Exhibitions

Collective Exhibitions

1972 De La Salle Palace, Valletta
1977 Palazzo Comunale Spello (Perugia)
1977 Chiostro dell’Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia
1979 Centro Cultura Mediterranea, Palermo
Mennheimer Abenakademie, Mannheim
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
1980 Gallerija Fenici, Valletta
International Graphics I, Gallerija Fenici
Galerie Monopol, Munich
Lumley Cazalet Gallery, London
Galerie Phoem, Delft, Holland
1983 International Graphics II, Gallerija Fenici
1984 Hotel Bayerisher Hof, Munich
Herrsching Castle, Munich
1985 International Arts Festival, Valletta
1986 Galleria Fenice, Venice
Galerie Art 3, Paris
1988 UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
Kensington Town Hall, London
Museo del Risorgimento, Rome
Galerie du Cygne, Geneve
Palais des Nations, Geneve
1989 Galerie Voltaire, Ferney Voltaire, France
1991 Arte e Ambiente, Cattedrale di San Francesco, Assisi
1992 Self Portrait in Maltese Art, Robert Sammut Hall
1993 The Nude in Maltese Art, Robert Sammut Hall
1996 Public Service Week Art Exhibition
1997 Maltafest Art Exhibition, National Museum
2000 Art in Malta Today, St James Cavalier
2001 Ausstellung, Kunstlerkompositionen aus Malta, Heidelberg Castle
2001 St James Cavalier – Angels, An exhibition of Heavenly Iconography
2002 St James Cavalier – A selection of Contemporary Maltese Artists
2005 Summer Arts Festival – Six Generations of Maltese Contemporary Artists
2012 Harrods London – Art in Malta
Rotta tal-Arti – Indipendenza 2012
2013 Auberge d’Italie – ArtiMalta – National Museum of Fine Arts curated Exhibition
2014 Printcycle – A Collective Print Exhibition – Palazzo Depiro
2016 Past, Present, Future – Research Project by Fondazzjoni Kreattivita St James Cavalier permanent collection
Spazju Kreattiv Event – St James Cavalier – iMprint – An exhibition of Etchings/Aquatints

One-Man Exhibitions

1975 National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1978 National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1979 National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1980 National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1981 Cathedral Museum, Mdina
1983 Gallerija Fenici, Valletta
1984 Malta Union Club
1985 Central Building of Soviet Artists, Moscow
1986 Auberge de Provence, Valletta
1989 Palais des Nations, Geneve, Switzerland
1990 Galerie Voltaire, Ferney Voltaire, France
1993 National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1995 Auberge de Provence, Valletta
1997 National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
2005 Heritage Malta Head Office, Valletta
2005 C Fino + Sons Ltd – Selected Abstract Works
2006 ‘The Journey’ – St. James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity
2009 Vanishing Landscape – Auberge D’Italie, Valletta
2010 Selected Works at The Palace Hotel – Sliema
2010 Etchings & Aquatints 1975 – 2010 – Italian Cultural Institute,  Valletta
2011 Gallery..e, Victoria, Gozo
2015 The Colour of Light – Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise & Industy
2019 Day in the Country exhibition at Gallery Arte’, Victoria, Gozo
2020 The Summing Up – Retrospective Exhibition by Richard Saliba, Malta Society of Arts, Valletta

Exhibition Catalogues

1975 Paintings and Etchings, One-Man exhibition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1978 Exhibition of Paintings and Etchings, One-Man Exhibition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
1979 Portrait of an Island – A One-Man Exhibition of Paintings, National Museum of Fine Arts
1981 Maltese Landscape, Gallerija Fenici, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
1981 International Graphics I, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
1981 Etchings – Personal Exhibition, Cathedral Museum, Mdina
1982 Maltese Graphics I, Gallerija Fenici, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
1981 New Perspectives, Personal Exhibition Catalogue, Gallerija Fenici, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
1984 L-Ghajta Siekta, A contemporary exhibition of Maltese Art to commemorate the Twentieh Anniversary of Malta’s Independence
1984 Ausstellung maltesischer und deutscher Kunstler im Spiegelsaal, Hotel Bayerisher Hof, Munich
1986 Paintings by Richard Saliba, Auberge de Provence
1988 Mostra Internazionale di Pittura, Scultura, Ceramica, Museo del Risorgimento, Roma
1989 L’Oeuvre Graphique 1975 – 1989, Personal exhibition, Palais des Nations, Geneve
1990 Peintures, Dessins, Gravures, Personal exhibition, Galerie Voltaire, Ferney-Voltaire, France
1991 Recent Landscapes – Personal exhibition, Auberge de Provence, Valletta
1993 Landscape Exhibition, Personal Exhibition, National Museum of Fine Art, Valletta
1995 Richard Saliba, Abstract Works, Personal Exhibition, Auberge de Provence, Valletta
1997 Exhibition Catalogue, Etchings & Aquatints, One-Man exhibition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
2001 Austellung – ‘Kunstlerkompositionen aus Malta’, Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg
2002 Exhibition Catalogue by Maltese artists to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
2006 The Journey – St James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity
2009 Vanishing Landscape – Auberge d’Italie, Valletta
2015 The Colour of Light – Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise & Industry

Publications

1982 Civilization – An Encyclopaedia of Maltese Civilization, Gulf Publishing Ltd.
1983 The Mid-Med Bank Collection – Diary 1983
1985 Contemporary Maltese Artists by Adrian Stivala, published by North Star Publications
1988 Mostra Internazionale di Pittura, Scultura, Ceramica al Museo del Risorgimento, Roma
1988 The International Dictionary of Artists who painted Malta by Nicholas Depiro published by Audio Visual Centre Ltd
1997 Maltese Biographies of the Twentieh Century by Michael Schiavone, published by PIN Publications
2000 Art in Malta Today – Exhibition Monograph by Joseph Paul Cassar, St James Cavalier Centre for Art and Creativity, Valletta
2000 L-Arti Moderna – Kullana Kulturali, PIN Publications by Joseph Paul Cassar
2001 Angels –Monograph of an exhibition of Heavenly Iconography, St James Cavalier Centre for Art and Creativity, Valletta
2002 The International Dictionary of Artists who painted Malta by Nicholas Depiro (Second Edition).
2015 The National Portrait Gallery of Malta by Nicholas Depiro

Reviews (Newspapers)

Joe Borg Galea Wirja tal-Arti u kotba fil-Fiera Internazzjonali, 8th July, 1973
Joe Borg Galea Xoghol ta’ Artisti Maltin muri fil-Fiera Internazzjonali, 15th July, 1973
E.V. Borg Art at the Fair, Sunday Times of Malta, 7th July, 1974
Rose Lapira Art as Tenderness, Malta News, 21st October, 1975
E Fiorentino A Store of Reminiscenes, Sunday Times of Malta, 9th November, 1975
Art Critic Richard Saliba – First one-man show at Museum of Fine Arts, 8th November, 1975
E Fiorentino The New Saliba, Sunday Times of Malta, 5th February, 1978
Art Critic Saliba in a New Style, Times of Malta, 8th February, 1978
A.A. Agius Muscat Wirja ta’ Arti minn Richard Saliba, It-Torca, Sunday, 12th February, 1978
Ray Pitre’ Saliba’s Art, Times of Malta, 9th February, 1978
Dominic Cutajar A Magnificent art display at the Verdala
Dominic Cutajar Art Display at the Fair, The Democrat, 15th July, 1978
Dominic Cutajar The Mannheim Collective Exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum, 12th April, 1979
Art Critic Annual Art Show at De La Salle Palace, The Times, 30th April, 1979
Dominic Cutajar Art Exhibition Trade Fair 1979, The Times, 7th July, 1979
Dominic Cutajar The Intimate Joys of Maltese Landscape, The Times, 8th December, 1979
E Fiorentino Saliba’s Images of Malta, The Sunday Times, 9th December, 1979
Joseph Cassar Portrait of an Island, Daily News, 12th December, 1979
A. Agius Muscat L-Artist u l-Paesagg Malta, It-Torca, 23rd December, 1979
Kenneth Wain Richard Saliba – Pitturi, ‘Illum’, January – February, 1980
Dominic Cutajar An etcher of secret emotions, The Times, 21st June, 1980
E. Fiorentino A mixture of styles in etching, The Sunday Times, 22nd June, 1980
Dominic Cutajar The Fine Graphic Art of Richard Saliba, The Times, 10th June, 1981
Joseph Borg Galea Wirja ohra ta’ l-Arti minn Richard Saliba, It-Torca, 29th June, 1980
Dominic Cutajar International Graphics at Gallerija Fenici, The Times, 20th June, 1981
Dominic Cutajar Reviving a Tradition, The Times, 22 November, 1980
Dominic Cutajar Art Fiesta at Gallerija Fenici, The Times, 2nd December, 1980
Dominic Cutajar International Graphics at Galleria Fenici, 20th May, 1981
Dominic Cutajar A Reflection of Contemporary Expression, The Times, 9th July, 1981
Dominic Cutajar A Retrospective Exhibition at Gallerija Fenici, The Times, 5th August, 1981
Dominic Cutajar Contemporary Landscape Painting in Malta, The Times, 23th October, 1981
A. Agius Muscat Grafika Maltija, It-Torca, 7th March, 1982
Dominic Cutajar Current Graphic Art in Malta, The Times, 18th March, 1982
E. Fiorentino A Brief Synthesis of Maltese Graphics, The Sunday Times, 21st March, 1982
Godwin Scerri Wirja ta’ l-Arti Grafika fil-Gallerija Fenici, Il-Mument, 21st March, 1982
E. Fiorentino Images of Malta, The Sunday Times, 9th May, 1982
Rose Lapira Images of Malta, The Malta Chronicle, 8th May, 1982
A. Agius Muscat Arti Maltija, L-Incizjoni, It-Torca, 30th May, 1982
Dominic Cutajar Art in Malta since 1940, The Times, 2nd September, 1982
Dominic Cutajar Second Exhibition of International Graphics, The Times, 24th May, 1983
E. Fiorentino Diversity at Graphics Exhibition, The Sunday Times, 5th June, 1983
Dominic Cutajar Maltese Art Now, The Times, 10th August, 1983
Dominic Cutajar Lyrical Aesthetics of Maltese landscape, The Times, 20th October, 1983
Rose Lapira Mediterranean Landscape, Weekend Chronicle, 22nd October, 1983
E. Fiorentino A New Look at the Old Country, Sunday Times, 28th October, 1983
A Agius Muscat Pittura – Richard Saliba, It-Torca, 30th October, 1983
Dominic Cutajar Exhibition of Etchings and Aquatints, The Times, 24th May, 1984
Dominic Cutajar L-Ghajta Siekta at the Piazzetta, The Times, 20th September, 1984
Dominic Cutajar Effortless, Aesthetic Excellence, The Times, 22nd June, 1985
Dominic Cutajar Sources and Development of our contemporary art – The Times, 7th August, 1985
Dominic Cutajar Elegiac evocations of the Maltese landscape – The Times, 10th May, 1986
E Fiorentino Odes to Serenity – The Sunday Times, 11th May, 1986
A. Agius Muscat Richard Saliba, It-Torca, 18th May, 1986
E.V. Borg L-Arti fil-Hajja – Richard Saliba, 15th May, 1986
J.M. Exposition Un Maltais s’expose, Le Dauphine’ Libere’, Ferney Voltaire, 24th July, 1990
Anon Richard Saliba expose jusqu.au 31 Juillet, Les Pays Gessien, 27th July, 1990
E. Fiorentino Possibly at the crossroads, The Sunday Times, 19th April, 1992
E. Fiorentino Rehabilitating a Nazarene, The Sunday Times, 29th November, 1992
Dominic Cutajar Profil: Richard Saliba, Pittur, Il-Holqa, February, 1994
Raphael Vella A Painter of Two Worlds, The Malta Independent, 24th November, 1993
Adrian Stivala Varjazzjonijiet fuq id-Dghajsa, It-Torca, December, 1993
E. Fiorentino Playing safe at public taste, 19th December, 1993
E Fiorentino An Artistic moult, The Sunday Times, 4th June, 1995
Adrian Stivala Vizjonijiet imzewqa, It-Torca, 12 July, 1995
E. Fiorentino Etching Moods, The Sunday Times, 21st December, 1997
Raphael Vella New work by Richard Saliba, The Malta Independent, 21st December, 1997
Anon Richard Saliba – Nies li twieldu bhal-lum, In-Nazzjon, 11 January, 2002
Marika Azzopardi Bold and brilliant pastures, The Times, 16th July, 2005
E. Fiorentino Lyrical views of the Maltese Islands, The Sunday Times, 24th July, 2005
Lisa Gwen Baldacchino Reflections and revisitations – The Times, 28th October, 2010
Marika Azzopardi The colour of landscapes, Malta Independent on Sunday, 9th October,2011
Marika Azzopardi Scenic light and goose bumps, Malta Independent on Sunday, 18th January, 2015
Norbert Ellul Vincenti Il-kampanja Maltija f’għajnejn Richard Saliba, 31st January, 2015
Charlene Vella For the love of art and love – Sunday Times of Malta, 1st February, 2015
Charlene Vella Forever etched in memory – Sunday Times of Malta, 21st February, 2016