Richard Beerhorst

Born 1960, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lives and works in Paris, France

Education

MFA, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
BFA, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Selected Exhibitions

2025 — December Group Show, Victor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025 — Beyond the Veil: Narrative Portraits, Elhabibi Galerie, Paris, France
2022 — Stories from the End of the Year, Galeria Consadori, Milan, Italy
2022 — Orb, Ariane-CY Galerie, Paris, France
2020 — Remembering My Future, Sobering Galerie, Paris, France
2019 — A Love Affair with Landshut, Landshut Röcklturm, Landshut, Germany
2017–18 — Coming Home, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 — A Wonderful Patched Together Life, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
2013 — City as Muse, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 — Rick Beerhorst, Postem Center Leep Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 — Adventurous, Leeds, England
2010 — Plan B, ArtPrize Site-Specific Installation, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 — Visage Face Revised, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2008 — The Doll House, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2007 — Portraits, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 — The Essential X, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 — A Place by the Window, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 — Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Armory Show, New York, NY

Residencies

2019 — Carter Foster Residency, Austin, TX
2018 — Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA
2017 — Golden Apple Artist Residency, Michigan

Awards & Grants

1997–98 — Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1989 — National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship
1995 — Creative Artist Grant, Arts Foundation of Michigan
1989 — Michigan Council for the Arts Mini-Grant
2010 — Best Use of Urban Space Award, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI

Public & Private Collections

Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Dick & Betsy DeVos Private Collection, Ada, MI
Warner Cross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI
Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI