Biography

Richard Pepitone

 c/o: The Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
(508) 487-0140 
RichardPepiton@icloud.com

Born in 1936, Richard Pepitone was predominantly inspired by the 1950s. Abstract Expressionism prevailed in the 1950s as a primary method of painting and explored ideas about the sublime and spirituality. 

Richard Pepitone maintains his studio on Bradford Street at The Commons in Provincetown where he still works and displays some artwork. Apprentice to Alfred Van Loen, studied in Florence, Italy at the Academy of Fine Arts. Opened his first studio in New York. A permanent resident of Provincetown for 51 years with recent shows that include Cape Museum of Fine Art, Berta Walker Gallery, and PAAM. Also exhibited at Barnstable Conservatory of Art, National Arts Club, NY, Wellfleet Art Gallery, Dana Arts Gallery, Colgate Univ., Reese-Paley Gallery in NY & SF. Has also taught at Castle Hill and Corcoran, DC. Considered a very well known and collected Sculptor.

EXHIBITIONS:

2003 - Cape Museum of Fine Arts, "Curiosity of the Figure", A Forty-five year retrospective, September 27 through October.
2003 - Berta Walker Gallery Provincetown, MA. "Ten years of mono-printing and collage." September 27 trough October.
2003 - William W. Parker Gallery, Washington, DC, "Paying Tribute to Six Provincetown, Artists".
2002 - Provincetown Art association & Museum (PAAM.) First artist chosen by PAAM for an outdoor one-person garden show, June 7 - August 25.
2002 - Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA. Group show, Bending to the light.
2001 - Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA. One-person show.
1999 - Berta Walker Gallery Provincetown, MA. One-person show.
1999 - Lamia Inc. Presentation, New York, NY. Exhibition, Provincetown - One Hundred Years As An Arts Community.
1995 - Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA. One-person show.
1993 - Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA. One person show.
1993 - Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA. Exhibition, Arts in the Garden.
1991 - Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA. One-person show.
1989 - Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA. One-person show.
1978 - Clark University - The Little Gallery,  One-person show.
1977 - Barnstable Conservatory of Museum of Art, Barnstable, MA. Three-Artist show.
1976 - Tirca Karlis Gallery, one-person exhibition, Provincetown, MA.
1975 - 1975 - Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. One-person show.
1974 - Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. One-person show.
1973 - Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. One-person show.
1973 - National Arts Club of New York, NY. One-person show.
1972 - Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. One-person show.
1972 - Dana Arts Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Three-artist show.
1972 - New Pulse University Slide and Lecture series. 
1969 - Reese Paley Gallery, New York, NY.
1968 - Reese Paley Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

AWARDS:

Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant - Prearranged by the artist through the Richard Florsheim Art Fund and the Northern Arizona University Museum and Art Gallery, the artist seeks a museum that would like to have one of his or her works in the museum's collection. The Richard Florsheim Art fund provides financing for museums to purchase the artwork from the artist.
Artist-in-Residence Upsala Street School - The Massachusetts Council provided this grant for the Arts and Humanities and the National endowment for the Arts through a project of the Artist Foundation. Artist was provided a studio in a Public School for three months and was given a Twelve Hundred Dollars stipend per month; 36 Upsala Street, Worcester, MA. 
Artist-in-Residence Rhode Island School of Design Summer Program  - Provided studio space at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and a stipend of five hundred dollars for three months; Mr. Hardu Kech, Director of International Studies and Affairs.

COLLECTIONS: 

Bronze "Homage to Fishermen".  Permanent collection of the Town of Provincetown, MA. Gift of Berta Walker, 1998.
Bronze "Torso Variation on a Theme #2". Permanent collection, Northern Arizona University Museum and Art Gallery, AZ, 1995.
Bronze "Reclining Nude Variation on a Theme #1".  Permanent collection, Provincetown Art Association, MA. Gift of Kay Pepitone, 1980.
Cast Bronze Figure "Sorrow". YWCA Main Head Quarters, Washington, DC.

VISITING ARTIST-INSTRUCTOR:

1995 - Spent November and December in Sedona, AZ, working on a series of 14"x14" Raku vessels using the Sedona Clay Works as a studio base. 
1979 - January - March, Artist-in-Residence, Upsala St. School, Worcester, MA
1977 - Rhode Island School of Design, Artist-in-Residence.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 

1994 - Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Glass Fusing and Glass Slumping from a Sculptor's point of view.
1993 - Sculpture Instructor, Raku Ceramics.
1992 - Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Artist in Residence
1988 - Provincetown Art Association Museum Summer School, Sculpture instructor.
1987 - Provincetown Art Association Museum Summer, School, Sculpture instructor.
1975 - 76 Rhode Island School of Design Summer Program, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.  Residence Faculty, Sculpture Instructor.

BOOKS, PHOTO JOURNALS & REVIEWS: 

The Banner, Article by Susan Harrison, 2004.
The Cape Cod Voice, Article by Ellen La Bow, 2003.
Arts & Antiques, Review by Ann Wilson Lloyd, 2000.
"Beyond Conventional Expectations: Wood/Fabric/Clay/Glass",  Art in the Garden, Special Exhibition, 1993. 
Face of the Artist, Photographs by Norma Holt, 1975.