Rico Gatson

Born:1966

Birth City, State, Country: Augusta, GA

Currently resides (City & State): Brooklyn, NY

Undergraduate School/year/degree:

Bethal College BA/Studio Arts 1989

Yale University MFA/ Scupltue 1999

Selected Exhibitions:

Open House: Working in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn N,Y 2004

Living Inside the Grid, New Museum of Cometemporary Art, New York, NY, 2003

Americas Remixed, Comune Di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2002

Selected Collections:

Denver Art Museum, Denver CO.

Norton Faily Foundation, Los Angeles, CA,

The Studio of Harlem, New York, NY

Selected Awards:

Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation

Biennial Award for Visual Artists, 2001

Prized Pieces Video Award, 1991

PEW Charitable Trust Graduate Fellowship, 1990

Artist Statement:

My work addresses issues pertaining to race & identity. I consider myself a multi media artist as opposed to focusing on a singular material.