Rich Smukler has blended his life-long passion for art and photography. His works have been featured in numerous museums, galleries and private collections internationally. While his cutting edge passion for graphic design has earned him accolades and awards for innovative style, his genre as a fine art photographer encompasses photo-realism to abstract graphic design. A love of Tuscany has taken him back to bella Italia on many occasions, camera in tow, in search of yet another perfect moment. He has drawn inspiration from such greats as Miro, Kandinsky, Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Arno Minkkinen, Sandro Santioli & Cartier Bresson.
Selected Museums and Exhibitions
(SDMA) San Diego Museum of Art (Artist’s Guild 2017), (OMA) Oceanside Museum of Art (Oceanside California 2017), (OCCCA) Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (Santa Ana, California 2017), (NAA) The Naples Art Association’s 50th, 51st & 52nd Founders Exhibition 2014, 2016 and 2018 (Naples, Florida), 25th Annual All Florida Art Show (Stuart, Florida 2015), Art Olympia 2015 (Tokyo, Japan), (SDAI) The San Diego Art Institute/(MOLA) Museum of the Living Artist: The 50th and 54th International Exhibitions (San Diego, California 2009, 2015), The Alexandria Museum of Art National Exhibition (Alexandria, Louisiana 2014), The Virginia Academy of Fine Arts National Art Show (Lynchburg, Virginia 2014), The Philadelphia Athenaeum’s 200th Anniversary Art Exhibition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014), (JAX) The Jacksonville Center for the Arts (Floyd, Virginia) 2014, The Farmington (New Mexico) Museum of Art 2014, (CAC) The Las Vegas, Nevada Contemporary Arts Center (25th Annual Show, 2014), The Museum of Flight 2014 (Seattle, Washington), (CAFA) The 101st, 102nd, 103rd and 104th Exhibitions of The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (Mystic, Connecticut, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) elected member, (MARINMOCA) The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, California 2013 and 2014), The Montreal Art Centre: Global Art League International 2013 Exhibition (Montreal, QC, Canada), The New York Center For The Photographic Arts (NYC4PA) Primary Colors 2013, The St. Augustine Art Association (Annual Nature & Wildlife Exhibition, St. Augustine, Florida 2013, 2015), (CIDPA) Canadian International Digital Photography Exhibition 2011 (Montreal, QC, Canada), Boca Raton Museum of Art (Boca Raton, Florida 2012), Monmouth Museum of Art (Lincroft, New Jersey 2008), Andrews Museum of Art (Andrews, North Carolina 2010), (MOCA) Museum of Computer Art (Brooklyn, New York 2014), The Southern Museum of Flight (Birmingham, Alabama 2008), Museum of the Gulf Coast (Port Arthur, Texas 2009), (MODA) Museum of Digital Arts (On-line 2008-2009), (DFAM) Digital Fine Arts Museum 2009, (UICA) Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, Michigan 2011), The Palm Beach Photographic Center (West Palm Beach, Florida 2007, 2008), (LACDA) Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts 2011, The Louisville Colorado Center for the Arts 2010, The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach, Florida 2009), Digital Long Island (St. James, New York 2008), The Elliott Museum of Art (Stuart, Florida 2012), The Elmhurst Art Museum (Elmhurst, Illinois 2012), The Saco Museum of Art (Saco, Maine 2012), Sugar Sands Art Center Juried Exhibition (Boca Raton, Florida 2009).
Selected Galleries and Venues:
Fomenar Verona 2018 (Chiesa Di Santa Maria in Chiavica, Verona Italy), Stewart Fine Art Gallery (Boca Raton, Florida) 2018, Stilgalerie Wien (Vienna, Austria) Solo Exhibition June 2017, Arte Borgo Gallery (Fomenar Prize 2016 – Rome, Italy), La Rondine Gallery (Ponte a Serraglio in the commune of Bagni di Lucca, Italy) Solo exhibition May 2015, Sandro Santioli Photo Atelier (Florence, Italy 2010), Artists Haven Fine Art Gallery (Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2008-2013), Steven F. Greenwald Design (Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2009-current), The George Segal Gallery (Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 2009), The Eissey Gallery (Palm Beach Community College 2008), Valdosta State University Fine Art Gallery (Valdosta, Georgia 2009), Adriana Hoyos (Dania & Miami, Florida and Mexico 2008), The Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art (New York City 2008), American Juried Art Salon: Fine Arts Show 2011 (On-line), TPW (Toscana Photographic Workshop, Bologna Italy) 2012.
Selected Publications and Awards:
(IPA) International Photography Awards 2017 – Professional Fine Art: Landscape, LandEscape Art Review (Anniversary Edition December 2016), (ICA) International Color Awards 2016 – Nominee in the Categories of Nature and Architecture, (FAA) Fine Art Awards in Photography 2016 – series in architecture, (IPOTY) International Photographer of the year Awards 2015 – honorable mention, (IPA) International Photography Awards 2015 Professional One-Shot Category, fine art:still life, fine art: landscape, and architecture:buildings, Photo Review International Photography Competition 2015, 12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards Nominee (Nature) 2017, 11th Annual Black and White Spider Awards Nominee (Still Life and Architecture) 2016, 10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards Honorable Mention and Fellow (Still Life) 2015, 9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards Nominee and Fellow (Nature and fine Art) 2014, Lens Culture Magazine (on-line 2016), Monochrome Awards: Fine Art 2015, The Photo Review (on-line) 2014, Best of America Photography Part II (Kennedy Publishing; 2011), Photographer’s Forum Magazine/Best of Photography (Serbin Communications; 2011, 2012), Artists Portfolio Magazine (December 2012), B & W Magazine (Portfolio 2013), B & W Magazine (Single Image Still Life/Objects 2015), B & W Magazine (Single Image 2016), Photo Review (Of The Land on-line 2014), Rich Smukler Photographic Expressionism (Blurb Publications; 2010), From Lone Pine to Death Valley: Contemplative Landscapes (Blurb Publications; 2012).
Corporate Clients:
Ritz Carlton Reynolds (Lake Oconee, Georgia, Radisson Blu Minneapolis Hotel, Marriott Residence Inn Hotel at 171 Broadway New York, Renaissance Westchester Hotel New York, Hampton Inn Boca Raton, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Prism Hotels and Resorts Colorado, Holiday Inn Colorado, Steven Greenwald Design Fort Lauderdale, Adriana Hoyos Miami.
Richard Smukler joined Fine Art America on December 7th, 2012.
