Willy Bo Richardson est un artiste reconnu dont le travail s'appuie sur le "mouvement linéraire". Il expose très largement via des galeries de premier plan aux Etats-Unis tout en enseignant à la Santa Fe University of Art and Design (Richardson possède un MFA du Pratt Institute). En 2011, son travail est sélectionné pour l'exposition de la Jason McCoy Gallery à New York intitulée “70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts”. L'exposition rassemblait une sélection d'oeuvres d'artistes modernes et contemporains de premier plan tels que Josef Albers, Hans Hofmann et Jackson Pollock. En 2012 , il expose une série remarquée intitulée “Watercolors” au siège de Phillips de Pury à Chelsea (New York). Son travail et sa vision a été mis dernièrement en avant sur KNME-TV PBS dans l'émission ¡COLORES! Il est représenté de façon permanente par la Richard Levy Gallery et ArtFloor.
FORMATION
MFA Painting, 2000
Pratt Institute, New York
BA Fine Arts and English, 1996
University of Texas, Austin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
SELECTION D’EXPOSITIONS
2015
Miami Project, Art Basel Miami, Richard Levy Gallery, Miami, FL
Clockwork for Oracles, Richard Levy Project Room, Albuquerque NM
Seattle Art Fair, Richard Levy Gallery, Seattle WA
Willy Bo Richardson and Edward Lentsch, Turner Carroll, Santa Fe, NM
Seduced, dm contemporary, New York, NY
Art on Paper, Richard Levy Gallery, New York, NY
Reverberant Matter, SFUAD at Wade Wilson Art, Santa Fe, NM
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Turner Carroll, Palm Springs, CA
2014
Richard Levy Gallery, Miami Project, Miami, FL
Richard Levy Gallery, Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX
Fall Color, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
That’s Where You Need to Be, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012
Watercolors, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
Paper Band, Jason McCoy, New York, NY
ClampArt, New York, NY
2011
70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts, Jason McCoy, New York, NY
2010
Art Santa Fe, LaunchProjects, Santa Fe, NM
2009
Songlines, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
Summer Reverie: Invitational, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Willy Bo Richardson, LaunchProjects, Santa Fe, NM
Pairs, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas NV
2008
New Artists, New Work, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Beaux Arts Ball, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Willy Bo Richardson: Lolland and Other Places, Gallery Sakiko, NY
2007
Richardson2, Center For Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Transformations, ICD & Art Connects, New York, NY
Common Threads, Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, CA
Water, The Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2006
Summer Color!, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
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
2000
LandEscape, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Pratt Institute MFA Thesis Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
DFN Gallery, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS D’ENTREPRISES
Diamantweg Europe Center, Immenstadt Germany
Foulger-Pratt Headquarters, Baltimore, MD
Houston Medical Center, Houston TX
Loomis Sayles & Company, Boston MA
Miami Loews, Miami Beach FL
Miraval Resort Villas, Tucson AZ
Moen Group, Plaza Towers, Iowa City IA
The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, China
Scrub Island Villas, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Isles
Swissôtel Chicago, Chicago IL
ENSEIGNEMENT
2010-present
Contributing Faculty, Studio Arts, Santa Fe University of Art and Design
2011-2012
Instructor, Painting I and II, Santa Fe Community College
2001–2007
Painting Technician, Cooper Union, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Arts in America - Summer 2015
Margaret Wright: “Painters Point the Way at Richard Levy Gallery”
Adobe Airstream, August-September 2014 Edition
Mateo Coffman: “That’s Where You Need to Be”
Local IQ, Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Elisa McGovern: “Be Here Now”
Alibi, V.23 No.32 | August 7 – 13, 2014
Ashley E. Rooney: “Contemporary Art of the Southwest”
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2014. Print.
¡COLORES!, KNME PBS,
“Willy Bo Richardson, The Impressionists, Regional Theater, Jack Ross”, Feb 7, 2014
Aaron Gulley: “The Soul of Santa Fe”
DestinAsian, Feb/March 2013
Kristina Nazarevskaia: “Willy Bo Richardson – Watercolors at Phillips de Pury & Co”
GalleryIntell, Oct 4, 2012
Peggy Roalf : “Abstraction: Informers and The Informed”
Design Arts Daily, April 21, 2011
Lynn Maliszewski: “A Perceptual Dance Party for Your Eyes”
Hyperallergic, May 26, 2011
Katy Crocker: “Painting, Doritos and Color Theory – The Work of Willy Bo Richardson”
The End of Being, April 2011
“Artists to Watch in 2010”
Décor Magazine, January, 2010
Zane Fischer: “From Darkness: Light”
Santa Fe Reporter, November 5-11, 2008
Patricia Sauthoff: “A Father and Son Take Inspiration,”
Santa Fe Reporter, October 17-23, 2007
“Featured Artist: Willy Richardson”
Art Connects New York, April 2007
Stephanie Buhmann: “Confluence: Willy Bo Richardson,”
Catalogue 2006
Ali Gowans,: “Artfully Saluting the Season,”
The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA, Nov 16, 2005
“Visiting Artist to Exhibit Work Inspired by Autumn,”
The Gazette, Iowa City, IA, Nov 13, 200
Neil Richardsen: “Five From New York,”
The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, April 2, 2005
Penny Webb: “The Mouse That Roared,”
The Age review, Tasmania Australia, Jan 7, 2005
Jordana Borensztajn: “New York Comes to Town,”
Herald Sun, Australia, Jan 17, 2005
Stephanie Buhmann: “X Semination,”
Catalogue, 2004
Donald Riggs: “Writing Under Pressure,”
Drexel University Journal, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
Rebecca Wasserman: “Richardson’s Rainbow at Nohra Haime Gallery,”
The Crimson Feet, Oct 2003