BIOGRAPHY

Kelly Richardson was born in Canada (1972) where she studied fine art at the Ontario College of Art & Design (AOCAD with honours) and media studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (MFA studies). Her works have been exhibited internationally at various galleries including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, USA (2008), HALLWALLS, USA (2008), Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal, Canada (2007), The Nunnery, UK (2006), Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, UK (2005), Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2004), Stills Gallery, Scotland (2004), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2002-2003) and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2002). Her work was recently acquired by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (Montréal, Canada) and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington DC, USA). Current exhibitions include the Busan Biennale, South Korea (September 6 - November 15, 2008). Additional forthcoming exhibitions include New Frontiers at the Sundance Film Festival (2009), Albright-Knox, Buffalo (2009) and SAAG, Lethbridge, Alberta (2009). She lives and works in the United Kingdom.

REPRESENTATION
Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada

EDUCATION
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design - MFA, Media Arts program, 2002-2003
Ontario College of Art and Design - AOCAD with honours, 1993-1997
Sheridan College - Art Fundamentals Intensive Program - Diploma, 1993

SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS (* indicates publication, orange text links to related articles)
2009 SAAG, Lethbridge, Alberta (upcoming)
2008 Pace Digital Gallery, Mark Napier and Kelly Richardson, curated by Jillian Macdonald, New York, NY
  Birch Libralato, Twilight Avenger, Toronto, Canada (Globe and Mail review, Now Magazine review, Akimblog review)
  HALLWALLS, The Edge of Everything, curated by John Massier, Buffalo, USA (catalogue essay) *
  KW|AG, Forest Park, curated by Crystal Mowry, Kitchener, Canada (catalogue interview) *
2007 Articule, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2007:Replaying Narrative, curated by Marie Fraser, Montreal, Canada *
2006 Birch Libralato, Exiles of the Shattered Star, Toronto, Canada (Globe and Mail review, Toronto Star review)
2004 Arts Council England, howthedevil, Newcastle, UK
  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Photopolis Photo Biennial: Future Perfect, curated by Bob Bean, Halifax, Canada *
  Cornerhouse / BBC, Bigger Picture: howthedevil, Manchester, UK
  Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Wagons Roll, Chicago, USA
2002 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada [2 person]
Hamilton Artist's Inc., Intersections, Hamilton, Canada [2 person]
2001 Floating Gallery, Picture This, Winnipeg, Canada
2000 Mercer Union Center for Contemporary Art, Kelly Richardson, Toronto, Canada *
Platform Gallery, Jello, Melbourne, Australia
Red Head Gallery Showcase, Birdhouse, curated by Jenifer Papararo, Toronto, Canada
1998 .in/attendant. Gallery, Mimic, Toronto, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (* indicates publication, orange text links to related articles)
2009 Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier on Main, curated by Shari Frilot, Utah, USA (upcoming) *
  Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA (upcoming)
2008 Busan Biennale, Expenditure, South Korea *
  Kulturzentrum K4, Out of Darkness, curated by Paul Rooney, Nurnberg, Germany
  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image, curated by Kerry Brougher and Kelly Gordon, Washington, USA (current, press release) *
2007 Berwick Film and Media Festival, Film on Film, curated by Iain Pate and Rebecca Shatwell, Berwick, UK *
  Urban Screens Manchester, Otherworldly, curated by Michelle Kasprzak, Manchester, UK
  The Big Screen/Federation Square, curated by Michelle Kasprzak, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Tank TV, Video Calendar, tank.tv
Castlefield Gallery, Beta Test: Purescreens 16, curated by Sophia Crilly, Manchester, UK
The Nunnery, Visions at the Nunnery, London, UK
2005 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Thinking the Unthinkable - or - Against Nature, curated by Alistair Robinson, Sunderland, UK *
Berwick International Film Festival / The Big M, Crossing Borders, curated by Marcus Coates, Berwick, UK
Out of Darkness, series of screenings throughout the UK, curated by Paul Rooney, UK
Andreas Koch - Temporary, Berlin, Germany
  MSVU Art Gallery, Free Sample, curated by Kelly Mark, Halifax, Nova Scotia *
2004 Gwangju Biennale: A grain of dust, a drop of water, curated by Yongwoo Lee, Kerry Brougher and Milena Kalinovska (for the Americas), Gwangju, South Korea *
  An Tuireann Arts Centre, DRIFT, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, initiated by New Media Scotland, Isle of Skye, Scotland
  The Museum of Voivodina , DRIFT, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, initiated by New Media Scotland, Isle of Skye, Scotland
  SESC Vila Mariana, Imagens que voce jamais verá na TV, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Stills Gallery / Edinburgh Film Festival, DRIFT, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, initiated by New Media Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Chaingmai University Art Museum, Switch Media Festival "Supernatural", Bangkok, Thailand *
  Robert Birch Gallery, Worts: Another Dimension, Toronto, Canada
2003 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada
2002 Art Gallery of Ontario, Provisional Worlds, curated by Jessica Bradley, Toronto, Canada *
  Islip Art Museum, Accumulations, Long Island, curated by Karen Shaw, New York, USA *
  Pompidou Centre, Polyphonix 40, Paris, France
2001 Art Gallery of Ontario, Video Primer, curated by Michelle Jacques, Toronto, Canada *
  Huashan Art District, Orange Marble, curated by Manray Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan (Taipei Times) *
2000 Smack Mellon, White Hot, curated by Regine Basha and Moukhtar Kocach, Brooklyn, New York
  Galerie SKOL, Companie, curated by Sally McKay & Daniel Olson, Montreal, Quebec *
1999 HALLWALLS, Phenotypology, curated by Maureen McQuillan, Buffalo, New York *
  Robert Birch Gallery, here, curated by Michelle Jacques, Toronto, Canada
  Cold City Gallery, Video Survey, curated by Pamela Meredith, Toronto, Canada
  YYZ Artists' Outlet, XXYYZ, Toronto, Canada
  Koffler Center for the Arts, Loggia Gallery, Edge of Everything, curated by John Massier, North York, Canada
  Cold City Gallery, Invitational, Toronto, Canada

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC , USA
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

SELECTED CATALOGUES / EXHIBITION BROCHURES (orange text links to related articles)
Jun, Seung-Bo, catalogue essay for "Busan Biennale 2008", Busan, South Korea, Sept 6 - Nov 15, 2008 (upcoming)
Gordon, Kelly and Kerry Brougher, catalogue essay for "The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image", Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Feb. 14 - May 14, 2008
Massier, John, catalogue essay for "The Edge of Everything" (featured in the Forest Park catalogue and The Edge of Everything exhibition brochure). January 11 - March 23, 2008
Mowry, Crystal, catalogue interview for "Forest Park" at the KW|AG, Kitchener, Canada, January 11 - March 23, 2008
Fraser, Marie , catalogue essay for "Replaying Narrative, Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal", Montreal, Quebec, Sept - Oct, 2007
Corsano, Otino, catalogue interview for "Free Sample" at the MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada, March - April, 2005
Robinson, Alistair, brochure essay for "Thinking the Unthinkable" at the Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, UK, February - April, 2005
Kalinovska, Milena, catalogue essay for the Gwangju Biennale, September - November, 2004
Shapiro, Beverly, "Kelly Richardson: Gwangju Biennale", exhibition catalogue essay for the Gwangju Biennale, September - November, 2004
Bean, Robert, "The Future Perfect: Geneologies of the Film-still", exhibition catalogue for the Photopolis Photo Biennial: Future Perfect, September - October, 2004
Bradley, Jessica, "Provisional Worlds", exhibition catalogue for the Art Gallery of Ontario. November, 2002 - March, 2003
Shaw, Karen, "Accumulations", exhibition catalogue for Islip Art Museum. Septemer - November, 2002
Hsu, Manray, "Orange Marble". exhibition brochure for Orange Marble. February, 2001
Jacques, Michelle. "Video Primer", exhibition brochure for the Art Gallery of Ontario. April 7, 2001 - March 24, 2001
Massier, John. "Kelly Richardson", Mercer Union exhibition brochure. May 25 - June 28, 2000
McQuillan, Maureen. "Phenotypeology", exhibition brochure for Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. April, 1999

SELECTED REVIEWS
Vie Des Arts, tba, [review of Busan Biennale featuring the work of Kelly Richardson], December issue, 2008
ARTFORUM, tba, [review of Twlight Avenger at Birch Libralato], November issue, 2008
Akimblog, "Kelly Richardson at Birch Libralato" [review of Twilight Avenger at Birch Libralato], Terence Dick, August 13, 2008
Now Magazine, "Nature's calling: Kelly Richardson questions what's real" [review of Twilight Avenger at Birch Libralato], David Jager, August 7, 2008
The Globe and Mail, "The Twilight Avenger is not what he seems" [review of Twilight Avenger at Birch Libralato], Gary Michael Dault, August 9, 2008
Border Crossings, "Landscape x 4: Geoffrey James, Alex Cameron, Jennifer Stead, Kelly Richardson", Petra Halkes, Issue No. 106, Summer, 2008
The Washington Diplomat, "Demented but Rewarding" [review of The Cinema Effect at the Hirshhorn Museum], Michael Coleman, April 20, 2008
The Washington Times, "Cinematic Visions" [review of The Cinema Effect at the Hirshhorn Museum], February 23, 2008
Afterimage, "Tell me a story" [review of 10th Mois de la Photo a Montreal], Lisa Hunter, vol 35, no. 4, January/February Issue, 2008
The Buffalo News, "An Air of mystery at Hallwalls" [review of The Edge of Everything at Hallwalls], Cynnie Gaasch, January 25, 2008
Artvoice, "Kelly Richardson: The Edge of Everything" [review of The Edge of Everything at Hallwalls], Lucy Yau, January 24, 2008
ICI Montréal, "Vitesse réduite" [review of 10th Mois de la Photo a Montreal], Lyne Crevier, September 20, 2007
The Globe and Mail, "A peaceful apocalypse" [review of Exiles of the Shattered Star at Birch Libralato], Gary Michael Dault, August 12, 2006
Toronto Star, "Fiery missiles on a restful day" [review of Exiles of the Shattered Star at Birch Libralato], Peter Goddard, August 17, 2006
samplesize, "Provisional Worlds", Charlene K. Lau, 2003
Toronto Star, "An art world made up of stuff", Peter Goddard, November 23, 2002
View, "Intersections", John Deal, vol.8 no.2, p 16. January, 2002
Taipei Times, "Artists lose their marbles" [interview with Manray Hsu about Orange Marble at Taipei Art District], Susan Kendzulak, March 11, 2001
Lola 6, "Birdhouse", Sally McKay, Summer, 2000
Lola 5, "In Studio-Kelly Richardson" Jenifer Papararo, 2000
The Globe and Mail, "here", Gillian MacKay, Feb.27, 1999

PROJECTS PRODUCED IN PUBLICATIONS
2008 Adbusters, October/December issue (upcoming, front cover)
2007 VIEW Magazine, Issue 8
2005 samplesize, May issue
  Fluke Magazine, March issue
2004 Crack Magazine, November issue
  CBCradio3, October 15-21 Issue
2002 Lola 13, Big Picture Feature, September Issue

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
Southern Alberta Art Gallery / Gushul Artist in Residence program, Alberta, 2009
ISIS Arts Artist in Residence program, Newcastle, UK, 2008
/sLab, International Artist in Residence program, Sunderland, UK, 2006 - 2007
Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant, 2005
Arts Council England Project Award, 2004
Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant, 2000 | 2002 | 2005 | 2007
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design - MFA entry scholarship, 2002
Ontario Arts Council Project Grant, 2000 | 2001
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 1999 | 1999 | 2000 | 2000