
RICHARD MEITNER
Born 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Citizenship Dutch
Education
University of California, Berkeley, (B.A). 1970-1972,
Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam 1974-1975,
Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam, Rijksdiploma 1972-1975,
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts, (PhD) 2016.
Meitner C.V. (summary)
Richard Meitner has lectured, conducted workshops, and been invited artist-in-residence in the U.S.A., Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Malta, Portugal, Sweden, the Maldives, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Italy and Japan.
He has worked as a designer for the glass industry in Italy, Germany Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Meitner also served on the Dutch National Commission for Endowments for the Arts, the Dutch National Advisory Board for the Arts, and as jury member for the International Glass Prize in Belgium.
Together with Mieke Groot, from 1981 to 2000, he was in charge of the glass department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 2006, he was appointed to the faculty for science and technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon), Portugal and continues there. In 2016, he earned a PhD from the University of Lisbon, Belas Artes.
Meitner has taken part in more than 150 solo and group exhibitions all over the world, and his works are now included in more than 60 permanent museum- and public collections in 17 countries.
Meitner C.V. (Since 1990)
* (indicates solo or two person show)
2022 * “Old Farts”- Galerie Hatzenberger, Brussels Belgium-2 person show w Pierre Dessons
Gallery Rademakers, Kunstrai 2022, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“What are you looking at?”-Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Wash., U.S.A.
* “ Meitner Works from Private and Public Collections”, Het Glazenhuis, Lommel,
Belgium,-2 person show w Kaspar Bosmans
2021 Works from the Suntory Museum of Art, Toyama Glass Museum, Toyama, Japan
The Levant Gallery, Shanghai, China
Gallery Per v d Horst at the Kunstrai, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Tacoma Museum of Glass, “What are You Looking At?”, Tacoma, Wash, USA
Taste Contemporary Gallery at Usine Kugler, “Distorted Duets”, Geneva Switzerland
Gallery Per v d Horst at PAN, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* “ Meitner Works from Private and Public Collections”, Het Glazenhuis,
Lommel, Belgium
2019
“Diaspora”, Mathllde Hatzenberger Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
Museum van der Togt, “50 years Rietveld Glas”, Amstelveen, Netherlands
“Beauty and HIS Beast”-Main Railway Station, Wroclaw, Poland
Het Glazen Huis, “The Collection”, Lommel, Belgium
2018
Geneva Art Fair, Taste Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Ariana Museum, Geneva
* “And the Air rushing past-Galerie Caterina Tognon, Venice,
Italy
* “Marioni and Meitner”, Soneva Fushi Gallery, the Maldives
Galerie Mathilde Hatzenberger, Brussels, Belgium
* “The Richards-Marquis and Meitner, Galerie Caterina Tognon,
Venice, Italy
Monastery church of St. Anton di Padua, Sokolov, Czech Republic
2017
“ Nasty Women” _Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie AD, Antwerp, Belgium
Cannenburgh Castle, Vaasen, Netherlands
St’ART fair, Strasbourg, France
2016
Art Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
*“3 Solo shows”-Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam, the
Netherlands
*“Wurst that could Happen”-Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels
2015
“Within Light/Inside Glass”, Palazzo Loredan, Venice, Italy
Braggiotti Anniversary show, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hotel Clarance, Lille, France
Glasgalerie Leerdam, Leerdam, Netherlands
“Within Light/Inside Glass”-Millenium Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
*” 3 solo shows”-Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam,
Netherlands- (De La Torres, Meitner, Stanicky)
Galerie de Mijlpaal , Heusen-zolder, Belgiujm
Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, Mannheim, Germany, “Zart & Rau”
The Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, “Life is not a Beach’, Munich, Germany
2014 “ Taste”, Galerie Marc Blondeau et Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
*”3 solo shows”-National Glass Center Museum, Sunderland,
England
Braggiotti Anniversary show, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Nederlnd
* Meitner solo show, AD Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
* Meitner solo show, Galerie Hatzenberger, Brussels,
Belgium
*Meitner solo show, Art & Go, Tourcoing, France
2013
Galerie Mathilde Hatzenberger, “Desseins”, Brussels. Belgium
*Museum ‘het Glazenhuis”, Lommel, Belgium (catalogue)
* Glasgalerie Leerdam, Leerdam, Netherlands
Art Cologne Fair, Hatzenburger Gallery, Cologne,Germany
2012
Galerie Clara Scremini, Paris, France
Galerie Artonivo, Ghent, Belgium
Museum of Arts and Design, “Playing with Fire”, New York City, New York
2011
Glasgalerie Leerdam, Leerdam the Netherlands
Municipal Musee de Carmaux. Carmaux, France
* The Tacoma Museum of Glass (solo retrospective show)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.
Le Corps de Verre, Museum of Carmaux, France
“A Passion for Glass”, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Glass Museum Lommel, Lommel, Belgium
*SOFA Art Fair, Chicago, “Meitner,Wax & Mueller,” Chicago, Illinois,
2010
*The Tacoma Museum of Glass (solo retrospective show)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.
*Pavilion des Arts et du Design, Paris, France
*Galerie Clara Scremini, Paris, France
Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Etienne Matisse, Oosterhout, Netherlands
Museum Lommel, Lommel, Belgium
2009
*Corning Museum of Glass-Masters of Studio Glass-Richard
Meitner(solo retrospective show)-Corning New. York. U.S.A.)
PAN Art fair-Galerie Matisse Etienne, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (charity auction)
*Galerie A&D Schrijvers, Antwerp, Belgium
2008
Galeria Claudia Gian Ferrari, Miilano, Italia
“Noir et Blanc”, Galerie Capazza, Nancay, France
*DAK’ART, Biennale de l’Art Africaine, Dakar, Senegal
“The Road to Contemporary Art” Art Fair, Rome, Italy
2007
Victoria and Albert Museum, “COLLECT”, London, England
*Glasgalerie Leerdam, Leerdam, the Netherlands
Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam, the Netherlands
20thAnniversary Exhibition, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam
START Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
Sunderland Glass Museum, Sunderland, England
Castle Cannenburgh, Vaassen, the Netherlands
Pilchuck Glass Center, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Niijima Glass Museum, Niiijima, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Los Angeles County Art Museum, “Material Matters”
SOFA Art Fair, New York City
Barry Friedman Gallery, “Emergences”, New York City
“Kruisgang”, Mariska Dirkx Galerie, Roermond, Netherlands
Glassinspiration Gallery, Glasstec Fair, Dusseldorf, Germany
2005
‘Collect 2004’, with Collectief Amsterdam, London, UK
Kunst Rai,Amsterdam
Fort Vuren, Symposium Gorinchem, Vuren, NL
Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
Sunderland University, Sunderland, GB
2004
Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht
* Art Society “DE KRING”, Amsterdam
Vetri. Nel mondo. Oggi, Venice, Italy
2003
Braggiotti Gallery Invitational, Amsterdam
Milan Art Fair, Milan, Italy
Leerdam Glass Fair, Leerdam, Netherlands
Chicago SOFA Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
* “FALLING FROM GRACE”, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam
2002
“Global Art Glass”, Borgholm Castle, Borgholm, Sweden
“Glassway-Les Salles du Verre, Museum of Architecture, Val d’Aoste, Italy
SOFA, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
*The Ernsting Foundation Museum, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
2001
SOFA Art Fair, New York City, U.S.A.
*Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
*Barry Friedman Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
2000
Kentucky Foundation for Arts & Crafts, Louisville, Ky. U.S.A.
*“Vasi/Monumenti”, Galleria d’Arte e Divetro, Bergamo, Italia
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza, La Coruna, Spain (“ARTES DECORATIVOS DEL ASPECTOS ORIGINALES”)
Kunstrai Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
SOFA art fair, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
*Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France (“Plus je Change…”)
1999
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“World Glass”, Borgholm Castle, Borgholm, Sweden
Stadsgalerie, Halle, Germany
*Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France
Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands
*Braggiotti Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“The Glass Skin”, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York, U.S.A.
“The Glass Skin”, Veste Coburg Museum, Coburg, Germany
“The Glass Skin”, Kunstmuseum der Stadt Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
*Galeria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy, “Ameijoas Per Ana”
1998
Habatat International Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Agni Fine Art Gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands
* “Cold Fusion”, Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Netherlands
“Venezia Aperto Vetro Biennale”, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
*Braggiotti Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
*Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France
*Galeria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.
SOFA, Chicago, Ilinois, U.S.A.
Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
*Braggiotti Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
Musee de l’Art Contemporain, Dunkerque, France
Galerie Big Shots, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Modern Art, Aruba, Dutch Antilles
Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
*Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands
*Elliott-Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
SOFA, Chicago, llinois, U.S.A.
“Venezia Aperto Vetro Biennale”, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
*Galerie d”Art, Luxembourg
*Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France
Musee du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
“The Glass Skin”, Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
“The Drinking Glass”, Fort Asperen, Leerdam, Netherlands
*Glasgalerie Leerdam, Leerdam, Netherlands
1995
“Narcissus”, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
Museum of Decorative Arts, Ghent, Belgium
*Galeria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
Musee National de la Ceramique de Sevres, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, Curacao, Dutch Antilles
1994
Galerie de Twee Pauwen, Den Haag, Netherlands
“World Glass Now”, Sapporo, Japan
“International Glass”, Loeb Department Store, Bern, Switserland
The Rotterdam Design Prize, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL
“Glass Now, 1994”, Yamaha Galleries, Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan
“A New Century in European Design”, Tokyo Metropolitan Teian Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“The Saxe Collection”, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.
*Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Kruft, Essen, Germany
Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
*Glasbeurs, Leerdam, Netherlands
Galerie Rob van den Doel, Den Haag, Netherlands
*Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Dutch National Endowment for the Arts Exhibition, Amsterdam, NL
“FIAT Multiples”, FIAT galleries, Strasbourg, France
“Too Hot to Handle”, Kunstation, Leerdam, Netherlands
Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oberglas Museum, Barnbach, Austria
Galerie Rob van den Doel, Den Haag, Netherlands
Galerie Chiqui Figueroa, Barcelona, Spain
Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
*Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France
1992
“Le Verre”, Museum of Art, Rouen, France
“World Glass Now”, Sapporo, Japan
“Glass Now 1992, Yamaha Galleries, Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan
Cone-Solow Gallery, Mendocino, California,U.S.A.
Galerie Sanske, Zurich, Switzerland
“Design Visions”, Museum of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
“Contemporary Glass Sculpture”, Generale de Banque, Liege, Belgium
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
*Gooijer Fine Art Gallery, Doesburg, Netherlands
1991
Galerie Artichoque, Velp, Netherlands
*Galerie Daniel Sarver, Paris, France
Jaeger Interieur, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europaisches Kunsthandwerk Fair, Stuttgart, Germany
“World Glass Now”, Sapporo, Japan
*“Le Verre, Le Contraire, et L’Autre” Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Galerie Hyaline, Marseille, France
Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
“Nomades de Verre”, Barcelona, Spain
*“Le Verre, Le Contraire, et L’Autre”, Museum de Beyerd, Breda, Netherlands
Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
“Dutch Summer”, Galerie Artichoque, Velp, Netherlands
European Fine Arts Fair, Maastricht, Netherlands
Rai Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
*“Meitner and Groot”, Galerie d’Art, Luxembourg,
Provinciezaal, Antwerp, Belgium
“Suntory Prize Invitational”, Suntory Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Work in Public Collections
National Glasmuseum, Leerdam, Netherlands
Collection of the City of Leerdam, Leerdam, Netherlands
Municipal Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands
Municipal Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
National Funds for Art, Den Haag, Netherlands
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Collection of the VSB Bank, Netherlands
Collection of the ING Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collection of the Dutch National Bank, Amsterdam, NL
Municpal Museum of the Hague, Den Haag, Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Boerhaave Museum, Leiden, Netherlands
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum voor Sierkunst, Ghent, Belgium
Musee du Verre, Charleroi, Belgium
Museum het Sterckshof, Antwerp, Belgium
MuZEE, Oostende, Belgium
Municipal Collection of the city of Lommel, Belgium
The Ernsting Stiftung Collection, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany
Glasmuseum, Wertheim, Germany
Museum fur Kunst u. Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstmuseum der Stadt Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Schloss Charlottenburg Museum, Berlin, Germany
Glasmuseum Frauenau, Frauenau, Germany
Tutsek Stiftung, Munich, Germany
The Pilchuck Collection, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
The American Crafts Museum, New York City, New York, USA
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, U.S.A.
Chas. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisc., U.S.A.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.
The Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, Wa,. ,U.S.A.
The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wa,, U.S.A.
Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
The National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga,N.S.W., Aus
The National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Ebeltoft Glas Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
The Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée de la Vielle Charite, Marseille, France
Musée National de la Céramique de Sévres, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Musée du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
Hotel Clarance, Lille, France
Musée Centre d’art du Verre, Carmaux, France
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
The National Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, CZ
Oberglas Museum, Barnbach, Austria
Contemporary Glass Museum of Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
Museuo Vetrario, Murano, Venice, Italy
The Barovier-Toso Collection, Murano, Venice, Italy
Kurokabe Glass Museum, Nagahama, Japan
Museum Garasu no Sato, Hiroshima, Japan
Niijima Glass Museum, Niijima, Tokyo, Japan
The Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan