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RICHARD GODFREY

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EDUCATION

1978- M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1977- B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1971- Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
1970- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2005- "Eastern Lights," LELA, Bangkok Museum of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
2004- "Jeju International Art Festival", Kidang Museum, Jeju, North Korea
2000- "Time," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA "MOCA Art Auction 2000," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998- "Illusion," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1997- "Pyong - Taek International Arts Festival," Pyong - Taek City Museum Pyong - Taek, North Korea
"International Exchange Show," Kitashyushu Art Museum, Japan
1986- "Perceptions," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006- Gallerie Adzak, Paris, France
M.J. Higgins, Los Angeles, CA
2005- Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, CA
Bert Green Fire Art, Los Angeles, CA
Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro. CA
Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
2004- CalPoly Pomona, Pomona, CA
Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
Asto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bedlam Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
2003- Denise Roberge Art Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
5ifty Bucks, Pomona, CA
2002- Armory Art Center, Pasadena, CA
Denise Roberge Art Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Artemis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001- Bedlam Art Salon, Los Feliz, CA
Toyota USA, Torrance, CA
5ifty Bucks, Los Angeles, CA
2000- Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Edward Giardiana Contemporary, Art Annex, Santa Ana, CA
Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA
1999- Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Edward Giardrina Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1998- Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA
1997- Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
1996- Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
Random, Los Angeles, CA
1996- LA Artcore, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
1995- Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Random, Los Angeles, CA
1994- Patricia Correia Gallery, Venice, CA
Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Patricia Correia Annex, Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA
1990- Roark, Los Angeles, CA
1988- Santa Barbara Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Rancho Santiago College (Santa Ana College) , Santa Ana, CA
Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987- Seawright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988- Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1985- Otis Parsons, Los Angeles, CA
1984- Mount St. MaryÕs College, Los Angeles, CA
James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983- Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
1982- Chevron Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981- Bridge Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980- 80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1979- Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
1977- Nevada Art Gallery, Reno, Nevada
1976- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2006- "2nd Gwang Hwa Moon International Art Festival," Seoul, South Korea.
2005- "Situational Prosthetics," New Langton Street, San Francisco, CA
"Lantern of the East," LELA, Bangkok Museum of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
"Idyllwild Faculty Exhibition," Parkman Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
"5 Year Anniversary", Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
"LA Art Fest" Downtown Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Gallery Exhibition" Asto gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005- "Autumn Lights," Cal Trans Plaza Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Art of the Collector," M. J. Higgins, Los Angeles, CA
"1st Anniversary Group Show," M.J. Higgins, Los Angeles, CA
"Circa '75"New Langton Street. San Francisco, CA
"Eastern Lights," Lela, Bangkok, Thailand
2004- "THREE," Anke Wehner Hausverwaltung Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Jeju International Art Festival," Kidang Museum, Jeju, South Korea
"Boston <--> LA," Columns, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
"Mirror, Mirror," Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
"Idyllwild Faculty Exhibition," Parkman Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
"Asto International Art Festival", Asto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Saints and Sinners," Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
"S6X," 5ifty Bucks, Pomona, CA
2003- "Vessels," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Usual Suspects," Bedlam Art Salon, Los Feliz, CA
"The X-Mas Show at Bedlam," Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
"Idyllwild Faculty Exhibition," Parkman Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
"Quema del Diablo," 5ifty Bucks, Pomona, CA
2002- "Atelier 02," Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
"Idyllwild Faculty Exhibition," Parkman Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
"Buy Art," Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
"Forty Something," 5ifty Bucks, Pomona, CA
"4 Artists," Robostudios, Brewery Artwalk, Los Angeles, CA
2001- "I am in this Show," 5ifty Bucks, Los Angeles, CA
"Made in Los Angeles," 777 Figueroa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Project Mayhem," 5ifty Bucks, Los Angeles, CA
2000- "Collaborations," Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Spurgeon Experience," Santa Ana, CA
"Fishing for Art," Fifty Bucks, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Exhibition," Bedlam Art Salon, Los Feliz, CA
"Brick," Los Angeles, CA
1999- "Time," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
"Group Show '99," Edward Giardino Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
"Summer Faculty Show," Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
1998- "Illusion," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
"Show and Tell," Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
1997- "Abstract Synergism," Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Hodge Podge," Spanish Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA
"Art You Can Live With," LA Art Core, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
1996- "Shades of Green," Gensler and Associates, Santa Monica, CA
"In Your Pocket," Luckman Gallery, University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Green," Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Miracle of 19th Street," Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
1995- "Light," Patricia Correia Gallery, (Inaugural Exhibition), Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Invitational," Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Bergamot Gallery Exhibition," Gensler and Associates, Santa Monica, CA
"Selections," Knoll Design, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
"In the Pocket," Random, Los Angeles, CA
"Dada Tour," 1995, Los Angeles, CA
"Windows," Full Moon Gallery, FAR, Los Angeles, CA
"Miracle of 19th Street," Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
1994- "Invitational," Patricia Correia Gallery, Venice, CA
"Showcase," Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Dada," Los Angeles, CA
"Far Bizarre 1994," Los Angeles, CA
"West Coast Sculpture," Artyard, Denver, CO
1993- "Dada," Los Angeles, CA
"Light," Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Contemporary Artists," Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"ART/LA 93," Los Angeles, CA
1992- "Overview," Artspace, Los Angeles, CA
1991- "Downtown Show," American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990- "December Show," American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Red Zone," Los Angeles, CA
1989- "Present Tense," American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Four Los Angeles Artists," Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989- "Laguna Art Museum Annual," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1988- "Trompe LÕoeil, The Magic of Deception," Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
"Art for All Seasons," Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
1986- "Sculptural Deceptions," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1986- "Magical Mystery Tour '86," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985- "Light and Dimension," Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
1984- "Gallery View," Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
1983- "New Bay Area Painting and Sculpture," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Magical Mystery Tour '83," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Show," Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1982- "New Bay Area Painting and Sculpture," University of California, Northridge, CA
"12th International Sculpture Conference," San Francisco, CA
1981- "New Work," Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1980- "Three Bay Area Artists," Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
1979- "Teachers and Students," Anna Gardener Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1976- "M.F.A. Exhibition," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1975- "Prints," Transamerica Gallery, San Francisco, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Frederick R. Weisman, Los Angeles, CA
Felderman/Keatinge and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Gonzales and Goodale, Pasadena, CA
LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Reign, Beverly Hills, CA
Reactor Films. Santa Monica, CA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

David and Carol Bishop, Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Correia, Topanga, CA
Mia Dinnely, Malibu, CA
Jim Fittipauldi, Los Angeles, CA
Gayle Gale, Hollywood, CA
Diane and Peter Grey, Los Angeles, CA
Kim Grover, New York, NY
Michi Itami, New York, NY
Brenda Hurst, Los Angeles, CA
Micheal Hughes, Las Vegas, NV
Carline and Lars Jorgensen, Los Angeles, CA
Kim Kaufman, Los Angeles, CA
Ann Quinn, Los Angeles, CA
John Saile, Cleveland , OH
Soren Kenner, Copenhagen, DK
Shelah Lehrer Graiwer, Los Angeles, CA
Frances and Mark, Leonard, Los Angeles, CA
Edna Lopez, South Pasadena, CA
James Michael Mahoney, Yarmouth, ME
Sarah Phrommer, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Reynolds, Los Angeles, CA
Rick Serrato, Whittier, CA
Robin Trousedale, San Pedro, CA
Rick Robertson, Los Angeles, CA
Tara Thomas, Los Angeles, CA
Raymond Y. Newton, Los Angeles, CA

TEACHING

Idyllwild Arts, (Summer Program), Idyllwild, CA, 2006 Ð 1998 Chairman - Instructor (Painting and Drawing)
Ragan Art Academy, Friends of the Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA 2005 - 1998
Staff Instructor (Painting and Drawing), Idyllwild Arts, (Summer Program), Idyllwild, CA, 1997
Staff Instructor (Painting and Drawing) Ragan Art Academy, Friends of the Junior Arts Center 1998 -1996
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA Director - Staff Instructor (Drawing) Barnsdall Junior Arts Center, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Staff Instructor (Drawing and Ceramics) 1997-1989
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Evenings for Educators, Visiting Artist, 1995 - 1994
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Teaching Assistant (Drawing/Robert Hudson) 1977
Teaching Assistant (Painting/Ursula Schnieder) 1976
Teaching Assistant (Painting/Tom Holland) 1976
University of California, Berkeley, CA Teaching Assistant (Sculpture/Peter Volkus) 1977

EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS:

"Life Draw" Larry Bell, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild. CA 2005
"Ragan Art Academy Graduation Exhibition", Barnsdall Junior Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA 2005
"Summer Exhibition," Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA 1998 Ð 2005
"Inkworks," Ragan Art Academy, Brewery Artwalk, Los Angeles, CA 2005
"Ragan Art Academy Graduation Exhibition," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA 2004
"International Students" Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan 2004 Ð 2005
"Nagoya City Angel Project," LANSCA, 2004
"Innercity," California Arts Council Grant, Barnsdall Arts Foundation 2004 "My Book," Allison Saar, Miller Workshop Fellowship, Barnsdall Art Foundation, 2003
"Community," Kim Abeles, Miller Foundation Workshop, Barnsdall Arts Foundation, 2003
"Figuration," Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica Mall, Santa Monica, CA, 2002
"Sony Mural," Robbie Conal, Farragut Elementary School, Culver City, CA, 2001
"Painting and Drawing," Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA, 2000
"Student Show," Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA, 1999
"Working on the Metro...Together," Los Angeles, CA, 1999
"Via Marisol Mural," Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA 1999
"Student Painting and Drawing," Idyllwild Art Gallery, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA, 1998
"Selected Works," Ragan Art Academy, Taylor Family Gallery, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, 1998
"Ink," Ragan Art Academy, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 1998
"Student Review," Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA, 1998
"Fox Storytelling Mural," Commonwealth Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA, 1997
"Gesture and Form," ChildrensÕ Art Gallery, Barnsdall Junior Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1997
"Junior Arts Center 30th Anniversary Exhibition," Los Angeles, CA, 1997
"Sunday Open Sunday," Barnsdall Junior Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1998-1996
"Gestural Directions," Ragan Art Academy, ChildrensÕ Art Gallery, Barnsdall Junior Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
"Mount Washington Elementary School Mural," Los Angeles, CA, 1995
"Barnsdall Junior Arts Center 25th Anniversary Mural," Los Angeles, CA, 1994

DEMONSTRATIONS and LECTURES:

Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA
Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Gene Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Design Center, West Week 2000, Los Angeles, CA

FILM AND TELEVISION:

2003 "The Inspired Vessel", Life and Times, Val Savalas, KCET
2000 "Panic," Artisan Productions (Donald Sutherland, William H. Macy)
2000 "The Kid," Disney Productions (Bruce Willis)
1994 "Art in the Park Ð Barnsdall Art Park," Channel 56, Los Angeles, CA

CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS:

"Lantern of the East," International Art Festival, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand 2005
"Situational Prosthetics", New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA 2005
"1st Jeju International Art Festival", Jeju Museum of Art, Gustave Yim, Jeju. Korea, 2004
"MOCA Art Auction 2000," Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeremy Strick, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
"Most Art Sucks," Mat Gleason, 1998
"3rd Pyong Taek International Art Festival," Pyong Taek city Museum, Washimi Tetsuhiko, Pyong Taek, Korea, 1987
"DADA TOUR," Los Angeles, CA 1995, 1996
"California Art Review," Les Krantz, 1998
"Trompe L'Oeil" Mukenthaler Cultural Center, Norman Lloyd, Fullerton, CA, 1988
"Space/Light/Equilibrium - an Installation by Richard Godfrey," Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Shifra Goldman, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA, 1986
"New Bay Area Painting and Sculpture," Judith Dunham and Christopher Brown, San Francisco Art Institute/University of California, Northridge, CA, 1981

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Anderson, Isabel "Reviews," Artweek, Volume 30, Issue 3. March 1999
Albright, Thomas "New Bay Area Painting and Sculpture," Art News, Volume 82, No.4, April 1983
Bachofner, Ruth "Selecting Art," Designers West, Volume 32, No. 4, January 1984
Balbinbin, Lucia "Corporate Art," Designers West, Volume 32, No. 32, January 1984
Boone, Lisa "Shining Through," Calendar, Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1997
Brown, Christopher and Dunham, Judith "Bay Area Painting and Sculpture," Exhibition Catalog, 1982
Bussel, Abby "Ship to Shore," Interior Design, Volume 69. No. 3, 1998
Cotter, Christine "Where All the Lights are Bright," Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2005
Curtis, Cath "Calendar Art Review," Los Angeles Times, February 17, 1988
Curtis, Cathy "Sculptural Deceptions," Chevron Art Gallery USA, Exhibition Catalog, April 1982
Derrick, Lisa "City of Night," Los Angeles New Times, May 20, 1999
DiMichele, David "Downtown Lives Ð Exhibitionism Warehouse Style", Downtown News, P. 22, November 5, 1994
Dunham, Judith "Quabba," Artweek, May 29, 1979
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Fried, Helene "Emanuel Walter Gallery Annual," San Francisco Art Institute, Exhibition Catalog, April 6, 1976
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