Richard Feaster was born in Hagerstown, Maryland and later attended high school in Nashville. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Birmingham Southern College in 1985 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Tulane University in 1992. He attended the Skowhegan summer program in Skowhegan, Maine in 1993. In 2002 he returned to Nashville after living in New York. He has had one-person exhibitions in Boston, Nashville, and Jackson and has participated in numerous group exhibitions across the northeast and southern U.S. In February 2006, he will have a solo exhibition at the Cheekwood Museum of Art’s Temporary Contemporary Gallery. He is represented in Nashville by Zeitgeist Gallery.

The title of one of the paintings in Feaster’s airport exhibition is Moonlight Maze. It was inspired by something the artist read about U.S. officials accidentally discovering a pattern of internet probing of computer systems at the Pentagon, NASA, Energy Department, private universities and research labs. In this piece, Feaster deals with the idea of such a pre-ordained pattern.

Shown Right: Moonlight Maze

Arts at the Airport receives funding for the visual arts from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) and the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). Music performances are sponsored by MNAA, Delaware North Companies, Inc. and The Paradies Shops. The Flying Solo Exhibition Series is funded in part under an agreement with the TAC and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Arts at the Airport, please call (615)275-1614 or visit www.artsattheairport.com.