Richard Hawkins

Richard Hawkins (born 1961) is an American artist. His works are held by museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas, Austin in 1984 and a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) in 1988. After graduating from Cal Arts, Hawkins worked for a time as a short story writer. His works combine "ubiquitous pop-culture images and objects with arcane references and quotes"; frequent themes include "current celebrities, literary lions of yesteryear, haunted houses, Asian sex tourism, Greek and Roman statuary and the American Indian experience".

Exhibitions

focus: Richard Hawkins: Third Mind, Art Institute of Chicago (2010) Hijikata Twist, Tate Liverpool (2014) Potentialities, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2025/26)