
Richard Moninski earned an M.F.A. from the University at Albany (SUNY), a B.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and undertook additional training in surface design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited nationally. Awards include a grant from the American-Scandinavian Foundation for research in Norway, and artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Ragdale Foundation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.