Richard Gilles
Born in Brunswick, Georgia
Lives and works in Sacramento, California
Education
B.A. Fine Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1981
Solo Exhibition
2021HOUSE II, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
The Sequestered Form, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2019HOUSE, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2018In•fra-structure, artspace1616, Sacramento, California
2017Manipulated Landscapes, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2016California Valley – Wonderful Today…Fabulous Tomorrow, artspace1616, Sacramento, California
California Valley – Wonderful Today…Fabulous Tomorrow, Bridgemaker Arts, Richmond, California
California Valley – Wonderful Today…Fabulous Tomorrow, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2015California Valley – Wonderful Today…Fabulous Tomorrow, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2013Towers, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2012Towers, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2011Had Enough? (and other questions of pride), Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2010Signs of the Times, DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2009Signs of the Times, b.Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, California
Strange Attractors (and other such phenomenon), Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Almost Home-Less, Exit Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
2008Almost Home-Less, DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Highway Remembers, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2007Almost Home-Less: A photographic exploration, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Group Exhibitions
2024Sense of Place 2024, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia, juror: Cheryl Goldsleger
All Media 24, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, juror: Dr. Mika Cho
10th International Exhibition, RI Center For Photographic Arts, Providence, Rhode Island, juror: Karen Haas
2023Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Gallery, Denton, Texas, juror: Shana Lopes
A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia, Juror: Michael Rooks
Window, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Bed, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022Crocker-Kingsley Biannual, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California, Juror: Emma Saperstein
61st Stockton Art League Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, jurors: Ann M. Jastrab, Cuong Nguyen, and Ruth Santee
People Are Starting To Notice, The Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, California, juror: Manolo Rojas
2021Absolute Abstraction, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
2019Empathy, Cosumnes River College Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
Axis Exchange, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, California
2017#resist, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2016MAS Attack #13, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland, juror: Liza Key Strelka
A Point of View: Contemporary Photography, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, juror: Mitra Abbaspour
2016 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, New York, juror: Lori Bookstein
Transitional Landscapes, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, juror: Natasha Egan
2015MAS Attack #9, Temporary Space, Los Angeles, California
The Image Exhibition, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, North Carolina, juror: Edna Cardinale
7 from Axis, James Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, California
2014First Look, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
MAS Attack #7, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, California
2014 Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California, juror: Diana L. Daniels
2013Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Gallery, Denton, Texas, juror: Sarah Kennel
West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, California, juror: Scott A. Shields
2012Crocker-Kingsley Biannual, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California, Juror: Michael Duncan
Road, Castell Photography Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina, Juror: W. M. Hunt
Summer Collection, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California
The Summer Show, 47th Juried Exhibition, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, Louisiana, Juror: Miranda Lash
Works on Paper, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Annual Juried Exhibit, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, Maryland, Juror: Sue Spaid
Emerging Focus, Photo LA, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
Crossroads: A Shifting Landscape, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, curators: Jesse Gordon and Emily Ozga
Math + Art, Moreau Art Galleries, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana
2011The Big Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
SNAP: A National Photograph Exhibition, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, jurors: Drew Johnson and Sandra S. Phillips
The Observed, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohioi
2011 National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, juror: Kate Eilertsen
The Plastic Box, Arts West Gallery, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
California!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, jurors: Chandra Cerrito and Svea Lin Soll
Brand 40, Works on Paper, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California, juror: Peter Frank
Out of Con(text), DNJ Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Crocker Art Auction Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Paducah Photo 2011, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, juror: Karen Irvine
22nd Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, juror: Julie Sasse
Sources – Origins, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts, juror: Howard Yezerski
24th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, juror: Dan Cameron
LENS 2011, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, juror: Natasha Egan
Truth and Dare, NEXUS/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, juror: Gabriel Martinez
Works on/of Paper, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, juror: Elizabeth Mitchell
This Good Earth, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
The Consilience of Art and Science Exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis, California
West Coast Biennial, Art Gallery at Turtle Bay, Redding, California, juror: Bob Nugent
25th Annual International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, juror: Joan Young
Wrinkle, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2010Photography 2010: Contrasting Landscapes, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California, juror: Carol McCusker
Wonderers, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, California, curator: Matthias Geiger
Photo-Environment, Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, curator: Andrea Harris
The Print Center’s 84th Annual International Competition: Photography, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey, juror: Ingrid Schaffner
Photography Today, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, juror: Linda Connor
Axiom of Gesture, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
Speaking of Solitude, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, Calirornia, juror: Maria Medua
Eyes Nose Mouth, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento, California
28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, juror: Hannah Frieser
California Fine Art, California State Fair, Sacramento, California
National Juried Competition: Digital Works, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey, juror: Marisa Olson
Ninth National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, New York, juror: Lowrey Sims
Revisiting Beauty, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, juror: Peter Frank
84th Annual International Competition: Photography, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, juror: Ingrid Schaffner
42nd Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
21st Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition 2010, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, juror: Richard Waller
Media Mix, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts
Wide Open, Brooklyn Waterfont Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York
Axis Tilt, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
The Romance of the Road: Photographs in Search of the Promised Land, The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina, curator: Dennis Kiel
2009Anthology, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, curator: Kevin Miller
An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area – Part 1, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California, curator: Chuck Mobley
2009 Soho Photo National Photography Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, New York, juror: Susan Kismaric
36th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington
The Consilience of Art and Science Exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis, California
Continuum, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey, juror: Patterson Sims
Juried Annual 2009, Pro Arts, Oakland, California, juror: Ali Subotnik
23rd Annual International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, juror: Adelina Vlas
Members Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Memento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, juror: Eleanor Heartney
Kentucky National 2009, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, juror: Mark Masuoka
Photo LA, DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Art Connections 5, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
2008Pink Week, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, California
New Visions 2008, Pro Arts, Oakland, California, jurors: Lucinda Barnes and Karen Tsujimoto
2008 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia
Roseville Arts’ 32th Annual Open Show, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California, juror: Phil Linhares
Perfect with Pixel, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
PaperWORKS!, The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, California, juror: René de Guzman
2nd Annual Juried Pinhole Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, California
27th Annual Expo, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York
Off Center, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Gallery, Denton, Texas, juror: Lisa Hostetler
2007Trick of the Light, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, juror: Dennis Kiel
National Juried Exhibition, Stark Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
Art at the X, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Trans, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, Massachusetts, juror: Leonie Bradbury
Punch + Soil International Juried Exhibition, Punch Gallery, Seattle, Washington, juror: Eric Fredericksen
National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Ultrasonic International II (Translating Transience), Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California, curator: Max Presneill
Powder Plant Power Plant, Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, California
Arts on Fire 11, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Annual AXIS Members’ Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2006National Exhibition 2006, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, California, juror: René de Guzman
Cambridge Art Association’s 2006 national Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, juror: Cheryl Brutvan
Group Invitational, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Emerging Artist 2006, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, New York,
Peek Through, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
8th Annual All-Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
200515th Annual Center Awards, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California, juror: Arthur Ollman
Roseville Arts’ 30th Annual Open Show, 2237 Gallery, Roseville, California, juror: Scott Shields
Local Voice, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, juror: Marian Parmenter
A Sense of Place 2005, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia
Alpan International 2005, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, New York, juror: Phyllis Braff
2nd Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, California, juror: Marian Parmente
22nd Annual National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Artfully Reclaimed, Indian Valley Artists, Novato, California, juror: Michael Schwager
In Focus: Photography Techniques and Trends, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, juror: Sarah Kennel
Halpert ’05, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone. North Carolina
Photography Now 2005, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York, juror: W.M. Hunt
Arts on Fire 9, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California, juror: Susan Hillhouse
Expo XXIV, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York
Vandals, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2004Works on Paper, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California
All in the Family III, Off The Preserve, Napa, California
2002In focus Juried Photography Exhibition, Lewis-Clark Center, Lewiston, Idaho
30th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington
2001Illuminance 2001, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas
Publications
Circle Quarterly Art Review 7, Circle Foundation Press, 2021
Circle Quarterly Art Review 5, Circle Foundation Press, 2020
International Photography Annual 3, Manifest Press, 2014
2014 Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 2014
International Photography Annual 2, Manifest Press, 2013
International Photography Annual 1, Manifest Press, 2012
Road: conceived & curated by W. M. Hunt, Castell Photography, 2012
Manifest Volume 58, Observed, Manifest Press, 2011
24th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Department of Visual Art, 2011
Manifest Volume 51, One, Manifest Press, 2011
Wonderers, University of California Davis, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, 2010
An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself, SF Cameraworks Publications, 2010
Revisiting Beauty, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2010
Kentucky National 2009, Murray State University, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, 2009
Perfect With Pixels, Bowling Green State University, Fine Arts Center Galleries, 2008
Manifest Volume 24, Trick of the Light, Manifest Press, 2007
The Lucie Awards, IPAbooks, 2006
Group 563, A Portfolio, Academy Press, 1981
Bibliography
Roth, David M. “Richard Gilles @ Axis”, www.squarecylinder.com, May 2015
Roth, David M. “Richard Gilles @ Axis”, www.squarecylinder.com, May 2012
Moret, A. “Richard Gilles and Bernadette DiPietro”, Art Scene, Vol. 29, No.6, Febuary 2010
Smithson, Aline. “Richard Gilles” lenscratch.com, January 22, 2010
Roth David M. “Richard Gilles @ B. Sakata Garo”, www.squarecylinder.com, December 13, 2009
Foster, Tim. “Signs of the Times”, Midtown Monthly, November 2009
Shoka. “Six Degrees of Fuzzy Logic”, Sacramento News and Review. Vol.21 Issue 32, November 12, 2009
Park, Youngna. “Hey, Hot Shot! Contender: Richard Gilles”, http://heyhotshot.com/blog/, April 9, 2009
Tu, Susanna. “The Highway Remembers”, Midtown Monthly, May 2008
Fernandez, Josh. “Go ahead, stop and stare” Sacramento News & Review, Vol. 20, Issue 07, May 8, 2008
Grubb, Nancy, “2007 Winter Portfolio Picks”, http://www.aperture.org/apertureprize/, 2007
Moe, Liv. “Photo Synthesis”, Midtown/Downtown Monthly, Vol. 1 No. 10 February 2007, p.26-27
Dakley, Victoria. “Critic’s Pick”, The Sacramento Bee, Friday, February 9, 2007
Awards
First Place, West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, California, juror: Scott A. Shields, 2013
Award of Excellence, 2011 National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2011
First Place, Paducah Photo 2011, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, 2011
Awards of Merit, Sources – Origins, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts, 2011
Semi-finalist, The Manifest Prize, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011
irst Place, Voertman Award, William B. Warde Award, 42nd Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, 2010
First Place, National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition 2010, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, 2010
Runner-up, JGS’ Photography Contest /1st Quarter 2010, Forward Thinking Museum, 2010
Best of Show, 36th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington,2009
Best of Show, Trans, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, Massachusetts, 2007
Honorable Mention, Aperture Foundation, Portfolio Review, 2007
1st place, International Photography Awards, Architecture Interiors, Nonprofessional, 2005
Juror’s Award, 22nd Annual National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 2005
Juror’s Award, Arts on Fire 9, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California, 2005
Best of Show Award, 30th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington, 2002
Juror’s Award, Juried Photographic Exhibition, The Art Association of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, 1983
Collections
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
University of California Davis, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, California