Richard Jolley
Artist processes
Richard Jolley was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952 and then moved in his youth to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In 1970, the artist began his studies at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee, studying glass under Michael Taylor. Taylor was then invited to create his next program at George Peabody College in Nashville (now a part of Vanderbilt University) where Jolley later completed his B.F.A. In the fall of that year, Jolley further polished his technique at Penland
School of Crafts in North Carolina under the instruction of Richard Ritter. Jolley continues this teaching tradition by frequently returning to Penland and through unique programs designed to involve at-risk students in the Knoxville community with professional working artists.
Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina
Atlantic Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey
Baton Rouge Art and Humanities Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Carillon Importers Ltd., Teaneck, New Jersey
Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
Coburg Museum, Coburg, Germany
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
Glasmuseum Hentrich at Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Gregg Museum of Art + Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
International Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
The Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, Louisiana
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Mobile Museum of Art, Richard Jolley and Tommie Rush: A Life in Glass, Mobile, Alabama (Catalogue)
Venice Projects, Richard Jolley: Venice Continuum, Venice, Italy (Catalogue)
2008 Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, New York, New York (Catalogue)
2007 Mitchell Art Gallery of St. John’s College, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Annapolis, Maryland
Grounds for Sculpture, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Hamilton, New Jersey
2006 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Montgomery, Alabama
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan (Catalogue)
Lowe Art Museum, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Coral Gables, Florida
Huntsville Museum of Art, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Huntsville, Alabama
Bergstrom – Mahler Museum, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin
2005 Paine Art Center and Gardens, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Longwood University, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Farmville, Virginia
Hunter Museum of American Art, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Simmons Visual Art Center, Brenau University, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Gainesville, Georgia
Leo Kaplan Modern Gallery, New York, New York (Catalogue)
Arkansas Arts Center, Richard Jolley: Glass Sculptor,Little Rock, Arkansas (Catalogue)
2004 Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Morris Museum of Art, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Augusta, Georgia
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Tennessee State Museum, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Nashville, Tennessee
2002 Knoxville Museum of Art, Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass, Knoxville, Tennessee, Traveled (Catalogue)
Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, New York
2001 Fay Gold Gallery, Tabula Rasa, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, New York
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
1998 Fay Gold Gallery, Meridian, Atlanta, Georgia
Arthur Roger Gallery, Cairn, New Orleans, Louisiana
1997 Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Mint Museum of Art, Art Currents 22: Richard Jolley, curated by Mark R. Leach, Charlotte, North Carolina (Catalogue)
Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia
1996 Fay Gold Gallery, Totemic Tales, Atlanta, Georgia
Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1995 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (Catalogue)
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1993 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 Arthur Roger Gallery, New York, New York
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1991 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
1989 Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC (Catalogue)
Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
1987 Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC (Catalogue)
Galeria Angela Hollings, Hameln, Germany
1985 Portfolio Gallery, Narrative Imagery, Atlanta, Georgia
Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1982 Alliance Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
1979 Spring Street Gallery, New York, New York
1976 Alpha Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee
1974 Centennial Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Best of the South, Greg Thompson Fine Art, North Little Rock, Arkansas
Haverty Collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
2012 Expressions: International Glass Invitational, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan
50 Years of Studio Glass, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Global and Local: Studio and Contemporary Glass on Florida’s West Coast, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Contemporary Glass Sculpture: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Evolution/Revolution, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
Evolution/Revolution, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, Michigan
2011 The 39th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
The Wall, Fresien Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2010 Anything But Clear: The Studio Glass Movement 1979-2009, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee
Speak for the Tress, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington (Catalogue)
Habatat Galleries 28th International Glass Exhibition, West Palm Beach, Florida (Catalogue)
The 38th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
2009 Souls Journey: Inside the Creative Process, organized by The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Asheville, North Carolina
Speak for the Tress, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
From Sand – Works in Glass, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Litvak Gallery: Inaugural Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
International Shoebox Sculpture Triennial, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu,Hawaii, Traveled (Catalogue)
Habatat Galleries 27th International Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
The 37th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
2008 Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Arts, organized by The Southern Arts Federation, Traveled
Four Seasons, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan (Catalogue)
Arthur Roger Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana
Habatat Galleries 26th International Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
Habatat Galleries 36th International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, Michigan
Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee (Permanent Exhibition)
2007 Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Habatat Galleries 25th International Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
The 35th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
2006 International Shoebox Sculpture Triennial, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu,Hawaii, Traveled (Catalogue)
2003 Art of Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee (Catalogue)
Contemporary Directions, Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio (Catalogue)
2002 Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Catalogue)
2001 The Best of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee (Catalogue)
Passionate Collectors, Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina (Catalogue)
The 29th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan (Catalogue)
2000 Contemporary Works from the Palley Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida (Catalogue)
Millennium Glass: An International Survey of Studio Glass, Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, Traveled (Catalogue)
1999 XX/MM, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Glass Glorious Glass, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
International Glass Masters Invitational, A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon (Catalogue)
1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro 1998, Murano-Venezia, Italy
1997 Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Glass Today by American Studio Artists, The Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Masters of Contemporary Glass: Selections from the Glick Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (Catalogue)
The 25th Annual International Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan
1996 The 24th Annual International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan
Figurative Sculpture, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, Missouri.
1995 East Tennessee Art Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, Curated by Jeff Fleming
Glass: A Regional Survey From Maryland to Louisiana, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina, Curated by Frank E. Thomson III
A Touch of Glass, Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society Museum, Washington, DC
Dancing in a Sea of Light, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, The Luski Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia,
1994 Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, New Jersey
The Landscape, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Aesthetics of Athletics, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin (Catalogue)
Dancing in a Garden of Light, Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina, Traveled (Catalogue)
A Passionate Perspective, The Spiezer Collection of Art, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois (Catalogue)
1993 Spirit House, Sculpture Center, New York, New York
Figurative Sculpture, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1992 Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ‘92, Kanazawa, Japan (Catalogue)
Glass Now ‘92, Tokyo, Japan (Catalogue)
1990 Chicago International Art Exposition, represented by Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Stockholm International Art Exposition, represented by Nielsen Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Los Angeles International Art Exposition, represented by Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Fishman Collection, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Catalogue)
1989 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Glass Now ‘89, Tokyo, Japan (Catalogue)
1988 World Glass Now ‘88, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; Traveled (Catalogue)
Erlesenes Künsthandwerk Museum im Schloss, Bad Pyrmont, Germany (Catalogue)
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1987 Glass ‘87 in Japan, Odakyu Grand Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Glass America ‘87, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
Liquid Light, Piedmont Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1986 Special Editions, American Craft Museum, New York, New York
Art and Function, Public Art Trust, Washington, DC (Catalogue)
Glass and Wood Invitational, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
New American Glass Focus 2 West Virginia, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia (Catalogue)
Glass America ‘86, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1985 Exhibition 280, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia (Catalogue)
Glass America ‘85, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
Southern Studio Glass: New Directions, Kingsport Fine Arts Center, Kingsport, Tennessee; Traveled (Catalogue)
The Figure in Glass, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984 Glass America ‘84, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
Earth, Wind, and Fire: Contemporary Works, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Gather of Glass, Mindscape Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1983 Rebirth of a Medium, The Gallery of the University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
Five Approaches to Glass, Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Perception Gallery, Houston, Texas
1981 The Early Eighties Exhibition, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, (Catalogue)
American Crafts ‘81, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, (Catalogue)
1980 For the Tabletop, American Crafts Museum, New York, New York (Catalogue),
The Elements, New York, New York
Rare Color/Surface Design, The Hand and The Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1979 13 State Exhibition, Appalachian Center, Smithville, Tennessee (Catalogue)
1978 Seventh Annual National Glass Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Dearborn, Michigan
1976 Exhibition 280, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia (Catalogue)
1975 Mississippi River Show, Brooks Memorial Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Glass Gems International, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee
Middle Tennessee State University Invitational, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1974 Fifth Bicentennial Art Show, Memphis, Tennessee
