Recent / Developing Exhibitions
"Passages" exhibition, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, Ontario, 2024
Richard is partnering with artist's group People's Climate Collective to create a 6000 sq ft immersive exhibition on environmental themes at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, planned for winter 2024. The exhibition will involve approximately 10 discrete installations. Visualizations for the first two
in-development are shown below.
Richard is partnering with artist's group People's Climate Collective to create a 6000 sq ft immersive exhibition on environmental themes at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, planned for winter 2024. The exhibition will involve approximately 10 discrete installations. Visualizations for the first two
in-development are shown below.
"Passage", Atrium installation visualization. A pod of aquatic creatures (dolphins, fish, whales) transformed into abstract representations of vessels (canoes, kayaks), which is where these boat forms came from. Insect writing pieces from trees in windows and on forms as stained glass fragments evolved from nature.
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"Ghost Forest" visualization, THEMUSEUM first installation.
"Ghost Forest" exhibition, Musee d'art Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, 2025
Involving collaboration with Sound Weavers Collective, soundscapes and visual projections related to the Insect Writing series, as well as fragmented sculptural forms based on trees. Visualization of the first installation seen below.
Involving collaboration with Sound Weavers Collective, soundscapes and visual projections related to the Insect Writing series, as well as fragmented sculptural forms based on trees. Visualization of the first installation seen below.
"Earth Etchings" exhibition, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Ontario, 2019
An exploration of environmental and climate change issues in various media, emphasizing connections between urban and wilderness experiences, and between people and nature (June 14 - Sept 21, 2019).
An exploration of environmental and climate change issues in various media, emphasizing connections between urban and wilderness experiences, and between people and nature (June 14 - Sept 21, 2019).
"The Three Seasons" exhibition, MacLaren Art Centre, Ontario, 2012
> Curatorial statement by Ben Portis (PDF)
> The Three Seasons Podcast @ MacLaren (Audio)
> "Richard Watts: Weight of the Soul" essay by John K. Grande (PDF)
> Curatorial statement by Ben Portis (PDF)
> The Three Seasons Podcast @ MacLaren (Audio)
> "Richard Watts: Weight of the Soul" essay by John K. Grande (PDF)
"Reconnection" exhibition, Robert Langen Art Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, 2021
This two-person online exhibition shares work that centres around the urgent need for facing our deepest compounding human-made crises, including climate change, inequality and a global pandemic, through Reconnection. These intersections are explored in Earth Etching sculptures which honour the earth, poetry, and video stories. People emerge to share stories and catalyze action, while the voice of the earth grounds us in the reminder that we are inseparable, calling us home to action.
Earth Etchings are represented in the exhibit through photographs and in-depth video profiles. This exhibition was a collaboration with the artist's son, Kai, and can be found here: library.wlu.ca/services/reconnections
This two-person online exhibition shares work that centres around the urgent need for facing our deepest compounding human-made crises, including climate change, inequality and a global pandemic, through Reconnection. These intersections are explored in Earth Etching sculptures which honour the earth, poetry, and video stories. People emerge to share stories and catalyze action, while the voice of the earth grounds us in the reminder that we are inseparable, calling us home to action.
Earth Etchings are represented in the exhibit through photographs and in-depth video profiles. This exhibition was a collaboration with the artist's son, Kai, and can be found here: library.wlu.ca/services/reconnections