Artist

Richard Tsao


Education

1990 

Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.

1978

Thekla M. Bernays Merit Scholarship

ASL Scholarship

1976-1980

Art Students League

1973-1976

Ohio State University

Working Experience

Present

Artist/Teacher, MFA Program, Vermont College, Vermont

Art Therapist, St. Francis Residence II, New York

2001

Panel Discussion: Art and Commerce,  Srinakarin University, Thailand

1998

Visiting Critic at Pratt Institute, New York

1997

Co-Curate Abstracted and Unfixed, ART-IN-GENERAL, New York

1996

Advisory/Panelist/ Slide Review for exhibition in 1997-98

ART - IN - GENERAL, New York

Solo Exhibition

2004

Portraits, Tonson Gallery, Thailand

1999

Paintings, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York

1998

Chance, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York

Round and Buried, De Chiara / Stewart, New York

1997

Paintings and Monotypes, Gina Fiore Salon of Fine Arts, New York

1995

Paintings and Works on Paper, Queens Museum (Bulova), New York, Curator: Jane Farver/Christina Yang

Selected Group Exhibition

2003

The Inverse Mirror, Chambers Fine Art, New York, curator: Paul Laster

2000

ARTE E MODA, Nello Spazio Open Space Dell’Umanitaria, Milan, Italy

Sensibility and Surface, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, NY, Curator: Molly Herman

Deep Field Paintings, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, curator: Michael Brennan

1999

Brushes with Spirituality, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey, Curator: Stacy Smith

1998

What's on the Wall, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York

Skin Deep, 123 Watts St. Gallery, New York, curator:  Stefanie Nagorka

Bid for the Arts, Sotheby Auction, Vilar Center for the Arts, May Gallery, Vail, Colorado

1997

Intimate Universe [Revisited], The James Howe Gallery, Kean University, N.J., Curator:  Michael Walls

State of the Gesture, Bishop, Krasner, Marden, Pollock & Brennan, Kreshtool, Lundsager, Tsao, Gina Fiore Salon of Fine Arts, New York

Selected Works, Danese, New York

The Whole World in a Small Painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York

Intimate Universe [Revisited], Robert Steele Gallery, New York, Curator: Michael Walls

The Winter Invitational Exhibit, O’Hara Gallery, New York

1996

Repetition Compulsion, 473 Broadway, New York, Curator: Amy Cheng

Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Postcards, Gallery 7, Hong Kong

NY Artists, Gina Fiore Salon of Fine Arts, Vail, Colorado

Changing Cast, Changing Colors: rose to RED, O’Hara Gallery, New York

Between Black & White, Mare Libertum, New York

Formal Abstraction/NY, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California

The Lyrical, The Expressionist and the Poetic, 580 Broadway, New York, Curator: Michael Walls

1995

Works on Paper/Part 1, Art in Construction, New York, Curator: Joseph Haske

New york STATEments: ten artists, The Hyde Museum and ART-IN-GENERAL, New York, Co-Curator:  Holly Block and Donna Hassler

The Whole World in a Small Painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey

A Grand Affair, Benefit Exhibition, 420 West Broadway, New York

1994

EAST /WEST Cross Cultural Influences in Paintings, ES Vandam Gallery, New York

Artist Select, Artist Space, New York

1993

Multiple Dialogue: Expressions in Abstraction, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Curator:  AM Weaver

1991 

Recent Abstract Paintings, ART-IN-GENERAL, New York, Curator: Holly Block

ll Sud del Mondo,Galleria Civica D’Art Contemporanea, Palazzo Spano Burgio, Sicily, Curator: Carmelo Strano, Exhibition travels to Milan and Bologna

ACT-UP For Auction: Preview, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

1990

Paintings, Up Gallery, Kaohusiung, Taiwan, Curator: Ying-ping Po

Paintings, DD ART SPACE”, Taipei, Curator: Ying-ping Po

Aurora Show, Asian American Art Center, Curator: Fred Wilson

1985

Upstream, Citifin Gallery, Milan/Bologna, Curator: Grazia Chiesa