Artist's Background

​Richard Slimon earned a BFA degree in painting from the St. Louis School of Fine Art at Washington University. After receiving a graduate fellowship from the Municipal University of Wichita, he served briefly as Acting Director of the Wichita Art Museum. He then became a teaching fellow at the university while earning his MFA degree in painting. His teaching experiences include an Artist-in-Residency at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He is Professor Emeritus at Emporia State University, where he taught drawing and painting for many years. 

Richard Slimon's work is included in private, corporate, university and museum collections throughout the country. His many awards include a purchase from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He has had twenty-five one-man shows and has participated in numerous invitational and competitive exhibitions. 

Richard passed away on May 11, 2022.

More information is available at RJSlimon.wixsite.com/Richard.