RICK VISSER
Address: 920 - 11th Ave. Longmont, CO 80501
Phone: 303/776-2161 E-Mail: visser920 at msn dot com
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Education
MA, 1973, Goddard College
BA, 1967, Grand Valley State University w/ Honors
Grants and Awards
Nolita Film Festival, Film Festival Award for 'Even the Door Must Open.'
Honorable Mention, ’ZIPCO’, 2004 All-Colorado Juried Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery , Denver
2004 Boulder Community Media Award (CATV): Best Experimental Art Film
2002 NeoData Endowment for The Arts Fellowship
Rocky Mountain News Critics Choice ( iMiNiMi ), March 10, 2002
AHAB /Addison Mini-Grant 1999 - 2000
Rocky Mountain News Critics Choice, October 1999
Best of Show - CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO 1998
Best of Show - CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO 1995
Selected Exhibitions
2007
* The Blind Photographer, Flatirons Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
2006
* Sabbatical (Move into new studio)
2005
* NYC, 'Even the Door Must Open' - Festival Award Film
* Muse Gallery, 'Deliberate Diviations', Video: "MindScope One", Longmont, CO, Jan-Feb 2005
2004
* Dairy Center for the Arts, iMiNiMi Exhibition, Boulder , CO September – October 2004
▪ Emmanuel Gallery , ‘ZIPCO’, All-Colorado Juried Exhibition, Denver , July 2004
▪ 2004 Rocky Mountain Biennial, MOCA Ft. Collins, CO April – June 2004
▪ Bug Theater, Everything Possible Film Festival, “Circum”, Denver , March 2004
▪ Boulder Community Media Awards, Best Experimental Art Film, “Circum,” February 2004
▪ Old Firehouse Art Center, Three-Video Exhibition, Longmont, CO January-February 2004
2003
▪ Red Reels At Rock Island, Film Screening: ‘Circum’ & ‘Tintinnabula in One’, Denver, CO 2003
▪ One minute Film Festival, ‘Tintinnabula in One’, Toronto, Canada, November, 2003
• The Old Firehouse Art Center, 'Science Fair', Longmont, CO, September, 2003
• Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, 'Six American Artists', Bangalore, India, August 2003
• The Lincoln Center, 'Weaving Chaos', iMiNiMi Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO June 2003
• UMC Gallery, 'Conflict.Resolution', University of Colorado, Boulder, Juried, June 2003
• Cordell Taylor Gallery, 'Panopticon 21', iMiNiMi Exhibition, Denver, CO, April 2003
2002
• United States Air Force Academy, iMiNiMi Collaborative, Colorado Springs, CO 2002
• Amnesty International Western Regional Conference, Invitational Exhibition, Denver, CO 2002
• Barking Dog, Lyons, CO, Solo Exhibition, 2002
• Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado, iMiNiMi Exhibition, July - September, 2002
• Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI, iMiNiMi Exhibition, March - April 2002
• Lakewood Cultural Center, iMiNiMi Exhibition, February - April 2002
2001
• Gallery 100, iMiNiMi Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO, May 2001
• Manhattan Arts Center , iMiNiMi Exhibition, Manhattan, Kansas , Jan.-Feb. 2001
2000
• Core New Art Space, Two-Person Exhibition, June 2000
• Colorado 2000, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Juried Exhibition, Jan - Apr 2000
• Twelfth Night Celebration of The Arts, Invitational Exhibition, Boulder, CO January 2000
• Longmont Museum, Invitational Exhibition, Longmont, CO Nov. 1999 - Jan. 2000
1999
• The Fra Angelico Celebration of Art & Spirituality, Invitational Exhibition,
Denver Center for the Performing Arts & Canaan Gallery, Denver, CO 1999
• Core New Art Space, "Road Dogs", Two-Person Exhibition, Denver, CO 1999
• Western Colorado Center for The Arts, "Contemporary Colorado"
Juried Invitational, Grand Junction, CO 1999
• Boulder Public Library, "Growing Concerns", Boulder, CO 1999
• Colorado Assoc. for Applied Psychophysiology, Invitational Exhibition, Denver, CO 1999
• Dairy Center For The Arts, "IMINIMI: Precarious Connections, Boulder, CO 1999
• Ron Judish Fine Arts, Invitational Exhibition, Denver, CO - Dec. 1998 - Jan. 1999
1998
• Core New Art Space, Solo Exhibition: "Fratres: Relative Convictions", Denver , CO - 1998
• Ron Judish Fine Arts, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO - 1998
• Boetcher Concert Hall Group Show, Denver, CO - 1998
• Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, 15th Annual All Colorado Show, Juried Exhibition
Greenwood Village, CO - 1998
• Core New Art Space, Open Entry Juried Show BEST OF SHOW, Denver, CO - 1998
1995 - 1997
• Spark Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO - 1997
• Core New Art Space, "1996 Winners Show" Denver CO - 1996
• Alternative Arts Alliance, Denver, CO "AAA+ Traveling Show"
Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder - 1995-1996
• Core New Art Space Juried "Works on Paper" BEST OF SHOW Denver, CO - 1995