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Biography
Born 1968
Studies
- 1989 - Educated at Birch Acres Primary and Norkem Park High, Kempton Park. Remembers spending 4 years at school learning art. Didn't think art was fun at all until his last year with Mr. Fuel, who is first on the list of those responsible for Richard wanting to paint more. Matriculated in 1987. Spent 13 years brewing. No further formal art training.
- 1991 - Qualified Technical Illustrator.
- 2001 - Full time Artist.
Exhibitions
2002
- January - Hout Bay Gallery; Group Exhibition
- March - Bellville Association of Visual Arts
- April - Bay Art Gallery, Kalk Bay; Group Exhibition
- May - Knysna Fine Art Gallery; The Art of Colour Exhibition with Vgallery
- June - Art Channel Diversity 4 Exhibition
- June - Ekurhuleni Fine Arts Finalist Exhibition
2003
- March - Lennox Gallery, London; Exhibition with Vanessa Berlein
- June - AVA Gallery Cape Town; Members Exhibition
- July - Hout Bay Gallery; Group Exhibition
- August - Grosvenorvilla Art Gallery, Cape Town; Group Exhibition
- September - VEO Gallery ,Cape Town; Art De Waterkant Group Exhibition
- October - Brett Keble Awards (Inaugural), Cape Town; Finalist Exhibition
- December - VEO Gallery ,Cape Town; Exhibition with Chris Basson
- December - VEO Gallery ,Cape Town; Art of the Motorcycle - Harley-Davidson Centenary
2004
- January - Sue Lipschitz Gallery, Plettenberg Bay; Group Exhibition
- January - Rossouw Gallery Cape Town; White is a Colour Group Exhibition
- September - Solo at Winchester Mansions, Cape Town
- October - Brett Keble Awards 2004 Cape Town; Finalist Exhibition
- November - AVA Absolut Vodka 9 group exhibition
- November - Group exhibition at Muiz Studio, Muizenberg
- December - Group exhibition at MOJA MODERN, Johannesburg
- December - VEO Gallery ,Cape Town; Solo, Pop Goes The Easel
2005
- April - Rossouw Gallery Cape Town; Solo, Light Years Away
- May - Woolworths in store; group exhibition
- September - Moving Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium; Group Exhibition
- November - AVA Absolut Secret 10 - Absolut Finale
- December - VEO Gallery, Cape Town; Wavesacpes group exhibition
- December - KIZO Art Gallery, Kwazulu Natal; Solo
- December - VEO Gallery, Cape Town; Richard Scott invites Gavin Rain to exhibit with him
- December - 34LONG, Cape Town; group exhibition, East West
2006
- January - Worldart, Hamilton Russell, Hermanus; Solo
- February - Rossouw Gallery, Cape Town, An Evening of Erotica, Group Exhibition
- April - Hout Bay Gallery; Solo
- March - 34LONG, Cape Town; group exhibition, Metal
- July - CTICC, Solo, Supermodel 2006
- August - KIZO Art Gallery, Aston Martin showroom, Sandton; Group Exhibition
- August - KIZO Art Gallery, Decorex, Johannesburg; Group Exhibition
- October - Moving Gallery, Leuven, Belgium; Speechless; Group Exhibition
- December - KIZO Art Gallery, Kwazulu Natal; Group Exhibition
- December - VEO Gallery, Cape Town; Wavesacpes; Group Exhibition
2007
- January - Worldart; Cape Town, Solo
- February - VEO Gallery, Cape Town; Wavesacpes; Group Exhibition
- March - Marlies Dekkers, Amsterdam; Open Closed
- April - Worldart, Johannesburg, Solo
- April - Cape Town School of Photography, Group Exhibition
- May - Winchester Mansions, Cape Town, Solo
- May - Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville, Cape Town, Solo
- June - Worldart, Cape Town, Beauty and the Beasts, solo
- August - Kizo Art Gallery, Decorex JHB Galagher; AffordArt
- September - Paarl, Cultivaria, Die voël met die af vlerk; Group Exhibition
- October - Kizo Art Gallery, Heritage; Group Exhibition
- October - Kizo Art Gallery, Glamour Aid; Group Exhibition
Inspiration
- My wife, son and daughter
- Helping other artists
- Hearing people say "I can do that"
- The sea
Media
Pencil, pastel, watercolour, acrylic, oil, lithography, etching, sculpture, new media, and photography
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