Michelle Thomas Richardson
Michelle Thomas Richardson is a native of Dallas, Texas. She achieved her Master of Fine Arts degree in Drawing and Painting at the University of North Texas in 2015 after earning her BFA from Louisiana State University. Richardson was named a grant recipient of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Awards to Artists through the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund in 2016. She has also been a Nasher Microgrant finalist as well as a CADD FUNd finalist in 2015. She has shown throughout Texas and has held solo exhibitions of her work at venues including 500X Gallery, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery, and Clamp Light Gallery. In addition to her studio practice, Richardson currently works as a Public Art Project Manager with the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County.
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Education
2015 University of North Texas, Master of Fine Arts
Painting and Drawing
2012 Louisiana State University, Honors College, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major Painting and Drawing, Minor Art History
Magna Cum Laude, College Honors
Honors Undergraduate Thesis: A Timeless Impermanence
Other Education
2014 Eric McMaster Digital Fabrication Workshop, University of North Texas: Denton, Texas
2011 Linda Wintraub Creative Workshop, Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Prospect 2 New Orleans, Dan Cameron, Louisiana State University: New Orleans, Louisiana
Solo Exhibitions
2019
(Forthcoming) Developing Story, The Mesquite Arts Center: Mesquite, Texas
Drawing Lines, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2018
Surround Sound, The Magnolia with Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
Mirror, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2016
In Play, Clamp Light Gallery: San Antonio, Texas
Mirage, Terrain Dallas: Dallas, Texas
Allusion, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2015
Over/Under, Cora Stafford Gallery: Denton, Texas
2014
Soft Space, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
(Forthcoming) CLIP: An International Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Curated by Ghislaine Fremaux, Charles Adams Studio Project: Lubbock, Texas
Texas Vignette 2019, Curated by Leslie Moody Castro, The Women’s Museum: Dallas, Texas
Full Disclosure, Three person exhibition alongside Emily LaCour Olson and Sarah Palmeri, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2018
Looking, Thinking, Making: Faculty Projects, Gallery 219 at Eastfield College: Mesquite Texas
The Members Show, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
CHAOS!!!!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2017
Formerly Past Tense, Curated by Casey Galloway and Amada Miller, Hello Studio: San Antonio, Texas
In Good Company III, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas (invited by Iris Bechtol)
2016
EXPO, Curated by Rachel Rogerson, 500x Gallery: Dallas, Texas
In Good Company II, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
CHAOS!!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2015
UNT Faculty Art Show, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, Juried by Peter Doroshenko, Fort Worth Community Art Center: Fort Worth, Texas
Biennial-600: Sculpture, Juried by Leigh Arnold, Amarillo Museum of Art: Amarillo, Texas
In Good Company, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
CHAOS!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
5 to Watch: Reloaded, Curated by Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of Ro2 Art, The Gallery at Visit Addison: Dallas, Texas
Graduate Spring Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
2014
5 to Watch, Curated by Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of Ro2 Art, The Gallery at Visit Addison: Dallas, Texas
The Turn, Cora Stafford Gallery: Denton, Texas
11th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Juried by Kayla Escobedo, Lucas Martell, Francisco Moreno, Arthur Pena, and Giovanni Valderas, Latino Cultural Center: Dallas, Texas
Graduate Spring Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Gateway Center: Denton, Texas
2013
Student Discount, Juried by Lisa Hees, LauraLee Brott and Leslie Connally, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
Graduate Fall Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
Intersections: Collaborative Inquiries in Painting, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Graduate Exhibition Encore, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Graduate Spring Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Union Gallery: Denton, Texas*
2012
LSU BFA Show, Foster Gallery: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
White Light Night Art Show, Yvette Marie’s: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU Juried Student Art Show, Union Gallery: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU A+D Student Show, Commons Gallery: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Commons Private Collection: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Awards and Honors
2016
Dallas Museum of Art Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough fund grant recipient
2015
CADD FUNd Finalist (Juried by: Justine Ludwig, Jed Morse, and Michael Mazurek)
Nasher Sculpture Center Microgrant Finalist (Juried by: Leigh Arnold, Frances Bagley, Annette Lawrence, John Pomara, Anna Smith, and Tony Tasset)
College of Visual Art and Design Outstanding Graduate Student in Studio Art
2014
College of Visual Art and Design Project Award: Soft Space
Graduate Assistantship Tuition Scholarship
Thomas Norby Memorial Scholarship
2013
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Third Place for Visual Arts
UNT Academic Achievement Scholarship
2012
UNT Academic Achievement Scholarship
Affiliations
2018- Present 500X Gallery Member
Professional Experience
2017 – Present Public Art Project Manager, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County
2013 – 2017 Visual Art Scholastic Event Juror, North Texas Regions
2016 – 2017 Administrative Director at Galleri Urbane
2015 Co-Curator of In the Making, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
2013 – 2015 University of North Texas: Area Assistant for the Drawing and Painting Department
Private Schools Interscholastic Association Juror, North Texas Region
2012 – 2013 Crow Collection of Asian Art: Department of Education Contract Intern
Susan Cheal Studio Assistant: Denton, Texas
Teaching Experience
2015
Pres Adjunct Professor, Eastfield College
ARTS 1301: Art Appreciation
ARTS 1316, 1317, 2323: Drawing Studios I, II, & III
ARTS 2311, 2316: Painting Studios I & II
2015 – 2017
Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas
ASTU 2200: Beginning Figure Drawing, ARTS 1500: Drawing I
2013 – 2014
Teaching Fellow and Instructor of Record, University of North Texas
ASTU 2200: Beginning Figure Drawing
ARTS 1500, 1510: Drawing I & II
Lectures
2019
Guest Lecture: Professional Practices. Invited by Michael Frank Blair. School of Art, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, Texas
2014
Guest Lecture and Collaborative Lesson Plan: Seventh and Eighth Grade Art Classes. Invited by Frank Hopkins. Calhoun Middle School. Denton, Texas.
Graduate Student Panelist: College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Advanced Drawing Studio I. Invited by Vincent Falsetta. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Advanced Painting Studio I. Invited by Vincent Falsetta. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
2013
Graduate Student Panelist: College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Drawing II. Invited by Elaine Pawlowicz. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Bibliography
2018
Wright, Charles. Art & Life with Michelle Thomas Richardson, Voyage Dallas. July 11, 2018. http://voyagedallas.com/interview/art-life-michelle-thomas-richardson/
2016
Courtney, James. "In Play." San Antonio Current 12 Oct. 2016: 35. Print.
2014
Top Five, Dec. 4, 2014, Glasstire. December 4, 2014.
http://glasstire.com/2014/12/04/top-five-dec-4-2014/
Smart, Lauren. Five Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend, Dallas Observer. December 3, 2014.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2014/12/five_art_exhibitions_to_see_this_weekend_3.php
2013
Blair, Michael Frank. Intersections at UNT on the Square. July 20, 2013. http://glasstire.com/2013/07/10/intersections-at-unt-on-the-square/
Michelle Thomas Richardson is a native of Dallas, Texas. She achieved her Master of Fine Arts degree in Drawing and Painting at the University of North Texas in 2015 after earning her BFA from Louisiana State University. Richardson was named a grant recipient of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Awards to Artists through the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund in 2016. She has also been a Nasher Microgrant finalist as well as a CADD FUNd finalist in 2015. She has shown throughout Texas and has held solo exhibitions of her work at venues including 500X Gallery, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery, and Clamp Light Gallery. In addition to her studio practice, Richardson currently works as a Public Art Project Manager with the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County.
CV
Education
2015 University of North Texas, Master of Fine Arts
Painting and Drawing
2012 Louisiana State University, Honors College, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major Painting and Drawing, Minor Art History
Magna Cum Laude, College Honors
Honors Undergraduate Thesis: A Timeless Impermanence
Other Education
2014 Eric McMaster Digital Fabrication Workshop, University of North Texas: Denton, Texas
2011 Linda Wintraub Creative Workshop, Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Prospect 2 New Orleans, Dan Cameron, Louisiana State University: New Orleans, Louisiana
Solo Exhibitions
2019
(Forthcoming) Developing Story, The Mesquite Arts Center: Mesquite, Texas
Drawing Lines, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2018
Surround Sound, The Magnolia with Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
Mirror, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2016
In Play, Clamp Light Gallery: San Antonio, Texas
Mirage, Terrain Dallas: Dallas, Texas
Allusion, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2015
Over/Under, Cora Stafford Gallery: Denton, Texas
2014
Soft Space, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
(Forthcoming) CLIP: An International Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Curated by Ghislaine Fremaux, Charles Adams Studio Project: Lubbock, Texas
Texas Vignette 2019, Curated by Leslie Moody Castro, The Women’s Museum: Dallas, Texas
Full Disclosure, Three person exhibition alongside Emily LaCour Olson and Sarah Palmeri, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2018
Looking, Thinking, Making: Faculty Projects, Gallery 219 at Eastfield College: Mesquite Texas
The Members Show, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
CHAOS!!!!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2017
Formerly Past Tense, Curated by Casey Galloway and Amada Miller, Hello Studio: San Antonio, Texas
In Good Company III, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas (invited by Iris Bechtol)
2016
EXPO, Curated by Rachel Rogerson, 500x Gallery: Dallas, Texas
In Good Company II, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
CHAOS!!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2015
UNT Faculty Art Show, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, Juried by Peter Doroshenko, Fort Worth Community Art Center: Fort Worth, Texas
Biennial-600: Sculpture, Juried by Leigh Arnold, Amarillo Museum of Art: Amarillo, Texas
In Good Company, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
CHAOS!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
5 to Watch: Reloaded, Curated by Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of Ro2 Art, The Gallery at Visit Addison: Dallas, Texas
Graduate Spring Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
2014
5 to Watch, Curated by Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of Ro2 Art, The Gallery at Visit Addison: Dallas, Texas
The Turn, Cora Stafford Gallery: Denton, Texas
11th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Juried by Kayla Escobedo, Lucas Martell, Francisco Moreno, Arthur Pena, and Giovanni Valderas, Latino Cultural Center: Dallas, Texas
Graduate Spring Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Gateway Center: Denton, Texas
2013
Student Discount, Juried by Lisa Hees, LauraLee Brott and Leslie Connally, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
Graduate Fall Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
Intersections: Collaborative Inquiries in Painting, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Graduate Exhibition Encore, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Graduate Spring Invitational, Lightwell Gallery: Denton, Texas
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Union Gallery: Denton, Texas*
2012
LSU BFA Show, Foster Gallery: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
White Light Night Art Show, Yvette Marie’s: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU Juried Student Art Show, Union Gallery: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU A+D Student Show, Commons Gallery: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Commons Private Collection: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Awards and Honors
2016
Dallas Museum of Art Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough fund grant recipient
2015
CADD FUNd Finalist (Juried by: Justine Ludwig, Jed Morse, and Michael Mazurek)
Nasher Sculpture Center Microgrant Finalist (Juried by: Leigh Arnold, Frances Bagley, Annette Lawrence, John Pomara, Anna Smith, and Tony Tasset)
College of Visual Art and Design Outstanding Graduate Student in Studio Art
2014
College of Visual Art and Design Project Award: Soft Space
Graduate Assistantship Tuition Scholarship
Thomas Norby Memorial Scholarship
2013
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Third Place for Visual Arts
UNT Academic Achievement Scholarship
2012
UNT Academic Achievement Scholarship
Affiliations
2018- Present 500X Gallery Member
Professional Experience
2017 – Present Public Art Project Manager, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County
2013 – 2017 Visual Art Scholastic Event Juror, North Texas Regions
2016 – 2017 Administrative Director at Galleri Urbane
2015 Co-Curator of In the Making, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
2013 – 2015 University of North Texas: Area Assistant for the Drawing and Painting Department
Private Schools Interscholastic Association Juror, North Texas Region
2012 – 2013 Crow Collection of Asian Art: Department of Education Contract Intern
Susan Cheal Studio Assistant: Denton, Texas
Teaching Experience
2015
Pres Adjunct Professor, Eastfield College
ARTS 1301: Art Appreciation
ARTS 1316, 1317, 2323: Drawing Studios I, II, & III
ARTS 2311, 2316: Painting Studios I & II
2015 – 2017
Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas
ASTU 2200: Beginning Figure Drawing, ARTS 1500: Drawing I
2013 – 2014
Teaching Fellow and Instructor of Record, University of North Texas
ASTU 2200: Beginning Figure Drawing
ARTS 1500, 1510: Drawing I & II
Lectures
2019
Guest Lecture: Professional Practices. Invited by Michael Frank Blair. School of Art, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, Texas
2014
Guest Lecture and Collaborative Lesson Plan: Seventh and Eighth Grade Art Classes. Invited by Frank Hopkins. Calhoun Middle School. Denton, Texas.
Graduate Student Panelist: College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Advanced Drawing Studio I. Invited by Vincent Falsetta. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Advanced Painting Studio I. Invited by Vincent Falsetta. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
2013
Graduate Student Panelist: College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Drawing II. Invited by Elaine Pawlowicz. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Bibliography
2018
Wright, Charles. Art & Life with Michelle Thomas Richardson, Voyage Dallas. July 11, 2018. http://voyagedallas.com/interview/art-life-michelle-thomas-richardson/
2016
Courtney, James. "In Play." San Antonio Current 12 Oct. 2016: 35. Print.
2014
Top Five, Dec. 4, 2014, Glasstire. December 4, 2014.
http://glasstire.com/2014/12/04/top-five-dec-4-2014/
Smart, Lauren. Five Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend, Dallas Observer. December 3, 2014.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2014/12/five_art_exhibitions_to_see_this_weekend_3.php
2013
Blair, Michael Frank. Intersections at UNT on the Square. July 20, 2013. http://glasstire.com/2013/07/10/intersections-at-unt-on-the-square/
