Richard Feaster received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Birmingham Southern College in 1985 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Tulane University in 1992. In 1993, he attended the Skowhegan summer program in Skowhegan, Maine. Feaster, who resides in Nashville, has shown his work throughout the US in both solo and group exhibitions, including the City University of New York, National Academy of Design, Elizabeth Harris gallery in New York, Miller Block Gallery in Boston, and the Cheekwood Museum of Art. He is represented in Nashville by Zeitgeist Gallery.

Education

1993 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

1991-93 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

1985-89 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL

Bibliography

Tennessee Abstract Painters, Catalog, Essay by Weirich, Jochen, Curator, Cheekwood Museum of Art, 2009

March 2, 2007, Marx, Jonathan, The Tennessean

Nashville Arts Magazine, September, 2006, Nolan, Joe

Eligible Receiver: Recent Works by Richard Feaster, Catalog & Essays, Knowles, Susan, Cheekwood Museum of Art, 2006

The Nashville Scene, April, 2004; August, 2005; February, 2006

The City Paper (Nashville), August 8, 2002, Walen, Drew

The Tennessean, July 2002, Bostick, Alan

New American Paintings, Volume 32, 2000/01.

The Boston Globe, March 30, 2000, McQuaid, Cate.

Tinycake.com, Featured Artist, 1999 - present

Cover Magazine, “Shaping Abstract Imagery,” June, 1997, Wright, Jeffrey C.

Presentational Painting II, Catalogue, Essays and Introduction, Hunter College, Leubsdorf Art Gallery, 1997

Awards/Residencies

2009, Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission

2006, Fellowship & Residency, Edward Abbey Mural Workshop, National Academy Museum, New York, NY

1997, Panel Lecturer - Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY

1993, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Selected Collections

Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL

Crosland Corp, Nashville, TN

Laylah Ali, Boston, MA

Julian Lethbridge, NYC

Clay Blevins, Nashville, TN

Barry Lapidus, NYC

Marci Klein, NYC

Robert Beal, Boston, MA

Thomas Ambler, NYC

Joan & Roger Sonnabend, Boston, MA

James Cullion, Boston, MA

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