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ADAM RICHES
Born 1983 in Ipswich, Suffolk, UKÂ
Resides and works in Suffolk, UK
EDUCATION / TRAINING
2013-2016 - BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Facing the Light, Atelier Gallery, Leiston, Suffolk, UK
2024 - Portraits, Chiesa Stella Maris, Naples, Italy
2019 - Untitled, Shoreditch, London, UK
2017 - Monochrome, Prettys Solicitors, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Art for Art Sake, Ballroom and Courtyard Galleries, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK
2025 - 14 x 14, The Old Theatre, Framlingham, Suffolk, UK
2025 - Blindness, Espacio Exibicionista Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 - ARTLAB, Benjamin Eck Gallery, Munich, Germany
2025 - Beach of Dreams - Expo de Sailing Artists, Boochee D’Art, Ostend, Belgium
2025 – Secret 7”, War Child UK, group exhibition in support of War Child, London, UK.
2025 - Summer Contemporary 2025, Britten Pears Arts, Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK
2025 - Sea Saw, Beacon Hill Fort, Harwich, Essex, UK
2025 - Nepo Baby, Old Jet Arts Centre, Rendlesham, Suffolk, UK
2025 - UNDERCOVER: Project One, Espaco Exibicionista Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 - Spring Exhibition, London Lighthouse Gallery, London, UK
2024 - Spiralling (online), Phantasmal Gallery, UK
2024 - Old Jet Group Show, Old Jet Arts Centre, Rendlesham, Suffolk, UK
2024 - Unity, Tom Cox Gallery, Crystal Palace, London, UK
2023 - Interface, Asylum Studios, Rendlesham, Suffolk, UK
2023 - Light and Form, The Bank Arts Centre, Eye, Suffolk, UK
2023 - Untitled (with Anna Potter), Rob Rademaker Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands
2022 - Fight or Flight (with Darren Lynde Mann), Old Jet Arts Centre, Rendlesham, Suffolk, UK
2022 - Conflict (online), Aux Gallery
2022 - Paper Chase (online), My Art Is Real
2022 - Exploring the Sublime, Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, Harwich, Essex, UK
2022 - REAL Vol. 1 (online), My Art Is Real
2022 - Campfire Stories (online), My Art Is Real
2021 - Limitless, Tom Cox Gallery, London, UK
2021 - Affordable Art Fair (with Nadia Arnold), Battersea Park, London, UK
2021 - Beyond the Surface, Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, Harwich, Essex, UK
2021 - Lend Me Your Eyes (online), Aux Gallery
2021 - Art on Paper, Aux Gallery, New York, USA
2021 - Unhooked, Yellow Edge Gallery, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
2021 - Siberian Collectors, The Art Space Cube Moscow, Moscow, Russia
2020 - Family Unit, Thompson’s Gallery, London, UK
2020 - Art Collectors from Siberia, The Ploschad Mira Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2019 - Dots and Lines, Fridge Project Space, Larnaca, Cyprus
2019 - Pop-up Exhibition, Lab Store, London, UK
2019 - Alive in the Universe, Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Venice, Italy
2019 - Fine Lines, Eric Buterbaugh Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2018 - World of Co Open Studio, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 - Dark and Beautiful, Piccadilly Arcade, London, UK
2017 - Focus LND Winter Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2017 - The Launch Exhibition, 1-3 Rivington Street, London, UK
2017 - Inspired by Goya, Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, UK
2017 - Echo Exhibition, Prettys Solicitors, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2017 - Application, Garage Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK
2016 - Uherske Hradiste Prison Exhibition, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
2016 - Pop My Mind, Little Dodnash Farm, Bentley, Suffolk, UK
2016 - Mad, Freudian Sheep Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2016 - Experimental Village II, Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus
2016 - Landscape and Light, Letheringham Lodge, Letheringham, Suffolk, UK
2016 - Vision, Prettys Solicitors, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2015 - Ben Wardle and Adam Riches, Quay Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, UK
2015 - Baltic Science, Nida Artist’s Colony, Nida, Lithuania
2015 - Level V, Suffolk One, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2015 - 10 PRJCT, Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2015 - The Art of Law, Kerseys Solicitors, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2015 - Holywells Collective, The Angel, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
2015 - Experimental Village, Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus
2014 - Transition, St Clements Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2014 - Territories and Home, Ipswich Town Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2014 - The Collective, Prettys Solicitors, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2014 - The Contenders, Gallery One, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
2014 - Grain, Prettys Solicitors, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
ART FAIRS
2021 - Affordable Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Battersea Park, London, UK
2019 - PULSE Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Miami, USA
2019 - Affordable Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Hampstead Heath, London, UK
2019 - Affordable Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Battersea Park, London, UK
2019 - Affordable Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Brussels, Belgium
2018 - START Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2018 - Affordable Art Fair, represented by Nadia Arnold, Battersea Park, London, UK
2017 - Parallax Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London, UK
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Private collections internationally, including the UK, Europe, the USA, and Asia
RESIDENCIES
2018 - World of Co Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 - Uherske Hradiste Prison Residency, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
2016 - Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus
2016 - Landscape and Light Residency, Letheringham, Suffolk, UK
2015 - Nida Artist’s Colony, Nida, Lithuania
2015 - Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus
SELECTED PRESS
2023 - Design Stack, “Ink Portraits Scribble Drawings”
2023 - AATONAU, “Adam Riches: A Fusion of Talent and Inspiration”
2021 - The Pilgrm, “Expressive moments to melancholy reflections - Adam Riches”
2021 - Le Mile Magazine, Issue 30 “Autonomy”, feature article on the work of Adam Riches
2020 - Statement Art, “Introducing: Adam Riches”
2019 - BBC News UK, “I turned drawing doodles into a career”
2019 - This Is Colossal, “Scribbled Portraits of Brooding Figures by Adam Riches”
2019 - Doodlers Anonymous, “The Dark, Eerie, and Beautiful Creations of Adam Riches”
2019 - Journal du Design, “Les portraits griffonnes de l’artiste Adam Riches”
2019 - Dessein de Dessin, “Les portraits en gribouillis de Adam Riches”
2019 - Photographize, “Stylized and figurative portraits by Adam Riches”
2019 - Art Now and Then, “Adam Riches”
PODCAST APPEARANCES
2023 - Ready, Go! with Anthony Rondinone
2022 - MyArtIsReal Podcast, Episode 08
2020 - Statement Art Podcast, artist interview
2019 - Ministry of Arts Podcast, Episode 52
CONTACT
Adam Riches
Email: adamr83@hotmail.co.uk
Website: adamrichesartist.com
Instagram: @adamrichesart