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| Name:
Linda Richichi |
| Discipline:
Visual Arts |
| Secondary
Discipline:
Painting |
| Town:
Newburgh |
| Website:
www.LindaRichichi.com |
Biography:
“Her evocative plein air paintings express an intense response to observed nature, while her dynamic abstractions reflect a passionate energy and masterful sense of form.” – From Dennis Wepman, Art Curator of Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum.
Award winning artist Linda Richichi was born in Montgomery, NY, where she earned her first art award at the age of six and commission at sixteen. Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from SUNY New Paltz and years of study with many modern masters including Arthur Sarnoff at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in FL, Susan Goetz in NY, John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in NJ and classes at the Art Students League in New York City. She was included in the International Artist Magazine under Master Painters of the World, Pastel Showcase in the Jan. 2005 issue. In the June 2006 issue, Linda’s exhibit at the RiverWinds Gallery was critiqued favorably by art critic Raymond J. Steiner, ART TIMES. In Sept., 2006, Richichi was awarded the Best of Show Ontario Purchase Award at the International Plein Air Painters (I.P.A.P.) Fourth Worldwide Paint Out at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Richichi has exhibited extensively including the prestigious National Arts Club in New York City with the Pastel Society of America, a solo exhibit at the Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum in Newburgh, NY and around North America. Linda attends several national invitational plein air events during each year. Her work is in private and corporate collections internationally. She was commissioned by Mercedes Benz Corporation and the Rowley Family Birthing Center at Orange Regional Medical Center. Since 1996 the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, NY has commissioned Richichi to annually paint a portrait. Her work is included in the World Tour Exhibition titled “Far and Near Horizons” of Contemporary Landscape Artists run by the International Plein Air Painters and the Landscape Artists International. This exhibit traveled around North America and plans to head overseas are in the making. Richichi is the first artist in residence at the SUNY Orange at Newburgh Sept. ‘07 through August ‘08.
Richichi teaches “plein air” pastel painting in Tuscany, Italy and is planning a trip for May or June in 2010. Saatchi Gallery in London, England invited Richichi to exhibit work on their website. She is represented by Fieldstone Fine Art in Ramsey, NJ , Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor, WI and Icehouse Gallery in McIntosh, FL as well as Bau Gallery in Beacon, NY where she will have a solo exhibit in June 09. www.LindaRichichi.com .
Memberships Include:
Pastel Society of America (PSA), Juried Associate member
International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), Signature Status
New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), Signature Status
Portrait Society of America, Founding member
Landscape Artists International, Charter member.
Plein Air Florida, member
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