EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1973
Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Independent Study
Painting with Professor and Painter Dan Wingren,
Chairman Fine Arts Department, SMU
Sculpture with James Surls, Professor of Sculpture, SMU
EXHIBITIONS
(selected)
Fall 2002 – Spring 2003 Expressions In Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2000 – 2001 Lauren Ellis Gallery, NYC Group Show Paintings/Photos
2000 Beekman Place, NYC Private Show, Paintings and Sculpture
1999 Mill Pond Museum, St. James, NY Private Show, Paintings and Sculpture
July 1997 RLS Gallery, NYC “David Riker’s Beautiful Illusions”
October 17 – November 22, 1996 RLS Gallery, NYC David Riker, “100 New Paintings”
September 17 – December 31, 1996 Mercedes Benz Gallery, NYC “Paintings of Tropical Visions by David Riker”
May 31, 1996 Christies, London International Auction, “The Best Wildlife Painters & Sculptors”
April 15 – May 31, 1996 RLS Gallery, NYC David Riker, “Visions of Nature”
April 22 – May 22, 1996 Museum of Natural History, London International Exhibition, “Wildlife in Art”
November 15 – December 31, 1995 RLS Gallery, NYC “David Riker Paints Paradise”
September 10 – October 31, 1995 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, Wisconsin Group Exhibition, “Birds in Art” ( 1, 2, 3)
June, 1995 GOLA Gallery, NYC Group Exhibition, “Artists of New York”
October, 1994 Artplace Gallery, NYC Premiere Exhibition, “NOHO Artists to Know”
September, 1989 Tom Robinson Gallery, Houston Group Exhibition, “Contemporary’s Best”
August, 1989 Tom Robinson Gallery, Houston “Introductions”
June, 1989 V. Brooks Gallery, Dallas “David Riker and Salvador Dali”
1988 University of Houston “Exposition 500 Reunion Exhibition”
1982 University of Houston Reunion Exhibition, “Artists from the Museum of Modern Art”
1979 Jutta Clifford Gallery, Dallas “David Riker: Paintings and Drawings”
1978 Dallas Museum of Fine Art Group Touring Exhibition: “Works on Paper” Tour included seven venues in the Southwest
1978 500 Exposition Gallery, Dallas Premiere Exhibition: “New Spaces”
1978 Delta Gallery, Houston “Bag Show: Riker and Large Sculpture”
1977 Houston Museum of Modern Art Premiere Group Exhibition: “Erotica”
1976 Contemporary Art Museum, Houston “10 American Sculptors Design for Public Spaces”
1976 University of Houston Southwest Juried Exhibition
1975 Robert Rice Gallery, Houston Group Exhibition: “Sculpture Today”
1974 Commonwealth National Bank, Dallas “David Riker Paintings of Light”
PUBLICATIONS
(selected)
May, 1997 ART/LIFE, Portfolio of 30 artists each represented by a limited edition print; 150 copies only; Available at 10 major art museums in North America, Europe and the Far East.
September, 1997 ART/LIFE, Original front and back cover art By David Riker: “New York Secretary” and “The Big Red One”
April, 1997 Art Calendar, Front Cover by David Riker: “Bertha”
May, 1995 Christies Auction Catalogue: The Best Wildlife Painters and Sculptors
September, 1995 Birds in Art, “David Riker’s Portrait of Woman as a Bird”. The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
COLLECTIONS
(selected)
The White House, Washington DC
Commonwealth National Bank, Dallas
Republic National Bank, Dallas
Murray Savings, Dallas
The Wild Bird Nature Center, Westport, CT
President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton
John Alexander, NYC
Dan Rizzie, North Haven, NY
Dennis Hopper, Taos, NM (actor)
Beth Rudin De Woody, NYC (President, Rudin Foundation and Trustee, Whitney Museum of Art)
Sue Lupton, London
Myrna Smoot (art historian and publisher)
V. Brooks, Dallas
Dr. Dan Wingren, Dallas (professor emeritus, SMU)
John Page, London
Ralph Whistler, London (great-grandson of James Abbott McNeill Whistler)
Arthur Abelman, Esq. NYC
Martin and Alice Feldman, NY (collectors of modern and contemporary art)
Jack Calmes, Dallas
Paul Cooper, Houston
Robert S. Lowe, Houston
William Rutter, NH
John C. Bacon, Dallas (bank president)
Dr. Carolyn Gaston, Dallas
Dr. Jay Finkel, NYC
Theo Regas, Dallas
Rick Petree, Esq. NYC (philanthropist, entrepreneur and art collector)
Terry Gelfand, NYC (AIA designer)
Michael Lawson, Los Angeles
Dr. Thomas Webber, Dallas
Vinchenzia Cievello, Dallas
Steven Wilder, Dallas
Patricia Fabricant, NYC (art director)
Patricia Simmons, Dallas
Karen Freeman, Dallas
Fred Blackman, Dallas
Tom and Clathel Zach, Half Moon Bay, CA (noted educators)
Katherine Miler, Wilton, CT (wildlife expert and collector)
Philip Nowledn, Irvine, CA (Executive Vice-Chancellor, UC Irvine)
Jim Harithas, NYC and Houston (former Director of the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)