Michael Rich

The paintings of Michael Rich reflect an approach to nature and the landscape through the language of contemporary abstraction. Extensive travels through Italy and France; and a life spent around the waters of New England have shaped a love and interest in the rhythms of color in the natural world. Michael's paintings are poetic spaces of memory in color that are visceral and physical.

His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions internationally over the last 30 years and was recently featured during the 2022 Venice Biennale at the European Cultural Centre and Art Capital at the Grand Palais, Paris. Other exhibitions include features in Madrid, Spain; Bologna and Ferrara, Italy.

Educated at RISD and the Savannah College of Art and Design, Michael lives and works in Massachusetts and is a Professor of Visual Arts at Roger Williams University.

His work is featured in numerous private and public collections 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.

Michael is represented by Adler & Co., Silicon Valley, ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT and the Old ...

BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
MFA Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design

2025 Feb 16 - March 6, The Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
solo museum exhibitions:
2014 Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2008 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2007 Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

selected solo exhibitions:
2022 Wanderlust, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2019 Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA, August 9-16,
2018 Blue - Providence Art Club
2017 A Life in Color • Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
A Painter Makes Prints • Providence Art Club

2016
All the Dawns of Summer • Old Spouter Gallery, New and Large Paintings • Atrium Gallery, One Financial Plaza, Providence RI

2015
Large Scale • Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket RI
One not Like the Other, New Monoprints • Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
To Paint a Flower • Old Spouter Gallery

2014
Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, MA
The Artists Association of Nantucket

2012
Chace-Randall Gallery, Andes, NY

2010
Old Spouter Gallery
Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT

2008
Old Spouter Gallery
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA

selected group exhibitions:
2015 Providence Art Club
2013 Galeria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2013 Birnam Wood Gallery, New York, NY
2012 ...