Richard Russell cv
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo Shows
2021
”Memory Loss” Gilmer Art, Ellijay, GA
2014
“Pop-Up” 590 Bonaventure, Atlanta, GA
“Fig Milk and Sweet Vermouth” Upstairs [Artspace], Tryon, NC
2008
"If in Heaven We Don't Meet" Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, GA
2007
"The Vanishing Arabesque of Good Penmanship" Garage Projects, Atlanta, GA
1994
“Garden” New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Group Shows
2014
“Body Conscious” Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Dillard, GA
American Craft Council Show/Hambidge Center collaborative space, Atlanta, GA
2009
Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artists (5 Finalists Exhibit), Swan Coach House Gallery at the Atlanta History Center
"BookMarks: The Book as an Aesthetic Object" Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA
"Cut and Paste: International Exhibition of Contemporary Collage and Assemblage" Gallery KG52, Stockholm, Sweden (www.kg52.se)
2007
"Little Things Mean a Lot", Swan Coach House Gallery at the Atlanta History Center (also 2009, 2011, 2013)
2005
“8th Annual Small Works Show”, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY
“Sekushi - Bedtime Stories”, online digital exhibition curated by Edvin Lee
2004
“Juried Exhibition”, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
1999
“A Woman’s Place”, Black Bear/King Plow, Atlanta, GA
1992-93
“Georgia Book Arts/Ausstellung Amerikanicher Buchkunst”; Oldenburg, Hamburg, Leipzig, Germany
1991
“Post-Masculine Situations”, Exhibit-A Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Artist Book and Small Prints Show”, Exhibit-A Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1990
“Rethinking the Sacred Image”, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1988
“11 - An Exhibit of 11 Atlanta Photographers”, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1987
“Atlanta Photography Group”, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS and HONORS
2009 Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences Fellow, Artist in Residency Program
2008 Top 5 Finalist, Forward Arts Foundation 2009 Emerging Artist Award
PUBLICATIONS
Art Work - 2008 - self published (Blurb Press), edition ongoing
Insomnia - 1991, Nexus Press, Atlanta, edition of 1,000
Anodyne - 1990-92, self published, Atlanta, edition of 10
Check Out Richard Russell’s Artwork - VoyageATL, Atlanta, January 2019
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Broken Bodies: an Exhibition in Print," Ric Kasini Kadour; Kolaj Magazine. Issue 11, Jan-Feb 2015; pgs 38-43, featured artist
Carpaccio Magazine, Issue #6, September, 2009; featured artist (http://www.carpacciomagazine.com/photography/2009/carpaccio-magazine-issue-6/)
"Frailty of Human Body reflected in collages" Catherine Fox, review of "If in Heaven We Don't Meet" at Gallery Stokes, Atlanta; Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 12, 2008, pg E18
Erraticus, Issue #8, 2007, featured artist
“Richard Russell’s collages are smart, sassy soulful” Jerry Cullum, review of Garden at New Visions Gallery, Atlanta; Atlanta Journal/Constitution, June 17, 1994, pg P20
“Multiple World: an International Survey of Artists’ Books”, Neill Herring, Artpapers, May/June, 1992, pg 55-56
"Diverse exhibit puts local talent in focus”, Glenn Harper, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, May 13, 1988, pg 3C
COLLECTIONS
Atlanta College of Art/Savannah College of Art and Design Library, Artists’ Book Special Collection; Museum of Modern Art, NY; New York City Public Library; Sackner Collection of Visual and Concrete Poetry, Miami; Virginia Commonwealth University Library; University of Georgia, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
EDUCATION
Atlanta College of Art, 1990 BFA: Photography/Printmaking
Florida School of the Arts, 1983-85 Emphasis in Graphic Design