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Biography
Richelle Rich (b. 1967, London) is a British-Swiss multidisciplinary artist based, since 2014, in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree. She received her MA from the Royal College of Art in 1997 and her BA from Central St Martins School of Art in 1995. Her work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows at Hirschl Contemporary (London), Michael West Gallery (Isle of Wight), Standpoint Gallery (London), NCK Gdansk (Warsaw), and Soft Core LA (Los Angeles) among many others. She is the winner of the Augustus Martin Prize, Falkiner Fine Paper Award, and was shortlisted for FACK Arts Prize. Her work has been featured in Art Forum, Artnet, Art Review, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Times (London), The Independent, Contemporary Magazine, Time Out (London), Harpers, and Queen.
“I am interested in systems of power and the politics of nostalgia. I am fascinated by lost or forgotten stories, and the ways in which objects are magically contaminated by our history, emotions and memories.”
Richelle Rich (b. 1967, London)
Education
1997 MA Fine Art Royal College of Art London
1995 BA Fine Art Central St Martins School of Art, London
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Small Creatures Such As We, Gallery 169, Santa Monica, California Read More
Here’s One I Made Earlier, Cartel, New York City
2003
Richelle Rich, Michael West Gallery, Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
2002
If I Can Dream, Hirschl Contemporary Art, Cork Street, London
2001
Richelle Rich, Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Discomfort So Just, Soft Core LA, Los Angeles
Hi-Desert Collective Show, Hwy 62 Art Tours, Yucca Valley
Bombay Beach Biennale, Curated by Greg Habernay, Salton Sea, California
Fuerte, curated by Betty Brown. The Makery, Los Angeles
2022
Billboard in Holland Park, part of Procreate Project Archive, London
2020
11-11, Soft Core LA, Los Angeles
2019
Get A Loom, Soft Core LA, Claremont University, Los Angeles
2018
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2017
Bombay Beach Biennale, Salton Sea, California
2013
Chelsea Fringe @ GWS, Great Western Studios, London
2012
CRASH, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London
2002
Paupers Publications, Standpoint Gallery, London
2001
Figure 8, Pump House Gallery, London
Life—A User’s Manual, The National Institute of Cultural Heritage, Warsaw, Poland
1999
WIP, curated by Samia Ashraf, Lana House, London
1998
Good Art, Corbett Place, London
Comic—Contemporary Comic Narrative Art, Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, United Kingdom
1997
Almost Edible, Bath Contemporary Art Gallery, Bath, United Kingdom
Art, Hause, London
1996
The Great Escape, curated by Samia Ashraf, Lana House, London
1995
Bad Art, curated by Martin Maloney, Lost in Space, London
Awards / Residency
2023
Quinn Emmanuel Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence (shortlisted)
2017
Yeah Field Trip / Huawei Mate Photography Prize
2013
FACK Prize (shortlisted)
1997
Augustus Martin Prize
1995
Falkiner Fine Paper Award
Press / Bibliography
“Meet Richelle Rich” Canvas Rebel May 28, 2024
Hudson, Suzanne. Richelle Rich Review. Art Forum January 1, 2024
”Meet Richelle Rich” Shoutout LA, November 13, 2023
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Time Flies,” LA Weekly, September 22, 2023
Thibault, Sarah. “Free Agent.” Art Date, September 18th 2023
“Friday Focus”, Parapluie Art, July 14, 2023
“Artist Of The Week,” I Like Your Work Podcast, June 28, 2023
”This Artist Was Set to Show With Lisa Schiff Before a Lawsuit Shuttered the Gallery. Now, She’s Staging the Exhibition on Her Own,” Artnet.com, May 27, 2023
Bernard, Kate. “Love Me true,” Tatler, July 2002
Gascoigne, Laura. “Love Me Tender” What’s On London, July 17, 2002
”In depth art News,” Absolute arts.com, July 3, 2002
”Alternative Investments,” The Observer, June 30, 2002
Brown, Heath. “The King and I,” The Times Magazine, June 29, 2002
“The Loop: Your Love Is King,” The FT Magazine, June 29, 2002
“SEE IT ‘The King Lives’,” ES Magazine. June 21, 2002
Guner, Fisun. “Love Letters In The Sand,” Metro (London), June 5, 2002
Sumpter, Helen. “Opening This Week,” Hot Tickets London, June 4, 2002
”Radar / Visual Arts: Richelle Rich, ‘If I can Dream’’,” Flux, June 2002
Neish, Andrew. “True Romance, Return to Gender,” Fabric Magazine, June 2002
McClaren, Duncan. ”Gals and Dolls,” Contemporary Magazine, November 2001
Goff, David. “Doll Parts,” iD magazine, March 2001
”Upfront: ‘Hello Dolly’ #D Peep show art,” Time Out London, January 18, 2001
”Front Runners: Rich Tease,” What’s On London, January 17, 2001
McClaren, Duncan. “Pick of the Galleries: Fantasy Holidays with my blow up doll,” The Independent on Sunday, January 11, 2001
”Mummy why has that plastic lady got her mouth open?” Sleazenation, January 2001
“Thats Rich,” Talent Scout, The Independent on Sunday, December 24, 2000
Rich, Richelle. “An Artist Loose in the World,” Art Review Magazine, August 2000
Brown, Hero. “The Chosen Few: Sex, Goodbyes and video tape’,”The Independent on Sunday, June 28, 1998