Prelude Painting

The paintings of Michael Rich reflect an approach to nature and landscape as a means of spiritual investigation through the language of contemporary abstraction. Travels and study in Italy and a life spent around the waters of New England has helped to shape a love and interest in the natural rhythms of color that remain a focal point in his work today. Michael's paintings are poetic spaces of memory in color that is both visceral and physical. Michael was featured during the 2022 Venice Biennale at the European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Bembo. The paintings of American abstract artist, Michael Rich, have been the subject of numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally over the last 30 years. Recently his work was included in Art Capital, Paris at the Grand Palais as well as exhibitions in Madrid, Spain; Bologna and Ferrara, Italy Educated at RISD and the Savannah College of Art and Design, Michael lives and works in Providence, RI and is a Professor of Visual Arts at Roger Williams University. His work is featured in numerous private and public collections nationally including, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY; Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH and the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC. Highly collectible, Michael is represented by Adler & Co., Silicon Valley, ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT and the Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket. For a full listing, visit .