Willy Bo Richardson

Biography

Willy Bo Richardson (b. 1974) married himself to a single mode of working as a formal recognition of the power of remaining in one place and as a way to honor consistency and quietude. For over 20 years, Richardson has been painting humming fields of color that suspend the sensation of time.

Richardson shows extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in private and public collections including a recent acquisition by the Albuquerque Museum. He received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute, was a painting tech at Cooper Union in New York and a faculty member at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. His work was featured on the PBS arts series, ¡COLORES!, and he was a guest artist at Tamarind Institute. Richardson lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Education
2000
MFA Painting, Pratt Institute, New York, NY

1996
BA Fine Arts and English, University of Texas, Austin, TX and University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
All Yours, Skot Foreman Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2019
Colophon, ClampArt, New York, NY

2018
Navigation, Richard Levy Project Room, Albuquerque NM

2015
Clockwork for Oracles, Richard Levy Project Room, Albuquerque NM

2014
Willy Bo Richardson, Turner Carroll, Santa Fe, NM

2008
Lolland and Other Places, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY

2006
Confluence, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions
2021
Accessible Art Fair, Catawiki Auction, Brussels

2020
Jason McCoy Gallery, From Dark to Light, New York, NY

2019
No Modifiers, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque NM
The Spaces Between, SFCC Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Kaleidoscope, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2018
Exquisite Corpse, drawing event, SITE Santa Fe
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas TX
Painted Places, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2017
Surroundings, Willy Bo Richardson and Danae Falliers, Hunt Modern, Santa Fe, NM
Lumina, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2016
SITE Unseen 9, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Indian Summer Show, DM Contemporary, New York, NY

2015
Clockwork for Oracles, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Seduced, DM Contemporary, New York, NY
Reverberant Matter/Project, Santa Fe University of Art and Design at Wade Wilson Art, Santa Fe, NM
Willy Bo Richardson and Edward Lentsch, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2014
That’s Where You Need to Be, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Art Collision & Repair Shop, Center for Contemporary Arts, Muñoz Waxman Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Color Fall, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2012
Watercolors, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
Paper Band, Jason McCoy, New York, NY
Into the Woods, ClampArt, New York, NY

2011
70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Art Santa Fe, LaunchProjects, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Works, LaunchProjects, Santa Fe, NM

2009
Songlines, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
Summer Reverie: Invitational, William Seigal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
LaunchProjects, Santa Fe, NM
Pairs, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NM

2008
Willy Bo Richardson: Lolland and Other Places, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
New Artists, New Work, William Seigal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Beaux Arts Ball, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2007
Richardson2, Center For Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Transformations, ICD & Art Connects, New York, NY
Common Threads, Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, CA
Winter Salon, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
The Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

2006
Willy Bo Richardson: Confluence, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
The Water Show, The Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Black and White, Holland Tunnel, New York, NY

2005
Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

2004
X Semination, Kings Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Small Works Salon, The Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

2003
NY Art Independent 03, Ausstellungshalles des Kurorts Timmendorfer Strand, Germany,Curated by Stephanie Buhmann
Brooklyn On 57th Street, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY

2002
NY Art Independent 02, Kunstraum, Westerland, Sylt, Germany
Editions Project, Brooklyn Front Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2001
NY Art Independent 01, Kroll-Vogel, Hamburg, Germany
Transitions, Acquisitions, and Parochials, L-Art, Brooklyn, NY

2000
LandEscape, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Pratt Institute MFA Thesis Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

Collections
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM
Buddhismus Stiftung Diamantweg Europe Center, Immenstadt Germany
Foulger-Pratt Headquarters, Baltimore, MD
Houston Medical Center, Houston, TX
Institute for Career Development, New York City
Loomis Sayles & Company, Boston, MA
MGM Resorts, Las Vegas NV
Miami Loews, Miami Beach, FL
Miraval Resort Villas, Tucson, AZ
Moen Group, Plaza Towers, Iowa City, IA 
Polsinelli Corporate Art Collection, Kansas City, MO
The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, China
Scrub Island Villas, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Isles
Swissôtel Chicago, Chicago, IL

Awards
2018
Clark Hulings Fund Executive Tier Year II Fellowship

2017
Clark Hulings Fund Grant Recipient for Visual Artists

2015
SITE Santa Fe SPREAD finalist

Press
2021
Thompson, Helen , Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High Desert, The Monacelli Press, 2021, p. 39
McClain, David, Willy Bo Richardson, Clockwork for Oracles, Superpresent, Issue 3 Summer 2021, p. 51

2020
Almino, Wouk, Elisa, A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine, Hyperallergic, May 22

2018
Patricia LaSalle – Hopkins, On the Line: Willy Bo Richardson, New Mexico Magazine, April, Volume 96, Issue 4: 74-77 
Isabelle Walker, Collectors Notebook: Getting Down to Business, Western Art and Architecture, April/May
Clark Hulings Fund Art Business Summit @ SFCC with Elizabeth Hulings & Willy Richardson, The Richard Eeds Show, KTRC 103.7, March 15

2017
Nancy Reyner, Create Perfect Paintings: An Artist’s Guide to Visual Thinking, North Light Books, print 
Elaine Grogan Luttrull, Strategic Planning in Action: Notes from the Field, Professional Artist, December | January, Voulme 31, Number 6: p. 14-18 

2016
Aaron Gully, Color Outside the Lines, Virtuoso Travel Magazine, July/ August, p. 118

2015
Eric Kroll, Laberintos de Lineas y Colores, Dental Tribune, No.9 , Vol. 12, cover and pp. 29 -31
Kathryn Davis, Albuquerque Contemporary, ArtBeat radio KVSF, August 28
Ryan Rushton, See the World Differently: Richard Levy Gallery, New Mexico Homes 
Anna Furman, Three Distinct Artists United by Bold, Enthusiastic Styles, Artsy Editorial, April 3   

2014
Mark Perry, Willy Bo Richardson, A Matter of the Mind, KVSF101.5, Novemeber 22
Kathryn M. Davis, Buying Art is Fun, ArtBeat KVSF101.5, July 31 
Margaret Wright, Painters Point the Way at Richard Levy Gallery, Adobe Airstream, August – September
Mateo Coffman, That’s Where You Need to Be, Local IQ, July 22
Elisa McGovern, Galleries Get It Up: Be Here Now, The Weekly Alibi, August 7-13
Ashley Rooney, Contemporary Art of the Southwest,Atglen: Schiffer Publishing
Willy Bo Richardson, The Impressionists, Regional Theater, Jack Ross, ¡COLORES!, KNME PBS,February 7

2013
Aaron Gulley, The Soul of Santa Fe, DestinAsian, Feb/March

2012
Kristina Nazarevskaia: Willy Bo Richardson – Watercolors, galleryIntell
Phillips de Pury: galleryIntell – Video
Phillips de Pury & Company Watercolors exhibition, Auction Publicity

2011
Peggy Roalf, Abstraction: Informers and The Informed, Design Arts Daily, April 21
Katy Crocker, Painting, Doritos and Color Theory – The Work of Willy Bo Richardson, The End of Being

2010
Artists to Watch in 2010, Décor Magazine, January

2009
Kate Beck, Color as it Happens: Steven Alexander and Willy Bo Richardson, Art Notes, August 10, blog

2007
Patricia Sauthoff,  A Father and Son Take Inspiration, Santa Fe Reporter, October 17-23
Featured Artist: Willy Richardson, Art Connects New York, April

2006
Stephanie Buhmann, Confluence: Willy Bo Richardson, Catalogue

2005
Ali Gowans, Artfully Saluting the Season, The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA, November 16
Visiting Artist to Exhibit Work Inspired by Autumn, The Gazette, Iowa City, IA, November 13
Neil Richardsen, Five From New York, The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, April 2
Penny Webb, The Mouse That Roared, The Age review, Tasmania Australia, January 7
Jordana Borensztajn, New York Comes to Town, Herald Sun, Australia, January 17

2004
Stephanie Buhmann, X Semination, Catalogue
Don Riggs, Writing Under Pressure, Drexel University Journal, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Rebecca Wasserman, Richardson’s Rainbow at Nohra Haime Gallery, The Crimson Feet, October

Press Release
2018 Navigation at Richard Levy Gallery

2015 Clockwork for Oracles at Richard Levy Gallery

2014 Thats Where You Need to Be at Richard Levy Gallery