San Francisco-based artist Richard Turtletaub specializes in oil painting in multiple styles. Using imagery that can be considered mid-century meets the ethereal, his work displays a dreamlike narrative whether employing vintage advertising or abstract shapes.

As a graphic designer, Richard has been awarded for his magazine layouts and has had work exhibited in various design publications. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post among many others.

He has more recently created projected graphics for live theater, including for a production of “A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, for which he won a Theater Bay Area award in 2019.

Along those lines, he has begun to produce installation work that combines projected imagery with paintings and graphics.

His paintings have been selected to appear in both the 2020 and the 2023 deYoung Open (triennial) exhibitions in San Francisco.

Select Exhibitions & Awards

“AI AI AI”, Radian Gallery, San Francisco 2024

“Framing the Village”, Moshava Gallery, NYC 2024

Sausalito Center for the Arts, Pride Not Prejudice 2024

Upper Market Gallery, Intersecting Visions 2024

The de Young Open 2023

Radian Gallery, San Francisco 2023

The de Young Open 2020

Theater Bay Area Award 2019

Open Studios San Francisco 2015

Redcat Los Angeles 2007

Branson Gallery, San Anselmo, CA 2001

Ridge St Gallery, NYC 1991

Rapp Arts Center, NYC 1990

Minor Injury Gallery, NYC 1990

The Garage, NYC 1990

Works Profiled in Select Publications

“Becoming a Digital Designer” by Stephen Heller and David Womack

“Graphic Wit” by Stephen Heller and Gail Anderson