Painting, Edward Lucie Smith, February 2017
Richard Whitten: Portals to the Unconscious,
Artists Magazine, January/February 2017
Networks 2015-2016, Networks, RI/Newport Art Museum, 2016
Limitless Creativity, Sophie Nelson;
Maine Home and Design Magazine: Arts, April 2016
On the Cover – Étude by Richard C. Whitten, Kate Hays (Cover Illustration)
American Psychologist Magazine , January 2016
Renaissance Man, Kevin J. Kelly, Seven Days, Burlington, VT, March 18, 2015
Richard Whitten Experiments, Suzanne Volmer, Artscope, March/April, 2015
Objects of Wonder: Paintings and Sculptures by Richard Whitten,
Hyperallergic Review, by Natasha Seaman, September 27, 2014
Richard Whitten, Essay by Isabel Mattia, Lead Curator
Exhibition Catalogue: Dedee Shattuck Gallery, September 2014
Sacre Rouge: Richard Whitten, Brigitt Lynch, Director, Trustman Gallery
Exhibition Catalogue: Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, February 2014
Toy Story, Lindsay Tucker, Boston Magazine Home, Summer 2014
Bill Van Siclen, Old Master Meets Steampunk,
The Providence Journal, April 2014
Wunderkabinett: A Cabinet of Curiosities,
Rhode Island College Exhibition Catalogue;
Essay by John Yau, Professor of Art Criticism, Rutgers University, 2014
Wunderkammer: Paintings by Richard Whitten,
John Winters,
Art New England, July/August 2013
Richard Whitten: Wunderkammer, Bridgewater University
Exhibition Catalogue Essay by Judith Tolnick Editor Art New England, 2013
Art of Painting III, John Natsoulas, 2012
Charles Munitz, Details of Thought, Boston Arts Diary, October 1, 2011
Art of Painting, John Natsoulas, 2010
Richard Whitten: Passageways, Wheaton College Exhibition Catalogue,
Essay by Ann Murray, Professor of Art History and Director,
Beard Gallery, 2009
Teaching
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI,
Department of Art Chairperson, 2016 – present
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Professor, 2014 – present
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Associate Professor, 2012 – 2014
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Assistant Professor, 2006 – 2012
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Instructor, 1993 – 2006
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI;
Instructor:
Summer Programs, 1998 – present
New York Studio School, New York, NY; Visiting Critic, 2013 – present
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA; Lecturer, 1996 – 2005
Assumption College, Worcester, MA; Visiting Lecturer, 2003
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,
Visiting Assistant Professor and Lecturer, 1995 – 1997
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI,
Visiting Critic, School of Architecture, 1992 – 2006
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI; Visiting Instructor, 1991 – 1993
Penn State University, University Park, PA; ssistant Professor, 1989 – 1991
Yuba College, Marysville, CA; Instructor, 1988 – 1989
Collegiate School, New York, NY; Faculty, 1987 – 1988
