Richard Barnet

Richard Barnet, Cape Cod Rêverie, 2015, Pencil, pen, and watercolor on paper, 19 x 25 inches.

A sculptor, Richard Barnet encourages students to explore working in varied media outside of class. He works with the strengths of his students so that their individual ways of designing will flourish, whether in drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, architecture, etc.

Mr. Barnet has exhibited at Lincoln Center, Hudson River Museum, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, National Academy of Design, Five Points Gallery, Berta Walker Gallery, St. Mary’s College (MD), Cooper Gallery, Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Studio Atelier (Oyster Bay, NY), and the National Sculpture Society, among others. From 2013 to 2015, he exhibited sculptures at Sideshow Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), where he was in a three-person show in 2015; at Greenhut Gallery (Portland, ME); at William Holman Gallery (New York, NY), where he had a one-person show in 2014; in Art From the Boros at Denise Bibro Fine Art (New York, NY); and in Transformations (2014) and Laws of Attraction (2015), both on Governors Island (New York, NY).

Mr. Barnet has taught at the Art Students League since 1980, and at the College of Mount Saint Vincent since 1970. He has also taught at New York University, SUNY Purchase, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design. He has a B.A. from Antioch College, an M.A. from New York University, and an M.F.A. from Lehman College, CUNY. He is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society and the
Sculptors Guild.

 

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