Bio

In December of 2002, Rolling Stone Magazine ran a full page add featuring a blood stained pair of glasses set against the back drop of a hazy New York City skyline. At the top of the page read this statistic…..’Over 676,000 people have been killed by guns in the U.S.A. since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980. Since that article came out, Risk has been using handguns to create art.

Having worked with guns and targets to the point of some familiarity Risk still find himself reacting to this strange set of tools with a healthy combination of anxiety and excitement. The concept of using tools of destruction, to create works of art, continues to be the driving force behind Risk’s desire to explore his current body of work.

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Investors Group Limited
Fox Entertainment
Gang, Tyre, Ramer and Brown
Machine Head
Leadwell Corporation
Crown Pictures International
Contractors Labor Pool
Perelman Films Inc.
American Airlines

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Michael Milken
David E. Benveniste
Alon Damari
Sharon Renee Henry
Taylor Belshem
Dr. Michael Steinberg
Oscar De La Hoya
Michael Stone
Dave Davies
Julie Tafoya
John Pasquinelli
Valerie Melmed
Tom Taplin
Sima Navidi
Peter Somers
Murna Schwam
Marylyn Tensor
Yoko Tateishi
Suzanne Krujewski

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Robert Berman Gallery (Collateral Damage)
Robert Berman Gallery (Season Opener)
Alex Steinweiss Tribute Show RBG
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Center Theatre Group (Benefit)
Zimmer Childrens Museum (Benefit)
Venice Art Walk
Los Angeles Ballet Association (Benefit)
Real Medicine (Benefit)
L.A.C.E.
Berman/Turner Projects
Quixote Studios
Museum Works Galleries/New York
Art Pic
Create Fixate
Irv Seagle Loft
Venice Art Walk
7 @ The T. Moore Studio
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Art for Justice/Russ, August & Kabat
Quixote Studios
Small Works Hanger Show
Tsunami Relief/Epoxy Box
Katrina Relief/Sunset Studios
Out of California/Arena 1 Gallery
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Santa Monica Auctions, Robert Berman Gallery
L.A. Art Core Annual Silent Auction
Los Angeles County Museum of Art / SARG
Western Center on Law and Poverty Silent Auction
L.A. Out Auction
Lois Lambert Gallery
Sojourn Benefit Auction
Sony Picture Studios Corporate
Mad River Post
Art-o-Rama
Imagistic Studios
Betsy Lane Gallery
Mad River Post
Hollywood Digital
Vanguard Gallery
West Week, Pacific Design Center
Gallery 825
The Habit
Brand X Gallery