Richard Fleischner is a

Providence, RI Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

–based environmental artist. Born in New York in 1944, he received a BFA and MFA from the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

, and began working in the 1960s.knoedlergallery.com, "Richard Fleischner Biography" May 23, 2011, available at http://www.knoedlergallery.com/artists/richard_fleischner/biography.html

Installations

Awards

*Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts *The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award *National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1974, 1980, 1990)

External links

Biography from Knoedler GallerySpace into PlaceInterview with Richard Fleischner on All EarsStuart Collection at UCSD: Richard FleischnerColumbia Subway Plaza, 1986

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleischner, Richard 1944 births Environmental artists Living people Artists from New York (state) Rhode Island School of Design alumni