Born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1951
Lives Lake Carmel, New York
Education
1977University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; MFA
1976University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; MA
1973University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; BFA
One-Person Exhibitions
2005“Chair Back,” Feature Inc., New York
2002Feature Inc., New York
2000Feature Inc., New York
1997“Sound of the chair we thought we used,” Feature Inc., New York
1995Feature Inc., New York
1993“Traveler,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
1990“Time Spans,” East End Art Center, Riverhead, NY
“Time Spans,” Feature, New York
“Meet the Makers,” New York Public Library, Donnell Media Center, New York; presentation
1989“Dissolved Light,” American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY
1987Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY
1984“Land Slide,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013“Richard Bloes and Jennifer Sirey,” Feature Inc.
2010“Skulture,” Feature Inc., New York
2009“State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue,” Philadelphia Art Alliance
2006“Engaging Technology: A History and Future of Intermedia,” Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN (DVD)
“The Chair, Reconsidered,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
“GADGET: Mechanics and Motion in Contemporary Art,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
“Review: vidéos et films de la collection Pierre Huber,” Le Magasin Centre Nationale d’Art
Contemporain de
Grenoble, Grenoble, France
2001“Intermedia,” Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, OH
“White Light,” University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal IL; Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art,
Indianapolis IN
1998“Pudding,” Feature Inc., New York
1997Chicago Art Expo; installation May 9-12
1996“Sculpture Incorporating Photography: Richard Bloes, Rachel Harrison, David Moreno,” Feature Inc., New York
1993“Video Installations,” Sculpture Center, New York (catalogue: text by Laura J. Hoptman)
“Let the great constellation of flickering ashes be heard.,” Feature, New York
1992“Things That Go Bump in the Night,” PBCC Museum, Palm Beach, FL
“Performance, Video & Film,” Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
1991“3rd Emerging Expression Biennial,” The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1990Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
1989Techno/logical Imagination,” Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Interactivity Festival, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
3rd Image Forum Experimental Festival, Tokyo & Osaka
198822nd Annual NY Film and Video Exposition, New York
University of Iowa, Colloquim & Workshop, Iowa City, IA
1987Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
21st Annual NY Film and Video Exposition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Brooklyn Museum of Art,
Brooklyn, NY
1986World Wide Video Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
“NYC Museum Employees Show,” sponsored by PASTA
“New York Foundation Video Fellows,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1985The Kitchen, New York
“Grand Video,” Art Music, New York
19th Annual NY Film and Video Exposition, New York
1984“So There, Orwell 1984,” New Orleans World’s Fair, New Orleans, LA; Laforet Museum,Tokyo (1985)
“Abstract and Processed Tapes,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
“Four Videotapes,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
19836th Tokyo Video Festival, Special Distinction Award, Tokyo
9th Annual Ithaca Video Festival, Ithaca, NY
1981Anthology Film Archives, New York
1980Anthology Film Archives, New York
1977The Kitchen, New York
1976Film Forum, New York
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Selected Bibliography
2013“Richard Bloes and Jennifer Sirey,” Feature Inc.
2009McDade, Jackson. “Skulture Vulture”, ArtSlant.com, 27 December 2009 >link
2007Olson, Marisa. “Engaging ‘Intermedia,’” Rhizome.org, Rhizome News, posted 3 January >link
(accessed 31 January, 2007)
Tryon, Katherine. “Engaging Artwork,” Ball State Alumnus 64, no. 4 (January), 16–17
“Engaging Technology: A History of Intermedia,” Artdaily.org, News, posted 27 January >link
(accessed 31 January, 2007) (reproduction)
2006Andrews, Betsy. Review of “The Chair, Reconsidered,” Idaho Mountain Express, 14 June
2005Johnson, Ken. Review, New York Times, 10 June, E44
1997Chavoya, C. Ondine. Notes for Chicago Art Expo, May
Taubin, Amy. Village Voice, Choices, 13 May, 8
1995Taubin, Amy. Village Voice, Choices, 30 May, 3
1993Reisman, David. Tema Celeste, Spring, 90
Taubin, Amy. Village Voice, Choices, 2 February, 68
1990Adams, Brooks. Art in Amercia, November, 202
Harrison, Helen A., New York Times, Long Island section, 29 July
Reisman, David. Artscribe, November/December, 85
Taubin, Amy. Village Voice, Choices, 25 May, 100
Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 4 June, 18
1989Fuyka, Tetsuo. “Manhattan Videoscape, Richard Bloes,” Esquire, Japanese edition, October, 172–173
Taubin, Amy. Village Voice, Choices, 4 July, 54
1984Wooster, Ann-Sargent. “Electronic Sunshine,” East Village Eye, April
Wooster, Ann-Sargent. Village Voice, Choices, 22–28 February
Wooster, Ann-Sargent. Village Voice, Choices, 25–31 July
Wooster, Ann-Sargent. Village Voice, Choices, 8 –14 August
1976Mekas, Jonas. “Movie Journal,” Soho Weekly News, 14 October
Publication of Writings and Reproductions of Artwork
1985Eye 13, unbound artist’s book, collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (photograph)
Grand Video, screening sponsored by Art Music, New York
1983Afterimage, 5 November–2 December (installation proposal)
Grants and Awards
2010Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
2000Experimental TV Center Finishing Funds grant
1994Guggenheim fellowship
1990New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist grant (video installation)
1988New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist grant (video installation)
1987NEA fellowship (New Genres)
1985New York Foundation for the Arts grant (Video)
1984MacDowell Colony fellowship
Jerome Foundation grant
1983Media Bureau Finishing Funds grant (NYSCA/The Kitchen)