LOUIS RECCHIA

P.O. Box 824, Berthoud, CO 80513

(970) 532-4287 • louisrecchia@gmail.com

www.louisrecchia.com

Education

1974 University of Colorado at Boulder, M.A. Sociology

1971 Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, B.A.

Corporate and Public Collections

Vance Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO

Cole-Taylor Bank, Chicago, IL

Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

Megabank, Englewood, CO

ABSOLUT VODKA, Carillon Importers, NY

McDonald’s Corporate Office, Denver, CO

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA

Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO

Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, CO

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Permanent Collection, Colorado Springs, CO

Awards

2002 Juror’s Award, Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO

1997 Juror’s Painting Award and Selection for Solo Exhibit in 1999,
Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

1992 Artist’s Recognition Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Colorado Federation of the Arts

1986 Career Enhancement Fellowship, Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities

1984 Juror’s Choice Award, “ARTS ’84,” Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder,CO

Publications

2007 Martin, Claire. “Pieces meld social commentary and wit.” The Denver Post, Dec. 9.

2004 American Art Collector, Alcove Books,Berkley CA,Vol 1, Book 2
Berthoud Surveyor, Volume 1

1995 New American Paintings, The Open Studios Competitions Number V, An Exhibition of the Winners’ Work, copyright Open Studios Press, Needham, Mass.

1986 Third Western States Exhibition, copyright by the Western States Arts Foundation, Santa Fe, NM, sponsored by Phillip Morris, Inc. Selected by Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Exhibits

2007 Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

Pirate, Solo Show, Denver, CO

ZIP 37 Gallery, Solo Show, Denver, CO

J.R. Kortman Center for Design Invitational Show, Rockford, IL

Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, two-person show, Pueblo, CO

2006 10^th Anniversary Exhibition: Corporate Collections, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

Beyond da Vinci: Italian-American Artists, Curtis Arts Ctr, Greenwood Village, CO

Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

Pirate, Solo Show, Denver, CO

ZIP 37 Gallery, Solo Show, Denver, CO

Dear Picasso Mail Art Show, ZIP 37 Gallery, Denver, CO

2005 Assembled Mixed Media Works, Lincoln Center Galleries, Fort Collins, CO

Colorado Art Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

2004 Solo Exhibit, Salida Gallery, Salida, CO

Lander Art Center, Lander, WY

Colorado 2004; A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts
Center, Colorado Springs, CO

2003 Colorado Art Expo, Denver, CO

Art Student League, Denver, CO

Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO

Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

Solo Exhibit, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO

Solo Exhibit, Pirate, Denver, CO

2002 Word, Text and Story, Sangre de Cristo Art Ctr, Pueblo, CO

Zip 37, Denver, CO

Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO
Cobalt Gallery, Tubac, AZ

825 Art, Denver, CO

2001 The Caitlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Wolfe Gallery, DeLand, FL

Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 “Past Revisited,” Loveland Art Museum, Loveland, CO

Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

Zip 37, Denver, CO

Pirate, Solo Exhibit, Denver, CO

Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO

Arvada Art Center, Arvada, CO

1999 Solo Exhibit, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO

Solo Exhibit, Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO
Pirate, Denver, CO

1998 J. R. Kortman Center for Design, Rockford, IL

Holiday Window Project in conjunction with Hanzon Studios,
Denver

Solo Exhibit, Bas Bleu Theatre Co., Ft. Collins, CO

“Persona,” Republic Plaza Bldg., Denver, CO

Alpine Loge Art Exhibition, Mt. Lemmon, AZ

3-D Box Art, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

“Lost and Found,” Show of Hands, Denver, CO

1997 Vienna Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria

DIA (Denver International Airport) juried exhibit

Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

1996 Michele Mosko Mille Fine Art, New York City, NY

UMC Fine Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Gallery of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Colorado,
Colorado Springs, CO

1995 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and Functional Art), Miami, FL

1994 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and Functional Art), Chicago, IL,
represented by Michele Mosko Miller Fine Art

Rule Modern and Contemporary, Solo Exhibit, Denver, CO

1993 Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Solo Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM

Michele Mosko Miller Fine Art, New York City, NY

1992 One World Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Chiaroscuro, Chicago, IL

Virginia Breier, San Francisco, CA

1991 Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

Art Miami ’91, International Art Exposition, Miami Beach, FL

1990 Monteverde Gallery, Taos, NM

Payton-Rule Gallery, Denver, CO

International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

1989 Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, L.A., CA

Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, CO

Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1987 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA

Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

Yellowstone Arts Center, Billings, Montana

Expo L.A., Los Angeles, CA

1986 New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Phillip Morris Preview of Western States Exhibit, Chicago, IL

University of Northern Colorado, Solo Exhibit, Greeley, CO

Robischon Gallery 10^th Anniversary Show, Denver, CO

Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, CO

“Four Imagists,” Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO

1985 Lincoln Center Invitational, Fort Collins, CO

Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, CO

1983 Denver Art Museum Biennial Show, Denver, CO

Taos Art Exhibit, Taos, NM

1982 Joy Horwich Solo Show, Chicago, IL

Nicolaysen Museum Solo Show, Casper, WY

1980 University of Colorado Fiske Planetarium, Boulder, CO

1979 Regional Printmakers’ Exhibit, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

National Center for Atmospheric Research Solo Exhibit,

Boulder, CO

1978 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

1977 World Print Competition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA

1975 Aspen Arts Festival, Aspen, CO, juror Jasper Johns