Painter, printmaker and lecturer, Sloat was born in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1945 and has been living in Manhattan since 1971. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania with Rackstaw Downes and at The Art Students League with Roberto Delamonica. As a graphic artist he works primarily creating intaglio and relief prints.  Sloat likes to build his images  and many of his images have multiple states as additional work is completed on the image.  He is a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) and the National Academy.

Richard Sloat has work in the permanent collections of the Art Students League, NY; British Museum; UK; Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, CT; Duxbury Museum, MA;  Florean Museum, Carbunari, Romania; Fogg Museum, Harvard University, MA; Georgetown University Collection, Washington, DC; International Graphics Museum, Giza, Egypt; Israel Museum; Kanagawa Arts Foundation, Japan; Library of Congress Washington, DC; Museum of the City of New York, NY; National Academy of Design Museum, NY; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam; National Museum of History, Taiwan; New York Historical Society, NY; Portland Art Museum, OR; The Print Collection, Boston Public Library, MA; The Print Collection, Newark Public Library, NJ; The Print Collection, New York Public Library, NY; among others.

Works available at the Old Print Shop and ebo Gallery.