Richard Peterson
Professor of Art
richardp@cos.edu


lithography
drawing
studio painting
digital painting


Richard Peterson received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA Cum Laude from the Instituto Allende/Universidad De Guanajuato, Mexico. He teaches drawing, painting, digital painting and lithography. He has organized or co-organized 5 portfolios “Y Chromosomes”, ”Beat for Jesus”, “Androdexterous”, “the Kansas City Experience” and “Terror Firma”. He has been a visiting artist at University of Louisiana, Lafayette; California State University, Humboldt; California State University, Chico; California State University Fresno; California State University, Long Beach; the Kansas City Art Institute and Virginia Commonwealth University where he was a presenter at Southern Graphics Council 2008 Conference demonstrating sharpie marker lithography. He has received the National Drawing Association’s Award of Excellence, the Dewar’s Young Artist recognition award for excellence in Painting/Printmaking in the State of California. He has been exhibited in more than 100 solo/juried exhibitions. He holds a U.S. patent for digital lithography, patent number 5,778,790.

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