RESUME

EDUCATION
Atlanta College of Art, 1990 BFA: Photography/Printmaking
Florida School of the Arts, 1983-85 Emphasis in Graphic Design

SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY

2009
Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artists (5 Finalists Exhibit),
Swan Coach House Gallery at the Atlanta History Center, group show

"BookMarks: The Book as an Aesthetic Object" Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, group show

"Cut and Paste: International Exhibition of Contemporary Collage and Assemblage" Gallery KG52, Stockholm, Sweden (www.kg52.se), group show

2008
"If in Heaven We Don't Meet" Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, solo show

"Little Things Mean a Lot", Swan Coach House Gallery at the Atlanta History Center, group show

2007
"The Vanishing Arabesque of Good Penmanship", Garage Projects, Atlanta, solo show

"Little Things Mean a Lot", Swan Coach House Gallery at the Atlanta History Center, group show

2005
“8th Annual Small Works Show”, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, group show

“Sekushi - Bedtime Stories”, online group exhibition curated by Edvin Lee Sekushi, group show

2004
“Juried Exhibition”, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, group show

1999
“A Woman’s Place”, Black Bear/King Plow, Atlanta, group show

1994
“Garden”, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, solo show

1992
“Georgia Book Arts/Ausstellung Amerikanicher Buchkunst”, Oldenburg, Hamburg, Leipzig, Germany, group show (11/92-7/93)

1990
“Rethinking the Sacred Image”, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, group show

1991
“Post-Masculine Situations”, Exhibit-A Gallery, Atlanta, group show

“Artist Book and Small Prints Show”, Exhibit-A Gallery, Atlanta, group show

1988
“11 - An Exhibit of 11 Atlanta Photographers, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, group show

1987
“Atlanta Photography Group”, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, group show

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
Anodyne - 1990-92, self published, Atlanta, edition of 10
Insomnia - 1991, Nexus Press, Atlanta, edition of 1,000
Art Work - 2008 - self published (Blurb Press), edition ongoing

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Diverse exhibit puts local talent in focus”, Glenn Harper,
Atlanta Journal/Constitution, May 13, 1988, pg 3C
“Multiple World: an International Survey of Artists’ Books”,
Neill Herring, Artpapers, May/June, pg 55-56
“Richard Russell’s collages are smart, sassy soulful” Jerry Cullum,
Atlanta Journal/Constitution, June 17, 1994, pg P20
Erraticus, Issue #8, 2007, featured artist

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