is well-known as R.V. from the graffiti walls of New York to the galleries in Milan or Berlin. The recurring symbolism come up from his passion, fear, hope and thoughts to improve humanity. The simpel outlined figures and pictures express social issues and comments.
His art was developed during the „graffiti movement” in the 70s and 80s and made him to the famous street art performer. For him this movement was the perfect expression, which has been transformed on walls and public spaces for the audience.
Biography
2011
Gallery 30Works, Cologne Bodpainting Performance and Paintings as Hommage to Yves Klein
Repainting of a piece of the Berlin Wall
2009
Kunsthaus Schill, Stuttgart art fair europe 2009 Urban Art Experience, City Arts Factory, Orlando, Florida
2008
Bridge Art Fair, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, Florida
RV’s Fears, Frustrations & Paranoias, RV’s Studios, Orlando, Florida
Pintura – Internationale Graffiti Konferenz, RV’s Studios, Orlando, Florida
2007
Urban Art Experience, Orlando Museum of Art Art as Metaphor, Orlando Museum of Art
The Prophecies, Orlando Museum of Art Shop
2006 – 2008
Board of the trustees of the Orlando Museum of Art
2006
Urban Art Experience, Orlando Museum of Art
2004
Orlando Furioso, Casselberry, Florida
New Works, Church Street Gallery of Contemporary Art, Orlando, Florida
Participation on the second independent International Biennale for graphics, St. Petersburg, Russland
2003
Paradies – Alexanderplatz, Berlin
The Art of Living, The Lofts of Winter Park, Winter Park, Florida
2002
Man’s Fears, Frustrations & Paranoias, Studio D’ARS, Milano, Italy
Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool, Great Britain
M.A.I.S. IV, the good and the bad, Liverpool, Great Britain
2001
M.A.I.S., Berlin 2001 – Representative artist for the USA Museum in movement, Mazzotta, Milano
The Americans are Coming, Studio D’ARS, Mailand
2000
Sculpture path, representative artist for the USA, Steinhagen/ Germany
New York City Street Art, Kiel/ Germany
Street Art & Graffiti, Studio D’ARS, Mailand
1999
Prima Generazion, Studio D’ARS, Milano institute for design, Milano
1998
The Artful Toy, Artist Unlimited, Tampa, Florida
1997
New York City Street Art, La Posteria, Milano
Strata, Geninzano, Italy
Nude Nite, Orlando, Florida
1996
Skulpture Exhibition, Arts Mall, Winter Park, Florida
Tampaworks/Tampa Moves, Tampa, Florida
1995
Reading section in the Museum for Contemporary Art and Design, San Jose, Costa Rica
1995
Art in Motion, The Cutting Edge, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Anxious Times, Weber State College, Ogden, Utah
1994
Museum for Contemporary Art and Design, San Jose, Costa Rica
Warehouse Gallery, Orlando, Florida
Acquisitions, Cornell Fine Art Museum; Winter Park, Florida
Art of Ecology & the Cutting Edge – Art after Dark, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
1993
Texan Ivy Fine Art, Orlando, Florida
Social Conduct, Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
1992
RV: Artworks 1982-1992 Retrospective, Cornell Fine Art Museum, Winter Park, Florida
Jacob Karpio Arte Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York
1991
Pop Goes the Easel, Below Zero, Orlando, Florida
Motion as Metaphor, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia, Florida
1990
Warehouse Gallery, New York Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
1980 – 1981
Special professorship at the Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida
1976 – 1977
lecturer of sculpture at the New York University, New York
1975
Graduation as Master of Arts at the New York University, USA
1973
Graduation as Bachelor of Arts at the Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky, USA
1973
Substitute lecturer at the Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
1970 – 1972
lecturer at the Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
1949
born in Dension, Iowa