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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1973
Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Independent Study
Painting with Professor and Painter Dan Wingren,
Chairman Fine Arts Department, SMU
Sculpture with James Surls,
Professor of Sculpture, SMU
EXHIBITIONS
2000 - 2001
Lauren Ellis Gallery, NYC
Group Show
Paintings/Photos
2000
Beekman Place, NYC
Private Show
Paintings and Sculpture
1999
Mill Pond Museum, St. James, NY
Private Show
Paintings and Sculpture
July 15, 1997 - on going
RLS Gallery, NYC
David Riker's Beautiful Illusions
October 17 - November 22, 1996
RLS Gallery, NYC
David Riker, 100 New Paintings
September 17 - December 31, 1996
Mercedes Benz Gallery, NYC
Paintings of Tropical Visions by David Riker
May 31, 1996
Christies London International Auction,
The Best Wildlife Painters & Sculptors
April 15 - May 31
RLS Gallery, NYC
David Riker, Visions of Nature
April 22 - May 22, 1996
Museum of Natural History, London
International Exhibition, Wildlife in Art
November 15 - December 31, 1995
RLS Gallery, NYC
David Riker Paints Paradise
September 10 - October 31, 1995
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, Wisconsin
Group Exhibition, Birds in Art
June, 1995
GOLA Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, Artists of New York
October, 1994
Artplace Gallery, NYC
Premiere Exhibition, NOHO Artists to Know
September, 1989
Tom Robinson Gallery, Houston
Group Exhibition, Contemporary's Best
August, 1989
Tom Robinson Gallery, Houston
Introductions
June, 1989.
Brooks Gallery, Dallas
David Riker and Salvador Dali
1988
University of Houston
Exposition 500 Reunion Exhibition
1982
University of Houston
Reunion Exhibition, Artists from the Museum of Modern Art
1979
Jutta Clifford Gallery, Dallas
David Riker: Paintings and Drawings
1978 Dallas Museum of Fine Art
Group Touring
Exhibition: Works on Paper
Tour included seven venues in the Southwest
1978
500 Exposition Gallery, Dallas
Premiere Exhibition: New Spaces
1978
Delta Gallery, Houston
Bag Show: Riker and Large Sculpture
1977
Houston Museum of Modern Art
Premiere Group Exhibition: Erotica
1976
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
10 American Sculptors Design for Public Spaces
1976
University of Houston
Southwest Juried Exhibition
1975
Robert Rice Gallery, Houston
Group Exhibition: Sculpture Today
1974
Commonwealth National Bank, Dallas
David Riker Paintings of Light
PUBLICATIONS
(selected)
May, 1997 and continuing ART/LIFE
Portfolio of 30 artists each monthly represented by a limited
edition print;
120 copies only; Available at 10 major art museums in North America,
Europe and the Far East.
September, 1997
ART/LIFE, Original front and back cover art
By David Riker: New York
Secretary and The Big Red One
April, 1997
Art Calendar, Front Cover by David Riker: Bertha
May, 1995
Christies Auction Catalogue:
The Best Wildlife Painters and Sculptors
September, 1995
Birds in Art, David Riker's Portrait of Woman as a Bird. The
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
COLLECTIONS
(selected)
The White House, Washington DC
Commonwealth National Bank, Dallas
Republic National Bank, Dallas
Murray Savings, Dallas
The Wild Bird Nature Center, Westport, CT
President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton
John Alexander, NYC
Dan Rizzie, North
Haven, NY
Dennis Hopper, Taos, NM (actor)
Beth Rudin De Woody, NYC (President, Rudin Foundation and Trustee,
Whitney Museum of Art)
Sue Lupton, London
Myrna Smoot (art historian and publisher)
V. Brooks, Dallas
Dr. Dan Wingren, Dallas (professor emeritus, SMU)
John Page, London
Ralph Whistler, London (great-grandson of James Abbott McNeill
Whistler)
Arthur Abelman, Esq. NYC
Martin and Alice Feldman, NY (collectors of modern and contemporary
art)
Jack Calmes, Dallas
Paul Cooper, Houston
Robert S. Lowe, Houston
William Rutter, NH
John C. Bacon, Dallas (bank president)
Dr. Carolyn Gaston, Dallas
Dr. Jay Finkel, NYC
Theo Regas, Dallas
Rick Petree, Esq. NYC (philanthropist, entrepreneur and art collector)
Terry Gelfand, NYC (AIA designer)
Michael Lawson, Los Angeles
Dr. Thomas Webber, Dallas
Vinchenzia Cievello, Dallas
Steven Wilder, Dallas
Patricia Fabricant, NYC (art director)
Patricia Simmons, Dallas
Karen Freeman, Dallas
Fred Blackman, Dallas
Tom and Clathel Zach, Half
Moon Bay, CA (noted educators)
Katherine Miler, Wilton, CT
(wildlife expert and collector)
Philip Nowledn, Irvine, CA (Executive Vice-Chancellor, UC Irvine)
Jim Harithas, NYC and Houston (former Director of the Contemporary
Art Museum, Houston
and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)
Birthdate: September
17, 1949, Dallas, TX
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David Paul Riker is currently displaying artwork in the following categories...
| Types : | Painting, Pastel, Photography, Sculpture | | Styles : | Abstract, Contemporary, Dada, Expressionism, Figurative, Iconism, Impressionism, Impressionistic | | Medias : | Acrylic/Oil on Archival Paper, Acrylic/Oil on Board, Acrylic/Oil on Photographic Paper, Lithograph on Arches Paper, Mixed Media on Wood, Pastel on Board, Pastel on Paper | | Subjects : | Abstract Portrait, Abstraction/Subjective, Animals, Cityscape, Dueling, Family, Iconism, Landscape, Personal History |
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