Richard Carlyon was an American artist who lived in Richmond, Virginia and taught at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts, where he became a professor emeritus.
11 Facts About Richard Carlyon
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Richard Carlyon received the 1993 Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from The College Art Association of America; two professional fellowships from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; the 28th Annual Theresa Pollak multimedia prize by Richmond Magazine; and the 2005 VCU Presidential Medal of Honor.
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Richard Carlyon was born on October 1,1930, in Dunkirk, New York.
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Richard Carlyon graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1953 and a Master of Fine Arts in 1963 from the Richmond Professional Institute.
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Richard Carlyon received three fellowships from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in painting, drawing, and video.
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Richard Carlyon received a fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts in drawing.
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Richard Carlyon was given posthumous retrospective exhibitions at Anderson Gallery, VCU, Reynolds Gallery, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and 1708 Gallery.
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Richard Carlyon's art is represented in the Jack Blanton Collection at Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.
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Richard Carlyon was one of the artists whose book art was displayed in the exhibition BookArt@Artspace curated by Michael Pierce at Artspace in Richmond, Virginia.
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Richard Carlyon's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions regionally and nationally, at venues including 1708 Gallery in Richmond, The Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University, The Studio Gallery in Washington, DC, and the Nexus Gallery in Philadelphia.
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Reviewer Edwin Slipek in his STYLE theatre article, "The Long Goodbye", used the subtitle "The late Richard Carlyon set the bar for artistic exploration, integrity and influence".