SAMUELLE RICHARDSON
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Awards and Residencies
Visiting Artists & Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome 2022
Distinguished Fellowship, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences 2019
Artist in Residence, Studio System II, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA 2018
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
Ghost Dogs in Peace on Earth, MOAH Lancaster, Lancaster, CA 2019
Alphabet City, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2010
Icarus and Daedalus Paintings, Momi Toby, San Francisco, CA 2005
Two Person
Unlikely Heroes, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA 2021
Beyond/Within, Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2019
Group
Surrealism Now, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2022
Kipaipai Group Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2022
Aviary, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA 2022
Selected Drawings, San Diego City College Gallery, San Diego, CA 2022
Count Down, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA 2021
#CountMeIn: The 2020 Census Project, MOAH Lancaster, Lancaster, CA 2020
Collaborate and Create, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA 2020
MORPH, MASH Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2019
LA Artcore 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, LA Artcore Annex, Los Angeles, CA 2019
Encounters: Honoring the Animals in Ourselves, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA 2019
Earth Angels in Woven Stories, MOAH Lancaster, Lancaster, CA 2019
Forest Bathing, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA 2019
All Media 2018, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA 2018
Hecho a Mano, LA Art Association Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2018
Dialectic of Being and Becoming, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA 2018
Reimagining America, The Arroyo Arts Collective and Ace/121 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Juried Exhibition 2018, Los Angeles, CA, Jonathan Griffin, Jamillah James and Steven Nelson jurors
Pop Surreal Playhouse, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA 2017
No Restraint, Ark Gallery, Altadena, CA 2017
All Media 2017, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA 2017
It’s a Wonderful World, Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA 2017
It Takes a Village, CA 101 Redondo Beach, CA 2017
Apochrapha, LA Art Association Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Art Speaks! Lend Your Voice, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Women’s Caucus for Art 2017
Trappings, LA Art Association Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Bunk, LA Art Association Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2017
LA Art Show Modern+Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA 2017
MAS ATTACK, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 2016
Spectrum – Gestalt 2, bG Bleicher/Gorman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA 2015
Collectors Choice, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA 2012
Speaking of Solitude, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2010
@BAC, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2010
Private Eyes: Artists’ Visions, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2010
Reflections of the Bay, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008
Sonoma Salute to the Arts, Sonoma, CA 2007, 2006, 2005
Napa Valley Mustard Festival, St. Helena, CA 2006, 2005, 2004
Education
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Parsons School of Design
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
New York Academy of Art
Commissions and Collections
Heroes and Hearts 2009, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, www.sfghf.net
US Embassy American Center Library, Rangoon, Burma
“The Painter”, commercial for Microsoft Windows Embedded
Alameda County Artwork Purchase Program
Related Work Experience
Studio Artist Polo Ralph Lauren
Freelance Illustration, clients include: The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, W.W. Norton & Company,
Publications
Betty Ann Brown, Collaborate and Create at Loft at Liz’s, Art and Cake, February 7, 2020
Genie Davis, LOFT AT LIZ’S Collaborate and Create, Artillery Magazine, January 29, 2020
Genie Davis, MORPH: Transformation in Technicolor, Riot Material, November 18, 2019
https://www.riotmaterial.com/morph-transformation-in-technicolor/
Karla Kane, Exploring Animal ‘Encounters’ at the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto Weekly, October 2, 2019
Genie Davis, Samuelle Richardson And Joy Ray In Beyond/Within, Riot Material, September 24, 2019
https://www.riotmaterial.com/richardson-ray-beyond-within/
Betty Ann Brown, Avian Hieroglyphics, Joy Ray and Samuelle Richardson at Launch LA, Art and Cake, September 14, 2019
https://artandcakela.com/2019/09/14/joy-ray-and-samuelle-richardson-at-launch-la/
Genie Davis, STARTING OFF WITH A BANG, Fall Art Season Explodes, Artillery, September 12, 2019
https://www.artillerymag.com/starting-off/
Falling James, Art Pick: JOY RAY AND SAMUELLE RICHARDSON: BEYOND/WITHIN, LA Weekly Arts, September 6, 2019
https://www.laweekly.com/art-pick-joy-ray-and-samuelle-richardson-beyond-within/
Shana Nys Dambrot, Ready, Steady, Art!, LA Weekly, September 5, 2019
Betty Ann Brown, Peace on Earth at MOAH, Art and Cake, February 17, 2019
https://artandcakela.com/2019/02/17/peace-on-earth-at-the-moah/
Lawrence Gipe, Final Round Up: Studio System 2 at Torrance Art Museum, ART AND CAKE LA, August 8, 2018
https://artandcakela.com/2018/08/08/final-round-up-studio-system-2-at-tam/
Genie Davis, Studio System II at Torrance Art Museum: Audience with a Muse, Diversions LA, June 30, 2018
https://diversionsla.com/studio-system-ii-at-torrance-art-museum-audience-with-a-muse/
David S. Rubin, Editor’s Roundtable, Visual Art Source, June 29, 2018
Lawrence Gipe, Studio Systems II at Torrance Art Museum: Half Time, Art and Cake, June 18, 2018
https://artandcakela.com/2018/06/18/studio-systems-ii-at-torrance-art-museum-half-time/
Karen Robes Meeks, Studio Systems II – “Anything But Typical”, Daily Breeze Torrance, June 14, 2018
Genie Davis, “Art Speaks, Lend Your Voice” at Arena 1 Gallery, Art and Cake, March 6, 2018
Dave Barton, The 10 Best Shows of the Worst Year Ever, OC Weekly, December 28, 2017,
http://www.ocweekly.com/arts/the-10-best-art-shows-of-the-worst-year-ever-8664864
Dave Barton, Ten Works Worth Seeing at Irvine Fine Arts Center’s All Media 2017, OC Weekly, October 19, 2017,
http://www.ocweekly.com/arts/ten-works-worth-seeing-at-irvine-fine-arts-centers-all-media-2017-8514078
Ron Shelton, Artist Samuelle Richardson, USA: Ghost Dogs, High Art Fridays, June 20, 2017,
http://www.highartfridays.com/artist-samuelle-richardson-usa-ghost-dogs/
Genie Davis, Samuelle Richardson: Of Fine Art and Fabric, Diversions LA, June 19, 2017,
http://diversionsla.com/samuelle-richardson-of-fine-art-and-fabric/
Bondo Wyszpolski, CA 101’s “It Takes a Village” opens Friday, Easy Reader News, June 1, 2017,
