Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

MFA:   The Catholic University of America  1964
BARCH: The Catholic University of America  1962
Diploma: Gonzaga College High School     1957

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1974 – Present University of Maryland, Associate Professor
1971 – 73 University of Maryland, Assistant Professor
1969 – 71 University of Maryland, Instructor
1965 – 69 The Catholic University of America, Instructor
1964 – 65 The Catholic University of America, Lecturer
1963 – 64 The Catholic University of America, Graduate Assistant

Professional Activities in the Fine Arts

Exhibitions

ONE PERSON SHOWS (and performance collaborations)

2018 Painting Exhibition Galeria Esta, Gliwice, Poland of the work in the Galaria’s permanent collection
2017 Painting Exhibition at Osuna Art, Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD
2013 Jazz, A Dialogue in Performance and visual Arts, a Collaboration at the David C. Driskell Center sponsored by the Center and the University of Maryland University College
2011 “Improvisation” Painting and Piano, Performance and Videography Grant, The School of Music, The Gildenhorn, CSPAC, College Park
2010 Painting, Music and Dance in Collaboration, the University of Maryland Art Gallery with the Adelphi String Quartet and Sebastian Rousseau
2010 Painting Exhibition at Osuna Art, in combination with exhibitions of Truitt, Mehring, Noland, Goldberg and Downing
2009 Dom Grecki Museum, Myslenice, Poland
2007 Painting in Collaborative Performance with The left Bank String Quartet DC, the Washington Theater Chamber Players: Beethoven’s The Grand Fugue
2007 Painting Exhibition the Palace at Zabreze, Poland
2007 Painting Exhibition Galeria Esta,Gliwice, Poland published with full catalogue
2007 Painting /Music in Collaboration at the Gildenhorn ,CSPAC College park,
2006 Painting Exhibition at Osuna Art, Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD
2006 Painting exhibited American Music Festival, CSPAC College Park, MD
2006 Studio Crawl, Prince Georges County, Maryland
2004 Music painting presentation at Heifetz International String Institute
2003 A Dozen Painting Made with a Dozen String Players at Heifetz International String Institute Summer
2002 Collaboration with Carmen Balthrop and Daniel Heifetz for a diptych of paintings 10 by 6 to a Vivaldi String Duet Performance, Presentation, Painting, and String at Heifetz International String Institute
Performance, Presentation, Painting, and String with David Heifetz at Ulrich Recital Hall
2001 Collaboration with Soprano, Carmen Balthrop, painter, Richard Klank, Baltimore, MD
Collaboration with Violinist, Daniel Heifitz, painter, Richard Klank, University of Maryland
Presentation at the University of Iowa, Department of Art on Klanks painting and the theory of art
2000 Carmen Balthrop, Painting and Song Richard Klank, Song and Painting, Ulrich Recital Hall, University of Maryland April 2000
1999 Pleistices Gallery Exhibition, Soho
1999 14 produced and 9 paintings exhibited at Tawes Fine Arts Center, Marion Anderson International Voice Competition, painting and song recital with Carmen Balthrop, final presentation in the professional series performed in conjunction with the competition
1998 Bold Vision, Bright Future, 30 panels, Campaign Gala, University of Maryland
1995 Arkos Gallery, Lennox, MA
1994 Studio 227, Key West, FL
1993 Studio 227, Key West, FL
1992 Arkos Gallery, Lennox, MA
1991 Arkos Gallery, Lennox, MA
Studio 227, Key West, FL
Washington Theological Union, Silver Spring, MD
Studio 227, Key West, FL
1990 Thanksgiving Square, Dallas, TX
1989 Loys Locklear Gallery, Key West, FL
1988 Holy Name College, Silver Spring, MD
1987 Fred Gros Gallery, Key West, FL
1986 Retrospective, The Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, Key West, FL
1984 The Galerie Arte Moderne, Key West, FL
1983 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
The Artist Warehouse Gallery, Key West, FL
1982 The Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, Key West, FL
The Artists Warehouse Gallery, Key West, FL
1981 The Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, Key West, FL
1980 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
1979 The Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
1978 The Ossabaw Island Project, Ossabaw Island, Savannah, GA
The William Poague Gallery, McLean, VA
1977 Gallery 10 Ltd., Washington, D.C.
1976 Garden Gallery, First Congregational Church of Christ, “22 Studies for a Chapel,” Washington, D.C.
1974 Fourier II Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD
The Catholic University Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1967 Project SCOPE, Washington, D.C.
1964 The Catholic University Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.

TRAVELING JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND WORKS PUBLISHED

2013 Four paintings for the Cantwell Hall Art Gallery Spring awards exhibition, Washington , D.C.
2009-13 Watercolor and Pastel, Works on Paper , Traveling through Poland
2007-09 25 Painting Traveling Through Poland sponsored By Tadeusz Stopowicz
2005 Shaker Collection published Northeast Auctions, Portland, ME
2004 Shaker- The private collections of Richard Klank and Gus and June Nelson, Publisher Skinner, Inc.
1998 The Estential Book of Shaker Furniture Subsidiary of Rizoli Publishing House, Milan 1997 David Larkin (Publication of the Richard Klank collection)
1997 Shaker Way Rizoli Publishing House, Milan 1997 edited by June Sprig (selections from the Richard Klank collection)
1996 – 1998 Six Paper Works, for traveling exhibition to Poland through the University of Maryland
1993 – 1994 Signed edition of prints published and circulated internationally by New Age Images Ltd.
1994 Works on Paper exhibited in England, and Spain
1988 – 1990 Assembly and publication of two volumes of Shaker works in the private collection of William and Camille Cosby, published by Dr. William Cosby, Jr. juried, selected and curated by Richard Klank as the largest collection of its kind in a private collection.
1988 Six works, Brussels, Belgium, and Mainz, Germany; circulated through the University of Maryland Art Gallery
1987 Four works, reproduced in color, cover UMCP Summer Catalog
1986 The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Shaker Design, (exhibition contained work on loan from a collection formed and curated by Klank)
1982 Work reproduced for cover of On Arts at Maryland
1980 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Biennial Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia, major exhibition and catalog of world artists (works reproduced)
The Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD (large 2 person exhibition)
1979 The Delaware museum of Art, group exhibition
1977 National Arts Program, Lisbon, Portugal, works reproduced in portfolio with poetry of Luis DaSousa
1975 The Baltimore Museum of Art, group exhibition
1973 The printing industries of America, 31st Annual Awards Exhibition
1972 The Printing Industries of America, 30th Annual Awards Exhibition
1969 – 1970 “Signs in Cloth,” (a national, juried, traveling exhibition of tapestries and wall hangings)
1962 – 1964 Traveling exhibition in printmaking and drawings organized by the Catholic University of America, exhibited in schools and universities (e.g. University of Connecticut at Bridgeport)
1961 The Smithsonian Institution Museum of natural History, juried exhibition, sponsored by the Society of Washington Artists, curated by Kathryn Kuh The Smithsonian institution Museum of Natural History, juried exhibition, sponsored by the Christian Art Association.
1961 The Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C., exhibition curated by David Driskell

GROUP & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2018 Faculty Infinity University of Maryland Art Gallery
2016 Osunart, work from the Osunart permanent collection
2012 Exhibited in the university of Maryland Art Gallery Faculty Exhibition
2007-11 Exhibited as an invited artist yearly at the Spring exhibitions at the University of Maryland University College Art Gallery
2010-2013 Exhibited yearly at the Spring Invitational Exhibition, The Cantwell Hall Art gallery, Washington D.C.
2006-10 Various Exhibitions as represented by OsunaArt, Washington DC and Bethesda, Md
2006-13 Regular and frequent exhibitions as represented by the Galleria ESTA, Glawice, Poland
2006 6 works exhibited at Evidence, Art Gallery, University of Maryland
2006 Water Colors, Friends Weekend, Sabbathday Lake, New Glouschester, ME
2004 Heifetz International String Institute
2002 Potomac and Anacostia Watershed Society-Collaboration for found object sculpture
2001 Potomac and Anacostia Watershed Society-Collaboration for found object sculpture
2000 The ThreeLegged Dog Gallery, Key West, FL
University of Maryland Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
1998 University of Maryland Adult Education and Conference Center Art Gallery
1997 University of Maryland Adult Education and Conference Center Art Gallery
University of Maryland Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
1993 Studio 227, Key West, FL
1992 Arkos Gallery, Lennox, MA
Studio 227, Key West, FL
1991 Arkos Gallery, Lennox, MA
Studio 227, Key West, FL
1990 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MATue University of Maryland Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
1989 The National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
The University of Maryland Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
The Loys Locklear Gallery, Key West, FL
1988 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
The Loys Locklear Gallery, Key West, FL
1987 The university of Maryland Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
1986 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
The Fred Gros Gallery, Key West, FL
1985 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
1984 “Profiles,” The University of Maryland Art Gallery
The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA Two group exhibitions
1983 The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
1982 Paintings from Area Universities, N.V.C.C., Annandale, VA
The University of Maryland Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition
The Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1981 The Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1980 The Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The BAAK Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
“Ossabaw Island Project Private Collection,” exhibit, Savannah, GA
1979 “On Site,” University of Maryland Art Gallery
The BAAK Gallery Summer Exhibition, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
The Delaware Museum of Art, Rental Gallery
1978 The Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1977 The University of Maryland Art Gallery, faculty Exhibition
1976 The Gallery 10 Ltd. Bicentennial Invitational Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
1975 The Studio Gallery, Washington D.C.
1974 The Art Barn, Washington, D.C.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2016 Invitation to lecture at the Phillips Collection Symposium on Herman Maril
2013 Award for Works of Art that most fully express the Sense
Of Living Courageously, The Cantwell Hall Art Gallery,Washington, D.C.
2007 Audience and presentation Award, Governor, Gliwice, Poland followed by radio and TV interview
1988 – 2006 Board of Directors, Friends, United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester, ME
1997 – 2000 Elected to the Board of MSIPA, University of Maryland
1995 – 1996 Distinguished Teaching Award, Greek Society of Sororities, University of Maryland
1994 – 1997 Invited to initiate and conduct the Salon at the University of Maryland, sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities but including invited, distinguished faculty from the whole university
1994 – 1996 Chairman, Awards Luncheon for the University of Maryland Summer Performing Arts Festival, including the Leonard Rose Cello Competition, the Marian Anderson Vocal Competition, and the William Kapell Piano Competition
1992 Chosen as art planner consultant on “America’s First Peoples Tradition” at the Hemispheric Congress of the Spirit, ThanksGiving Square, Dallas, TX Towards a presentation to be delivered to the United Nations
1991 SUNY Geneseo NY. Symposium, “Harmony amidst Diversity” Paper using Klank’s work in continuing study of the relationship between Dante and contemporary art by theorist, Eleanor Ash
1990 Fordham University Symposium on Spirituality, NYC
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 25th Congress on Medieval Studies Paper using Klank’s work as subject entitled “Dante’s Universality . . . Interpreted through Contemporary Art” prepared and delivered by Eleanor Ash (prepared under an NEH Grant ongoing concern for Klank’s work, e.g. further development of paper to be delivered at First Conference of the North Atlantic region interfaith Forum, Buffalo, NY. Ms. Ash was introduced to Klank’s work by the David Anderson Gallery, formerly the Martha Jackson Gallery.
1989 – 1990 Fellowship, Semester Research Grant, the Resource Center, University of Maryland, School of Arts and Humanities
1987 – 1988 Board of Directors, MT. Lebanon Shaker Museum, Mt. Lebanon, NY
1985 Creative and Performing Arts Award
1982 Creative and Performing Arts Award
1981 First American Work published by Government of Portugal, in folio of poet and artist
Invited for return Fellowship, Ossabaw Island Project, Savannah, GA
Artist in Residence, Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, Key West, FL
1978 Ossabaw Island Fellow
Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland
1974 Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland

COMMISSIONS AND PROMINENT COLLECTIONS

Work to celebrate the last performance of the Guarneri string quartet
Works on paper for The Left Bank String Quartet to be reproduced as featured in invitations and advertising
Banner for Dom Grecki, Myslenice Museum, Poland
6 Paintings placed in the Permanent collection of The Galleria Esta Gliwice, Poland,
5 Paintings placed in Permanent Collection of the Osuna Gallery, D.C.
Production of Four 8 foot canvases printed with the human form plus twelve paper works, private collector, Wilmington Delaware, 2005 – 2006
Design and Installation of Burial Monument Pennsylvania field stone 7’ by 5’ by22” OceanView, DE- completed 2003
Earthwork in Memoriam to Sister Ruth, Friends of the United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester ME completed 1999
University Gala for Bold Vision, Bright Future production of thirty panels: Variations on the theme of the Maryland Flag Oil on Canvas completed 1997
Paintings for Tusculum Farms, collection of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Freeman 1995 96
Chapel for “Christ in the City,” Bishop Burke’s Manor, Buffalo, NY; includes design and execution of liturgical objects for the chapel and the painting of 60 running feet of 8′ high paintings to envelop its walls.
Commission for the Blue Moon Restaurant, Rehobeth Beach, DE
Paintings for architectural firm of Collins and Kronstadt, Silver Spring, MD
Paintings for the offices of Ropes and Gray, Boston, MA
Paintings for interior banquettes for Harvard Square Restaurant, Cambridge, MA
Paintings for the State Street Bank of Boston, MA
Paintings for the design firm of Gordon Linsay, London, U.K.
16′ x 8 ‘ wall painting for Agriconsult, Annapolis, MD
Paintings in the collection of:
the family of Robert Motherwell
the Delaware Museum of Art
the Catholic University of America
the Ossabaw Island project
the American Consul, United Sates Embassies, Prague, Rome and Sao Paulo
the Archdiocese of Buffalo

SPECIALIZED DESIGN, PRODUCTION AND CONSULTATION

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN

2009-11 Web design elements e.g. for Wendy Kaye, the Adelphi string Quartet &The left bank string Quartet
2007 Design for full 50 page publication for Gonzaga College High School
2006 Design of program and seminars Friends Weekend Sabbathday Lake shaker Village, New Glouchester, ME
2004 Exhibition of Private Collection of Richard Klank, Skinner, Inc. October
Exhibition of Selected Objects from Shaker Collection of Richard Klank, Canterberry Shaker Village, NH, July.
2002 Organization of the Anacostia Watershed Society Sculpture Competition, April
2001 Organization of the Anacostia Watershed Society Sculpture Competition, April
1994 Designer of Retrospective Exhibition of Artist John Hultberg in collaboration with the artist and the David Anderson Gallery and in consultation with artist Will Barnett and Professor Audrey Ushenko, University of Indiana
Consultant to ArtAntiquarian gallery of Maria Jose Aparicio, Valencia, Spain
1990 – 1991 Appraisal consultant for art objects and architectural elements residing in the Philip Johnson designed complex of ThanksGiving Square, Dallas, Texas
1986 – 1988 Formation, production, and authorship of a two volume commemorative edition of a distinguished private collection of Shaker
1986 Consultant to Sotheby’s for staff development, NYC
1982 – 1990 Consultant on the formation, accompanying curatorial work and appraisal of three collections of Shaker artifacts (one of which is the largest private collection of Shaker)
1979 Consultant for the University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Policy committee for Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD
Panel member for Community Art Grant from Maryland Art Council for Maryland Park and Planning
Juror for Membership in Montpelier Art Facility
1978 Consultant and Jury member to the Maryland Park and Planning Commission
1970 – 1978 Member of jury or critic for local exhibitions; Scholastic Art Awards; D.C. Recreation Department Annual Art Exhibitions and Montgomery County Art Association