CURRICULUM VITAE
ARTIST PROFILE
Richard Colman's work is known for blending figurative imagery and bold geometry. Typically using symmetrical compositions, Colman explores themes of human sexuality, societal hierarchies, life and death. His work ranges from small to large scale painting, murals and installations. Colman has been working as a professional artist for over a decade and has exhibited extensively in galleries and museums throughout the world . Colman currently lives and works in San Francisco, California and on a farm converted to a large-scale studio in rural Connecticut.
PERSONAL
Born 1976, Maryland
Lives and works in San Francisco, California and Newtown Connecticut
EDUCATION
School of The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998 - 2002
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2021
Lampadephoria V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2020
Mine IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Today’s Special #3, curated by Astrid Wang, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Today’s Special #6, curated by Amanda Færk, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Today’s Special #7, curated by Ariane Mercier Beau, Copenhagen, DK
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
The Birds, CHART Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
Beyond the Streets, New York, NY
2017
Horses, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Strange Powers, Gastman Gallery at ComplexCon Los Angeles, California US
2015
13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Jug Life, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, California
All Types of Characters: curated by worlds best ever, Joshua a Liner Gallery, New York, Ny.
New Normal II, curated by Andres Guerrero, Oakland, California
Work In Progress, Gastman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2014
Art Truancy: Celebrating 20 Years of Juxtapoz Magazine at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Direct Address, Joshua Liner Gallery, Ny, Ny.
Out With The Old, Library Street Collective, Detroit, Mi.
Mumbo Sauce, Contemporary Wing, Washington D.C., US
2012
Tonight We Won’t Be Bored - 10 Years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery Copenhagen, DK
UNDERVÆRKER - Mesterværker fra danske privatsamlinger, Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark.
2011
The Power Of Selection, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
December Group Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Con Amore – Leif Djurhuus Samling, Aros, Aarhus, Denmark
STATUS – Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Summer Group Show, Gallerie LG, Paris
2010
The Lost Ones, FIFTY24MX Gallery, Mexico City.
Come As You Are” PRISM, Los Angeles, Ca.
The Power of Selection, Part 3” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, Il.
Pattern Recognition, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, Ca.
2009
Art Brussels, Belgium with V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
14 Artists, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
C.H.U.D.Z, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008
The Destruction of Atlantis, Union Gallery, London, U.K.
Aspect: Ratio, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
Awful Mountain with Jim Houser, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California, US
2007
Mad Love: Young Art in Private Collections, ARKEN Museum Of Modern Art, Denmark
Paper Trails: New Adventures in Drawing, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Denmark
2006
There Is a U In Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Denmark
We’ll Make a Lover of You, Art Center / South Florida, Miami
2005
Nice And Crude, Los Angeles Erotic Museum, Los Angeles, California
New Image Art Gallery @ RVCA, RVCA, Costa Mesa, California
La Main qui Dessinait Toute Seule, Gallery Magda Danysz, Paris; France
2003
Paintura Projects; Windows Meets Graffiti, Osaka; Japan
2002
With Dalek, Buana Spoons at Max Fish, New York, NY
Player Haters, Upper Playground, San Francisco, California
Player Haters, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Dalek & Richard Colman, BLKMRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, California, US
2001
Player Haters, Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Free Agents: History of Washington D.C. Graffiti, Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED SOLO + TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Last California Paintings, Bim Bam Gallery, Paris, France
2021
33 Lillies, New Image Art, Los Angeles, California, US
2020
Spider Dream, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2018
Market Art Fair, Thomas Campbell & Richard Colman, V1 Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2017
Misanthrope, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Bold Notion, Richard Colman, Gastman Gallery, New York, US
2015
Faces, Figures, Places & Things, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, California, US
2014
Noise, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2013
Gone Tomorrow, New Image ArtGallery, Los Angeles, California, US
Miles From Home, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, California, US
2012
Destroyer, Andrew Schoultz & Richard Colman, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
To Be Announced, Andrew Schoultz Richard Colman, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen.
2011
Can’t Get There From Here. Solo presentation at Volta NY.
2010
Something Better, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Keep Out the Light, New Image Art Gallery, LA, US.
2009
Now Breathe, Krets, Malmo, Sweden
Opera Pink, Phaize, Chicago, Ill. USA.
2008
Awful Mountain (with Jim Houser), White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California
Black Diamond, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Denmark
2007
Human Replacement Project, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Ghost, White Walls Galley, San Francisco, California
2006
Long Distance, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Come To Me, Anno Domini, San Jose, California
Super Fortress, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Denmark
2005
Lonesome, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Darkish Waters, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2 Rich (with Rich Jacobs), Art Prostitute Gallery, Denton, Texas
2003
Winter In Aphelion, Six Space, Los Angeles, California
2002
Dalek and Richard Colman, BLKMRKT, Los Angeles, California
BOOKS
The History of American Graffiti, Harper Design, 2010
I Was Just Leaving; The Art Work of Richard Colman, Ginko Press / R77
Free Agents: History of Washington, D.C. Graffiti
Morning Wood, Ginko Press / R77
Upper Playground, Up Until Now
Juxtapoz; Dark Arts, Ginko Press
There Is A U In Us; Five Years Of V1 Gallery, Trojan Horse Press
MAGAZINES
Juxtapoz, September 2015 (Cover)
Picnic Magazine, January 2014
Alarm Magazine #38
Juxtapoz, #116, September 2010
Moose Magazine, #004 2009 (Rotterdam)
Milk Magazine, November 2007 (Hong Kong)
Juxtapoz, September 2006 #68
Art Prostitute, 2006 #8
Swindle Magazine, 2005 #2
ART FAIRS
2021
Market Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2019
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Denmark
Art Market San Francisco, New Image Art, San Francisco, California US
CHART, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2018
Untitled, New Image Art, Miami Florida, US
Tables, Pots & Plants - A Song for Matisse, V1 Gallery at Volta14, Basel, CH
Market Art Fair, Thomas Campbell & Richard Colman, V1 Gallery, Stockholm SE
2017
CHART Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2015
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
Art Market San Francisco, California, US
2014
Art Market Hamptons, Joshua Liner Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Zona Maco, New image Art Gallery, Mexico City, MX.
Pulse, New Image Art, Miami, Florida US
2013
Miami Project, Joshua Liner Gallery. Miami, Fl
Pulse, New Image Art Gallery. Miami, Fl.
2012
Houston Fine Art Fair, New Image Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Paris Drawing Fair, Gallerie LG, Paris
2011
Volta NYC. Solo presentation. Copenhagen Art Fair
2010
Art Copenhagen with V1 Gallery, Denmark
2009
Art Brussels, Belgium with V1 Gallery Copenhagen; Denmark
Art Copenhagen with V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, Florida with White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, Florida with Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark wit V1 Gallery, Denmark
Zoo Art Fair, London, U.K. with V1 Gallery, Denmark
2007
Zoo Art Fair, London, U.K. with V1 Gallery, Denmark
Preview Berlin: The Emerging Art Fair, Berlin Germany with V1 Gallery, Denmark
Volta 03, Basel, Switzerland with V1 Gallery, Denmark
2006
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, Florida with New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Scope Art Fair, New York with Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Scope Art Fair, Los Angeles with Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California