Richard Gorman è cresciuto in Irlanda e vive e lavora a Milano dagli anni ’80.

In quel periodo, abbandonati i residui figurativi dei suoi primi lavori, Gorman anima i suoi dipinti con il ritmo frenetico della superficie percorsa da una linea ansiosa, che scivola o solca d’impatto le superfici.

Negli anni ’90 il ruolo della linea recede lasciando spazio al colore: da questo momento il suo lavoro trae la sua forza dalla tensione compositiva tra blocchi irregolari di colore sempre più prominenti e semplificati, creando nel tempo la linea principale della sua ricerca. Le lunghe e frequenti visite in Giappone hanno notevolmente influenzato il suo metodo di lavoro e la scelta dei materiali utilizzati, esemplificativi in questo senso i suoi lavori in grande formato su carta washi prodotta a mano, realizzati nell’estremo occidente del Giappone nel 1999, 2003, 2008, 2015 e 2017.
Gorman ha esposto regolarmente in tutto il mondo da metà degli anni ’80, alla Kerlin Gallery di Dublino, a Londra, Milano e Tokyo.

Mostre personali:
23/23, two person exhibition with Johannes Eidt, Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama, Japan Buzz and Hum, two-person exhibition with Samuel Walsh, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick (2017), Casa, Castletown house, Co Kildare Iwano, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Han.so fine Art (2016), KAN, Assab one Milan (2015), MAC, Belfast (2014); Kerlin Gallery, Dublino (2012); Mitaka City Gallery of Art e Ashikaga City Museum of Art, Giappone (2010); CCGA Koriyama Museum, Giappone (2003); Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublino e Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (2001); Itami City Gallery of Art e Mitaka City Art Foundation, Giappone (1999). Gorman ha inoltre partecipato a numerose collettive, tra cui alla Der Spiegel Galerie, Colonia; all’Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublino; e ‘A Measured Quietude’, esposizione di disegni Irlandesi, itinerante tra Berkeley Art Museum, California e The Drawing Center, New York. I suoi lavori sono presenti in numerose collezioni pubbliche e private in Europa, Stati Uniti e Giappone, tra cui Trinity College, Dublino; The Arts Council of Ireland, Ulster Museum, Belfast; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublino; Allied Irish Banks; Deutsche Bank; Nissan; University College, Dublino; Dublin City Council; New York Public Library; Limerick City Museum of Art; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Giappone; Centre of Contemporary Graphic Art CCGA Fukushima, Giappone.

Richard Gorman è Elected Member Royal alla Hibernian Academy di Dublino, Elected Member of Aosdána, Irelanda; è stato insignito della Ballinglen Fellowship a Ballycastle, Mayo, Irlanda e premiato al Pollock-Krasner Award, New York (U.S.A.), al Palette d’Or Festival International de la Peinture, Cagnes-Sur-Mer (France) e al Savile Award.

Nel 2014, Gorman è stato il primo artista Irlandese a disegnare un carré per la maison Hermès. I suoi disegni sono stati utilizzati per la collezione uomo Autunno/Inverno 2015 e sono esposti nell’iconico Hermès department store giapponese di Isetan, Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Richard Gorman grew up in Ireland and has lived and worked in Milan since the 1980s.
During that time, having moved away from the figurative traces of his early work, he began to animate his paintings with a frenetic rhythm, where anxious lines glide across or carve into the surface with force.

In the 1990s, line gave way to colour: from that moment on, his work drew its strength from the compositional tension between irregular blocks of colour — increasingly simplified and prominent — which gradually became the defining feature of his artistic exploration.

His long and frequent visits to Japan have had a profound impact on his working methods and choice of materials. Particularly emblematic are his large-format works on handmade washi paper, created in the far west of Japan in 1999, 2003, 2008, 2015, and 2017.

Since the mid-1980s, Gorman has exhibited regularly around the world, including shows at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, as well as in London, Milan, and Tokyo.

23/23, two-person exhibition with Johannes Eidt, Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama, Japan; Buzz and Hum, two-person exhibition with Samuel Walsh, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick (2017); Casa, Castletown House, County Kildare; Iwano, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Han.so Fine Art (2016); KAN, Assab One, Milan (2015); MAC, Belfast (2014); Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2012); Mitaka City Gallery of Art and Ashikaga City Museum of Art, Japan (2010); CCGA Koriyama Museum, Japan (2003); Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin and Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (2001); Itami City Gallery of Art and Mitaka City Art Foundation, Japan (1999).

Richard Gorman has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at Der Spiegel Galerie, Cologne; the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; and A Measured Quietude, a touring exhibition of Irish drawings shown at the Berkeley Art Museum, California, and The Drawing Center, New York.

His work is held in many public and private collections across Europe, the United States, and Japan, including Trinity College Dublin; The Arts Council of Ireland; Ulster Museum, Belfast; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Allied Irish Banks; Deutsche Bank; Nissan; University College Dublin; Dublin City Council; New York Public Library; Limerick City Gallery of Art; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Japan; and the Centre of Contemporary Graphic Art (CCGA), Fukushima, Japan.

Richard Gorman is an Elected Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin and Aosdána, Ireland. He has been awarded the Ballinglen Fellowship in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland, and has received the Pollock-Krasner Award in New York (USA), the Palette d’Or at the Festival International de la Peinture in Cagnes-sur-Mer (France), and the Savile Award.

In 2014, Gorman became the first Irish artist to design a carré for the house of Hermès. His designs were featured in the men’s Fall/Winter 2015 collection and displayed in the iconic Hermès department store at Isetan, Shinjuku, Tokyo.