Education
1970 B.A., University of California, Irvine
1973 M.F.A., University of California, Irvine
Awards & Fellowships
1998-1999 Visual Arts Fellowship, Artist Fellowship Program, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
1997-98 Individual Fellowship, Cultural Grants Program, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Commissioned Artist, Graphics Arts Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1984 First Award, 8th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, Ed Ruscha, Juror, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Visual Arts Fellowship, Visual Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016-17 SHAME- 100 Reasons for Turning Red, Deutsches Hygiene - Museum, Dresden, Germany
2016 SKIN, Los Angeles Muncipal Art Gallery, curated by Scott Canty and Isabelle Lutterodt
2014 Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, co curated by Paul Morris and Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, NY
A Glimpse into This Side of Paradise, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, curated by Manon Slome, New York, NY
2013 Lust Letters, Coagula, Los Angeles, CA
Letters from Los Angeles (expanded), Los Angeles Art Fair exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Letters from Los Angeles, Text in Art, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
This Side of Paradise, No Longer Empty, Andrew Freedman House, Curated by Manon Slome, Bronx, NY
2011 Best Kept Secret, UC Irvine and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California 1964 - 1971, P.S.T exhibit, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
The Lords + the New Creatures, Nye + Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Open Kitchen, Da Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960’s, curated by David Rubin, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (catalog)
Collecting California, Selections from Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
2009 Ship of Fools, No Longer Empty, Chelsea Hotel, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Manon Slome, Chelsea, NY
4 Artists, Kips Gallery, New York.
Contemporary Confrontations 2009, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
The Art of Democracy, The New York Society of Etchers, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2008 Occult, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
The Toy Show, Hunsaker / Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Tattoo Flash, Saved Tattoo, curated by Scott Campbell, Brooklyn, NY
POPcentric, Gering & LoPez, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Sandra Gering, New York, NY
2004 Disturbing the Peace, Danese, New York, NY
Shakespeare as Muse, curated by Josine Ianco–Starrels, Schneider Museum of Art, South Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
1998 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist's Grants, 97-98, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Bruce Richards, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
2000 Bruce Richards, The Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Bruce Richards, Grand Central Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1994 Reflections and Revisitations, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Recent Works on Paper, The Works Gallery South, Costa Mesa, CA
1990 Bruce Richards, Narrative Works, Pacific Bell Headquarters, San Ramon, CA
Bruce Richards, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1989 Bruce Richards, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1986 California Contemporary Artists: Bruce Richards, Laguna Art Museum, South Coast Plaza Site, Costa Mesa, CA (catalog)
1985 Bruce Richards, Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (catalog)
1984 Bruce Richards, Recent Images: Paintings, Watercolors, Monotypes and Etchings, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
1983 Recent Works, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Paintings and Prints, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Bruce Richards, Laguna Beach Art Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
1980 Bruce Richards, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce Richards, Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Bruce Richards, A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
1978 White Paintings, Black Drawings, Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1977 Wet Paint, Morgan Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1976 Bruce Richards, Wenger & Casat Galleries, La Jolla,CA
Bruce Richards, Morgan Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1975 Bruce Richards, Jack Glenn Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1973 Bruce Richards, Jack Glenn Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
1972 Bruce Richards, Jack Glenn Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
Catalogs and Exhibition Brochures
1970 B.A., University of California, Irvine
1973 M.F.A., University of California, Irvine
Awards & Fellowships
1998-1999 Visual Arts Fellowship, Artist Fellowship Program, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
1997-98 Individual Fellowship, Cultural Grants Program, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Commissioned Artist, Graphics Arts Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1984 First Award, 8th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, Ed Ruscha, Juror, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Visual Arts Fellowship, Visual Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016-17 SHAME- 100 Reasons for Turning Red, Deutsches Hygiene - Museum, Dresden, Germany
2016 SKIN, Los Angeles Muncipal Art Gallery, curated by Scott Canty and Isabelle Lutterodt
2014 Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, co curated by Paul Morris and Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, NY
A Glimpse into This Side of Paradise, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, curated by Manon Slome, New York, NY
2013 Lust Letters, Coagula, Los Angeles, CA
Letters from Los Angeles (expanded), Los Angeles Art Fair exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Letters from Los Angeles, Text in Art, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
This Side of Paradise, No Longer Empty, Andrew Freedman House, Curated by Manon Slome, Bronx, NY
2011 Best Kept Secret, UC Irvine and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California 1964 - 1971, P.S.T exhibit, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
The Lords + the New Creatures, Nye + Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Open Kitchen, Da Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960’s, curated by David Rubin, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (catalog)
Collecting California, Selections from Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
2009 Ship of Fools, No Longer Empty, Chelsea Hotel, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Manon Slome, Chelsea, NY
4 Artists, Kips Gallery, New York.
Contemporary Confrontations 2009, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
The Art of Democracy, The New York Society of Etchers, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2008 Occult, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
The Toy Show, Hunsaker / Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Tattoo Flash, Saved Tattoo, curated by Scott Campbell, Brooklyn, NY
POPcentric, Gering & LoPez, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Sandra Gering, New York, NY
2004 Disturbing the Peace, Danese, New York, NY
Shakespeare as Muse, curated by Josine Ianco–Starrels, Schneider Museum of Art, South Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
1998 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist's Grants, 97-98, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
1997 End of the Century: Prints Since 1970 from the Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Printmaking on the Westcoast, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, CA
1993 Intersections: Art and Play, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1991 Individual Realities in the California Art Scene, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1984 California Drawings, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1981 Abstraction in Los Angeles,1950 - 1980, Selections from the Ruth and Murray Gribin Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, California State Univ., Northridge, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
1979 Black and White are Colors: Paintings of the 1950's - 1970's, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA
1978 Southern California Styles of the 60's and 70's, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
1977 Abstract Painting: A Selected Exhibition, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1976 Los Angeles, Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1973 Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments, San Diego Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
Market Street Program, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1994 Printmaking on the Westcoast, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, CA
1993 Intersections: Art and Play, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1991 Individual Realities in the California Art Scene, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1984 California Drawings, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1981 Abstraction in Los Angeles,1950 - 1980, Selections from the Ruth and Murray Gribin Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, California State Univ., Northridge, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
1979 Black and White are Colors: Paintings of the 1950's - 1970's, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA
1978 Southern California Styles of the 60's and 70's, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
1977 Abstract Painting: A Selected Exhibition, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1976 Los Angeles, Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1973 Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments, San Diego Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
Market Street Program, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Bruce Richards: Future/Past Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Bruce Richards: The Scenery in my Mind, Katherine Cone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA2001 Bruce Richards, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
2000 Bruce Richards, The Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Bruce Richards, Grand Central Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1994 Reflections and Revisitations, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Recent Works on Paper, The Works Gallery South, Costa Mesa, CA
1990 Bruce Richards, Narrative Works, Pacific Bell Headquarters, San Ramon, CA
Bruce Richards, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1989 Bruce Richards, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1986 California Contemporary Artists: Bruce Richards, Laguna Art Museum, South Coast Plaza Site, Costa Mesa, CA (catalog)
1985 Bruce Richards, Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (catalog)
1984 Bruce Richards, Recent Images: Paintings, Watercolors, Monotypes and Etchings, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
1983 Recent Works, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Paintings and Prints, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Bruce Richards, Laguna Beach Art Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
1980 Bruce Richards, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce Richards, Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Bruce Richards, A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
1978 White Paintings, Black Drawings, Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1977 Wet Paint, Morgan Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1976 Bruce Richards, Wenger & Casat Galleries, La Jolla,CA
Bruce Richards, Morgan Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1975 Bruce Richards, Jack Glenn Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1973 Bruce Richards, Jack Glenn Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
1972 Bruce Richards, Jack Glenn Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
Catalogs and Exhibition Brochures
2011 "Best Kept Secret: UCI and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California 1964 - 1971", Kook-Anderson, Grace, Laguna Art Museum
"L.A. Rising, SoCal Artists Before 1980", California / International Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2009 "Collecting California, Selections from the Laguna Art Museum", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Psychedelic, Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960's", Rubin, David S., San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
1999 "1998-1999, 25 Artists, California Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship Recipients," California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
1998 "1996-1998, COLA Individual Artist Grants," Nodel, A.,Gamblin, N. City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, CA
1991 "Individual Realities in the California Art Scene," Sezon Museum of Art,Tokyo, Japan
1984 "Bruce Richards, Recent Images, Paintings, Watercolors, Monotypes and Etchings," Carroll, Donald, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 "Bruce Richards, Recent Works," Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1981 "Bruce Richards," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1979 "Bruce Richards, A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors," Smith, Michael, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Public Collections
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Schneider Museum of Art, South Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
"L.A. Rising, SoCal Artists Before 1980", California / International Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2009 "Collecting California, Selections from the Laguna Art Museum", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Psychedelic, Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960's", Rubin, David S., San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
1999 "1998-1999, 25 Artists, California Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship Recipients," California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
1998 "1996-1998, COLA Individual Artist Grants," Nodel, A.,Gamblin, N. City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, CA
1991 "Individual Realities in the California Art Scene," Sezon Museum of Art,Tokyo, Japan
1984 "Bruce Richards, Recent Images, Paintings, Watercolors, Monotypes and Etchings," Carroll, Donald, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 "Bruce Richards, Recent Works," Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1981 "Bruce Richards," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1979 "Bruce Richards, A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors," Smith, Michael, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Public Collections
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Schneider Museum of Art, South Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
Bruce Richards (b. 1948, Dayton, OH) is a New York based artist who came of age in early 1970s America, an era suffused with disillusionment and shell-shock in response to the political and social changes accelerated by catatonic events: the sexual revolution, assassinations, race riots, Environmental movement and the Vietnam War. Somewhere between the technical prowess of Ed Ruscha and conceptual rigor of Jack Goldstein, Richards makes art that analyzes our relationship to popular culture and mass media – as well as the process by which meaning is carefully crafted by society. Through a dense iconography that unpacks historical artifacts, sculptures, quotidian objects, and ecological fragments, Richards playfully straddles the past and the present by gingerly suspending unassuming subjects that raise timeless questions and metaphors around the human condition.
Contact
bmrichards(at)optonline.net
Inquiries
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