Curriculum Vitae

Richard Pitts

artpitts@icloud.com | 646-644-3115 | New Albany, PA. | richardpitts.com

Richard Pitts creates paintings, collages, and large-scale sculptures that capture energy and movement in material form. Working in steel, aluminum, bronze, and wood, his practice spans six decades of exploring how art preserves the conversation between experience and consciousness. His work has been exhibited nationally and installed in public spaces from New York to Chicago.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2026 Fragmented Memories
  • 2024 Solo exhibit Zuppa Yonkers NY
  • 2024 Solo exhibit M55 Gallery NYC
  • 2024 Solo exhibit AMarthouse Bantam Ct.
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Salisbury, NC
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Providence, NJ
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Knoxville, TN
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Ellicott City, MD
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Concord, NC
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, AMArthouse, "Fragmented Memories" Bantam, CT
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, AMArthouse Bantam, CT
  • 2022 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Chicago, Hamilton Park
  • 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Worchester, MA
  • 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Knoxville, TN
  • 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation, Johnson City, TN
  • 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Wake Forest, NC
  • 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Salisbury, NC
  • 2021 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Howard County, MD
  • 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 Summit NJ outdoor Installation "Back from the Yellow Brick Road"
  • 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Columbia Md. "Yellow Stone"
  • 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Columbia Md. "Red Writer"
  • 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Chicago "Twirll"
  • 2019 Sculpture Outdoor Installation Chicago "Ribbon"
  • 2019 Salisbury,NC, Outdoor Installation, "Orange Peel"
  • 2019 Salisbury NC Outdoor Installation ,"Twirling Mirror"
  • 2018 Yonkers NY Saw Mill River, "Orange Peel"
  • 2018 Yonkers NY Saw Mill River "Back fro the Yellow Brick Road"
  • 2018 Salisbury NC, "Dancing down the staircase"
  • 2018 EAGLES MEIR, PA. "Orange Peel"
  • 2017 Stephanie Park, CT. 3 sculptures "Yellow","Red Smoke","Amnesia"
  • 2017 M55/NOHO Sculpture and Paintings
  • 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 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2004 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2002 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2001 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 Ruthvin Gallery, Columbus, OH
  • 1985 David Findlay Jr., New York, NY
  • 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

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2009 Sculpture At Play II, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2008 Gallery Artists Part V, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2007 Sculpture At Play, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2007 Imagined Sites, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY
  • 2007 Encore une Foix, Monk Dogz Urban Art
  • 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 Works on Paper, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY
  • 2003 The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
  • 2003 The Box, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2003 Nasu-Kogen Print Show, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
  • 2002 Recent Acquisitions, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
  • 2001 New Acquisitions, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
  • 2001 Earl Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2000 Exhibition 14, 14th Street Painters, New York, NY
  • 1999 Rooster Show, Mary Anthony Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1999 Recent Figure, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY
  • 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
  • 1967 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Reviews

  • Jill Conner, “The Space Outside”. Riot Material, August 7, 2018, August 7, 2018
  • M 55 Art "Steel" Judd Tully Catalog Recent Sculpture, Richard Pitts 2009
  • Jill Conner, "Cut Time" essay on Recent metal sculpture 2009
  • David Matlock, "Nature & Art". Art World, April, 1988.
  • Abigail Wender, "Paintings by Richard Pitts". Diversion Magazine, August, 1988. pp. 93, 94. (reproductions)
  • "Animal Life at One Penn Plaza". Art World, November, 1987.
  • Gerrit Henry, "Richard Pitts One Man Show at David Findlay Gallery "ARTnews, March, 1985.
  • Jacqueline Hall, "Landscapes at Rutherin Gallery". Columbus Dispatch, May, 1985.
  • David Findlay Jr., "Contemporary Hosts Recent Paintings of Richard Pitts". Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 4, 1983, pg. 3 (b).
  • "Richard Pitts at David Findlay Gallery". Arts Magazine, February, 1983
  • Sarah King, "Richard Pitts". Arts Magazine, February, 1983
  • David Findlay Jr., "Richard Pitts One Man Show". The New York Times, Feb. 25, 1983.
  • "Intimate Landscape". Art World, June, 1981.
  • 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.
  • Ruth Bass, "Richard Pitts". Arts Magazine, Dec. 1979
  • "Intimate Landscape". ARTnews, June, 1975.
  • Arts Magazine, June, 1974, (reproductions)
  • John Russell, "New Talent Festival at 18 Galleries". The New York Times, June, 1974.
  • John Gruen, "New Talent". Soho Weekly News, June 13, 1974.
  • Gene Baro, "Sculpture, Paintings, and More". The Washington Post, June 23, 1974.
  • D.D. Jones, "A Pitts Tour". Kansas City Star, February, 1971.
  • D.D. Jones, "Art in Mid America". Kansas City Star, November, 1970.

Selected Catalogues

  • Richard Pitts "Recent Work Sculpture & Painting" 2019 "The Space Outside" by Jill Conner
  • Richard Pitts "Cut Time" 2009 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
  • Richard Pitts "Sculpture and Paintings Feb 8
  • "Recent Sculpture" Richard Pitts by Judd Tully
  • 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

Selected Collections

  • 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

Selected Teaching

  • 1974 Teaching position, Fine Art Department, NYC Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
  • 1973 Fashion Institute of Technology, Professor Fine Arts
  • 1970 Kansas City Art Institute, Professor Fine Arts

Selected Education

  • 1972 New York Studio School Scholarship Paris France
  • 1970 Pratt Institute MFA
  • 1968 Pratt Institute BFA