Rick Yasko
Visual Artist
RICHARD J. YASKO, MFA, MLA 945 S.W. 20TH STREET • FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33315 PHONE (954) 523-0784 RJYASKO@GMAIL.COM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – ACADEMIC & ARTS FIELD Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts: 2011 – 2012 Miami International University of Art & Design, Miami, FL - 2-D design, Drawing, Perspective 1982 – 1995 / 2009 - 2011 Broward Community College, Davie, Hollywood, Coconut Creek, FL - All levels drawing, painting, color theory, design, printmaking, art appreciation 1982 – 1996 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton and Davie, FL - All levels drawing, 2-D design, painting, watercolor, illustration, art history and appreciation 1982 – 1996 Palm Beach Community College ( South ), Boca Raton, FL - Drawing, design, color theory, painting, photography, art appreciation 1987 – 1994 Barry University, Miami Shores, FL - Watercolor, perspective, drawing Drawing Instructor: 1989 – 1995 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (pastels, still life & figurative drawing - large scale, life size figure drawing workshops) 1988 – 1990 Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Figure drawing in diverse media (charcoal, pastels, watercolor, oils) Workshop series in large scale, full size figure drawing practices, wet and dry media, 6 – 8 hour sessions TEACHING SKILLS: Proficient in all areas of 2-D design and color theory, studio practices (painting, drawing, life drawing, printmaking, watercolor, illustration, silverpoint, advanced topics / projects) and basic Art History / Appreciation. Excellent lecture skills. Art Director / Artist–In–Residence, Discovery Center Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1977 – 1979) - Exhibit design and fabrication, educational programming, advertising & publications, gallery installations, coordination of all A-I-R and visiting artist programs (1982 - 1986) - Management and participation in (3) State of Florida Developmental and A-I-R Grant situations. Development of touring exhibition for Museum. [Grants while at Discovery Center Museum]: 1986 Artist in Residence / Artists Exchange Grant (Experimental Computer Graphics) Funded through South Florida Cultural Consortium and the Discovery Center Museum [Concept, organization, co-ordination and participant / gallery presentation] 1985 Development Grant for Traveling Exhibition (Historical, Industrial, and Fine Art uses of Screen Printing Process) S.F.C.C. / Discovery Center Museum [Concept, content, and design / supervision of fabrication, initial marketing, packaging and transport] 1982 – 1986 Artist in Residence (Screen Printing) Artist in Education Program – Fine Arts Council of Florida / NEA [Four year development grant through Discovery Center] 1979 Artist in Residence (Screen Printing) Artist in Education Program – Fine Arts Council of Florida / NEA / Discovery Center Museum PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – DESIGN FIELD Landscape Architecture / Landscape Design 4/1999 – 8/2009 A. Grant Thornbrough & Associates. Landscape Architecture, Land Planning & Environmental Consultants. Involved in all phases of site planning, mitigation and landscape design, concept and design of hardscape features, irrigation layout and lighting selection and placement for residential, corporate, commercial, public space and institutional campus projects. Worked individually on assigned projects from concept to completion. Individually responsible for and responsive to need for maintaining adherence to project schedules and satisfying client desires. Imbued all projects with personal attention to detail. Efficiently resolved any problems by mapping effective solutions to identify and remove conflicts. Exceptionally well versed in appropriate local and regional plant base, with current focus in native / coastal material, its availability and use as substitute for traditional, stand-by selections. 2001, 2004, 2006 – SPRAB (City of Delray Beach) Awards for Outstanding Design Projects (Commercial Projects) 2001 – VIA Magazine “Garden of the Year” (Crane’s Beach House) Grant Recipient… Art in Public Places 1995 – 2000 Broward County Office of Public Art & Design Contracted to propose design initiatives for inclusion into Neighborhood Improvement Project (Infrastructure Redevelopment) $250K initiative proposed and accepted ($120K P.A. & D. budget). Selected to design and plan public artwork features for Franklin Park redevelopment / renovation (Broward County Parks & Recreation) $50K budget … installed and dedicated 6/2000. Additional Professional Art / Design Background 1979-1980 Printmaker – Limited Edition Serigraphs Lerfald Fine Art Graphic Productions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1976-1977 Assistant to Gallery Director Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL (Installation of exhibitions, transportation / shipping of artwork) 1975 Gallery Co-Owner / Director 106 Browns Lane Art Gallery, Louisville, KY EDUCATION – degrees earned Master of Landscape Architecture – Terminal Design Degree – Florida International University, Miami, FL (1995-1998) Major Research and Thesis presented in Landscape Based Art Forms Master of Fine Arts – Terminal Studio Degree – University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (1980- 1981) Studio Practice: Drawing - major / Printmaking and Sculpture - minor Bachelor of Fine Arts – Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (1971-1974) Studio Practice: Drawing and Photography Other Educational Background 1995 C. Ht. – State Certified Hypnotherapist 1994-1995 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (Studies in Educational Counseling) 1989-1990 Broward Community College, Davie, FL (Studio Practice in Architectural Rendering) 1975 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Graduate studies in Printmaking & Ceramic History) AWARDS RECEIVED Inducted into SIGMA LAMBDA ALPHA (F.I.U.) 1997 Nominated (finalist) for MORETTI AWARD in area of artistic achievement. Sponsored by Broward Arts Council (1989) Inducted into National Honor Society of PHI KAPPA PHI (U.S.F.) 1981 Atwater Kent Award ($1000 – 1980) / Philip Hulitar Award ($1500 – 1981) 42nd and 43rd Annual Exhibitions of Contemporary American Painting, Society of the Four Arts Museum, Palm Bch., FL GUEST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS 1993 – Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL (L & W) 1992 – University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC (L) 1992 – Augusta College, Augusta, GA (L) 1991 – Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (L) 1991 – Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL (L) 1990 – Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY (L) 1989 – Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA (L & W) 1987 – Barry University, Miami Shores, FL (L) 1983 – Broward Community College, Davie, FL (L) 1981 – Florida Gulfcoast Art Center, Belleaire, FL (L & W) 1975 – University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (L & W) EXHIBITION HISTORY 9/2008 – Andy Gato Gallery Premier Exhibition (invitational), Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 2-3/2002 – “SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, Creativity & Intimate Partnership”, Broward Community College Art Gallery, Davie, FL 9/1999 – One person exhibition – Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL 6-7/1999 – 2 person exhibition – Lee Wagener Gallery at Ft. Lauderdale / Hollywood International Airport (A project of Art-In-Public-Places) 8/1997 – “Colors and Figures” 2 person exhibition – Palm Beach Community College, Eissey Campus, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 3/1997 – “Premier Exhibition” Museum of Fine Art, Coral Springs, FL 8/1996 – “BIENALLE, II” Florida Gulf Coast Center For the Arts, Belleaire, FL 3/1995 - “Florida Drawing Invitational” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL 2/1995 - 2 person exhibition – Barry University Library Gallery, Miami Shores, FL 12/1994 – “56th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” Society of the Four Arts Museum, Palm Bch., FL 11/1994 – “Design Broward – Creating Places as Art” Project of Broward County Art-In-Public-Places / Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 7/1994 – “43rd Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition” Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL 9/1994 – “Alumni Print Exhibition” Ritter Gallery on Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL 3/1994 – 2 person exhibition – Lee Wagener Gallery at Ft. Lauderdale / Hollywood International Airport (A project of Art-In-Public-Places) 2/1994 – “Faculty Exhibition” Ritter Gallery of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 10/1993 – “Artists’ Drawings” Humanities Gallery, Palm Beach Comm. Coll., Lake Worth, FL 9/1993 – “35th Annual M. A. Hortt Exhibition” Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Summer /1993 – “South Florida Artists” Marguiles - Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 2/1993 – 2 person exhibition – Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, FL 11/1992 – “Alumni Invitational Exhibition” Ritter Gallery of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 3/1992 – 2 person exhibition – Horace C. Smith Art Gallery of the University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC 2/1992 – 2 person exhibition – Fine Arts Center Gallery of Augusta College, Augusta, GA 11/1991 – 2 person exhibition – Ritter Gallery of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 10/1991 – 2 person exhibition – Carrera Gallery of Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL 8/1991 – 2 person exhibition – Andrews Gallery of College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 3/1991 – “Florida International Masters Benefit” (invitational) WPBT benefit auction, D.C.O.T.A. Center, Dania, FL 11/1990 – 2 person exhibition – Fred P. Giles Gallery of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 7/1990 – “Florida Artist Series #13: Still Life” (invitational group exhibition) Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 12/1989 – “Friends and Art” (personal collection of Prof. Linnea S. Dietrich, Ph. D., Chair, Dept. of Fine Art) Heistand Gallery of Miami University, Oxford, OH 12/1989 – “51st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” Society of the Four Arts Museum, Palm Beach, FL 10/1989 – “Angi Curreri & Rick Yasko: Clayworks & Monotypes” Shoemaker Galleries of Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 7/1989 – “Still Life: Variations on a Theme” (invitational group exhibition) Sarratt Gallery of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 3/1989 – “Critics Choice” (invitational group exhibition selected by a panel of writers/critics from major Southern Florida metropolitan newspapers) Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL 2/1989 – “Pensacola National Drawing Exhibition II” Visual Arts Gallery of Pensacola Community College, Pensacola, FL 10/1988 – 3 person exhibition – Mary K. Wheeler Gallery of the Art Institute of Ft. Laud., FL 9/1988 – “30th Annual M. A. Hortt Exhibition” Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Summer /1988 – 2 person exhibition – (sponsored by Barry University and State of Florida, Div. Of Cultural Affairs) Old Capitol Gallery of the State of Florida Capitol, Tallahassee, FL 6/1988 – CURATOR “Corona Exhibition” (collective exhibition of students’ works from previous year’s workshop sessions) Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 10/1987 – “Faculty Exhibition” B.C.C. Fine Arts Gallery at Broward Community College, Davie, FL (also 1/’86, 2/’84) 3/1987 – 2 person exhibition – Barry University Library Art Gallery, Miami Shores, FL Summer /1986 – group exhibition – Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL 1/1986 – “Drawn & 3/4rd” group exhibition – Springspace Institute, Coral Springs, FL 1/1986 – “Burning Bridges” one person exhibition – Discovery Center Museum, Ft. Laud., FL 12/1985 – “Portraits & Personifications” 2 person exhibition – Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 5/1985 – “Tampa Triennial” Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL 2/1985 – (Graphics Award) “Hollywood Creates” Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL 1/1985 – (Best in Graphics Award) WPBT Fine Art Auction at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami, FL – (Merit Award: 1984) 12/1984 – “46th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” Society of the Four Arts Museum, Palm Beach, FL 11/1984 – “Retrospective” (invitational) Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL 5/1984 – “26th Annual M. A. Hortt Exhibition: Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5/1984 – “Florida – A New Era” (invitational group exhibition) Florida State Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 3/1984 – “Pensacola National Portrait Exhibition” Visual Arts Gallery of Pensacola Community College, Pensacola, FL 2/1984 – “The Singular Image” (monotype/monoprint exhib.) Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA 3/1983 – “Art: Generic” group exhibition – Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1/1983 – (Equal Merit Award) “Art of Broward” Fine Art Gallery of Broward Community College, Davie, FL 10/1982 – “5 Artists – 5 Media” Nova University Gallery, Coral Springs, FL 7/1982 – “2nd Annual New Talent Exhibition” Barbara Gillman Galleries, Miami, FL 3/1982 – (2nd Place Award) “32 Annual Competition” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 12/1981 – “New Faces / New Images” group exhib. – Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 12/1981 – “43rd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” ($1500 Philip Hulitar Award) Society of the Four Arts Museum, Palm Beach, FL 10/1981 – “Clichés” (M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition) University of South Florida Teaching Gallery, Tampa, FL 10/ 1981 – one man exhibition – Kennedy/Belsole Gallery, Tampa, FL 5/1981 – “Drawings: Update 1981” (invitational) Florida Gulf Coast Center for the Arts, Belleaire, FL 4/1981 – “Rosenquist Invitational” (James Rosenquist, curator) Artists’ Alliance Gallery, Tampa, FL 2/1981 – “Tropical Hot Dog Nites” group exhibition – Artists’ Alliance Gallery, Tampa, FL 12/1980 – “42nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” ($1000 Atwater Kent Award) Society of the Four Arts Museum, Palm Beach, FL 10/1980 – “The Drawing Show” (invitational) Lynch Gallery of St. Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, FL 7/1980 – “Tampa Bay ‘80” Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL 3/1980 – (Best in Show & Equal Merit Awards) “All Broward Competition” Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3/1980 – “29th Annual Competition” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 4/1979 – “Large Conceptions in Small Dimensions” Grove House Gallery, Miami, FL 2/1979 – one man exhibition – Café Gallery of J. B. Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY 12/1976 – “Images” (invitational printmaking exhibition) S. E. Wimberly Gallery of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 10/1975 – (First Place Award in Graphics) Louisville Salute to the Arts, Louisville, KY COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS American Express (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Bank of Louisville Broward County Commission / Broward County School Board County Courthouse (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Boca Raton Museum of Art Broward County Satellite Courthouse (Hollywood, FL) Broward Federal Savings & Loan Cypress Savings Association (Plantation, FL) COTT Beverages DelMonte Foods Corp. Florida Federal (Tampa, FL) Florida Power & Light Ft. Lauderdale City Commission Ft. Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel IBM (Boca Raton, FL) Hawthorne-Melody Dairy Products Lord & Taylor (N.Y.C.) Miami Herald Middlewest Freightways Co. Motorola Foundation (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) National Recreation Products Museum of Science and Discovery (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) NII Steel Industries Office of Florida Secretary of State (George Firestone), Pan American Bank, N.A. Tallahassee, FL Southern Bell Southeast Banking Corp. Foundation (Miami, FL) Sun Bank of South Florida, N.A. Southeast Banks Corporate Collection (Miami, FL) Sunbeam Corp. State of Florida Library, Capitol Bldg. (Tallahassee, FL) Tampa Electric Co Thomas A. Edison Historical Site (Louisville, KY) TSC Products Tourist Development Council (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Yellow Cab Co. (Louisville, KY)
