Richard D. Finch

Richard D. Finch was born in 1951 in Springfield, MO. He is an artist and educator living and working in Bloomington, Illinois.

Finch began teaching at Illinois State University in 1976 where he has taught all levels of printmaking and drawing, and served as Director of Illinois State University’s Normal Editions Workshop for 30 years until his retirement from teaching in 2014. In addition to his teaching and service activities at ISU, Finch maintains an active research agenda and exhibition schedule with an emphasis on the use of the human figure and still life objects as subject matter in the visual arts. His works have been included in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and in Europe, have won many awards, and have been acquired by many public and private collections. He has conducted printmaking workshops throughout the United States, and he has been the recipient of several grants from Illinois State University, the Illinois Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Background

MFA, Southern Illinois University; Edwardsville, IL (1976)

BA, Southern Illinois University; Edwardsville, IL (1974)

Internship, Landfall Press, Chicago, IL (1973)

Professor of Art Emeritus, (Normal Editions Workshop, drawing, and printmaking), Illinois State University; Normal, IL (active 1977-2014)

Normal Editions Projects

Richard D. Finch participated in three collaborative print projects at Normal Editions Workshop in the School of Art at Illinois State University. Each edition was commissioned by a sponsor who selected the artist for their project.