2022 Open Sky Artist in Residence
Alex Landon Richardson
“My painting practice asks questions about human interaction with the land through outdoors leisure activities in a North American context.”
Contact:
E: alexlandonrichardson@gmail.com
BORN
Vancouver, Canada, 1986
DEGREES
2013 MFA, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
2008 BA (Honours, Specialization in Visual Art), Western University, London, Ontario
CERTIFICATES
2017 Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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, Johannesburg, South Africa
2013 “Vienna Showcase”, Museum of Young Art, Palais Schönborn, Vienna, Austria
2013 “The Pool Exhibition”, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom
2012 “Kill the Lollipop”, Lewisham Arthouse, London, United Kingdom
2011 “Indefinite Spaces”, Dam Gallery, Caledon, Canada
COLLECTIONS
The Leslie Collection, Ireland
The Life Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
RESIDENCIES
The Life Collection Artist Exchange Program, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2014
Joya: arte + ecología, Cortijada Los Gázquez, Almería, Andalucía, Spain, 2013
ARTIST PRESS
2021 Radio Interviewer, BULLFIGHT! Picasso and Chagall, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Alberta
2015 Notable Toronto: Alex Landon Richardson: Today’s Notable Young Professional, Toronto, Canada Click to read
2015 Artist in Transit: Alex Landon Richardson at Nipissing University, written by Heather Saunders, North Bay, Canada
2014 Visi Magazine: Artwork featured in March 2014 Issue, South Africa
2014 Aesthetica Art & Culture Magazine: Artwork featured in Issue 57, February – March 2014, London, UK
2013 Wien Live Magazine: Artwork featured in October 2013 Issue, Vienna, Austria
2013 Interview with Gareth Owen Lloyd, Director of FoodFace Artist Run Space, October 2013, London, UK
Click to read
2013 Goldsmiths MFA Graduate Exhibition Catalogue: July 2013, London, UK
ARTS ADMINISTRATION ROLES
2016 – 2018 Gallery Manager/Curator, WKP Kennedy Gallery, Public Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
2013 Administrative Assistant, LimeWharf, Experimental centre for collaboration between artists and scientists, London, United Kingdom
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2015-2019 Instructor of Fine Art, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario
COURSES TAUGHT
Nipissing University, North Bay:
Course Code, Title and Number of times taught
FAVA 1026, Studio Foundations, 3
FAVA 1027, Contemporary Studio Practice, 2
FAVA 2027, Painting: Contemporary Methods and Materials, 2
FAVA 4125, Directed Studio Research and Professional Practice, 4
FAVA 3096, Drawing: Contemporary Approaches, 1
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS ADVISING
Nipissing University, North Bay:
Number of students: 11
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Nipissing University, North Bay:
2018-19 Member, Juried Exhibition Committee
2018-19 Member, Community Placements Committee
2018 Elected Voting Member, Contract Academic Staff Bargaining Unit
2017-18 Open House Representative
2016-18 Portfolio Review for BFA Program
2016-17 Member, Gallery/Project Space Committee
2016-17 Member, Supplies Committee, Nipissing University
2016-17 Member, Community Placements Committee
2016-17 Member, FAVA Trip Committee
2016-17 Member, Art School Facility Committee
2016-17 Member, Ontario Universities Fair Committee
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Peace Region, British Columbia:
2022 Director, Chetwynd Community Arts Council
2022 Director, Peace Liard Regional Arts Council
North Bay, Ontario and Surrounding Area:
2020 Reconciliation North Bay, Committee Member
2017-18 Monthly Art Workshop Facilitator, Alzheimer’s Society
2017 Juror, “In the Picture”, Juried Exhibition, White Water Gallery with Artfix artist collective
2017 Juror, “A Banner Year: 150 Years of Culture in Temiskaming”, Juried Exhibition, Temiskaming Art Gallery
2017-18 Member, Community Action Circle, North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
Toronto, Ontario:
2015-16 Steering Committee Member, Beach Community Edible Garden (Included teaching art lessons for children and adults in a garden setting)
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 Dawson Creek Art Gallery in October, 2022.
