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About the Artist
Bio
A Pennsylvania native, Rich Houck has been recognized as an inventive and versatile artist in a variety of mediums. Known primarily for his paintings, over the past 20 years he has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the Northeast US and in Rome, Italy. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, where he studied under Warren Rohrer and Steve Jaffee.
Studio/Mailing Address:
Rich Houck
Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Studio 312
201 Washington Street
Reading, PA 19601

Telephone: 610-301-6167
Email: info(a)richhouck.com
Studio Hours: My open studio hours vary. Please call to schedule a visit.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting,
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Selected as the Most Outstanding Freshman, 1991
Temple University, Rome Campus, 1993

Solo Exhibitions

2006 "Spring and Autumn Series", Fromm Gallery, JCC of Reading, PA
2003 "The Magnolia Series", Philomathean Society Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1999 Philomathean Society Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1996 Hedgerow Theatre Gallery, Rose Valley
1995 "Senior Thesis Exhibition", The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
1995 Cafe des Artistes, Philadelphia

Select Group Exhibitions

2003 "Reflections;, Gallery 20, West Reading, PA
2001 "Tensum", DNA Studio Gallery, New York
2000 "Hedge Fund Cares Art Auction and Benefit", New York
1997 J. Alexander's Gallery, Lancaster
1995 Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
1995 "PGSA Art Faculty Exhibition", Mercyhurst College Gallery, Erie
1994 S.S. White Gallery, Philadelphia
1994 Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
1994 "PGSA Art Faculty Exhibition", Mercyhurst College Gallery, Erie
1993 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
1993 "PGSA Art Faculty Exhibition", Mercyhurst College Gallery, Erie
1992 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
1992 Temple University Gallery, Rome
1992 "Berks Art Alliance Juried Exhibition", Reading Public Museum
1991 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
1988 "Scenic River Days Juried Exhibition", Reading
1987 Bloomsburg University Gallery, Bloomsburg
1986 "Scenic River Days Juried Exhibition", Reading
1986 Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown.

Quotes:

"Houck paints what he sees but tempers it with an innovative, thinking point of view. And it would appear sometimes that beauty is fleeting; it has to find you instead. In his search for the contemporary landscape, he seeks out those moments of beauty with a sharp eye...."
Review by Ron Schira, Oct. 2006, Reading Eagle Correspondent on the "Spring and Autumn Series" Fromm Gallery, Jewish Community Center of Reading.

Read the whole review of the "Spring and Autumn Series" here.

"His work has a pleasing and unsettling play between recognizable patterns and flat abstracted shapes, and raises immediate questions about space and depth. Looking at them, I was reminded of looking into a puddle underneath a large tree, and reveling in the initial confusion of where the reflection began, and the puddle stopped, and vice-versa."
P. Timothy Gierschick II, January 03, 2006
GIERSCHICK WORK

Video of Rich discussing the "Spring and Autumn" exhibition

"Tribute to Damien Hirst" Berks Community Television Fundraiser...

View work in my Catalog,
in my third-floor studio at the GoggleWorks,
and in the following galleries:

Galleries, Curators and Designers

Video interviews of Rich speaking about his art at the goggleWorks on www.berks.tv

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