Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Tyler Richard Rico

  • Asst Professor of Instruction at School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • DesignInquiry: Bewilder. Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, Bryn Mawr College. 2025, Acquired: 2025, Publication.
  • Artist-led Bird Walk. 2025, Publication Design.
  • A Space in Which People Are Free To Move and Birds To Fly. 2025, Publication Design.
  • Rico, T. R., Bowden, S., & Zurolo, M. (2025). Solid Liquid Gas. DesignInquiry Editions.
  • Rico, T. R. (2025). Convergence and Excavation. Seaton Street Press.
  • Tropic Bound. February 2025 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Tropic Bound. February 2025 - Present Miami, Florida.

2024

  • Dark Spots: Bear Run Nature Reserve, Mill Run, PA. Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania. 2024, Acquired: 2024.
  • Multiple Formats Art Book Fair. 2024 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Multiple Formats Art Book Fair. 2024 Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA.
  • Rico, T. R., Bowden, S., Parks, S., & Thayer, K. (2024). Bewilder. DesignInquiry.
  • Contemporary Ex-Votos: Devotion Beyond Medium. 2023 - 2024, Exhibition Catalog Design.
  • Rico, T. R. (2024). Variations: 2022–2024. Self-published.
  • Press Play. December 2024 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Press Play. December 2024 Pioneer Works, Red Hook, Brooklyn.
  • DesignInquiry: Solid/Liquid/Gas, High Meadow, Mill Run, PA. Guest Framer. November 2024.
  • Rico, T. R. (2024). A Place Where. Self-published.
  • Directangle Press, Bethlehem, NH. July 21, 2024 - July 27, 2024.

2023

  • Rico, T. R. (2023). Magdalene. Self-published.
  • Rico, T. R. (2023). Ghost Pipe, After Emily Dickinson. Self-published.
  • Rico, T. R. (2023). Night Run: 07.2023. Self-published.
  • Rico, T. R. (2023). Across Water. Self-published.
  • Rico, T. R. (2023). A Surface, A Vision, A Story. Self-published.
  • Detroit Art Book Fair. October 2023
    Schedule:
    • Trinosophes, Detroit, MI.
  • Currently. 2023 - September 2023, Book Design.
  • Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair. August 2023
    Schedule:
    • The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA.
  • A Monument for the People. 2023 - May 2023, Typographic Design, Web Design.

2022

  • Qudit Wordmark. 2022, Wordmark.
  • Catastrophic Heart. 2022, Book Design.
  • Rico, T. R. (2022). Dark Spots: Bear Run Nature Reserve, Mill Run, PA. Self-published. Retrieved from https://seatonstreetpress.com/Dark-Spots-Bear-Run-Nature-Reserve-Mill-Run-PA
  • Rico, T. R. (2022). Hawthorn Meditation Spring 2022. Self-published. Retrieved from https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/62010
  • Rico, T. R. (2022). Thresholds and Chants. Self-published.
  • Rico, T. R. (2022). Cottonmouth. Self-published.
  • Rico, T. R. (2022). July + December 2021. Self-published.
  • DesignInquiry Bewilder, Mill Run, PA. June 2022.

2021

  • Boston Collegiate Charter School. 2021, Logo.
  • Work by Graduates from the Texas State Communication Design BFA Program. 2021, Book Design.

2020

  • MFA Showcase 2020. 2020
  • Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020. 2020, Exhibition Catalog Design.

2019

  • Backdrop and Blocker. 2019, Book Design.
  • Formal Proof. 2019, Folded Poster and Take-away Card.
  • Multiple Fairs Art Book Fair. 2025 - Present Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Multiple Formats Art Book Fair. 2024 Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA.
  • Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair. 2025 - Present Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair. ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA.