Biographical Summary of John Riddle
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Born:
March 18, 1933, Los Angeles.
Education:
A. A., earth science, Los Angeles City College; B.A., education and art,
California State University, Los Angeles; M.A., California State University, Los
Angeles.
Military Service:
United States Air Force, 1953-57.
Spouse:
Carmen Garrott Riddle, married April 24, 1953, six children.
ART COMMISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Sculpture commission. Expelled Because of Color. Georgia State Capitol grounds,
1976.
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority commission. Tenth Street Midtown
Station, four walls sculpture, 1984.
- Georgia Council for the Arts commission, ten color lithographs created for the
Governor's Art Award Program, 1985.
- Artwork used on the set of the television series In the Heat of the Night,
(MGM-UA), 1988.
- Painting commission, Hartsfield Airport, Georgia, Olympics hundredth anniversary,
1996.
- Sculpture commission, Seagram's Company, Spirits at the Gate, 1999.
- Consultant, California African American Museum.
AWARDS:
- Two Emmy Awards, for Renaissance in Black: Two Artists' Lives, 1971.
- Governor's Award, Visual Artist, State of Georgia, 1981.
- Fulton County, Georgia, Visual Artist of the Year Award, 1987.