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Richard Munster was born in Orlando and currently resides in Winter Park, Florida where his work is made in a small home studio. Munster produces domestic ceramic wares and sculptural works in clay. He is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts & Design at the University of Central Florida and a former resident artist at the Art & History Museums at Maitland. Munster is an instructor at Valencia College as well as an independent exhibition coordinator & curator at a small gallery space in an old repurposed motel in Orlando, Florida.
You can reach me at: rmunster13@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Raw Clay II, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee
2023
On Purpose, Casselberry Sculpture House, Casselberry, Florida
2020
Across the Great Divide, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida
Distant Ceramics, International Online Exhibition. distantceramics.com (Juror: Bruce Dehnert)
Experience Contemporary, Casselberry City Hall, Casselberry, Florida
EnVision: International Juried Student Exhibition, Star, North Carolina (postponed)
Ex Ante // Ex post, solo exhibition in partnership with Pompeii: Reimagined, City Arts Factory, Orlando, Florida
2019
Citrus, Maitland Art & History Museums, Maitland, Florida
2018
The Sculptural Vessel, The Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Another Mud, Maitland Art & History Museums, Maitland, Florida
Exposed!, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2017
Essential Character, MOFAC, South Florida State College, Avon Park, Florida
Invasive Species, Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, Florida
8th All-Media Juried Biennial, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
Portraits from The Vertical Hold, Solo Exhibition, Maitland Art & History Museums, Maitland, Florida
2016
From the Earth, Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, Florida
Classicism From Two Continents, Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, Florida
pARTicipation, Maitland Art & History Museum, Maitland, Florida
2016 University of Central Florida BFA Exhibition, Orlando, Florida
Eureka! : When Art & Science Collide, City Arts Factory, Orlando, Florida
Mennello Museum of Folk Art: Annual Benefit Gala, Mennello Museum of Folk Art, Orlando , Florida
Sight Unseen, Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, Florida
2015
Reviving the Ancients, City Arts Factory, Orlando Florida
Arts for Education, Benefit Gala for the University Club of Central Florida
Creative Connection Student Showcase, City Arts Factory, Orlando, Florida
2014
From Start to Finish: Sculpture & Process, Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park Florida
Emerging Artists of Central Florida, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia College, Orlando Florida
2013
All Fired Up!, Casselberry Art House, Casselberry, FL
Small Works: Central Florida Artists, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia College, Orlando Florida
2012
Florida Sculptors Guild: Selected Members Exhibition, Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, Florida
Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Crealde School of Art, Bill Jenkins Gallery, Winter Park, Florida
State of the Arts: Florida - Selected Student Exhibition, The Mayors Terrace Gallery at City Hall, Orlando, Florida
Employment
2018- Present
Instructor, Valencia College School of Arts & Entertainment
2015 - 2017
Curator & Exhibition Coordinator, Gallery247
2006 - 2015
Studio Technician, Valencia College
Gallery Assistant, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia College
2007 - 2019
Exhibition Preparator, Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
2006 - 2011
Sculpture Technician, Crealde School of Art
2009 - 2010
Ceramics Instructor, Casselberry Art House
2007 - 2011
Red Dog Architecture
Education
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Art & Design at the University of Central Florida