UPCOMING & NEWS

Solo show at Nichols School Gallery, Buffalo, NY 10/9/24 5-7PM

Choose, 2023, clay, brick, glaze, wood, acrylic

One of my Big Rhinos in the 68th Rochester/ Finger Lakes Exhibition, 2023

My work, Backpack, in the Made in NY 2023 group exhibition at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected to be a part of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center’s group exhibition Amid/ In WNY 2023. Amid/ In focuses on the work of artists from the Buffalo and Western New York region.

I am honored to be in the permanent collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY! The Burchfield Penney purchased my piece Girls Gas Mask, 2014 with funds from the Art Endowment Fund.

Girls Gas Mask, 2014, now in the collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center

Current Affairs, my installation as part of Play/Ground 2021, is on view from August 6th-15th on Lombard Street off of Kent and Clark Streets in Buffalo, NY. Current Affairs is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor of NY and the New York State Legislature; administered by Arts Services Inc.

SOLO SHOW!

SOLO SHOW!

I am pleased to announce that I am the recipient of a 2021 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization (DEC) Individual Artist grant! I was selected by a panel from Arts Services Inc.

I am pleased to announce that I am the recipient of a 2021 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization (DEC) Individual Artist grant! I was selected by a panel from Arts Services Inc.

I’m excited to have work in the first group show at BAM Buffalo Art Movement in the Pierce Arrow Building in Buffalo, NY.

I’m excited to have work in the first group show at BAM Buffalo Art Movement in the Pierce Arrow Building in Buffalo, NY.

 

I’m excited to share that my work is featured in rhe group show FLUX: Vita Mutata at Sculptors Alliance in New York. The show was juried by Natsuki Takauji.

I’m excited to share that my work is featured in rhe group show FLUX: Vita Mutata at Sculptors Alliance in New York. The show was juried by Natsuki Takauji.

My work Cast is currently on view in the ArtsWestchester show Give Us The Vote 2020 in White Plains, NY.

My work Cast is currently on view in the ArtsWestchester show Give Us The Vote 2020 in White Plains, NY.

I’m excited to be a part of Play/Ground 2020. It’s a socially distanced outdoor public art group show. My work, Permanently Closed, is located in the Larkin District of Buffalo, NY.

I’m excited to be a part of Play/Ground 2020. It’s a socially distanced outdoor public art group show. My work, Permanently Closed, is located in the Larkin District of Buffalo, NY.

I’m in the group show PLAY/GROUND in Medina, NY in the former Medina High School. September 27-29 2019

I’m in the group show PLAY/GROUND in Medina, NY in the former Medina High School. September 27-29 2019

Enough Killing! Group show with Robert Longo at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY, on view July 13th 2018 - October 28th 2018

Enough Killing! Group show with Robert Longo at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY, on view July 13th 2018 - October 28th 2018

I have work in this group show with Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Hank Willis Thomas, Glenn Kaino, Sage Vaughn, Zoe Buckman and more...

I have work in this group show with Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Hank Willis Thomas, Glenn Kaino, Sage Vaughn, Zoe Buckman and more...

I was commissioned to create a piece for Give Us The Vote, a group show focusing on Women's Suffrage and voting rights in America.

I was commissioned to create a piece for Give Us The Vote, a group show focusing on Women's Suffrage and voting rights in America.

I was awarded Best Topical Piece at the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Member's Exhibition, July, 2017

I was awarded Best Topical Piece at the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Member's Exhibition, July, 2017

My art featured in The Huffington Post article "If This Art Could Vote" July 2016

My art featured in The Huffington Post article "If This Art Could Vote" July 2016

My work will be on view as part of the Truth To Power show sponsored by Rock The Vote in Philadelphia from July 25th-27th

My work will be on view as part of the Truth To Power show sponsored by Rock The Vote in Philadelphia from July 25th-27th

Several of my pieces are on view in Politicon, the Art of Politics, alongside Shepard Fairey and others, June 2016

Several of my pieces are on view in Politicon, the Art of Politics, alongside Shepard Fairey and others, June 2016

I will be having a solo show at the Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca NY September of 2015

 

I will be giving an artist lecture at the Memorial Art Gallery on August 6th, 2015 at 7pm as part of the 65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition in Rochester, NY

 

I received a Juror's Award during the 92nd Spring Show at the Erie Art Museum for Pipe Bomb! and Girls Gas Mask.  The show runs until July 5th, 2015

 

My piece, "Breathe, I Can't" was accepted into the 65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery on view July 26th- September 13th, 2015

"Breathe, I Can't" 2015

"Breathe, I Can't" 2015

RHINO TOYS to be displayed in 20 feet of window space at Uncle Sam's Army Navy Outfitters in NYC, December 1st, 2014 -

RHINO TOYS has been selected as part of a major group exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY

RHINO TOYS has been selected as part of a major group exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY



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First Friday, August 1, 2014; 6-11PM

Glow Gallery, 224 Allen Street, Buffalo

RHINO TOYS: Artwork by Rich Tomasello- RHINO TOYS is a solo show of new work by artist Rich Tomasello at Glow Gallery (224 Allen St. Buffalo, NY).  RHINO TOYS will take place during Allentown's First Friday Gallery Walk on August 1st.  The show will feature works such as Pipe Bomb! and Girls Gas Mask.  The opening reception will also feature the video debut of RHINO TOYS action-packed toy commercials.  Music and video projections will be provided by AV/DJ PROJEX. 6-11PM, cash bar.

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