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Rich Stapleton

Artist profile

Profile
37
34–51 band

Discovery profile: limited tracked signals

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 11, 2026.

Overall37

Composite Codex score

Institutional46

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum5

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#35,978Mid-Career
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal00 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median0 tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
186KInstagram followers96th percentile

Signal summary

Rich Stapleton: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No tracked museum acquisition record yet. No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

No acquisition institutions tracked yet

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: .
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).

Global
  1. André Kertész#3,603 · Yancey Richardson #31 · Mid-careermid-career · 27 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  2. Luis Jimenez#3,605 · Flatbed Press #288 · Established contemporaryestablished contemporary · 34 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  3. Sahar Khoury#3,615 · CANADA #237 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  4. Shannon Bool#3,616 · PROVINZ #284 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 13 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye#3,618 · Salon 94 Design #551 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  6. Grey Crawford#3,623 · Persons Projects #266 · Emergingemerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  7. Mari Katayama#3,627 · Suzanne Tarasieve #296 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  8. Emma Stibbon#3,628 · Cristea Roberts Gallery #93 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  9. Camille Billops#3,629 · Ryan Lee Gallery #253 · Emergingemerging · 3 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Rich Stapleton
Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Global
  1. Gerhard Richter#1 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Established contemporarypainting · Photorealist (style), Conceptual · #1 Codex rank
  2. Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Mid-careerpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #5 Codex rank
  3. Peter Doig#6 · Paintings · $250K–500K · Two Palms #51 · Early/mid-careerpainting · #6 Codex rank
  4. Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careersculpture · #8 Codex rank
  5. Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careerpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #9 Codex rank
  6. Kerry James Marshall#10 · Paintings · $1M+ · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Mid-careerpainting · #10 Codex rank
  7. Maurizio Cattelan#12 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careersculpture · #12 Codex rank
  8. Christopher Wool#13 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Established contemporarypainting · #13 Codex rank
  9. Mark Grotjahn#14 · Paintings · $1M+ · Gagosian #1 · Early/mid-careerpainting · #14 Codex rank
  10. Rich Stapleton
Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

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