Richard Morhous

Pioneer	Nior	Liberty	Jacks
Spur	Koala	Northside Nosh	Patchwork
Zephyr	Landscape	Semifore 2	Salt
Fete	Fruit Salad	Offshore	Neon

Biography

BORN
1945 Yankton, South Dakota

EDUCATION
1976 Independent Studies -- Printmaking, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1972-1975 Independent Studies -- Printmaking, Prahan Institute, Melbourne, Australia
1965-1970 B.F.A. -- Graphic Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008-2005 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1986-2003 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001-2002 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1987-1999 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1994 Guistina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
1984 - 1985 Cynthia von Suhr Gallery, Bellevue, Washington

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Lisa Harris Gallery, "Neon Suite", with Peter de Lory, Seattle, Washington
2007-2005 PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, Washington
2006 Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington
2006 American Lung Association
2004 Lisa Harris Gallery, "20th Anniversary Exhibition," Seattle, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Rental/Sales Gallery, "Artists of the Lisa Harris Gallery," Seattle, Washington
2003 Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2000 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, Washington
1999 Bush Art Center, "Frozen Moments: Contemporary Still Life in the Northwest," Salem, Oregon
Artists Trust, Seattle, Washington
1999, 1996, 1991 PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, Washington
1999, 1997, 1995, 1993 Artwork for AIDS, Seattle, Washington
1997 Anne Reed Gallery, "Retrospective/Prospective," Ketchum, Idaho
Artwork for AIDS, Seattle, Washington
PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, Washington
1996 Anne Reed Gallery, "Land Inspired II," Ketchum, Idaho
PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, Washington
1995 Artwork for AIDS, Seattle, Washington
1994 Allied Arts '94, Seattle, Washington
1993 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, "Scale Shift/ Small Objects," Portland, Oregon
Artwork for AIDS, Seattle, Washington
1991 Bumbershoot, "Artists' Portraits," Seattle, Washington
RSG, "Contemporary Northwest Watercolors," Seattle, Washington
PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, Washington
1990 Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, "Contemporary NW Watercolors" Seattle, Washington
Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Washington
1989 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, "Miniatures"
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, "Northwest Printmakers"
1988 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, "Contemporary Landscape"
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, "Landscapes from the Chalk Circle"
1987 Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, Washington, "Sixth Annual Printmaker's Invitational"
1985 - 1986 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue, Washington
1984 Seattle Design Association, "Fifth Annual 12X12," 1984
1982 Stone Press Gallery, "Printmakers Invitational," Seattle, Washington
1980 Kittridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, "Artists of the Utah Street Studios," Tacoma, Washington

SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
City of Portland, Permanent Arts Collection, Portland, Oregon
Deloitte & Touche, Seattle, WA
Federal Home Savings and Loan, Seattle, WA
GNA Corporation, Seattle, WA
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA
Hagens & Berman, Seattle, WA
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon
Heathman Hotel, Portland, Oregon
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Oregon Health Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle, Washington
Perkins Coie, Seattle, Washington
Prudential Bache Securities, Seattle, Washington
Radio BCN, Sydney, Australia
SAFECO Insurance Company of America, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington
Sundance Steamship Company, San Francisco, California
The Paragon Group, Redwood City, California
Vema Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
WRQ, Seattle, Washington

COMMISSIONS, HONORS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Southwest Art Magazine, "Best of the West", February 2006
Seattle Times, "A Painterly Approach," by Matthew Kangas, July 2004
100 Artists of the West Coast, by Douglas Bullis, Atelier Press, 2003
The Northwest Landscape--A Painted History, "A Painted History," by Kitty Harmon, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, 2001
Preview Magazine, "Richard Morhous; Paintings," by Ted Lindberg, December 1999
Seattle Magazine, "The Business of Art," by Eric Lucas, November 1998
New American Paintings, Judged by Clare Bell, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, The Guggenheim
Museum, December 1997
Seattle Times, "A Mix of Styles," by Robin Updike, November 9, 1995
Seattle Times, "At the Galleries," by Robin Updike, December 4, 1995
Seattle Weekly, "More than Meets the Eye," by Tom McTaggart, November 30, 1994
Oregon Magazine, "Galleries of Oregon," by V.H. Jensen Jr., August/September 1994
Seattle Magazine, "Primary Colors," November, 1993
Seattle Magazine, "On the Town," November, 1993
Motion Picture, "Body of Evidence," 1993
Alaska Airlines Magazine, "Being Here," October 1991
Alaska Airlines Magazine, "Light in August," by Chris Davis, August 1991
Willamette Week, WW Artchoice, by Christine Henderson, June 27 - July 3, 1991
Artweek, February 15, 1990
Northwest Gallery Magazine, December, 1989
The Oregonian, "A Vote for Small Packages," by Randy Gragg, December 8, 1989
Reflex, "Round Up," by Debby Barry, September, 1989
The Oregonian, "Reality Never Looked So Unreal," by Phil Hunt, July 7, 1989
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, "The Art of Medicine," 1988
The Oregonian, "Directions Divergent for Landscape," by Barry Johnson, August 12, 1988
Artweek, "A Summer Crop," by Lois Allen, July 25, 1987
Seattle Opera, "Ring" poster, 1986
Seattle METRO, "Art on the Buses," 1977