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Richard Garrison

EXHIBITIONS
2012   Trees and the Listening Sky  Solo show The Mahler Fine Arts, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2012   Highlights of the Municipal Collection Invitational Group Show, Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2011   Select  Invitational group show Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina.
2011   Celebrated Artists - Students of Marvin Saltzman Group show The Mahler Fine Art Raleigh, North Carolina.
2010   Retrospective 25 Invitational group show Block Gallery Municipal Building Raleigh, North Carolina.
2009   Continuum Two person show Carteret Contemporary Art Morehead City, North Carolina.2009   The Figure Show Group show City Art Gallery Greenville, North Carolina. 2009   Land, Water, Sky Two-person show New Elements Gallery Wilmington, North Carolina.2008   New Paintings Solo show Tyndall Gallery Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
2007   Window Works - A Drive-Thru Exhibit Window Works Drive-Thru Gallery Raleigh,North Carolina.2007   New Figures Solo show The Collectors Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina.2006   About Humanity Group show City Art Gallery Greenville, North Carolina.
2006   Observations: Line, Color, Form New Elements Gallery Wilmington, North Carolina.
2006   New Work, New Artists The Collectors Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina.
2006   Expressions: A Survey of Spiritual Art in the Triangle Longview Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina.
2006   Richard Garrison Solo show The Clayton Center for the Performing Arts Clayton, North Carolina.
2005   Call and Response Solo show Richard Garrison Studio/Galley Raleigh, North Carolina.
2005   Richard Garrison-Robert Irwin Two-person show Carteret Contemporary Art Morehead City, North Carolina.
2005   Faces of Jazz Solo show White Canvas Gallery Richmond, Virginia.
2004   Coast Lines Two-person show Carteret Contemporary Art Morehead City, North Carolina.
2002   Three person show City Art Gallery Greenville, North Carolina.
2002   Two-person show New Elements Gallery Wilmington, North Carolina.
2001   9.11.01Group show Autonomy 2 Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina.
2001   Together Again Two-person show Carteret Contemporary Art Morehead City, North Carolina.
2000   Jazz Compositions Solo show Tyndall Art Gallery Durham, North Carolina. 1999   Improvisations Two-person show City Art Gallery Greenville, North Carolina.
1999   Recent Works Solo show New Elements Gallery Wilmington, North Carolina.
1998   Richard Garrison Solo show Durham Art Guild Main Gallery Durham, North Carolina.
1997   Recent Work Solo show New Elements Gallery Wilmington, North Carolina. 1996   New Work Solo show Marita Gilliam Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina.
1996   Two-Person Show Cudahyʼs Fine Art Richmond, Virginia.
1996   Group Show of Grant Recipients Municipal Building Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina.
1995   Recent Work Center Gallery at the Artscenter Carrboro, North Carolina.
1995   The Figure Abstracted Weems Gallery Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina.
1994   Richard Garrison-Julie Mitchell Figurative Painting Marita Gilliam Gallery Raleigh,North Carolina.
1994   FiguresSolo show Greenville Museum of Art Greenville, North Carolina.
1994   North Carolina Artistsʼ Exhibition Juried group show Fayetteville Museum of Art Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1993   Figuratively Speaking Solo showPeden Gallery II Raleigh, North Carolina.
1993   Group Show Hargett Street Studio Collective Raleigh, North Carolina.
1993   North Carolina Artists Exhibition Juried group show Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina.
1992   New Show Juried group show Wake Visual Arts Association Raleigh, North Carolina.
1991   Mirror Image Juried group show Wake Visual Arts Association Raleigh, North Carolina.

AWARDS
First Prize.   Painting. Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition, Rotunda Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Juried. Judge: McDonald Bane. 1993.
Merit Award. Painting. 38th Annual Juried Art Show, Durham Art Guild, Durham, North Carolina. Juried. Judge: Michael Shapiro. 1992.

First Prize.   Painting. Artsplosure Show, Wake Visual Arts Association, Raleigh, North Carolina. Juried. Judge: Herb Jackson. 1992.

First Prize.   Painting. Mirror Image Show, Wake Visual Arts Association, Raleigh, North Carolina. Juried. Judge: Kathleen Reider. 1992.

First Prize   Painting.NEWShow, Wake Visual Arts Association, Raleigh, North Carolina. Juried. Judge: Michael Voors. 1991.

GRANTS
City of Raleigh Arts Commission, Emerging Artists Grant, 1994.

COLLECTIONS
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Cinematographer (Independence Day, Stargate, The Princess Diaries)
City of Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Capitol One, Richmond, Virginia.
Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Wall Street Investor Services, New York, New York.
Sprint Nextel, Reston, Virginia.
SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Duke Education Corporation, Durham, North Carolina.

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Brushes With Greatness Chuck Twardy The News and Observer Raleigh, North Carolina April, 1994.
Clay Figures Highlight Abstract Exhibit Blue Greenberg Durham Herald Sun Durham, North Carolina February, 1995.
Focus on Human Figure and Spirit CeCe Bullard The Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond, Virginia June, 1996.
Original Mysteries Kate Dobbs Ariail The Independent Weekly Durham, North Carolina March, 1998.
Ties That Bind Doug Pendergrass Encore – Alternative Weekly Wilmington, North Carolina May, 2006.
Richard Garrison Featured Artist NC State Bar Journal Winter, 2006
Art Picks Michele Natale The News and Observer Raleigh, North Carolina July, 2008. Richard Garrison at Tyndall Gallery Blue Greenberg The Durham Herald-Sun Durham, North Carolina August, 2008.
Reaching for the Next Rung article by Deborah R. Meyer The Chapel Hill News 2008.

LECTURES
A Retrospective of my work  Friends of the Gregg Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina 2011

PUBLICATIONS
What Travels With Us Poems by Darnell Arnoult    Cover Art 2005 LSU Press.
2000 North Carolina Literary Review Tar Heel Tunes Story illustrations East Carolina University 2000.
Specialty Coffee Chronicle 2009 Issue #3 Cover Art.
Lenny Marcus Trio Jazz Tonight CD Cover Art 2002.
The Reach of Memory Elmer Gibson CD Cover Art 2008.
Intersection of Art and Emancipation: The Road to Rebellious Subjectivity Sandra Newville, Raleigh, North Carolina 2007.
2008 North Carolina Literary Review Five is Red Story Illustrations East Carolina University 2008.
2010 North Carolina Literary Review Platform Story Illustrations East Carolina University 2010.

SHOWS JURIED
Monochroma Wake Visual Art Exchange Raleigh, North Carolina 1995.
Annual Members Show Fine Arts League of Cary Cary, North Carolina 2004.
24th Annual Landmark Show Arts of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, North Carolina 2010.

EMPLOYMENT
Art Instructor, Wake County Public Schools, North Carolina, 1986-1993.

EDUCATION
Art Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.F.A., 1985.