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Rico Gatson ![Gatson Eyes And Triangles 2 2018 1 1](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/12392/Gatson-Eyes-and-Triangles-2-2018_1_1.jpg) Rico Gatson Eyes and Triangles #2, 2018 detail Biography Over the course of almost two decades, Rico Gatson has become celebrated for his confrontational and politically opinionated artworks, often based on significant moments in black history. Images of riots, fires, and confinement pervade his works, which have touched on a range of subjects like the Watts Riots, the presidential election of Barack Obama, and the formation of the Black Panthers. As Gatson once said: “I’m always interested in seducing the viewer and then hitting them on the way out, allowing a delayed response to powerfully charged content.” Even though he uses painting, video, sculpture and installation, Gatson prefers not to be defined by any single medium, rather thinking of himself as an object maker inspired by Conceptualism and Performance Art. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View CV ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/Gatson_bio_new_2021-02-18-203837.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Packet ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Gatson_selected-Press.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) Artist Website ](http://ricogatson.com/) Select Press May 04, 2017 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-Nina-2007.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-gatson-new-yorker) The New Yorker Group Show [ How Radical Can a Portrait Be? ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-gatson-new-yorker) May 09, 2017 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-Martin-with-Family-2016_171004_185055.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-gatson-vice-creators) Creators Group Show [ Colorful Collages Preserve the Legacies of Black Icons ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-gatson-vice-creators) Jul 10, 2017 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-Marvin-No.-1-2015.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-gatson-the-village-voice) The Village Voice Group Show [ Black Lives Shine in Rico Gatson's New Show ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-gatson-the-village-voice) Exhibitions [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Burden-Doorway-to-Heaven-1973_2025-08-26-193130_lpzr.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/352-group-exhibition-performance-activist-and-existential-photographs) Sep 2025 – Jan 2026 Group Show [ Performance, Activist, and Existential Photographs ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/352-group-exhibition-performance-activist-and-existential-photographs) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Warhol-Uncle-Sam-1981_drawing-cropped_2024-08-22-220635_oyqs.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/350-group-exhibition-focus-group) Sep 2024 – Jan 2025 Group Show [ Focus Group ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/350-group-exhibition-focus-group) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Warhol-Moonwalk-pink-1987.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/348-group-exhibition-airspace) Oct 2023 – Feb 2024 Group Show [ Airspace ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/348-group-exhibition-airspace) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Salavon-Class-of-88-Diptych_190606_204821.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-group-show-summer-2019) Jun 18 – Jul 18, 2019 Group Show [ Summer 2019 ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-group-show-summer-2019) [See All Exhibitions ](/past_exhibitions/rico-gatson) ![Nina 4 2017](/assets/exhibition_images/Nina-4-2017.jpg) Rico Gatson Nina #4, 2017 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Nina 4 2017]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Nina #4, 2017 ![Gatson Panel Painting 10 2016 2]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Panel Painting #10, 2016 ![Ella 2018]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Ella #4, 2017 ![Gatson Throne Iii Quarter 2016]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Throne III, 2016 ![Gatson Michelle 2017]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Michelle 2017 ![Gatson Untitled Black Black 2016]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Untitled (Black Black), 2016 ![Gatson Untitled Target Ripples And Zig Zag 2016]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Untitled (Target, Ripples and Zig Zags), 2016 ![Gatson Panel Painting 5 2016 2]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Panel Painting #5, 2016 ![Gatson Shirley 2016]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Shirley, 2016 ![Gatson Chuck 2017]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Chuck, 2017 from the series "Icons" ![Gatson Family 3 2013]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Family #3, 2013 ![Gatson Family 2 2013]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Family #2, 2013 ![Gatson Watts Painting 3 2011]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Watts Painting #3, 2011 View Video ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 06](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-My-Eyes-Have-Seen-Installation-View-06_181129_180201.JPG) Rico Gatson My Eyes Have Seen, 2018 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 06]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson My Eyes Have Seen, 2018 installation view ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 09]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) My Eyes Have Seen, 2018 installation view ![Gatson Armory 2017 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson POWERLINES, 2017 installation view ![Gatson Armory 2017 10]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson POWERLINES, 2017 installation view ![Gatson African Fractals 2006 Installation North Gallery B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) African Fractals, 2006 installation view ![Gatson African Fractals 2006 Installation South Gallery C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) African Fractals, 2006 installation view ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 06](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-My-Eyes-Have-Seen-Installation-View-06_181129_180201.JPG) ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 09](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-My-Eyes-Have-Seen-Installation-View-09_181129_180153.JPG) ![Gatson Armory 2017 01](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-Armory-2017_01.JPG) ![Gatson Armory 2017 10](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-Armory-2017_10.JPG) ![Gatson African Fractals 2006 Installation North Gallery B](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson/2006/Gatson-African-Fractals-2006-Installation-North-Gallery-B.JPG) ![Gatson African Fractals 2006 Installation South Gallery C](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson/2006/Gatson-African-Fractals-2006-Installation-South-Gallery-C.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 06]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson My Eyes Have Seen, 2018 installation view ![Gatson My Eyes Have Seen Installation View 09]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) My Eyes Have Seen, 2018 installation view ![Gatson Armory 2017 01]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson POWERLINES, 2017 installation view ![Gatson Armory 2017 10]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson POWERLINES, 2017 installation view ![Gatson African Fractals 2006 Installation North Gallery B]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) African Fractals, 2006 installation view ![Gatson African Fractals 2006 Installation South Gallery C]() 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