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Rick Minard was born and raised in North Western Pennsylvania and currently lives in Bradford, PA. His paintings appear in both private and public collections in Buffalo, New York, Huntington Beach, California, Guanajuato, Mexico and Geneva, Switzerland. He maintains an art studio in his home, and worked for many years as a graphic designer. He is currently an adjunct professor, teaching art courses at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Rick is also a managing partner in the Allegheny Mountain Arts Gallery where he oversees exhibitions and community engagement. In his studio, Rick strives to find ways to integrate his experience and skills in commercial graphic design with his love of drawing and painting. His paintings range from abstract figurative and landscape images to non-representational expressions of hue and surface variation. Rick's unique woven paintings organize gestural, chaotic surfaces into structured arrangements. They attempt to impose order without eliminating complexity. Along with his business partner, Rick is a muralist and has helped design and install numerous murals in the local community and throughout the region. He is also a printmaker, with an interest in in lino-cut, dry point etching and fine art screen printing. Rick holds an Associate’s Degree in Visual Communications, a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in Painting, and in 2010 he earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Over the years, Rick’s work has been included in numerous local and regional shows, as well as national juried exhibitions in Fredericksburg, VA and Fulton, MO. (Click here for his MFA Thesis.) COLLABORATIVE WORKS 2025 Relax in Nature Hanger Building break room, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, campus mural project creating a space to relax and de-stress, in collaboration with UPB student body. America 250 Years Union Square Plaza, Bradford, PA. Community mural project commemorating the United States’ Semiquincentennial. Welcome to the Friendship Table 21 East Corydon St. Bradford, PA. Mural Design installed for local community food bank. America 250 Years (alternate version) 21 East Corydon St. Bradford, PA. Mural Design installed commemorating the United States’ Semiquincentennial. 2024 Consulting Artist for Bradford Area Public Library’s Community Mural Project, Bradford, PA Phlash Phelps Across America 181 Main Street, Bradford, PA. Public mural installation celebrating Nation Satellite Radio DJ, Phlash Phelps. In collaboration with Greg Souchik. 2023 Commissioned Armed Services Mural for local chapter VFW, Bradford, PA 2022 The Silver Lining Livingston Alexander House, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, campus mural project promoting Diversity and Multiculturalism, in collaboration with UPB student body. 2021, 22, 23 Heart of the Arts Group exhibition and auction sponsored by Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center. Proceeds benefit the BCPAC Arts Scholarship Fund. 2021 Hands: A work in Progress Blaisdell Hall, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA. Mural design in collaboration with University students focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion. 2020 My America Is University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA. Temporary interactive campus community project encouraging dialog and engagement. 2019 Woodstock 50th Anniversary Mural 171 MainStreet, Bradford, PA. In collaboration with Greg Souchik a mural commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Light and Shadow KOA Speer Gallery, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA. Solo exhibition of new paintings exhibited as part of annual series of featured artists. 2018 Light and Shadow Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA. New paintings exhibited as part of annual series of featured artists. 2017 Woven Patterns Solo exhibition organized by the McKean County Arts Council. Landmark Cafe, Bradford, PA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 Celebrate Color & Light National juried exhibit. Frederick Gallery at the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Fredericksburg, VA. Light and Shadow national juried exhibit. Mildred M. Cox Gallery at William Woods University, Fulton, MO Let There Be Art group exhibition organized by the McKean County Arts Council. Landmark Cafe, Bradford, PA 2016 Penn Brad Oil Museum’s Art Show and Benefit Auction, Bradford, PA 2015 PA Wilds Invitational, Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA. Faculty and Staff Exhibition, KOA Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 2014 Working Artists, University Gallery, Carlson Library, Clarion University, Clarion, PA; invitational alumni and faculty exhibition coordinated by Melissa Kuntz. Member Show 2014, Center Gallery, Jamestown Community College and Olean Public Library, Olean, NY; juried by Sharon McConnell, Gallery Director, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Alfred University and Sara Zak, Visual Artist and Community Organizer, Buffalo, NY. Woven, Sewn & Pressed, Dykeman Young Gallery, Jamestown, NY; curated by Debra Eck. 2012 55th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY; curated by Kim Levin. Small Works Member Show, Center Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Olean, NY; juried by Leslie Bellavance and Cynnie Gaash. SAVI Group Exhibition, Cattaraugus County Arts Council, Allegany, NY, group exhibition. 2011 Emerging/Converging, Damon Morey Law Firm, Buffalo, NY; group exhibition juried by Marcus Wise. 2010 CCAC 2010 Member Show, Center Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Olean NY; exhibition featuring works by Cattaraugus County Arts Council members, juried by Yu Kanazawa. Hard Work, Joy Gallery, Rochester NY; shared exhibition with Bradley Butler. The Image – by any Means, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY; MFA Thesis Exhibition. Non-Toxic Print Open – International Competition, Gallery R, Rochester NY; non-toxic printmaking competition, RIT Professor Keith Howard, curator. |