Richard Whitten
Artist Works
20 x 23 inches Oil on wood panel
Artist Bio
Education
University of California, Davis, CA, M.F.A., Painting 1987
University of California Regents’ Fellowship, Davis, CA 1986-87
University of California Regents’ Fellowship, Davis, CA 1985-86
Yale University, New Haven, CT, Non-Degree Studies in Painting 1980-82
Yale University, New Haven, CT, B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude 1980
Solo Exhibitions
“Ingenium Mentis” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA Summer, 2010
“Richard Whitten: Passageways, Recent Paintings” 2009
Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
“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 1992
“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
Group Exhibitions
“Seeing Double” Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA Summer, 2010
“Art of Painting” John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, CA 2010
Attleboro Art Museum: Member Juried Competition-” 2010
Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
“Home” Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA 2009
“8 Visions” Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA 2008
“Salon Show” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 2008
Summer Exhibition, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI 2008
“Out of the Blue” Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA 2008
Providence Art Club/Fidelity Investments Open Painting 2008
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art 2007
The New Hampshire Institute of Art; Manchester, NH
Attleboro Art Museum: Member Juried Competition 2007
Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition 2007
Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA
Summer Exhibition, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI 2007
Attleboro Art Museum: Small Works 2007
Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
Providence Art Club/Fidelity Investments Open Works on Paper 2007
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Newport Art Museum All Media 2007
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Providence Art Club/Fidelity Investments Open Painting 2007
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition 2006
Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA
“Another Look” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2004
“Rhode Island Annual” Warwick Art Museum, Warwick, RI 2004
Providence Art Club/Fidelity Investments All Media Competition
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI 2003
“Recent Acquisitions” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2001
Fidelity Investments Invitational
FidelityInvestment, Smithfield Campus, Smithfield, RI 2001
“Fine Arts Downtown 2000,” New Bedford Art Museum 2000
New Bedford, MA
Awards and Fellowships
Fellow of the Ballinglen Foundation of Art, Ballycstle, Ireland 2007-
Rhode Island College Faculty Development Grant, Providence, RI 2009-10
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 2009-10
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 2008-09
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 2007-08
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 2006-07
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 2005-06
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 2004-05
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 1997-98
The E. D. Foundation Grant, Kearny, NJ 1995-96
Rhode Island College Faculty Research Grant, Providence, RI 1995-96
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 1986-87
University of California Regents’ Fellowship, Davis, CA 1985-86
Artists’ Space Exhibition Grant, New York, NY 1983
Bibliography
Janette Sears, Attleboro Arts Museum broadens its “Vision,”
Attelboro Sun Chronicle August 7, 2008
Van Siclen, Bill, “Glorious Excess,” The Providence Journal August 23, 2007
Van Siclen, Bill, “Works on Paper,” The Providence Journal March 22, 2007
Van Siclen, Bill, “Painter and Draftsman,” The Providence Journal Feb. 23, 2006
Van Siclen, Bill, “Colleges Present,” The Providence Journal Sept. 11, 2003
Van Siclen, Bill, “At Rhode Island College” The Providence Journal July 10, 2003
Van Siclen, Bill, “Playing around with patterns,” The Providence Journal June 19, 2003
Donelan, Charles, The Collegiate Review Spring 1998
Frye Art Museum, “Invisible Cities,” Museum Exhibition Catalogue Sept. 1997
Coletta-Sanford, Natalie “Frame-Up!,” Art New England March-April 1993
Van Siclin, Bill, “Pictorial Puzzles” The Providence Journal Feb. 19, 1993
Newport Art Museum, “Reflection and Invention”, Museum Catalogue, February 1993
Van Siclin, Bill, “Frame-Up,” The Providence Journal October 9, 1992
Atwood, Sally, “Bygone Images Spark New Images,” The PennStater May-June 1991
Baker, Kenneth, San Francisco Chronicle June 22, 1990
Telford, Anne, “Events,” Northern California Home & Garden July 1989
Van Proyen, Mark, Artweek July 29, 1989
Dalkey, Victoria, “Students and Masters,” Sacramento Bee July 28, 1987
Knode, Marilou, “Rhythm and Form,” Manhattan Arts Feb. 1, 1984
Abell, Mary, “Abstractionism, Geometric or Not,” Artspeak March 3,1983
Teaching
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Assistant Professor 2006-
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Instructor 1993-2006
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Instructor: Summer Programs 1998-
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 1995-97
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI; Visiting Critic, School of Architecture 1992-
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI; Visiting Instructor 1991-93
Penn State University, University Park, PA; Assistant Professor 1989-91
Yuba College, Marysville, CA; Instructor 1988-89
Collegiate School, New York, NY; Faculty 1987-88