James Harris Gallery | Richard Rezac

Richard Rezac (b. 1952, Nebraska) creates refined, and elegant objects comprised of pure reductive forms; his inspiration drawn in part from emotive encounters with architectural and design details situates his work closely to the Post-minimalist artists of the 1980s. Human in scale and mounted on the wall, suspended from the ceiling, or placed on the floor, Rezac’s sculptures open viewers to close-looking and reflection upon the forms. Surfaces of painted and natural wood, aluminum and bronze contain subtleties that reveal the pristine sculptures as actually handmade. Richard Rezac has received prestigious awards including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, and the Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art- Chicago, Yale University Art Gallery, Aspen Art Museum, Portland Art Museum and others. Public collections include the Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, and the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, among others. Rezac lives and works in Chicago, IL where he is Adjunct Professor of Sculpture, Drawing, and Graduate Advising at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).

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January 6, 2025—February 22, 2025 | Reception Saturday, January 11th, 4-6PM

Richard Rezac "Abridged"

September 18, 2023—December 21, 2023 | Reception Saturday Oct 21, 4-6PM

"Moment Momentum" September 30 to December 21, 2023

June 12, 2019—August 17, 2019 | Reception: Thursday June 13, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

20/20: A 20th Anniversary Survey

May 2, 2019—June 8, 2019 | Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2nd, 6-8 pm

Parallax Effect

December 4, 2018—December 9, 2018 | Select works of represented artists will be shown at the 2018 UNTITLED Art Fair in Miami Beach, December 5-9, 2018

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June 14, 2018—August 18, 2018

Formal Matters

January 5, 2017—February 11, 2017 | Reception Thursday, January 5th, 6-8pm

Richard Rezac: "Selected Work"

February 18, 2016—April 2, 2016 | Reception Saturday, February 20th, 3-5pm

"Tunnel of Silence"

January 3, 2013—February 16, 2013 | Reception: Thursday, January 3rd, 6 – 8pm

Richard Rezac: "New Work"

June 2, 2011—July 2, 2011 | Reception Thursday June 2nd 6-8pm

Richard Rezac: "Indicative: Sculpture 1982 to 1994"

September 4, 2008—September 27, 2008 | Reception Thursday, Sept. 4th, 6-8PM

Richard Rezac: "Sculpture"

October 6, 2005—November 12, 2005 | Reception Thursday, Oct. 6th, 6-8PM

Richard Rezac: "Sculpture and Drawings"

October 2, 2002—November 2, 2002 | Reception Thursday, October 2nd, 6-8PM

Richard Rezac: "Sculpture and Drawings"

Richard Rezac CV

April 2018

Richard Rezac solo exhibition Address travelling to The Blaffer in Houston, TX this Fall

In this show the Chicago-based artist presents new, old, and reworked pieces spanning his last decade of production. In its presentation, Address is attentive to the nuances of the gallery’s neo-gothic architecture, curated by Solveig Øvstebø. On view September 7th.