About

Hailing from Washington, D.C., Richard Webber has been a sculptor/metalsmith for over 50 years. He first studied sculpture at Corcoran College of the Arts and Design in downtown D.C. and moved to New York City in 1984 to continue his studies at the National Academy School of Fine Arts and the New York Academy of Art. 

While working at the Tallix Art Foundry, Webber collaborated with renowned artists Isamu Noguchi, Frank Stella, and Nancy Graves. He has fabricated pieces for New York artists Heidi Fasnacht, Lisa Hoke, Carol Hepper, Michael Lucero, Rebecca Smith, and fashion designer Elie Tahari. For the New York Historical Society's exhibition "Here is New York: Remembering 9/11", Webber created a series of unique mounts for specific World Trade Center artifacts. He has created artifact mounts for the Connecticut Historical Society, in addition to constructing many fossil mounts, skeletal mounts, and sculptural representations for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the San Diego Museum of Natural History, and the Florida Museum of Natural History. 

Webber’s artistic interests are wide ranging and focus on translating personal expression through sculpture. He remains dedicated to his craft by having a hand in every part of his creative process. Throughout his career, Webber has used art as a way to navigate his own spiritual journey through life.

Richard lives and works in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he has had the same studio since 2005 located in the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (http://www.gmdconline.org). His work has been featured in publications such as Discovering Fossil Fishes by John G. Maisey and in 2014 Richard participated in the Makers Biennial at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.