Education:
M.F.A., Painting; SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, 1990-92
B.F.A., Painting; Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1975-78
Awards:
Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship, 2012
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2011
Fellowship, Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York, 1992
Fellowship, Bennington College Summer Arts Program, 1977
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions:
2012 "Rick Briggs and Adam Simon", Valentine Gallery, Queens, NY
"Paperazzi", Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Mic Check", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 "Paper 2011", Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 "Works on Paper", Big & Small, Casual Gallery, LIC, NY
2009 "It's a Wonderful Life", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 "Making Do", curated by Robert Storr, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Ct.
"Party at Phong's", curated by Chris Martin, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 "Stilled Life", Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2005 "Painter Man", Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 "Open House: Working in Brooklyn", Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2002 "Dan Walsh: Seven Grays", curated by Dan Walsh, Paula Cooper Gallery, NY, NY
1999 "Om", curated by Joe Fyfe, Dorsky Gallery, NY, NY
1997 "Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn", Brooklyn Museum
Reviews:
2008 Amanda Vandenberg, "Making Do Showcases Process, Not Product", Yale Daily News, October 21
2008 James Kalm, The Brooklyn Rail, "Brooklyn Dispatches", June
2007 James Kalm, The Brooklyn Rail, "Brooklyn Dispatches", March
2006 Stephen Maine, Artnet, "Dateline Brooklyn", January 6
2005 James Kalm, "Rick Briggs Painter Man", Brooklyn Rail, November 26
2005 McCorkle, Mary Lynn. "Travelogues.", Zero Degrees Art 10 December
2005 Johnson, Paddy. "Slim Pickin's." Art Fag City, 28 October,
2005 Gail Gregg, "How To Talk To An Artist" Art News, June
2004 Linda Yablonsky, Time Out, 4/29 – 5/6
2004 Stephen Maine, artnet, May 26
2004 Village Voice, May 11 (photo)
1999 Maureen Muenster, New York Times, February 14
1999 Loren Munk, Nyarts, Vol.3 NO.4 April
1993 William Zimmer, New York Times, June 13