Richard Motchman

I was born in Mombasa, Kenya. My family migrated to Canada when I was three, we settled in Penticton, B.C. As a child, I did lots of drawing and "art",but when I was a teenager I read about Vincent van Gogh which inspired in me the notion to be an artist..I attended the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. from 1978 to 1982, earning a B.F.A., having majored in visual arts. It was at university that I started creating three-dimensional figures, initially made out of paper.
In 1982 I travelled for six months in Europe, spending most of my time in art museums. The experience of Renaissance, Baroque, Realist, Impressionist and Expressionist art seen in all its glory had a great impact on me and has shaped my art a great deal. In 1983 I joined Xchanges and have been involved with the artist co-operative ever since; until just recently was the president of this artist-run centre.
My first interactive paintings were created in 1998 and, in various forms, have been the focus of my art practise ever since. I focus on interactive painting because they make time an element of painting, and provide the viewer with the opportunity to make choices.
My paintings have been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Canada and group exhibitions in ...

Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Honours ), University of Victoria, 1982

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

Solo and two-person
“Fragments and Masks” – March - April 2015 (2 person)
The Old School House Art Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC

“Fragments and Masks” – October 2012 (2 person)
Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

“Richard Motchman – Interactive Paintings” – December 2007 – January 2008
Gallery at the Mac, Victoria, B.C.

“Boxed In” – September 2005
Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

“Altardoors: 2nd State” – December 2004
Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, B. C.

“The Return” – September – October 2003 (2 person)
Campbell River and District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, B.C.

“Boxed In” – January – March 2002
Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

“Altardoors” – June 2000
McPerson Library Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

“Altardoors” – November – December 1998
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.

“Paintings” – June 1995 ( 2-person)
Richard Blanshard Building Lobby, Victoria, B.C.

“Counterfeit, Imago, Ritratto, Portrait” – February 1992 (2 person)
Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

“Richard Motchman: Paintings” – May 1987
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.

“2 and 3-Dimensional Real Illusions” – October 1986
Kelowna Art...