Richard Poulin is a designer, educator, author, and artist. Throughout his career he has focused on a generalist approach to all aspects of design, including graphic, environmental, interior, and exhibition design, dividing his time between professional practice and academia. For over 30 years, he was Design Director and Managing Partner for the internationally-recognized multidisciplinary design consultancy Poulin + Morris Inc. which he co-founded in New York City in 1989 with Douglas Morris. As a highly-respected educator, he taught at Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts for over two decades, is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities, a contributor to design publications in the United States and abroad, and a recipient of a research grant in design history from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. In 2005, Richard was made a Fellow of the Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), the profession’s highest honor. His work has been published in periodicals and books internationally and is in the permanent design collections of the Denver Museum of Art, Letterform Archive, Library of Congress, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He is the author of several books on graphic design, typography, and design history which have been translated into eight languages and used by students and practitioners worldwide. Richard lives in Palm Springs, California.

Solo Exhibitions

Richard Poulin: Elemental Singularities, Brian Marki Fine Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, 2020.

Group Exhibitions

Connections, Collage Artists of America, Los Angeles, CA, 2023. 
Face to Face, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2022.
PROUD+ 2022 Fine Art, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA, 2022.
Prime Time, Artists Council at the Galen, Palm Desert, CA, 2022.
Putting the Pieces Back Together, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, 2022.
2021 Digital Art, Assemblage and Collage, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2021.
Art in the Time of Corona, Dab Art Co. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2021.
Celebrate LGBTQ, Stola Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2021.
Fresh Art 2021, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, 2021.
Parallel Dimensions, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA, 2021.
Allied Artists of America 107th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 2020.
Margins International Contemporary Art, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2020.
PROUD+ 2020 Fine Art, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA, 2020.

Art for Purchase

Please contact me at richard@poulinmorris.com regarding the purchase of select original works shown on this website.

Unauthorized reproduction of any image in any medium, printed or electronic, is prohibited without the expressed permission of Richard Poulin.