Resume 2016
Rich Grote
Owner of Rich Grote Studio 1975- today
Illustrations and design for advertising, magazine covers and inside illustrations, book jackets, t-shirt design and slot machine art and logo design.
Partial client list: DuPont, Eli Lilly, Hoffman-LaRoche, Holland America Cruise Lines, The Hartford, Johnson & Johnson,Kraft Foods, Lee's Carpet, Mellon Bank, Merck, Milton Bradley, Nedlloyd Lines,
Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Panasonic, Parke-Davis, Pfizer, Proctor & Gamble, Singer, Sony, Sunshine Cookies, Texaco, Traveler's Insurance, Unistrut, Visa Fabrics, Warner Lambert.
Partial Agency List: BBD&O, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, DDB Needham, FCB Leber Katz, Grey, Gray Direct, J. Walter Thomson, McCaffrey & McCall, Ogilvy and Mather, QLM Assoc., Saatchi & Saatchi, Suddler & Hennessey, Thomas G. Ferguson Assoc, Young & Rubicam. Business Week, Close-up/ Communications Week, Dowline, Forbes, Fortune, Judicial Review, Medical Economics, Money, National Lampoon, Newsweek, New York Times, Parade Magazine, Psychology Today, Sky/Delta Airlines, Trial, World Tennis,Magic Attic, Avon, Bantam, Berkley Books, Dell, Doubleday, Fawcett, Harper Collins, Jove Delacorte, Pinnacle, Pocket Books, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, Vintage, Kensington Book, Zebra.
Education and Distinctions:
The Ridgewood School of Art, Ridgewood, NJ - Certificate in Illustration, 1970
The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY - Studied Illustration and design - 1972 - 1975 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Portrait Painting - 1999
Awards of merit - AIGA, Society of Illustrators Show, Society of Publications Designers, New York Art Directors Club, New Jersey Art Directors Club
Guest speaker at - The Philadelphia Graphic Artists Guild (GAG)National Convention, licensing panel discussion. Local Philadelphia GAG Self Promotion panel.
Member of the Graphic Design Advisory Committee of the Art Institute of Philadelphia - 2002-2006.
Bio article in Bucks County Magazine – Summer 2009
Exhibitions:
Numerous single pieces hung in group shows including the AIGA Show, The Society of Illustrators, The New York Art Directors Show, The New Jersey Art Directors show. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Student Show and more.
May 14th 2007 One man show of 15 works at The Pearl S Buck House in Perkasie, Pa
Oct 3 2008 One man show of 40 works at Advanced Medical Solutions in
Doylestown Pa
Jan 18th 2009 One man show of 40 works at The Bucks County Visitors Center in Bensalem, Pa
Feb 11th, 2012 The Nude Show, 3 works at The Skyclad 11 Gallery in Booton, NJ
Feb 5th 2012 New Members Show, 5 works, The Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA
Aug 31 2013 Magic Realism one man show of 70 works at The Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA
March 14 2015 New England Regional Exhibit “Variations” 1 painting at The Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA
September 12 thru October 31, 2015 9th annual Naked in New Hope show at Sidetracks Gallery, 10 Stockton Avenue New Hope, PA 18938
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