American, b. 1945
Richard Sloat was born in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1945 and currently lives in Manhattan. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania with Rackstaw Downes and the Art Students League. He has lectured in New York and California, and is a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), where he previously served as president.
Sloat has received many awards including the Joseph M. Kaveney Memorial Award at the Janet Turner National Print Competition, 1999; The Alfred D. Crimi Award at Audubon Artists, 1998; Purchase Prize at Broome Street Gallery Invitational, 1998; American Artist Award at Audubon Artists, 1996; and has twice won the Leo Meisner Prize at the National Academy of Design.
Sloat is one of those rare artists who works his images in stages or in print terms, states. Often one of his prints might go through ten states before he finally gets to the final or published state. Because he might work on a plate over a period of many years, he will occasionally decide that it is finished and print a small edition. Later, he will rework the plate adding aquatint and then edition the plate in a later state.
Sloat has received many awards including the Joseph M. Kaveney Memorial Award at the Janet Turner National Print Competition, 1999; The Alfred D. Crimi Award at Audubon Artists, 1998; Purchase Prize at Broome Street Gallery Invitational, 1998; American Artist Award at Audubon Artists, 1996; and has twice won the Leo Meisner Prize at the National Academy of Design.
Sloat is one of those rare artists who works his images in stages or in print terms, states. Often one of his prints might go through ten states before he finally gets to the final or published state. Because he might work on a plate over a period of many years, he will occasionally decide that it is finished and print a small edition. Later, he will rework the plate adding aquatint and then edition the plate in a later state.
