The Crew

Rich Richardson is Super Tiny Homes Hawaii

Rich has a master degree in interdisciplnary arts, has built hundreds of artworks installed over 300 exhibits and overseen 4 major renovations including Hawaii Arts Alliance, Orig Media and at The ARTS at Marks Garage.

Rich attended the Tiny House Build workshop with Andrew Morrison who wrote the book for Tiny Houses added to the 2018 International Building Code and completed Dan Louche's Tiny Home Builders eCourse.

Rich is also an Arts Consultant for an anonymous Seattle-based gallery and former Executive Director of Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts and The ARTS at Marks Garage. He is founder of Chinatown Artists Lofts, and co-founder of First Friday Honolulu. He has a MA of Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Studies from San Francisco State University and has been a working artist in Hawaii for over 20 years. He was owner of pioneer Chinatown art gallery salon5, an adjunct Professor of Art at Hawaii Pacific University and has developed arts programming for at-risk teens.

“As the executive director of The ARTS at Marks Garage, the Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts and the Chinatown Artists Lofts, Rich Richardson is living proof of the theory that art builds communities,”

6 People Making a Difference in Honolulu, Honolulu Magazine, November 2013

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS:

Visual Art Consultant:  State Foundation on Culture and the Arts

2013 U.S. Small Business Administration Minority Small Business Champion of Honolulu for “dedicated efforts to establish a vibrant sector of entrepreneurial artists who thrive in our community.”

Award of Merit in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Community from Kirk Caldwell, Mayor of Honolulu

Council of the City and County of Honolulu Certificate for “Preserving, Protecting and Promoting Culture, The Arts and Economic Viability”

Business Leadership Hawaii Award for Non-Profit Businesses Leadership from Pacific Business News, Cades Schutte

Hall of Fame Proclamation for "Excellence in the Perpetuation of the Arts & Culture" from Mayor, Peter Carlisle

SELECTED PRESS:

Small Statements, Honolulu Star -Advertiser February 27, 2016

Lofty Workspace, HNL Metro, cover story, February 26, 2016

Local Knowledge, Lonely Planet, Discover Honolulu, Guidebooks, 2014

Lofty Business, cover story, Honolulu Weekly, 2012

Chinatown Loft Concept Finally Takes, Pacific Business News, 2011

Honolulu Hip, Los Angeles Times, 2008

Untamed Arts, T.G.I.F. cover story, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2005

EDUCATION: 1990 & 1993 Bachelors and Masters degrees of Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Studies, San Francisco State University, Inter-Arts Center

WORK EXPERIENCE: 

2011-2017 Executive Director, Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts, The ARTS at Marks Garage, and Chinatown Artists Lofts

2001-2011 Assistant Director, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu. 

2005-2007 Adjunct Professor of Art, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu

1999–2001 Gallery Proprietor, Salon5, Honolulu

1994–1997 Exhibits Coordinator, Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, Maui

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS:

·       2011      Cartoon Cowboys Invade Chinatown, Bar 35, Honolulu

·       2010    The Greatest Albums Never Recorded, Otto Cake, Honolulu

·       2008   The Best Books Never Written, Chinatown Board Room

·       2006   Chinatown Yacht Club, Project Row Houses, Houston

·       2002   Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu

·       2001    Wishing I Was Here, Roq la Rue, Seattle

·       2000   Cowboys and Idioms, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu

COLLECTED BY: Masami Teraoka, Soturo Abe, Greg Northrop, Alison Wong, Pegge Hopper

Ruby Rose 

Following her twin pursuits of preschool and construction technology, Ruby is a dedicated and caring business partner saying, "I want to stay with you forever and make Tiny Houses, and I felt bad when you broke your pants."