Richard Ritter (born 1940) is an American studio glass artist who lives in North Carolina.

In 1971 he enrolled in a summer session class at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, where his instructor was glass artist Mark Peiser.

In 1980, Ritter purchased a small farm near Bakersville, North Carolina where he built a studio.

In 1993 and 1994 he created the 26 art works of his “Grail” series; blown discs to which a faceted solid base was attached.

In 2009, the fortieth anniversary of his career in glass art was celebrated by an exhibition of 75 works at Toe River Arts Council in Spruce Pine, North Carolina; the exhibition travelled to Western Carolina University in 2010.

[2] Ritter was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan in 2000.