Richard Heinsohn, Large Abstract Expressionist Painting Richard Heinsohn from Allan Stone Gallery, 1988

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Richard Heinsohn (American, -1961) "Life Forms in Transit," Hand signed and dated 1988 verso. Provenance: Allan Stone Gallery, New York. … Read more Richard Heinsohn (American, -1961) "Life Forms in Transit," Hand signed and dated 1988 verso. Provenance: Allan Stone Gallery, New York. Education: 1979 The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN 1984 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing; University of Georgia, Athens, GA Heinsohn holds a B.F.A. in painting and drawing from The University of Georgia where he studied with abstract painter, Herbert Creecy, He moved to New York City in 1986 and lived and worked there for fifteen years. He has shown in prestigious group shows at the Allan Stone Gallery, where his work hung alongside Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Eva Hesse, Richard Estes, Robert Ryman and other notable artists. Allan Stone (1932-2006), well known as one of the world’s premier and most visionary collectors of art, collected Heinsohn's paintings and supported him extensively. Richard currently lives and works in Nashville TN. In 2007 he received the "Critic's Pick" from The Nashville Scene for his solo exhibit, The Paradox of Change at Estel Gallery, which included his vibrant cratered paintings. He was also featured in The Tennessean for this exhibition, which raised questions about destruction, creation and transformation. Heinsohn's work has now been shown extensively and included in prominent collections. Currently represented by The Bill Lowe Gallery in Atlanta, he has also just been included in the permanent collection of Spain’s newest museum of modern and contemporary art, Museo Collection Roberto Polo in Toledo. His new work features painted photograph and and painted canvases. “Heinsohn’s colorful, dynamic paintings synthesize abstract expressionism, surrealism and conceptualism, and draw inspiration from artists like Goya, Robert Rauschenberg and Marcel Duchamp to convey a singular astuteness, both aesthetically and conceptually, that grounds his work firmly in the contemporary.” Melinda Baker (USA Today) Selected Exhibitions: 2020 One Atlantic Center, The IBM Tower, Atlanta, Ga. Time Frames/2020 solo exhibition 2019 Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN 2019 Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta Georgia, Time Frames with Thornton Dial, Herbert Creecy, Michael David etc. 2018 Watkins College of Art , (main gallery, group show) Nashville, TN 2017 E.S.P.S./ Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN Time Frames; Critical Conditions 2016 Bill Lowe Gallery, The New Exuberance 2016 Watkins College of Art (group show) 2014 Bill Lowe Gallery, No Explanation 2014 Times Square Megatron projection, New York City 2014 Barton Fine Arts Gallery, Martin College, Pulaski, TN, Zigzag Signified 2013 Landfill Art Project , Watts Bar, PA 2013 Long Island City skyscraper projection, New York City 2013 The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2012 "Postcards to The Future" The Nashville Arts & Business Council 2012 The Exchange Project , curated by Heather Sparks, San Francisco, CA 2010 Preston Contemporary Art Center, New Mexico 2009 Studio 83, Nashville, TN 2008 Allan Stone Gallery, New York City 2007 Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN 2007 Take 121 Fine Art, Nashville, TN 2001 The Lunatarium, New York City 2000 Gayle Gates Gallery, New York City 1998 Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN 1995 Allan Stone Gallery, New York City See less