Artist Information
Richard
Melvin's academic degrees: Robert Morris College, B.S./B.A.
Management, 1984. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania: M.A. in
Painting, 1989. M.F.A. in Sculpture, 1992.
In addition to the visual arts, I have acted in, directed,
edited and produced films. In 2006 I lived in a window for 32
days (and produced 10 paintings) as part of the 3 Rivers Arts
Festival in Pittsburgh. In 2019 I completed my 2nd
'doc', 'Presumed To Be A Virus' (78 minutes). The subject is the
disease encephaltis lethargica, an early 20th century medical
mystery.