Russell Crotty

Russell Crotty (born 1956, San Rafael) is a Southern California based artist whose work has been shown internationally and across the United States. His work incorporates astronomical, landscape, and surfing themes. Especially known for drawings on paper-coated suspended globes and within large-scale books, he continues to explore new ideas that investigate and expand the notion of “works on paper.”

Contents

• American artist russell crotty talks about his show at turner contemporary ktvarchive
• Innerviews russell crotty
• Education
• Public collections
• Awards
• Publications
• References

Education

MFA, University of California, Irvine (1980)

BFA, San Francisco Art Institute (1978)

Public collections

Crotty's work is part of multiple public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Pompidou (Paris), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, New York Public Library, and more. He participated in "A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water: The 5th Gwangju Biennale" in 2004.

Awards

2015 Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

2008 Artists' Fellowship Programme, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

1999 Visual Arts Fellowship, Peter Reed Foundation, NY, NY

1991 Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts

Publications

Campbell, Clayton, "Russell Crotty at Shoshana Wayne Gallery," Artweek, April (2009), p. 16

Sheets, Hilarie; “The Big Draw,” ARTnews, January, p. 98-103

Sheets, Hilarie M., "The Universe at the Tip of His Ballpoint Pen", The New York Times (May 2, 2004)