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Alex Landon Richardson

Chetwynd, BC, Canada

“My painting practice asks questions about human interaction with the land through outdoors leisure ...

About the artist

Alex Landon Richardson

Joined In 2022

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About the artist

Alex Landon Richardson

Joined In 2022

(1 Followers)

ABOUT
EDUCATION
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“My painting practice asks questions about human interaction with the land through outdoors leisure activities in a North American context.”

Born in Vancouver in 1986, Richardson was raised in Erin, Ontario, with periods of time spent living in Australia and visiting the South Pacific as a child and teen. She obtained an HBA from Western University in London, Ontario in 2008, and an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK in 2013. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in private collections in Europe, North America and South Africa. She participated in the Joya: arte + ecología / AiR residency program in Spain in 2013 and the Life Collection Artist Exchange program in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2014. She participated in a mural painting project for the Redbull Amphiko Festival in Soweto, Johannesburg in 2014. She spent four years as a faculty member in the Fine and Performing Arts department at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, and during this period she was also Curator at the WKP Kennedy Gallery. She recently relocated to the Peace Region in Northeastern British Columbia to focus on her art making practice full time, and is currently preparing for a solo exhibition at the D...

2013 MFA, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

2008 BA (Honours, Specialization in Visual Art), Western University, London, Ontario

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 (Upcoming) “Light Dance”, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, British Columbia
2019 “Into the Light”, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
2016 “Virtuous Skies”, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
2016 “Majestic Havens”, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Ontario
2015 “Anti-Gravity”, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario
2013 “SUPERSPHERE”, FoodFace Artist Run Centre, London, United Kingdom
2010 “Recent Paintings”, Curated by Travis Shilling, Rivoli, Toronto, Ontario
2009 “Opening Exhibition”, Alex Landon Richardson Studio Gallery, Caledon, ON

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 “Family Trees”, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, British Columbia
2021 “Membership Exhibition”, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, British Columbia
2019 “Art Gems”, Art Auction in support of Creative Works Studio, Toronto, ON
2018 “Hibernation”, Art Republic, North Bay, Ontario
2017 “Art Gems”, Art Auction in support of Creative Works Studio, Toronto, ON
2016 “The Future of Human(ity)”, White Water Gallery Artist-Run-Centre, part of CICAS conference 2016 with Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario
2015 “We See (in) the Dark”, Museum of African Design, Johannesburg, South Africa
2014 “Red Bull Amphiko Festival”, Soweto, Johanne...