Richard Gruetter
Artist Bio
In the Gorge, Cascade, 2022
Richard Gruetter (b. Portland, OR) lives and works in El Aguila, Spain. He retired there after a position as Collegiate Professor of Art and Art History at one of University of Maryland’s global campuses. Gruetter was recognized in the late 1970s for his breakthrough abstractions in experimental films, having been invited by the French Cultural Services to exhibit his Light Journey in Hyere, France. His films have screened at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), Theatre Vanguard (Los Angeles, CA) and the Palais de Art (Paris, France). In the mid-80s Gruetter returned to painting to further express his interests in nature, light and personal narrative. At this time he completed a number of large scale corporate commissions in Oregon and Washington, exhibited with Sumi Arts, Bank of Japan (Hong Kong) and at the Minato Ku City Hall (Tokyo, Japan). His works are included in the collections of the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR) and the Northwest Film Center (Portland, OR). The Collectif Jeune Cinema (Paris, France) distributes his films.
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A Sense of Place
Group Exhibition Mar 5 - May 2, 2026A Group exhibition including Ed Bereal , Hunter Braithwaite , Richard Gruetter , Henk Pander , Ryan Pierce , Meghann Riepenhoff , Jay Stern , and others How do we...Read more -
The Quiet Show
Group Exhibition Feb 6 - May 2, 2020Mark Bradford Jessie Henson Julia Mangold Gregg Renfrow Judy Cooke John Houck Helen Mirra Edda Renouf Russell Crotty Isaac Layman Richard Misrach Robert Ryman Richard Gruetter Sol LeWitt Catherine Opie...Read more
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