Richard Masters

Professor (M.F.A., University of Iowa)

specialty

Design, Drawing, and Illustration

courses

• Art 239 - Design Fundamentals
• Art 336 - Commercial Illustration
• Art 436 - Advanced Illustration
• Art 442 - Portfolio Review
• Art 490 - Senior Exhibition
• Art 491 - Studio Internship
  

contact info

Office:  A/C 522
Telephone:  920.424.2212
E-mail:  masters@uwosh.edu

Solo Exhibitions

2013

• Farnham Galleries, Simpson College - Indianola, Iowa

2011

• Iowa State Historical Society - Iowa City, Iowa
• Reeve Memorial Union - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

2008

• The History Museum at the Castle - Appleton, Wisconsin

Selected Juried Exhibitions

2010

• 75th National Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association - Cooperstown Art Association; Cooperstown, New York.
• 28th Annual Juried Exhibition - Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art;  New York, New York
  

2009

2008

• 31st Annual Art on Paper - Maryland Federation of Art (MFA Circle Gallery); Annapolis, Maryland
• International Juried Show 2008 - New Jersey Center for Visual Arts; Summit, New Jersey

2007

• 94th Annual Exhibition 2007 (catalogue) - Allied Artists of America, INC., 15 Gramercy Park South; New York, New York. Award: "National Arts Club Award for Graphics".
  
• 72nd National Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association - Cooperstown Art Association; Cooperstown, New York. Award: "Dorothy Bostwick Campbell Memorial Award".

2006

• Sourthworks 2006 Juried Art Exhibition- Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation; Watkinsville, Georgia.
  
• Plano Art Association 2006 National Juried Show- Plano Art Association; Plano, Texas.

Grants

Faculty Development Research Grant - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (2002, 2004, 2007, 2010)

Professional Design Activity

2004- Current

Master Designer
Artistic Infusion Program
United States Mint - Department of Treasury, Washington D.C.

Winning Designs:

• 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Gold $5 Reverse Design. "O Say Can You See" design officially approved by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Nov. 2011.
  
• 2011 First Spouse Julia Grant $10 Gold Reverse Design. "Horseback Riding at White Haven" design officially approved by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Nov. 2010.
  
• 2011 United States Army Silver $1 Obverse Design.  "Worldwide Deployment of the 21st Century" design officially approved by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in July 2010.
  
• 2011 Native American $1 Coin Reverse Design.  "The Offering of the Ceremonial Pipe" design officially approved by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in June 2010.
  
• 2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Silver $1 Reverse Design.  "Ultimate Act of Heroism" design officially approved by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in August 2010.
  
• President George W. Bush Second Term Bronze Medal Reverse Design.  "White House" design officially approved by Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr., in November 2008.
• 2009 Northern Mariana Islands Quarter Reverse Design.     "Latte with Carolinian Canoe and Flowers" design officially approved by Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr., in June 2008.
  
• 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Reverse Design.  “Log Cabin” design officially approved by Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr., in April 2008.
  
• 2007 Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Silver $1 Obverse Design. Design officially approved by Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr. in Nov. 2006. Award:  2009 Coin of the Year (COTY) "Best Contemporary Event" Coin
  
• 2006 Nebraska State Quarter (50-State Quarters Program)
  "Chimney Rock" design selected by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman in June 2005. Design officially approved by Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow in July 2005.