R. F. Buckley
R. F. Buckley
Scarlet Nova
Located in the Forkas Alumni Center lobby
RF. Buckley was born in Cleveland, Ohio and did his undergraduate work at the Cleveland Institute of Art where he received his BFA in Sculpture with a minor in Painting. He continued on to Rinehart School of Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art where he received his MFA. Eventually he accepted a position teaching Sculpture and Painting at Florida International University, where he has been employed for nearly four decades as head of the sculpture program. Prof. R.F. Buckley has been nationally renown for his large-scale aluminum sculptural works; he passed away on October 9, 2015 at the age of 72.