4' x 4' x 2" acrylic paint on board.

Born October 1st 1969 in Rochester, NY. Richard Nickel received a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from State University College at Buffalo, New York in 1996. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics 2000 at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2000 he began teaching Art Education and Ceramics at Valley City University in North Dakota.

In 2002 he began teaching at Old Dominion University as the Art Education Program Director and the Ceramics Program Director. He started the Saturday Morning Art Classes in 2003.

Richard has been an active artist and educator. He has been published in several Lark books on ceramics, 500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work Lark Books, 500 Animals In Clay, 500 Figures in Clay and 500 Bowls. His juried and invitational shows include, Tablets: text and Image in Clay Carbondale Cay Center, Colorado , Ink And Clay 34 Kellogg University Art Gallery at California Polytechnic, CA. Jurors: Darrel Couturier and Mark Greenfield, Forms & Shapes: Inspired by Architecture at Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA , The George Ohr National Arts Challenge: Paul Soldner
The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS. He has been also awarded several Grants on research in Education and Ceramics, Faculty Innovator Grant, ODU Summer Research Fellowship.