| Rick Lowe Bio |
Rick Lowe is the founder of Project Row Houses, an arts and
cultural community located in a historically significant and
culturally charged neighborhood in Houston, Texas.
Rick has participated in exhibitions and programs nationally
and internationally. From 1992 to the present, he has
exhibited at the Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary arts
Museum, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Los
Angeles, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York, Kwangji
Bienale, Kwangji, Korea, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Glassell School, and the Kumamoto State Museum,
Kumamoto, Japan.
cultural community located in a historically significant and
culturally charged neighborhood in Houston, Texas.
Rick has participated in exhibitions and programs nationally
and internationally. From 1992 to the present, he has
exhibited at the Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary arts
Museum, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Los
Angeles, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York, Kwangji
Bienale, Kwangji, Korea, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Glassell School, and the Kumamoto State Museum,
Kumamoto, Japan.
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Rick has worked as guest artist on a number of community projects nationally. From
2001-2002, he worked in collaboration with arts consultant Jessica Cusick on the Arts Plan for
Rem Koolhaus designed Seattle Public Library. Rick worked with California based artists
Suzanne Lacy and curator Mary Jane Jacobs on the Borough Project for Spoleto Festival 2003,
in Charleston, SC and was lead artist on the Delray Beach Cultural Loop, Delray Beach,
Florida. In 2005, he worked with the British architect, David Adjaye, on a project for the Seattle
Art Museum in their new Olympic Sculpture Park. Since 2006, he has been working with a
group of artists and community activists on Transforma Projects in New Orleans.
He has received many honors. In 1997, Rick and Project Row Houses were awarded a silver
medal by the Rudy Bruner Awards in Urban Excellence. Rick was on the faculty of Skowhegan
School of Art, Skowhegan, Maine in 1998. He was the year 2000 recipient of the American
Institute of Architecture Keystone Award. In 2002, he was awarded by Theresa Heinz the Heinz
Award in the arts and humanities. Rick was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University from
September 2001-June 2002. He received the 2005 Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture Governors Award. In 2006, Rick received the Brandywine Lifetime Achievement
Award. In 2007, he is an Osher Fellow at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, served as an
Innovator for the Japan Society, New York, and received the Houston Spirit Award given by the
Mayor of Houston.
Rick has served in the Houston community as a member of SHAPE Community Center, the
Municipal Arts Commission, board member of the Greater Houston Visitors and Conventions,
board member of the Menil Foundation. He has also served as a board member of the Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and a host of other organizations. Rick has served as
artist-in-residence at universities throughout the United States, and has lectured internationally.
2001-2002, he worked in collaboration with arts consultant Jessica Cusick on the Arts Plan for
Rem Koolhaus designed Seattle Public Library. Rick worked with California based artists
Suzanne Lacy and curator Mary Jane Jacobs on the Borough Project for Spoleto Festival 2003,
in Charleston, SC and was lead artist on the Delray Beach Cultural Loop, Delray Beach,
Florida. In 2005, he worked with the British architect, David Adjaye, on a project for the Seattle
Art Museum in their new Olympic Sculpture Park. Since 2006, he has been working with a
group of artists and community activists on Transforma Projects in New Orleans.
He has received many honors. In 1997, Rick and Project Row Houses were awarded a silver
medal by the Rudy Bruner Awards in Urban Excellence. Rick was on the faculty of Skowhegan
School of Art, Skowhegan, Maine in 1998. He was the year 2000 recipient of the American
Institute of Architecture Keystone Award. In 2002, he was awarded by Theresa Heinz the Heinz
Award in the arts and humanities. Rick was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University from
September 2001-June 2002. He received the 2005 Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture Governors Award. In 2006, Rick received the Brandywine Lifetime Achievement
Award. In 2007, he is an Osher Fellow at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, served as an
Innovator for the Japan Society, New York, and received the Houston Spirit Award given by the
Mayor of Houston.
Rick has served in the Houston community as a member of SHAPE Community Center, the
Municipal Arts Commission, board member of the Greater Houston Visitors and Conventions,
board member of the Menil Foundation. He has also served as a board member of the Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and a host of other organizations. Rick has served as
artist-in-residence at universities throughout the United States, and has lectured internationally.