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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