User:JKizzieHumanities/Richard Whitten

Richard Whitten is a painter and sculptor of mixed Asian and American ancestry working in Rhode Island. Whitten is known for his painted games and toy-like sculptures. Whitten was also the chair of the art department at Rhode Island College and continues to teach there as part of the faculty.

Whitten's work has been displayed in solo exhibitions at the Newport Art Museum, the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA, and the University of Maine Museum of Art.

Awards and residencies

 * 2019 Artist-in-Residence, GEM Gallery & Sculpture Park, Gilbertsville, New York
 * Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship, Ballycastle, Ireland