RICHARDS D. POEY• 16465 Ellerdale Lane • Eden Prairie, MN 55346 • 952/949-3444

• mnsculptors.com and mnartists.org • poeyart@comcast.net

Born in New York City, 1937. 34 years of art and design-related experience in Advertising, Sales Promotion, Exhibits and Trade Shows, Film and Video Production and Marketing with Eastman Kodak and Honeywell. Currently creating bronze and stone sculptures ranging in height from 10 to 48 inches. Past president, vice president and editor of the Society of Minnesota Sculp-tors’ newsletter. Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society. Member, National Sculpture Society. Represented by Art Resources Gallery, Edina, MN

APPLICABLE EDUCATION

• Bronze Sculpture, Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Nick Legeros, Heidi Hoy, Foster Willey, Melanie VanHouten and Arlene Zimmerman, instructors • Stone Sculpture, Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Roger Junk, instructor • Life Sculpture, Scottsdale Artists School: Lincoln Fox, Stanley Bleifeld and Peter Rubino, instructors • Anatomy, Minnesota Riverschool of Fine Arts: Foster Willey, instructor • Life Drawing, Open Studios at Florence Hill, University of Minnesota, Cleveland Institute of Art

OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS

CITYART WALKING SCULPTURE TOUR, Mankato, MN2015—Like a Tree, Rooted in the Earth2014—Best Friend • 2013—Salsa ... 2012—News! (purchased)...

ARTSTREET, Hopkins, MN2012— Salsa 2011—Like a Tree, Rooted in the Earth (purchased)

SCULPTUREWALK, Sioux Falls, SD2006—Like a Tree, Rooted in the Earth , News! 2007—Salsa

PARLEY LAKE WINERY SCULPTURE WALK, Waconia, MN2015—Best Friend

JURIED ART EXHIBITIONS AWARDS

SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA SCULPTORS• 2014—2nd Award for Let’s Tango; • 2007—2nd Award for Lost Hunter; • 2003—ASID Award for Tender Moments

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR• 2007—Best Sculpture for Daydreams; • 2006—Best Sculpture for Job’s Torment

MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS• 2013—People’s Choice for Abbey’s Gift; • 2007—First Place for Job’s Torment • 2004—Honorable Mention for Bird Form

HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS2015—Award of Excellence for Embraced by Moon-light; • 2014—Award of Excellence for Mountain Lakes Vessel; • 2012—Honorable Mention for Kitchen Mouse;

• 2010—Best of Show and People‘s Choice for The Optimist; • 2006—Best of Show for Like a Tree, Rooted in the Earth

ARTS IN HARMONY INTERNATIONAL, Elk River, MN• 2013— Best Sculpture for En Pointe; • 2009—Honorable Mention for Eve and the Forbid-den Fruit; • 2008—People Choice for Love’s First Touch; • 2007—Merit Award for Job’s Torment; • 2005—Best Sculpture for Love’s First Touch,

ARTISTRY—(Bloomington Art Center)• 2008—Merit Award for Mountain Lakes Vessel

PRIMAVERA, Plymouth, MN• 2014—Award of Excellence for En Pointe; • 2013—Award of Excellence for Embraced by Moon-light; •2007—Best of Show for Job’s Torment; • 2006—Award of Excellence for Lost Hunter

BIBLIOGRAPHY and REVIEWS

• Ashley Rooney, 100 Artists of the Midwest, Schiffer Publishing, 2012• Marc Inger, “Mainstreet Becomes Art Street”, Hopkins & Minnetonka Sun Sailor, May 12, 2011• Unsie Zuege, “EP’s Poey part of Arboretum Exhibit,” Eden Prairie News, Chanhassen Villager, Chaska Herald, May 5, 2011 • Holiday issue, Eden Prairie Magazine, November 2009 • Jennifer Day, “An Artful Partnership,” Eden Prairie Magazine, May 2006• Patrick Baker, “Art in Formation,” Go Live, Southwest Journal, March 31 2005• John Molene, “Poey’s penguins keep ‘em asking for more,” Eden Prairie News, March 10, 2005

COLLECTIONS

• Phillip and Ludmilla Isaacson, Chanhassen, MN• Sugar Hills Children Museum, Harlem, NY• Maryjo Morrissey Memorial, Eagan, MN • Dotson Iron Casting, Mankato, MN• Gupta Sculpture Garden. Minnetonka, MN• Ken and Pat Duncan Memorial for Daughter Abbey, St. Paul, MN• GLC Enterprises (Gerard Cafesjian), Minneapolis, MN• Mary Carter Financial Services, Jacksonville, FLLinden Hills Historical Library, Minneapolis, MN

ART FAIRS and ART CRAWLS

UPTOWN ART FAIR—2001-2005, 2008EDINA ART FAIR—2001-2005EDEN PRAIRIE ART CRAWL—2010-2015EXCELSIOR ART FAIRMAPLE GROVE ART FAIR—2006

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MISCELLANEOUS

Orchestra Hall—2015Art4Shelter—2015, 2014Art-A-Whirl—2013, 2010, 2009Arboretum Sculpture Garden (demo)—2013Uptown Art Fair Juror—2013ArtZ Gallery—2013Mill City Clinic—2013Partners in Art (Ridgedale Center)—2013, 2008Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais—2012The Frameworks—2012Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church (solo exhibit)—2011Hopkins Center for the Arts (2-person exhibit) 2011Luxury Home Tour—2010Solstice Arts Celebration—2010Lake Minnetonka Arts Tour—2010Spiritual Arts Show—2010MIA (stone carving demo)—2009Bethesda Hospital Benefit—2009Salon 300—2009Fall Fine Arts Show (NEMAA)—2009Art Perchance at MIA—2009, 2008, 2007Alliance Française—2009Plymouth Church Benefit for the Homeless—2009Bloomington Art Center (2-person show)—2008Chanhassen Public Library—2007Sculpture Invitational (Loveland, CO)Upper Midwest Sculpture Show