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ARTIST RESUME :

LARRY RICHARD FORGARD

1985-PRESENT
College Art Instructor: Figure Drawing, Studies, 2D, 3D Media and Continuing Education Instructor
Ringling College of Art and Design; Sarasota, Florida

ONE PERSON SHOWS
2008: Lagerquist Gallery: Atlanta Georgia
2007: John Carl Spa: Sarasota Florida
2006: Katherine Butler Gallery: Sarasota, Florida
2004: Katherine Butler Gallery; Sarasota, Florida (2 shows)
2003: West Coast Symphony Center; Sarasota, Florida.
2003: Sarasota Fine Arts Society, Creator and Collectors Tour, Open House
2003: Art Center of Sarasota; Sarasota, Florida
2002: Jan’s Art; Captiva, Florida
2001: Alliance for the Arts; Fort Myers
2000: Tampa Bay City Center; Tampa, Florida
2000: First Union Center; Tampa, Florida
1998: First Union Center; Tampa, Florida

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008: State of the Arts Gallery: Sarasota Florida
2008: Lagerquist Gallery: Atlanta Georgia
2007: Big Arts Invitational; Sanibel, Florida
2007: Fine Art Society Home Tour Gallery Show, Sarasota
2005: Figurative Art, Digital Three Studio; Sarasota, Florida
2005: Creative and Collectors Invitational; Art Center Sarasota, Florida
2004: Art Center Sarasota; Sarasota, Florida.
2004: Art in Business, Unisource Office; Sarasota, Florida
2003: Katherine Butler Gallery; Sarasota, Florida
2003: Art in Business, Legg Mason Financial; Sarasota, Florida
2001: Art Center Sarasota Invitational; Sarasota, Florida
2001: Different Strokes Exhibition, Manatee Art League; Bradenton, Florida
2001: Tampa City Center; Tampa, Florida
1998: Ringling Faculty Show; Venice, Florida
1998: Ringling Faculty Show; Winter Haven, Florida
1997: SOFA Miami, Represented by Indigo Gallery; Boca Raton, Florida
1996: SOFA Chicago; Represented by Indigo Galleries; Boca Raton, Florida
1995: Helander Gallery; Palm Beach, Florida
1994: J. E. Voorhees Gallery; Sarasota, Florida
1994: Artwerx Show, Main Plaza; Sarasota, Florida
1993: Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center; New York, New York

REPRESENTATION
2008: State of the Arts Gallery
2008: Lagerquist Gallery; Atlanta Georgia
2003-07: Katherine Butler Gallery; Sarasota, Florida
2000-08: Jan’s Art; Sanibel, Florida
2002-08: Jenkins Eliason Interiors; Louisville, Kentucky
2000-01: Sonnet Gallery, Sarasota; Sarasota, Florida
2000: Evolution Gallery; Orlando, Florida
1998-01: Synthesis Art; Tampa, Florida
1999-00: Firehouse Gallery; Dunedin, Florida
1998-00: Zenith Gallery; Washington D. C.
1997-99: Indigo Galleries; Boca Raton, Florida
1996-98: Gruen Galleries; Chicago, Illinois
1997-98: Gale Fulton Ross Gallery; Sarasota, Florida

CURRENT EVENTS
2007: Articles: Downtown and Beyond Magazine and Style Magazine, Sarasota Florida
2007: TV Interview: Local Entertainment Show “FAS Home Tour”
2007, 2003: Juror: Venice Art Center, Portrait and Figure Show; Venice Florida
2006: Best in Show, Painting: Longboat Key Florida Center for the Arts
2006: Articles on Current Work: Sarasota Herald Tribune, The Observer, Pelican Press
2006: Juror: National Open Media Show; Katherine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2006 Juror: Anna Maria Art Festival; Holmes Beach Florida
2005: Wildacres Retreat, Painting Workshop Instructor, RSAD; Little Switzerland, N.C.
2005: Speaker: Fashion Fundraiser for Arts, Michaels on East Restaurant; Sarasota
2004: Speaker: Panel for smART Sarasota, on contemporary art issues,
Michael’s on East Restaurant; Sarasota, Florida
2004: Speaker: Palm Aire Art Society, on new work; Sarasota, Florida
2004: TV Interview: “Sarasota Art Speaks,” on smART Sarasota panel
2004: Juror: Art Center Sarasota, Group Members Show; Sarasota, Florida
2003: Juror: Art Center Sarasota, Open Media Show; Sarasota, Florida
2002: TV Interview: MET Educational TV, “Miniature Buildings;” Bradenton, Florida
2001: Article: Fort Myers Press, Alliance for the Arts, on current show, Ft. Myers,
2001: Speaker: Sarasota Fine Arts Society, on current artwork
2001: Juror: Manatee Art League Festival; Bradenton, Florida
2000: Speaker: Tampa Bay Business Community for the Arts; Tampa, Florida
1998: Article: St. Petersburg Times, on First Union Bank Show; Tampa, Florida
1998: Article: Sarasota Arts Review, on Futon Burt Gallery Show; Sarasota, Florida
1997: Article: “3D Miniature Buildings;” Focus Magazine
1997: Workshop with Philip Pearlstein, Figure Painting, Faculty Grant, RSAD; St. Petersburg, Florida
1996: Article: Miniature Collector Magazine
1993-94: Wildacres Retreat, Figure Workshops, RSAD; Little Switzerland, N.C.
1994: TV Interview: 3D Artwork; Fox TV; Tampa, Florida
1994: TV Interview: 3D Artwork; ABC TV; Sarasota, Florida
1994: Article: Style Magazine; Sarasota, Florida
1994: Article: Artspeak; Sarasota Arts Review
1993: Faculty Development Grant, RSAD, research on mixed media; various New York Art Schools

EDUCATION
1962-64: School of the Art Institute; Chicago, Illinois
1964: American Academy of Art; Chicago, Illinois




 

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