W.C. Richardson - Painting

Richardson received his MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and his BFA degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He joined the faculty at Maryland in 1978 and has maintained a professional focus on abstract painting and contemporary art theory. His work has been featured in 21 solo and over 100 group exhibitions in museums, galleries, and art centers in Washington, DC, New York, NY, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and internationally in Brussels, Russia, Jordan and Algiers. His work is currently represented by G Fine Art in Washington DC. Past gallery affiliations include Fusebox in Washington DC, and Baumgartner Gallery in DC and NY.

Richardson has received numerous grants and awards for his work, including five Maryland State Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships. Commissioned artwork is permanently installed at Ronald Reagan National Airport and Reston Town Center in Virginia. His work is held in numerous public and corporate collections, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (DC), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (DC), the Ackland Art Center (NC), the U.S. Department of State (Algiers), the District of Columbia Town Hall, Prudential Life (NY), IBM Corporation (DC), Richmond Federal Reserve Bank (VA), Washington Post Corporation (DC), Northrop-Grumman (VA), and Reston Town Center (VA).

Richardson’s exhibitions have been reviewed in Art In America, Artforum International, ARTnews, NYArts Magazine, The Art Papers, The New Art Examiner, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Richmond Times Dispatch, The El Paso Times, The Winston-Salem Journal, and The Washington City Paper, among others. Essays and monographs on his work have been published in many exhibition brochures and catalogues. An extensive interview with over 40 reproductions of his work can be found at the online curatorial project geoform.net.

Richardson is an active visiting artist, lecturer, and juror at academic institutions and museums throughout the region and across the country.

website: G Fine Art & Geoform.net

email: wcr@umd.edu

office: m2319 Art/Soc Bldg.

office phone# 301-405-1460

Courses taught:

• Artt 210 - Elements of Drawing II - Intermediate drawing with extended focus on figure drawing and color.
• Artt 418 - Advanced Drawing Studio - Emphasis on individual projects and contemporary drawing.
• Artt 320 - Elements of Painting - Introductory painting course: oil or acrylic.
• Artt 428 - Advanced Painting Studio - Multi-level course emphasizing individual projects and contemporary painting.

Caught on the Screen, Oil and Alkyd on Canvas, 77" x 77", 2008

Counting Outs, Oil and Alkyd on Canvas, 55" x 55", 2008