Richard Stevens

BIOGRAPHY

RICHARD STEVENS

born 1958; Sparta, Michigan

Solo Exhibitions

2022   Sanctuary in Light, Kay Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2021   Featured Artist Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
          Rick Stevens, Kay Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2019   Breathing Light, Hunter Squared Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2018   Dancing in Paradox, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2017   Loitering in Mystery, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
          Familiar Connections, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2016   Invocations, Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, OK
          Tranquility in Motion, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2015   The Nature of What Arises, Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY
           Interwoven Life, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2014   Wilderness Within, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2013   Domain Of Intangibles, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
          Nothing But Life, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2012   Weaving Worlds, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
          Perpetual Unfolding, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
          Shaping the Unknown, Gallery KH, Chicago, IL

2011   Potentiality, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2010   Luminous Terrain, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ

2009   Invoking the Unknown, Gallery KH, Chicago, Illinois
          Picture Music, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2008   Diverging Elements, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2007   Evolving Structures, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2006   Emerging Balance, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2002   Nature's Harmony, Hankins Gallery, Lansing, Michigan

2001   New Work, Michael Fitzsimmons Dec. Arts, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2022   Coors Western Art Exhibition, Denver, CO Affordable Art Fair, London, U.K.

2020   Coors Western Art Exhibition, Denver, CO

2013   Landscapes of the Mind, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
          Three Painters Paint, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2012   The Line, Reynolds Fine Art, Newhaven, CT

2009   Rhythms of Nature Mark Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey

2003   Natural Code, LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2001   Common Ground, LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2003   Featured Artist Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin

1998   The New Regionalism, traveling exhibition Suomi College of Art & Design, Hancock, MI
           Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, Michigan
           Art Center of Battle Creek Battle Creek, Michigan
           Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan
           Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, Michigan

1997    The Genius of Place, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan
           The Leelanau Connection, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan

1996    Intimate Rhythms, (two person), South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI
           Patterns in Nature, (two person), Main Street Gallery, Leland, Michigan
           Considering the Landscape, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1995    Discovering Ourselves: Portraits in Art, Muskegon Museum of Art

1993    An American Landscape, Shibui Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 Selected Collections

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, NM

Almutiaq Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

World Trade Center Hotel, Beijing China

Goldman Sachs, NY

St. Johns College, MD

Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart, GA, FL

RDV Sportsplex, FL

Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN

Muskegon Museum of Art, MI

Grand Valley State University, MI

Governors Mansion, Mackinac Island, MI

Herman Miller, MI

Dow Chemicals, MI

Steelcase, Inc., MI

Bissell, Inc., MI

Calvin College, MI

Northern Trust, Milwaudee, WI

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt and Howlett, MI

Warner, Norcross and Judd, MI

Michigan National Bank,MI

Beaumont Hospital, MI

Spectrum Health, MI Alticor,MI

Selected Awards

First Prize, Festival of Arts, Grand Rapids Art Museum

Best of Show, Holland Area Arts Council , Holland MI

Best of Show, West Michigan Regional Exhibition, Lowell Area

Arts Council

First Place, Perugino Award, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI

Friends of Art Award, Muskegon Museum of Art, MI

Best of Show, Premier Collection, WGVU Public TV, MI

Best of Show, Art in the Park, Birmingham, MI

Residencies

Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

New Harmony, IN

Acadia National Park, ME

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN

Sleeping Bear Dunes, MI

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI

Isle Royale National Park, MI

Education

1982 Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan | BFA

1979-81 Kendall School of Design

1977-79 Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids,MI