RICH SMUKLER: a short biography
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Rich Smukler has forsaken his career as a successful Philadelphia trial lawyer over ten years ago to follow his passion as an artist and photographer. His works have been shown in numerous galleries and are in private collections throughout the country. While his cutting edge passion for graphic design has earned him accolades and awards for his innovative style, his genre as a fine art photographer encompasses photo-realism to abstract graphic design. A love of Tuscany has taken him back to bella Italia on many occasions, camera in tow, in search of yet another perfect moment. He has drawn inspiration from such greats as Miro, Kandinsky, Pollock, Joan Mitchell & Cartier-Bresson.

Works have been most recently exhibited at The MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLERY in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The NATIONAL WALL ART GALLERY in Tampa, Florida, and ADRIANA HOYOS with showrooms in Dania, Florida; Miami, Florida and Mexico. His works have been successfully juried and exhibited at DIGITAL LONG ISLAND (St. James, NY - 2008), PALM BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER (Delray Beach, Florida (2007)(2008), The BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART SCHOOL (Boca Raton, Florida - currently exhibiting - 2008), The VIOLIN CASE CALENDAR COMPETITION (Kirkland, Washington - 2008), The PLEIADES GALLERY of Contemporary Art (New York City - 2008), The ANDREWS ART MUSEUM (Andrews, North Carolina - scheduled May 2009), The LOUISVILLE COLORADO CENTER OF THE ARTS (2008), The BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART - artists' guild (2008), The EISSEY GALLERY of the PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - 2008), The RAYMOND F. KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS playbill competition (West Palm Beach, Florida - 2008-2009), and THE MONMOUTH MUSEUM OF ART (Lincroft, New Jersey - currently exhibiting - an exhibition "that demonstrates the breath and diversity of expression in contemporary photography" - 2008).