Justin Richel
Born 1979, New Brunswick, New Jersey, lives and works in Maine

Education
2004 Icon painting course, Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunk, Maine
2002 BFA, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

Honors and Awards
2006-07 Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2005-06 Fine Arts work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2001 People's Heritage Savings Bank, Endowed Scholarship
2000 Harvey Flaws Memorial, Endowed Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions
2007 For the Love of Country, Wings Projects Art Space, St. Prex, Switzerland
2006 Justin Richel, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Tiny, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2007 Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2007 The Other Biennial, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2007 Mr. President, Albany University Museum, Albany New York
2006 Don't Know Much About History, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2006 From Baja to Bar Harbor: Transnational Contemporary Art, ICA, Portland, ME
2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2004 Portraits: A Group Show, Highland Artworks Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 Small Works, Highland Artworks Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 Exquisite Corpses Today, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
2003 MECA Alumni Show, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
2003 Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2001 Domestic Revival: Victoria Mansion: Seen Through The Eyes of Contemporary Artists, ME

Selected Bibliography
2007
Mendelsohn, Meredith. “Art Talk: Head Honchos”, Artnews March 2007
Wheelock, David. “Artspace Exhibit Meets Implosion Of History” Yale daily news.com, 26.1.2007
Wasserman, Nadine. “ Hail To The Chief” Metroland.net, Winter 2007
2006
Genocchio, Ben. “Art Review; Show Gives Art History New Meaning”, The New York Times. 12.31.2006
Kobasa, Stephen Vincent. “Tragedy To Farce”, New Haven Advocate, 21.12.2006
Birke, Judy. “Artspace’s Provocative ‘History’ Goes Beyond Any Textbook”, CTcentral.com, 12.9.2006
Jannise, Justin. “Artspace Show Explores History” Yale daily news.com, 29.11. 2006
Thompson, Chris. “Regional Review: From Baja To Bar Harbor Transnational Contemporary Art”,
Art New England, October/ November 2006 pg. 23
Cyr, Gabe. “New Directions In Altered Books”, Sterling Publishing Pg. 125
Sutherland, Amy. “Wear This Book (But Bring It Back Friday)”, The New York Times April 2006

Collections
Portland Public Library, Portland ME
Joanne Waxman Library, Maine College of Art