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about the artist

In her photographs and oil paintings, Jo Richardson explores how vulnerability can be

a catalyst for connection. The handmade clay sculptures that populate these scenes are abstract and organic while also being underpinned by a fascination with structure and form - an inspiration from her training as an architect (MArch - University of Colorado, Denver).

Richardson received her BFA in printmaking from the University of Denver and her

MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Her work has been exhibited in solo

and group shows nationally and throughout Colorado, where she is currently based.

selected exhibitions and honors

2023

Cover, Hole in the Head Re:View - vol. 4, no. 1 - 02.02.23 - Link

2022

Art in the Park, The Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder CO

On Edge, Edge Gallery, Lakewood CO

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge MA
Hole in the Head Re:View - vol. 3, no. 1 - 02.02.22 - Link

2021

Awarded NEA CARES Grant, Lafayette CO

2020

Feature Artist, R Gallery, Boulder CO

Drawing a (Blank) in Boulder, Museum of Boulder, Boulder CO

2019

Darkness, R Gallery, Boulder CO

Lines, R Gallery, Boulder CO

Small Works, R Gallery, Boulder CO

2018

artNOW! - a Fine Art Show + Sale, Boulder Elks Lodge, Boulder CO

Feature Artist, First National Bank, Boulder CO

2017

Art as Medicine, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder CO

2016

Boulder Art Association Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Hyatt Place, Boulder CO (First Merit Award)

2014

CU Denver Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver CO (Honorable Mention)

2013

Selected for Immersion Colorado Master Class, Telluride CO

Five week intensive studio led by visiting architects Rick Joy, Richard Leplastrier, and Peter Stuchbury 

2012

UC Denver College of Architecture and Planning Design Excellence Awards, Denver CO (First Place)

2008
Juried Student / Alumni Exhibition, Victoria Myhren Gallery, Denver CO

2007
Art on the Walls - Boulder County Arts Alliance's Juried Solo Exhibition, Barnes and Noble, Boulder CO
Outsiders Show, Pirate Contemporary Art, Lakewood CO

2006
Year of the Fire Dog, Lincoln Gallery, Boulder CO
What is Home? - Unspoken Word's 2nd Quarter Art Show, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, Boulder CO

2005
Year of the Wood Rooster, Lincoln Gallery, Boulder CO
Inter/Are - BFA Exhibition, Victoria Myhren Gallery, Dever CO



 

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