RICHARD KOOYMAN
Richard Kooyman, Nature, oil on canvas
Richard Kooyman, Red Glow, oil on canvas
Richard Kooyman, Red Bird, oil on canvas
Richard Kooyman, Spring Growth, oil on canvas
Richard Kooyman, Flora and Fauna Paradise, oil on canvas
Richard Kooyman, Fall Woods, 36x36, oil on canvas
“The writer James Joyce believed that the best art was that which “grabs the viewer and arrests them and turns their focus outward from themselves.” It is my hope that others seeing my paintings can focus their attention outward and become moved by the expansive beauty of the painted surface.”
Richard Kooyman received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Grand Valley University and was awarded a College of Art and Design Fellowship to attend Ohio State University where he earned a Masters Degree in Fine Arts (1982). He was awarded a Michigan Council for the Arts grant, the Michigan Governors Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant. Kooyman has lectured on the subject of art to art organizations, given numerous workshops along with being a visiting artist at various educational institutions, most recently the University of Minnesota in Mankato, MN. Kooyman exhibits and sells his work nationally.
“I make paintings and drawing because I believe art can change the world by changing how we think and look at the world.”
~Richard Kooyman
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Richard Kooyman
Education
1982 M.F.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1979 B.F.A., Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
SelectedExhibition
2017 Love Blanket, New Drawings, The Provincial, Chief, Michigan
2017 Bowery Gallery Annual Juried Competition, Juror Kyle Staver, New York, NY
2016 Open Pomegranate, curated by Frankie Gardner, CuratingContemporary.com
8th National Juried Show, Juror Graham Nickson Prince Street Gallery, NY,NY
Luck of the Draw curated by Trent Miller, Madison Public Library, Madison,WI
2015 The Art of The Landscape, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA
Richard Kooyman & Melanie Parke, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
The Figure and the Landscape, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
2014 The ArtCamp Paintings, LeelanauCultural Center, Leland, MI
Anniversary Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Lois Dodd Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2012 Euphemize, Slow Gallery, Chicago,Ill
Urban Intersections, Quidley & Company, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibition, Pioneer Bluffs Foundation Gallery, Matfield Green, KS
2011 But Then Again Not, Kendall College Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Art Chicago, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago,Il
Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI
Melanie Parke/Richard Kooyman, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
CouplesLong Island Beach Foundation, LI Beach, NY
Artists Book Show, The Paper Crane, Chicago, Ill
2009 New Paintngs/ Works on Paper, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2008 Nature Interpreted, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI
Mary Etherington Gallery, Martha’sVineyard
2007 The Landscape Laurel Tracey Gallery, Reb Bank, NJ
Bridge Art Fair Basel Miami, Gebben Gray Gallery, Fennville, MI
He Said, She Said, Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI
2006 Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2005 Along the Shore, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2005 New Work, The Wright Gallery, Northport, MI
2004 Scenes of Splendor, Leelanau Cultural Center, Leland, MI
2002 Art of the 20th Century- Park Avenue Armory Exhibition
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago,IL
Awards
2013 Nominated for a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters Grant
2003 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson , VT
1990 Michigan Governors Award in the Arts
1989 National Endowment For the Arts Grant
1989 Michigan Council For the Arts Grant
1982 College of Art and Design Fellowship, Ohio State University
Independent Projects
2015-present
Independent Curating at BLK MRKT, Traverse City, MI
2015 Juror, Regional Juried Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2015 Trip To Italy, Lecture on Art of the Italian Renaissance, LCCC, Leland, MI
2015 Advanced Painting Workshop, Leelanau Cultural Center, Leland,MI
2014-2015
ArtCamp, A Year of Painting in the Woods, Chief, MI
2013 Drawing Workshop, Leelanau Cultural Center, Leland,MI
2013 Juror, Northern Exposure 20th Annual Regional Exhibition, Bonifas Fine Art Center, Escanaba, MI
2012 10 Students, 3 Days, 1200 Sheets of Paper, Drawing Workshop,
Leelanau Cultural Center, Leland,MI
2012 Visiting Artist, University of Minnesota, Mankato
2011 Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Visiting Artist & Residencies
2014 BorgoFinocchietoInvitationalResidency,Tuscany,Italy
Artist in Residence, The Old Art Building, Leland, MI
2009 Heliker- LaHotan Foundation, Cranberry Isles, ME
2008 Vermont Studio Center Residency
Warm Springs Gallery
12 Katydid Trail
Warm Springs, VA 24484
540.839.2985
Gallery & Cafe Hours
April 1 – December 31, 2021
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
11 am – 3 pm
Eigth Annual Bath County
Plein Air Festival
September 27 – October 3, 2021
For seven days artists will paint picturesque scenes throughout Bath County. Visitors and locals will have the unique opportunity to observe artists as they paint on location.