Richard Halliday was born in Vancouver, B.C in 1939 and received his early training at the Vancouver School of Art (Emily Carr College) with Jack Shadbolt, Roy Kiyooka, Ron Thom and Peter Aspell. He graduated in 1963 with honours in Painting and Drawing.

Richard attended many of the early Emma Lake Workshops including those guided by Herman Cherry and Clement Greenberg. After attending the Instituto San Miguel Allende, Mexico, in the winter of 1964, he began a teaching career in Brandon, Manitoba as Director of the Brandon Allied Art Center, from Sept 1964 to May 1966. In the spring of 1966 he received an Emily Carr Foundation Scholarship to continue studies in Art History and Film at Sir George Williams University (Concordia) in Montreal. He received his Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in the evening division in 1978, and pursued graduate studies at Concordia University.

In 1968 he was appointed Director of the Montreal Museum School of Art and Design. Leaving Quebec as part of the great exodus in the spring of 1978, he was appointed to the full time Faculty of the Alberta College of Art and Design in August 1978. After four years as Assistant Head, Richard was appointed Department Head of the Art College in August of 1982. It was during the early 1980s that he re-discovered himself as a working artist. Richard retired from the Alberta College of Art and Design in December of 2002. He was honoured with the designation Lecturer Emeritus, by the College Faculty at the Graduate Convocation of May 2003.

Richard is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy. He is represented in numerous collections including : Canada Council Art Bank, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Brandon University, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Calgary Allied Art Foundation, Nickle Arts Museum, British Columbia Hydro, Amoco Canada, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, and the Canadiana Collection, National Capital Commission, Ottawa. In addition to his on going studio practice Richard is a stage and film actor in the Calgary area.

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