Visser Resume

RICK VISSER
Address:  920 - 11th Ave. Longmont, CO 80501 

Phone: 303/776-2161 E-Mail: info@artrift.blog-city.com

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Education

MA, 1973, Goddard College
BA, 1967, Grand Valley State University w/ Honors

Grants and Awards

Core New Art Space, National Juried Photography Exhibition, Honor Award, Denver, CO

Louisville National Juried Exhibition, Best of Category, Louisville, CO 

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

2008

* Core New Art Space, National Juried Photography Exhibition, Honor Award, Denver, CO

* Center for Fine Arts Photography, International Juried Exhibition, Ft. Collins, CO

* Old Firehouse Arts Center, Invitational Photography Exhibition, Longmont, CO

* Louisville National Photography Exhibition, Juried, Best of Category Award, Louisville, CO

* Longmont Senior Center, Invitational Photography Exhibition, Longmont, CO 

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