Background
Riches, Colin Kemp was born on October 13, 1943 in Epsom, Surrey, England. Son of Charles Gordon and Isabel Laurie (Kemp) Riches.
Riches, Colin Kemp was born on October 13, 1943 in Epsom, Surrey, England. Son of Charles Gordon and Isabel Laurie (Kemp) Riches.
Bachelor in Fine Art with honors, University Newcastle on Tyne, England, 1966. Master of Arts with distinction, Royal College Art, London, 1991.
Founder staff member, director Medina Valley Center, Newport, England, 1966—1978. Freelance artist, 1978—1986, since 1994. Founder, lecturer in charge Art and Design Center Her Majesty Prison Albany, Newport, 1986—1994.
Lead artist For Time Being - An Arts on Prescription Program, since 2002. Member Arts Center Group, since 1979. Trustee/chair Quay Arts Center, Newport, 1983—1988, Newport, 1995—2003.
Founding member working party on arts in prisons Home Office Prison Department, London, 1992—1995. Founder, trustee Albany Visual Arts Trust, Newport, since 1994. Lecturer in field.
Married Honora Caroline Spiller, October 27, 1973. Children: Abigail, Benjamin, Eleanor.