Richard Wizardry is an “Outsider/Visionary Artist. His first recognition for his art was when he was 12 years old and his sculpture was put on display in a bank in Port Washington, NY. During this time period he also started building and competing, with flying model rockets, which was his introduction to the sciences of technology and engineering.

Currently, Richard uses the knowledge he has gathered throughout the years, developing interactive art by combining current technology, and engineering, resulting in ‘high tech folk art’, that leads the way to the future of the “Interactive Arts”!

Born on Long Island, NY, Richard received recognition in 2003, in the “Phoenix New Times” for his first interactive art piece titled “Trailer Trash Man-Fire in the Belly”. That same year Richard was the Art Director for Caribou Moving Pictures, short film titled “The Message”, written by Stan Robinson. In 2004, his next sculpture followed was 34’ tall and titled, “Mrs. Jenna Toast” involving 5 people in construction and 16 people to raise it. That same year projects included the Celestial Golf Project, with appearances at the “Axis/Radius Monster Ball” in Scottsdale, AZ and at “Radio Electra Fundraiser” Nimbus Brewery in Tucson, AZ. In 2005, Richard created “Dog Sheep” a fire breathing sheep dog, “Mrs. Toast” grew to 40’, with a return to the Axis/Radius Monster Ball in Scottsdale, the “Radio Electra Fundraiser” at Nimbus Brewery, in Tucson, AZ” and “All Souls Procession” in Tucson, AZ.

In 2006 Richard received a “Black Rock Art Foundation” grant for “Toaster Boy” his next interactive fire sculpture, which appeared at the “Fire Arts Exposition” at Monster Park in San Francisco, CA, “Axis/Radius Monster Ball” in Scottsdale, AZ, Radio Electra Fundraiser Nimbus Brewery, in Tucson, AZ, and “All Souls Procession” in Tucson, AZ., with an appearance at the Fire Arts Festival in Oakland, CA. In 2007, “Toddler version1.0”, another ‘flame effect’ machine created by Richard, made its appearance at the 4th of July Cave Creek, AZ fireworks show, “Radio Electra Fundraiser” at the Nimbus Brewery, in Tucson, AZ, and “All Souls Procession” in Tucson, AZ. Another creation, “Floating Flaming Lotus Flowers”, appeared at the “Diwali Festival” in Marana, Arizona. 2008 saw the return of “Toddler v2.6” to the Diwali Festival Marana Arizona, “Radio Electra Fundraiser” at Nimbus Brewery, in Tucson, AZ and “All Souls Procession” in Tucson, AZ. In 2008 also marked the appearance of Richard’s fire-art creations on PBS-TV (http://www.rarevisionsroadtrip.com)

2009, Richard’s creation, “Celestial Golf Club”, an interactive kinetic art sculpture, was entered in a contest for a Callaway Golf commercial, and appeared at the “Radio Electra Fundraiser” at Nimbus Brewery, in Tucson, AZ, and “All Souls Procession” in Tucson, AZ,

“Eviloution Jack-In-The-Box v1.23”, a stainless steel powered wheelchair ‘Jack-In-The-Box’, with a fire shooting head, is Richard’s latest creation and made it appearance at “Burning Man”, experienced by persons from all over the world, who painted and drew the stages in Black Rock City, NV.