- 2009 Sculpture At Play II, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007 Sculpture At Play, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
- 2008 Gallery Artists Part V, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007 Encore une Foix, Monk Dogz Urban Art
- 2007 Imagined Sites, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY
- 2006 Déjà vu, Gallery 230 DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Faye Hirsch
- 2004 Schools of Thought, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY, curated by Florence lynch
- 2003 Nasu-Kogen Print Show, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- 2003 The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
- 2003 The Box, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003 Works on Paper, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY
- 2002 Recent Acquisitions, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
- 2001 Earl Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001 New Acquisitions, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
- 2000 Exhibition 14, 14th Street Painters, New York, NY
- 1999 Recent Figure, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY
- 1999 Rooster Show, Mary Anthony Gallery, New York, NY
- 1998 Hanson Galleries, New Orleans, LA
- 1997 Artists Prints, Gallery 2/20, New York, NY
- 1996 Signifying Love, The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
- 1995 Work in Progress, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
- 1993 Human Form, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, New York, NY
About Us
About
With titles like “Whirlwind,” “Electric Water,” “Dancing Down the Staircase,” and “Solar Totems,” you should get an idea of the muse that has driven artist Richard Pitts for 60 years to explore the outer edges of creativity and bring them to the viewer. But what can we learn about the man behind Richard Pitts Art?
When you learn about Richard Pitts, you see a story that begins with a solid educational foundation that was built upon during 40 years as a teacher, sharing his craft and gift with others. His work wasn’t confined to the realms of academia, though. Through many solo exhibitions, outdoor installations, group exhibitions, and inclusion in many public collections, his works have been appreciated and loved by many.
Critical Acclaim
Richard works in many media, from steel to wood to bronze to aluminum, not to mention his paintings. His pieces are rife with energy and captured motion. Each seethes with potential and seems primed to spring to life at any time.
New York art critic and curator Jill Conner said Richard’s art bridges life and is a product of it.
“Pitts has expanded into the third-dimension by forging the drawn line into a single, hand-held object,” Conner writes. “Extending this idea onto a series of surfaces that echoes the thick, black line seen in his earlier work, the artist compiles a series of randomly tailored surfaces that connect with one another to represent either frosty, wall-hung, starburst shapes or tall, wing-like forms.”
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, AMArthouse Bantam, CT
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Chicago, Hamilton Park
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Ellicott City, MD
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Salisbury, NC
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Providence, NJ
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Knoxville, TN
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Concord, NC
- 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, AMArthouse, “Fragmented Memories” Bantam, CT
- 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Knoxville, TN
- 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Johnson City, TN
- 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Worchester, MA
- 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Howard County, MD
- 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Wake Forest, NC
- 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Salisbury, NC
- 2021 AMH Art House, Bantam, CT
- 2020 Urban Studio Unbound Group Show invitational, Yonkers NY
- 2020 Sculpture Installation Homer Art Center, Homer NY “Solar Totems and “Twirl”
- 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Chicago “Ribbon”
- 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Chicago “Twirll”
- 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Columbia Md. “Yellow Stone”
- 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Columbia Md. “”Red Writer”
- 2019 Summit NJ outdoor Installation “Back from the Yellow Brick Road”
- 2019 Salisbury NC Outdoor Installation ,”Twirling Mirror”
- 2019 Salisbury,NC, Outdoor Installation, “Orange Peel”
- 2018 EAGLES MEIR, PA. “Orange Peel”
- 2018 Yonkers NY Saw Mill River “Back fro the Yellow Brick Road”
- 2018 Yonkers NY Saw Mill River, “Orange Peel”
- 2018 Salisbury NC, “Dancing down the staircase”
- 2017 M55/NOHO Sculpture and Paintings
- 2017 Stephanie Park , Ct .3 sculptures “Yellow”,”Red Smoke”,”Amnesia”
- 2017 July -Aug, Chataugua Art Institute
- 2017 Feb, Clifton Art Center and Sculpture Park, Survey of Sculpture and Painting”
- 2016 Summit NJ , “Solar Totems”
- 2014 MZ Urban Art , Chelsea NY,Paintings and Sculptures
- 2013 Artist Studio , Chelsea NY “kTotem”
- 2012 Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
- 2011 Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield, Ct.
- 2010 Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield , Ct.,
- 2009 M 55 Art Long Island City NY
- 2006 ,04, 02, 01 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
- 1998 Hanson Galleries, New Orleans, LA
- 1996 Deutch Bank Gallery, New York, NY
- 1995 Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
- 1992 Cedar Art Center, Corning, NY
- 1985 David Findlay Jr., New York, NY
- 1985 Ruthvin Gallery, Columbus, OH
- 1984 Randolph Machon, Ashland, VA
- 1983 David Findlay Jr., New York, NY
- 1979 Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
- 1974 Jacobs Ladder Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- 1974 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
- 1972 First Street Gallery, New York, NY
- 1970 First Street Gallery, New York, NY
- 1967 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- Richard Pitts, “Rebel With a Cause”, Gallery and Studio Arts Journal, Winter 2022. Marina Hadley.
- M 55 Art “Steel” Judd Tully Catalog Recent Sculpture, Richard Pitts 2009
- Jill Conner, “Cut” essay on Recent metal sculpture 2009
- David Findlay Jr., “Contemporary Hosts Recent Paintings of Richard Pitts”. Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 4, 1983, pg. 3 (b).
- Garett Henry, “Richard Pitts One Man Show at David Findlay Gallery “ARTnews, March, 1985.
- “Intimate Landscape”. ARTnews, June, 1975.
- David Matlock, “Nature & Art”. Art World, April, 1988.
- “Animal Life at One Penn Plaza”. Art World, November, 1987.
- “Intimate Landscape”. Art World, June, 1981.
- “Richard Pitts at David Findlay Gallery”. Arts Magazine, February, 1983
- Sarah King, “Richard Pitts”. Arts Magazine, February, 1983
- Ruth Bass, “Richard Pitts”. Arts Magazine, Dec. 1979
- Arts Magazine, June, 1974, (reproductions)
- Jacqueline Hall, “Landscapes at Rutherin Gallery”. Columbus Dispatch, May, 1985.
- Abigail Wender, “Paintings by Richard Pitts”. Diversion Magazine, August, 1988. pp. 93, 94. (reproductions)
- Joe Kirkpatrick, “Return to Realism”. The Galveston Daily News, November, 1981.
- Pat Johnson, “Realist Painters”. Houston Chronicle, November, 1981.
- David Hoffman, “Local Shows”. Kansas City Star, April, 1981.
- D.D. Jones, “A Pitts Tour”. Kansas City Star, February, 1971.
- D.D. Jones, “Art in Mid America”. Kansas City Star, November, 1970.
- David Findlay Jr., “Richard Pitts One Man Show”. The New York Times, Feb. 25, 1983.
- John Russell, “New Talent Festival at 18 Galleries”. The New York Times, June, 1974.
- John Cruen, “New Talent”. Soho Weekly News, June 13, 1974.
- Gene Baro, “Sculpture, Paintings, and More”. The Washington Post, June 23, 1974.
- Richard Pitts “Fragmented Memories” 2022 Gallery AMArthouse, 54 pages by Kathleen Hulser
- Richard Pitts “Recent Work Sculpture & Painting” 2019 “The Space Outside” by Jill Conner
- Richard Pitts “Sculpture and Painting” “Cut Time” by Jill Conner
- Richard Pitts “Sculpture and Paintings Feb 8
- “Recent Sculpture” Richard Pitts by Judd Tully
- “Cut Time” by Jill Conner
- Richard Pitts, Recent Work, 2001, color catalogue, 16 pages. With
- exhibition at 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC. Interview with the Artist, by Ginnie Gardner
- Essay: Recent Painted Reliefs, by Judd Tully (member of International Assoc. of Art Critics)
- Richard Pitts, A Fresh Look at Bacchus and Venus, by Judd Tully, 1993
- Six color reproductions from the series of paintings based on Old Masters
- Clifton Art Center and Sculpture Park
- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
- Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
- Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
- Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
- Continental Insurance Company, New Brunswick, NJ
- General Electric Company, New York, NY
- Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
- International Telephone and Telegraph Co., Passaic, NJ
- Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
- Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
- The New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Port Authority of New York, New York, NY
- Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
- Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
- Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
- University of Virginia Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA
- University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC
- University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
- Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
- Keysone College, La Plume, PA
2024
- Sculpture, Outdoor sculpture installations and exhibitions;
- Ellicott City Md. Art Sites, “Electric Water”
- Boone North Carolina, Rosen sculpture Walk and competition
- Yonkers NY, Sculpture on the Hudson, “Quixotic”
- AmArtHouse’s Bantam Conn. Solo show and Sculpture Garden
- New Hope Pa. Public Art program “Windy Ribbon”
- New Hope Invitational Public Art, “Klondike”
- Chamblee NC. Outdoor Sculpture install, “Flatlander”
- Washington DC Ritz Hotel, Sculpture Installation “Ruby Red”
- Clifton NJ Sculpture Grounds, Sculpture installation “Conestoga”
- Carolina Bronze Sculpture Garden, sculpture installation, “Candle”
2023
- Sculpture, Outdoor sculpture installations and exhibitions ;
- Ellicott City, Md. “Art Sites”
- Ellicott City Md. Columbia Association “Barking at the Moon”
- Goldsboro North Carolina, Sculpture installation on the Circle”Three Musketeers”
- Knoxville Tenn. Dogwood outdoor sculpture show, “Twirling” Salisbury ,NC. Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, “Red Writer”
- Johnson City, Tenn. Outdoor Sculpture Competition, “Blue Moon”
- Rosswell Ga., Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, “Flatlander”
- Washington DC Ritz Hotel ,Sculpture Installation “Cascade”
- Amartlhouse bantam Ct., Solo Show, Paintings, Prints, and Sculpture
- C Fine Art, Sokolow Sculpture, South Hampton NY Carolina bronze NC, Sculpture Garden “Holy Smoke”
- Solo Exhibition, Marist College, Steel Plant Gallery, “Fragmetedl Memories”