Rick Bartow

Rick Bartow was a Native American sculptor, painter, and printmaker born in Newport, OR. He was a member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians, a small tribe indigenous to Humboldt County, CA. Bartow earned a BA in art education from Western Oregon University, Monmouth.

He exhibited internationally at institutions including the Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA; Derek Simkins Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, British Columbia; Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama City, Japan; and the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, Mexico.

Among the many awards and fellowships Bartow received are the Community Legend Award from Oregon Coast Council for the Arts; Betty Bowen Special Recognition Award from the Seattle Art Museum; Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists; Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art; Brandywine Workshop Visiting Artist Fellowship; and a Fellowship in Visual Arts from the Oregon Arts Commission.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

Artist Info


Born

1946

Newport, OR

Died

April 2, 2016

South Beach, OR

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

Heritage

Native American