Sara Richardson

Sara Richardson is a contemporary fine artist working across abstract painting, drawing and mixed media. Her practice is organized around distinct bodies of work that examine spatial perception, material force, rhythmic line and the unstable presence of the figure. Through layered surfaces, controlled mark-making and refined compositional tension, she creates works that move between atmosphere and structure, calm and intensity, openness and compression.


Richardson holds a Master of Fine Arts and maintains a disciplined studio practice grounded in material experimentation and formal restraint. Her work is held in public and private collections internationally, has been reproduced for hospitality projects and has been featured in multiple curated Saatchi Art collections.


Across her practice, Richardson treats abstraction as a way to build psychological and spatial experiences rather than depict fixed subjects. Her paintings and works on paper are intended as resolved, contemplative works for collectors, designers and spaces where sustained looking matters.

University of Washington, Master of Fine Arts
University of Kansas, Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of the Art Institute Chicago - Summer Programs

Flora '24 Women's Caucus for Art Washington DC
Galerie Elektra, Bay Area - ongoing
Flora and Fauna 2024, VA
February ArtWorks 2024, VA
September All Media 2023, VA
May ArtWorks 2023, VA
April All Media 2023, VA
Dark Art 2022, VA
Williamsburg Contemporary Art
Stryker Center, VA
Bella Art, CO - solo show
Gallery 825, L.A.
Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
Springfield Art Museum, MO
Brokers Building, CA
University of Washington - MFA Thesis Exhibition
University of Kansas - Honors Exhibitions - Permanent Collection