RICHARD LEE
Ames Mill
307 Front Street
Richmond, ME 04357
Tel. 207-449-8573


Born New York City, 1933

Education
Drew University, B. A.
Wesleyan University, M. A.

Art Studies
Drew University
Brooklyn Museum Art School (painting)
Instituto Nacional de Belles Artes, Mexico (printing techniques)
Pratt Institute (metal sculpture)
Maine Printing Workshop
Carriage House, Boston (color theory and papermaking
with reknown Japanese artist Asao Shimura)
Rugg Road, Boston (papermaking)
Center for Book Arts, New York City (bookmaking)

Memberships
Union of Maine Visual Artists
Maine Art Commission’s Touring Artist Program
Maine Fiberarts

Exhibitions
Fuller Craft Museum, "Pulp Function," 75 national paper artists, Brockton, MA, June 3, 2007-January 2008 and traveling nationwide afterwards
Frank Brockman Gallery, Brunswick, Solo Exhibition, 2006
Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville, 2006
Eleven Pleasant Street Center for the Arts, with Stephen Petroff, 2005
Center for Maine Contemporary Art: journal display at "Cuban Connections," 2005
River Tree Art Center, Kennebunkport, 2005
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Maine Fiberarts' exhibition, 2004
Hay Gallery, Portland, Maine, group fiber art show, 2004
University of Maine, Presque Isle, "Handmade Paper Art," 2004
Matolcsy Art Gallery, Norway, group fiber art show, 2004
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, "Contemporary Maine Fiber Art," 2004-2005
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, "The Farm to Art Connection," 2004
Artists’ Books from the Collections, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 2004
Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, Maine, 2005, 2007
Big Top Deli, Brunswick, 2003Art Gallery at The Clown, Portland, Maine, 2001,
Encounters: Art of the Handmade Paper
Gulf of Maine, Brunswick, Maine, 2001
Coffee By Design, Portland, Maine, 1997, 2001
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, 1999, Fabric & Fiber '99
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, 1998
Natasha’s Restaurant, Portland, Maine, 1998
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, 1998
Davidson and Daughters Gallery, Portland, Maine, 1996-97
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, 1997
Harmon and Barton’s, Portland, Maine, 1997
Kinney Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine, 1994-96
Agape Center for Soul, Community & the Arts, Portland, Maine, 1996-98
Smitty-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, New York, 1996
Free Street Taverna, Portland, Maine, 1995-96
Maine Festival, “Art Sanctuary,” Brunswick, Maine, 1995
Center For Native Art, Woolwich, Maine, 1990-97
Far Away Places, Asheville, North Carolina, 1994
Tatianna’s, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995-96
Wyler Gallery, Brunswick, Maine, 1994-97
Bintliff’s Cafe, Portland, Maine, 1994-95
Danforth Gallery, “Senior Perspectives Show,” 1995-96
L. A. College, Lewiston, Maine, 1993-95
Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1993
UMVA, “Sacred Spaces,” Brunswick, Maine, 1993
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1985

Art Events organized by Richard

"Eccentric Artists Tour - Central Maine," 2003
Maine Card Table Art, West Sumner, Maine, 2004

Group and Solo Shows, 1993-96

Cry of the Loon, South Casco, Maine
The Necessary Angel, Boston, Massachusetts
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine
Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine
Center for the Arts, Chocolate Church, Bath, Maine
Union of Maine Visual Artists, “Animal Spirits,” Ellsworth, Maine
L. A. College, Lewiston, Maine
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
Kinney Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
Paper Gallery, Camden, Maine

Group and Solo Shows, 1990-92

Thomas Mosher Gallery, Portland, Maine
Danforth Gallery, “Paper Show,” Portland, Maine
Danforth Gallery, “Book Arts Show,” Portland, Maine
Wild Oats, Brunswick, Maine
3-Views Gallery, Portland, Maine
Richard Eaton Gallery, Belfast, Maine
Center for Native Art, Woolwich, Maine
The Theater Project, Brunswick, Maine
Maine Festival, Brunswick, Maine (first prize, “Art That Flies”)
Cry of the Loon, South Casco, Maine
Fleet Bank, Brunswick, Maine

Group and Solo Shows, 1963-1989

University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Community Art Gallery, Livermore Falls, Maine
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
Jr. Madison Gallery, Middletown, New Jersey
Jerry Gilden's Gallery, Pikesville, Maryland
Art Society/International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
Fontana Gallery, Narbeth, Pennsylvania
American Center, Kabul, Afghanistan
Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece
Techni Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Gallery 84, New York, New York
Madison Art Directions Gallery, New York, New York
Priscilla Hartley Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
Auburn Public Library, Auburn, Maine
Bridgton Arts Society, Bridgton, Maine (honorable mention)
Poland Spring Preservation Society, Poland Spring, Maine
Androscoggin Savings Bank, Lewiston, Maine
Talent Tree Gallery, Augusta, Maine
The Private Gallery, Kensington, Maryland
Gallery of Maine Artists, Orono, Maine
SPAR National Art Exhibition, Shrevesport, Louisiana
Galleria El Zaguan, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Drew University Alumni Exhibitions, Madison, New Jersey

Travel Journals

Istanbul 2007
Guatemala, 2005, 2006
Spain, 2005
Cuba, 2004
Newfoundland, 2004
Spain, Newfoundland 2003
Peru, Ecuador, Newfoundland 2002
Italy, Guatemala, 2001
India, 1999
Mexico, 1998, 2000

Award

Bill Bonyun Award for Teaching Artists, Honorable Mention - 2007

Papermaking Artist-in-Residencies, Workshops, and Demonstrations

Lewiston Schools
Poland Elementary Schools
Auburn Schools
Gorham Schools
Mount Pleasant School
Gray Elementary School
Litchfield Elementary School
Milo High School
Richmond Elementary School
Levitt High School
Wiscasset Elementary School
Blue Hill School
Dresden Elementary School
Fort Fairfield Elementary
Leeds Elementary School
Houlton Elementary School
Turner Schools
Wells High School
Mechanic Falls Schools
Bicentennial School
New Gloucester Elementary
Sabattus Elementary School
West Bath Elementary School
Livermore Falls Elementary
Bowdoin Community School
Belgrade Schools
Rockland Elementary School
Cumberland Elementary
Scarborough Schools
Kennebec Valley Art Assoc.
Phippsburg Elementary School
Portland Museum of Art
Brunswick Schools College
courses in Mexico
Bath Schools
Waldoboro Art Teachers
Woolwich Elementary School
Maine Library Association
Dixfield Schools
Maine Herbal Society
Patten Elementary School
Maine Festival
Falmouth Elementary School
Common Ground Fair
Yarmouth Elementary School
Oriental Festival—Portland
Jack Elementary School
Oriental Festival—Augusta
Augusta Elementary School
Oriental Festival—Nashua
Maine College of Art
McMahon Elementary School
Maine Alliance for Arts Education
The Fiber Loft, Brunswick
Conferences, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997
Portland Schools
McLaughlin Garden, South Paris, 1997
Maine College of Art
Southern Aroostock School
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Maine Coast Artists
Many private studio workshops
Cape Elizabeth Elementary School
New Sharon, NH Elementary School
Durham Elementary School
Centennial Elementary Schoool,
Peterborough Elementary School
Nashua, New Hampshire
Middle Schools, NH
Sharon Center for the Arts, NH
Cumberland Elementary Schools
Keene, NH, Elementary School
Maine Festival, 2001
Union Middle School, Brunswick
Antigua, Guatemala
San Cristobal, Mexico
Ashram, Pondicherry, India
Peterborough, NH Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School
New Gloucester Elementary School
The Taller, Chiapas, Mexico
Gould Academy
Auroville School, India
North Walpole Elementary School, NH
Art High School, Trinidad, Cuba
Cultural Art Center, Trinidad, Cuba
Kingfield Elementary School
Pond Cove Elementary School, Cape Elizabeth, Maine -
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Dresden Elementary School, 1995, 2006, 2007
Mahoosuc Arts Council, Bethel, Maine 2007



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