biography and curriculum vitae

• Born, Middletown, New York, 1947.
• Studied, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1965-1966, self-taught, 1967 to present.
• Canadian citizenship, 1982.

AWARDS

• 2013 - Winner of Kingston Portrait Prize for Basement Self Portrait
• 2011 - Inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2019 - Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 2011 - Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• 1996 - Gerold Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY
• 1993 - Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1990 - Gerold Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY
• 1988 - St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS
• 1975, 79, 82, & 86 - Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2019 - Juried show, "Figurativas 2019," MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain. Painting Kindling and Mirrors receives Honourable Mention
• 2015 to 2016 - "Writing Topography," Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
• 2015 - "The First Five: Portraits from The Kingston Prize," Etherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
• 2014 to 2015 - "Capture 2014: Nova Scotia Realism," Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• 2013 - "The Kingston Prize, Canadas Portrait Competition," Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario; Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
• 2011 - "The Kingston Prize, Canadas Portrait Competition," Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario; Galerie dart Desjardins, Drummondville, Quebec
• 2007 - "The Figure: from Cubism to Post Modern," Gerold Peters Gallery, New York, New York
• 2000 - "Drawings by 20th Century and Contemporary Masters," Forum Gallery, New York, New York
• 1998 to 99 - Juried show, "Far and Wide," Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1997 - "Re-presenting Representation III," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
• 1995 - "North of the Boarder," Wiregrass Museum of Art, Alabama
• 1994 - Juried show, "Far and Wide," Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• 1993 to 1994 - Juried show, "Nova Scotia Printmakers," Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1993 - Juried show, "2nd Sapporo International Print Biennale," Sapporo, Japan. "Landmarks" won sponsors prize
• 1990 to 1992 - "New Horizons In American Realism," Flint Institute of the Arts; Flint, Michigan; Naples, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee
• 1988 - "Drawn from Life: Contemporary Interpretive Landscapes," Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, Texas
• 1979 - "Seventeenth Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition," Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
• 1978 - "21st National Print Exhibition," Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New York. Print Bottles featured on catalog cover

COLLECTIONS

• Acadia University Collection, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
• Stanton Armour, Lake Forest, Illinois
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
• B. C. Provincial Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
• Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
• Dr. Richard and Jalene Davidson, Chicago, Illinois
• The Murray Collection, Scranton, Pennsylvania
• Nova Scotia Art Bank Collection, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Osgoode Hall Portrait Collection, Toronto, Ontario
• The Seavest Collection, New York, New York
• Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver, B. C. and Toronto, Ontario
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Dault, Gary Michael. "The Stillness of Still Life," introduction to exhibition catalogue, Odon Wagner"Contemporary, August, 2011
• Davis, Richard Thomas. "Asking the Right Questions About Hardboard," American Artist, June, 2003
• Henry, Gerrit. "Richard Thomas Davis: Review," ARTnews, January, 1991
• James, Terry. "Prints that Parallel Paintings," American Artist, April, 1994
• Kaufman, Jason Edward. "Richard Thomas Davis Magnificent Realist Paintings." New York City Tribune,"October 23, 1990
• Kaufman, Jason Edward. "Richard Thomas Davis: American Durer," American Arts Quarterly, Winter, 1991
• Lawrence, Robin. "Richard Davis: Review," Vanguard, Summer, 1982, and September, 1986
• Van Cleve, Emily. "Windows on Soul," Southwest Art, June, 2003
• Young, Christopher R. "New Horizons in American Realism," exhibition catalogue, Flint Institute, June, 1991
• Young, Christopher R. "Recent Work - Richard Thomas Davis," Introduction to exhibition catalogue, Gerold Wunderlich & Co., October, 1996
• Zalkind, Simon. "21st National Print Exhibition," Arts magazine, February, 1979
• Zelenko, Lori Simmons. "The Perfect Finish," American Artist, August, 1991