Biography - CV

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I Started Out as a Child.

I was a brown Crayola for Halloween when I was a child. The box of colors with the sharpener in the back was my favorite possession. I started out as a child being a colorist and coloring has been my lifelong profession.

Romeo Reyna, a tapestry artist, became my first mentor when I was 15. The first project I worked on with him was twelve feet tall and one hundred and twenty-five feet long. The list of people who elevated my career and me as a person when I was a young man is long: Tally Richards, R.C. Gorman, Veloy Vigil, and Elaine Horwitch, to name a few. All have passed away.

Being an introvert and a recluse, my way of communicating has always been by making something for someone to look at, something for someone to experience and feel, something that would make someone feel alive in the moment. My purpose has always been self evident, to create something for someone like you. ~ Rhett Lynch

CV

  • Rhett Lynch Studio / Professional Artist: March 1975 - Present

  • The O’ Agency - A & M Agency / Actor: December 1988 - Present

  • Heap Big Films / Owner, Producer, Writer: December 2007 - Present

  • Albuquerque Museum / Foundation Board Member: April 2021 - Present

  • Gallery Hozho / Consultant: March 2020 - October 2021

  • Gallery Chaco / Owner, Director: May 2017 - March 2021

  • Hotel Chaco / Consultant to Heritage Hotels and Gensler Architecture Firm: November 2012 - May 2017

  • Indigenous Fine Art Market / Vice President Board of Directors: March 2015 - March 2016

  • Laughing Dog Graphics / Owner: May 1993 - December 1995

  • Lynch Gallery / Owner, Director: April 1983 - April 1986

  • Talley Richards Gallery / Director: September 1982 - March 1983

  • Romeo Renya Studio / Apprentice: March 1975 - March 1980