RICHARD KOOYMAN

 
 

Richard Kooyman has been awarded artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, The Antico Borgo Finocchieto in Tuscany, and recently a VA residency at the American Academy in Rome. He is a recipient of an NEA Artists Grant, a Michigan Arts Council Grant, and The Michigan Governor’s Award in the Arts.

“I make paintings because I believe it is still one of the most important personal, social, and political acts a person can do. Making a painting brings new ways of thinking and looking into our consciousness.”