BIOGRAPHY
Recognised as one of the leading representatives of a new generation of artists working with digital technologies to create hyper-real, highly charged landscapes, Kelly Richardson has been widely acclaimed in North America, Asia and Europe. Recent one person exhibitions include Dundee Contemporary Arts, SMoCA, CAG Vancouver, VOID Derry, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien and a major survey at the Albright-Knox. Her work was selected for the Beijing, Busan, Canadian, Gwangju and Montréal biennales, and major moving image exhibitions including the The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, USA). Her video installations have been included in the Toronto International Film Festival as part of Future Projections (2012), Sundance Film Festival in New Frontier (2011 and 2009) and in 2009, she was honoured as the featured artist at the Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards.
Richardson’s work has been acquired into significant museum collections across the UK, USA and Canada, from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, SMoCA and Albright-Knox Art Gallery to the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Arts Council Collection (England) and the Towner.
Kelly Richardson was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada in 1972. From 2003-2017 she resided in north east England where she was a Lecturer in Fine Arts at Newcastle University. She currently lives and works as a visitor on the traditional territory of the WSANEC peoples of the Coast Salish Nation on Vancouver Island, Canada. She is Associate Professor in Visual Arts at the University of Victoria.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
WORKS AVAILABLE
Edel Assanti, London, England
EDUCATION
Newcastle University – MFA with distinction
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design – MFA, Media Arts program
Ontario College of Art and Design – AOCAD with honours
Sheridan College – Art Fundamentals Intensive Program – Diploma
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (* indicates publication)
2019 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Pillars of Dawn, Sunderland, UK
2018 Southampton City Art Gallery, Pillars of Dawn, Southampton, UK
2018 Seaton Delaval Hall, Pillars of Dawn, Seaton Sluice, UK
2017 Dundee Contemporary Arts, Kelly Richardson: The Weather Makers, Dundee, Scotland
2017 Musée d’art de Joliette, Kelly Richardson: Orion Tide, Joliette, Canada
2017 Mois Multi – Festival international d’arts multidisciplinaires et électroniques, Mois Multi 2017, VU Photo, Quebec, Canada
2015 SMoCA, Kelly Richardson: Tales on the Horizon, curated by Emily Stamey, Arizona, USA
2015 MSAC, Kelly Richardson: Terrene, curated by Scott McGovern, Guelph, Canada *
2014 Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver, Kelly Richardson: Legion, curated by Nigel Prince, Vancouver, Canada *
2014 Laing Art Gallery, Mariner 9, Newcastle, England
2014 VOID, Haunted, curated by Gregory Mccartney, Derry, Ireland
2014 Screen Space, Kelly Richardson, Melbourne, Australia
2014 MCAC, Haunted, curated by Gregory Mccartney, Portadown, Ireland
2013 Natural History Museum Vienna, Mariner 9, Vienna, Austria
2013 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Kelly Richardson: Legion, curated by Holly Hughes, Buffalo, USA *
2013 Towner, Kelly Richardson: Legion, Eastbourne, UK *
2013 Edel Assanti, Kelly Richardson: The Erudition, London, UK
2013 Birch Libralato, Kelly Richardson: Orion Tide, Toronto, Canada
2013 UWAG, This Island Earth, curated by Ivan Jurakic, Waterloo, Canada
2012 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelly Richardson: Legion, curated by Alistair Robinson, Sunderland, UK *
2012 Toronto International Film Festival, Future Projections: Mariner 9, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
2012 Spanish City Dome, Mariner 9, presented by Tyneside Cinema, Whitley Bay, UK *
2012 Grundy Art Gallery, Kelly Richardson: Legion, Blackpool, UK *
2012 NGC, Kelly Richardson: Orion Tide, Sunderland, UK
2011 Artpace, Leviathan, curated by Heather Pesanti, San Antonio, Texas, USA *
2011 SAAG, The Erudition, curated by Ryan Doherty, Lethbridge, Alberta *
2011 Yukon Art Centre, Kelly Richardson: Twilight Avenger, curated by Earl Miller, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
2010 Birch Libralato, The Erudition, Toronto, Canada
2010 Diverseworks / Aurora Picture Show, Fotofest 2010 Biennial: Twilight Avenger, Houston, Texas, USA
2009 Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Kelly Richardson, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2009 Screening, Kelly Richardson: Twilight Avenger, Philadelphia, USA
2009 Film Fleadh / Gallery 126, Kelly Richardson: Twilight Avenger, Galway, Ireland
2008 Pace Digital Gallery, Mark Napier and Kelly Richardson, curated by Jillian Macdonald, New York, NY, USA
2008 Birch Libralato, Twilight Avenger, Toronto, Canada
2008 HALLWALLS, The Edge of Everything, curated by John Massier, Buffalo, USA *
2008 KW|AG, Forest Park, curated by Crystal Mowry, Kitchener, Canada *
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
2004 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Photopolis Photo Biennial: Future Perfect, curated by Bob Bean, Halifax, Canada *
2004 Cornerhouse, Bigger Picture: howthedevil, Manchester, UK
2002 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada [2 person]
2002 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 *
2000 Platform Gallery, Jello, Melbourne, Australia
2000 Red Head Gallery Showcase, Birdhouse, curated by Jenifer Papararo, Toronto, Canada
1999 .in/attendant. Gallery, Mimic, Toronto, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Somerset House, 24/7, London, England
2019 Art Gallery of Guelph, The Drive, London, England
2019 Images Festival, XL Outer Worlds, Cinesphere,Toronto, Canada
2018 Woodhorn Museum, Coal Forest, curated by Elizabeth Ritson, Ashington, UK
2018 Galway Arts Centre, A Brand New Darkness for a Bright New Way, curated by Gregory McCartney, Galway, Ireland
2018 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Supernatural: Art, Technology and the Forest, curated by Haema Sivanesan, Victoria, Canada
2018 Maryland Hall, Glistening: Nature Mirrored in Video Art, curated by Kelly Gordon, Maryland, USA
2018 Birch Contemporary, An Alternate Landscape, Toronto, Canada
2017 Art Gallery of Alberta, Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial, Alberta, Canada
2017 Hubei Museum of Art, Stress Field, Hubei, China
2017 NEoN (North East of North), Media Archeology, curated by Sarah Cook, Dundee, Scotland
2017 Towner Art Gallery, Now, Today, Tomorrow and Always, Eastbourne, UK
2017 Bonavista Biennale, Art encounters on the edge, Newfoundland, Canada
2017 The Power Plant, Stereo Vision, Toronto, Canada
2017 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Menagerie: Animals on View, Buffalo, New York, USA
2017 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, The Kindness of Strangers: Recent Acquisitions and Conservation Projects, USA
2017 Musée Atger, A Scientific Encounter, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
2017 Birch Contemporary, 27.5, Toronto, Canada
2016 Success Gallery, INANITION, Fremantle, Australia
2016 Musée régional de Rimouski, Lumens, Quebec, Canada
2015 Actual Contemporary, Age of Catastrophe, Winnipeg, Canada
2014 National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Biennial 2014: Shine a Light, Ottawa, Canada
2014 Musée d’art Contemporain, Biennale de Montréal: L’avenir (looking forward), Montréal, Canada
2013 Museum London, Storytelling, curated by Cassandra Getty, London, Canada
2013 Berwick International Film and Media Festival, The Last Frontier, Berwick, UK
2013 Museum London, Imaging Disaster, curated by Cassandra Getty and Adam Lauder, London, Canada
2013 Artspace Flipside, Missing Link, curated by Alexandra Crouwers, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2013 Nuit Blanche, Romancing the Anthropocene, curated by Crystal Mowry and Ivan Jurakic,Toronto, Canada
2012 TULCA 2012, What became of the people we used to be?, curated by Greg McCartney, Galway, Ireland
2012 Le Fresnoy, Visions Fugitives, curated by Pascale Pronnier and Marie-Therese Champesme, Tourcoing, France
2012 Kulturhuset Stockholm, Supertemporal, curated by Paul Young and Estelle af Malmborg, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Palais de Tokyo | FIAC, Arte Video Night, curated by Dominique Goutard and Jean-Luc Monterosso , Paris, France
2012 Edel Assanti, Immortal Nature, curated by Gordon Cheung, London, UK
2012 The Rooms, New Romantics, curated by Bruce Johnson, Newfoundland, Canada
2011 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Videosphere: A New Generation, curated by Holly Hughes, Buffalo, New York, USA
2011 CaixaForum, The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image – Dreams, organised by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, curated by Kerry Brougher and Kelly Gordon, Barcelona, Spain *
2011 Young Projects, The Savage Transparence, curated by Paul Young, Los Angeles, California, USA
2011 Nuit Blanche, The Erudition, curated by Farah Yusuf for OCAD, Toronto, Canada
2010 White Box, THE WASTE LAND, curated by Raul Zamudio, New York, New York , USA
2010 SAW Gallery, Art Star 4 Video Art Biennial, Ottawa, Canada
2010 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Last Frontier, curated by Sarah Fillmore, Halifax, NS, Canada
2010 Art Gallery of Ontario, Sculpture on Time: Major works. New Acquisitions, Toronto, Canada
2010 Islip Art Museum, Site Specifics ’10, curated by Karen Shaw, Long Island, New York, USA
2010 Birch Libralato, Essential Works Show V 1989-2009, Toronto, Canada
2009 Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier on Main, curated by Shari Frilot, Utah, USA
2009 Beijing 798 Biennale, Constellations, curated by Raul Zamudio, Beijing, China
2009 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Forces of Nature, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2009 Confederation Centre of the Arts, Other Worlds, curated by Ihor Holubizsky, P.E.I, Canada
2009 Cambridge Galleries, Sobey Art Award: Ontario Shortlist, curated by Ivan Jurakic, Canada
2009 Ed Video, Year of Darwin, curated by Scott McGovern, Guelph, Canada
2009 Blackwood Gallery, Nuit Blanche: Drop Out, curated by Christof Migone, Toronto, Canada
2008 Busan Biennale, Expenditure, South Korea
2008 Kulturzentrum K4, Out of Darkness, curated by Paul Rooney, Nurnberg, Germany
2008 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image – Part 1: Dreams,
curated by Kerry Brougher and Kelly Gordon, Washington, USA
2007 Berwick Film and Media Festival, Film on Film, curated by Iain Pate and Rebecca Shatwell, Berwick, UK
2006 Tank TV, Video Calendar, curated by Laure Prouvost, tank.tv
2006 Castlefield Gallery, Beta Test: Purescreens 16, curated by Sophia Crilly, Manchester, UK
2006 The Nunnery, Visions at the Nunnery, London, UK
2005 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Thinking the Unthinkable – or – Against Nature, curated by Alistair Robinson, UK
2005 Berwick Film Festival and Media Festival, Crossing Borders, curated by Marcus Coates, Berwick, UK
2005 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
2004 An Tuireann Arts Centre, DRIFT, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, initiated by New Media Scotland, Isle of Skye, Scotland
2004 The Museum of Voivodina , DRIFT, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, initiated by New Media Scotland, Isle of Skye, Scotland
2004 SESC Vila Mariana, Imagens que voce jamais verá na TV, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004 Stills Gallery / Edinburgh Film Festival, DRIFT, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, Edinburgh, Scotland
2004 Chaingmai University Art Museum, Switch Media Festival “Supernatural”, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 Robert Birch Gallery, Worts: Another Dimension, Toronto, Canada
2003 Art Gallery of Ontario, Provisional Worlds, curated by Jessica Bradley, Toronto, Canada
2003 Islip Art Museum, Accumulations, Long Island, curated by Karen Shaw, New York, USA
2003 Pompidou Centre, Polyphonix 40, Paris, France
2001 Art Gallery of Ontario, Video Primer,curated by Michelle Jacques, Toronto, Canada
2001 Huashan Art District, Orange Marble, curated by Manray Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 Smack Mellon, White Hot, curated by Regine Basha and Moukhtar Kocach, Brooklyn, New York
2000 Galerie SKOL, Companie,curated by Sally McKay & Daniel Olson, Montreal, Quebec
1999 HALLWALLS, Phenotypology,curated by Maureen McQuillan, Buffalo, New York
1999 Robert Birch Gallery, here,curated by Michelle Jacques, Toronto, Canada
1999 Cold City Gallery, Video Survey, curated by Pamela Meredith, Toronto, Canada
1999 Koffler Center for the Arts, Loggia Gallery, Edge of Everything, curated by John Massier, North York, Canada
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (USA)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Canada)
Art Gallery of Ontario (Canada)
Arts Council Collection (UK)
BMO Canada
Connor, Clark and Lunn (Canada)
Foreign Affairs Canada
Giverny Capital (Canada)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (USA)
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (Canada)
National Gallery of Canada
RBC Art Collection (Canada)
SMoCA (USA)
Southampton City Art Gallery (UK)
The Collection: NGCA (UK)
The Collection: Tyneside Cinema (UK)
Towner (UK)
HONOURS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2018 XL Outer Worlds IMAX commission, Canada
2018 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2017 Arts Council England Project Award
2017 Canada Council for the Arts Project Award
2017 Film London Jarman Award, nominated
2016 NICAP (Newcastle Institute for Creative Arts Practice) Award
2016 Film London Jarman Award, nominated
2015 Film London Jarman Award, nominated
2015 Canada Council for the Arts Project Award
2014 Arts Council England Project Award
2014 Film London Jarman Award, nominated
2013 Canada Council for the Arts, Long-term Grant
2012 Tyneside Cinema Artist Commission, Newcastle, UK
2012 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Commission
2012 Journal Culture Award ‘Best Event Sunderland’ Winner, England
2012 Journal Culture Award ‘Visual Artist of the Year’ Finalist, England
2012 Arts Council England Project Award
2012 VARC Visual Art Award
2012 Canada Council for the Arts Long-term grant
2011 Journal Culture Award ‘Visual Artist of the Year’ Finalist, England
2011 Northern Art Prize Long List, England
2011 Artpace International Artist in Residence selected by curator Heather Pesanti (Albright-Knox), San Antonio, Texas
2011 Tyneside Cinema Artist in Residence, Newcastle, UK
2009 Americans for the Arts National Art Awards Featured Artist, USA
2009 Sobey Art Award Long List, Canada
2009 Southern Alberta Art Gallery Gushul Artist in Residence program, Alberta
2009 Arts Council England Project Award
2009 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2008 Sobey Art Award Long List, Canada
2008 ISIS Arts Artist in Residence program, Newcastle, UK
2007 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2006 – 2007 /sLab, International Artist in Residence program, Sunderland, UK
2005 Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant
2005 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2004 Arts Council England Project Award
2002 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design MFA entry scholarship
2002 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2001 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant
2000 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2000 Ontario Arts Council Project Grants
2000 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
1999 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
BOOKS
2019 Kelly Richardson: Pillars of Dawn, [monograph], texts by Dr Sarah Cook, Madeleine Kennedy, Alistair Robinson, Dr Emily Stamey, Dr Carmen Victor, published by Kerber, Germany
2019 Oxford Handbook to Canadian Cinema, text by Johanne Sloan, edited by Janine Marchessault and Will Straw, published by Oxford University Press, 2018
2018 The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies, edited by Peter Howard, Ian Thompson, Emma Waterton, Mick Atha; Chapter 17, ‘Land Art’ by Venda Louise Pollock; 2nd Edition, August 15; Routledge; 650 pages, hardcover
2017 Stress Field: 4th Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, text by Hutch Wilco, published by Hubei Museum of Art and Fine Arts Literature Art Centre
2015 Visual Impact: Creative Dissent in the 21st Century, text by Liz McQuiston, published by Phaidon, London
2014 Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014, texts by Josee Drouin-Brisebois, Greg Hill, Andrea Kunard, Jonathan Shaughnessy and Rhiannon Vogl
2013 Kelly Richardson: The Last Frontier, [monograph], texts by Louis Grachos, Holly Hughes, Alistair Robinson, Kelly Gordon, co-published by Art Editions North and SAAG
2009 Beijing 798 Biennale, text by Raul Zamudio
2008 Busan Biennale 2008, text by Seung-Bo Jun
2008 The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image, texts by Kerry Brougher, Kelly Gordon, and Tony Oursler, co-published by Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and D Giles Limited
2008 Kelly Richardson: Forest Park, [monograph] texts by Crystal Mowry and John Massier, published by KW|AG
2007 Replaying Narrative, Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal, texts by Marie Fraser, Marie, published by Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal
2004 Gwangju Biennale, texts by Milena Kalinovska, published by Gwangju Biennale
2004 Photopolis Photo Biennial: Future Perfect, text by Robert Bean, published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
2002 Provisional Worlds, text by Jessica Bradley, published by the Art Gallery of Ontario
PODCASTS, VIDEO AND AUDIO DOCUMENTARIES
2019 CBC Arts – The Exhibitionists, TV series, filmmaker Lisa Wu, a short documentary on IMAX project Embers and the Giants
2018 Overly Dedicated Podcast, directed by Claire Scherzinger, feature interview
2013 Modern Art Notes Podcast, ‘Shirin Neshat and Kelly Richardson’, Tyler Green, April 4, feature interview
MEDIA FEATURES
2018 Chek News, Vancouver Island, evening news coverage of Embers and the Giants and old-growth conservation
2017 BBC Radio Scotland, The Janice Forsyth Show, interview about solo exhibition The Weather Makers at DCA
2014 BBC Northern Ireland, interview about solo exhibition Kelly Richardson: Haunted at VOID Derry
2014 UTV News, solo exhibition Kelly Richardson: Haunted at VOID Derry featured on the evening news
2012 BBC News, UK premiere of Mariner 9 featured on the evening news
2012 Sky News, UK premiere of Mariner 9 featured on the evening news
2012 ITV News, UK premiere of Mariner 9 featured on the evening news
2012 BBC Radio Newcastle, England, interview with Steve Drayton about Mariner 9
2012 BBC Radio Newcastle, England, interview with Simon Logan about Mariner 9
SELECTED EXHIBITION TEXTS
Prince, Nigel, “Kelly Richardson: Legion“, exhibition text for Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver, 2014
Jurakic, Ivan, “This Island Earth“, essay for solo exhibition featuring Mariner 9, Orion Tide and The Last Frontier at UWAG, 2013
Hughes, Holly, brochure for “Videosphere: A New Generation” at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, July 1-October , 2011
Pesanti, Heather, essay for “Leviathan” at Artpace San Antonio, March 2011
St-Laurent, Stefan, catalogue essay for “Art Star 4 Video Art Biennial“, Ottawa, Canada, October 29-November 6, 2010
Corsano, Otino, catalogue interview for “Free Sample” at the MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada, March – April, 2005
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. September – 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
SELECTED FEATURES / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS
Photomonitor, ‘Silvery Perfection‘, by Helen James, June 19, 2018
Medium, ‘Pillars of Dawn: the significance of setting“, by Sarah Ann Davies, June 20, 2018
Canadian Art, ‘Into the Woods‘, by John Luna, June 6, 2018
Galleries West, ‘Supernatural: Art, Technology and the Forest‘, by Portia Priegert, June 3, 2018
Painters on Painting, ‘Claire Scherzinger on Kelly Richardson‘, May 21, 2018
Galleries West, ‘New UVic professor creates Avatar Grove film project‘, by John Threlfall, Jan 16, 2018
Times Colonist, ‘Capturing the art of nature and change‘, by Jeff Bell, Jan 14, 2018
National Gallery of Canada Magazine, ‘Voyage and Violence: The 2017 Canadian Biennial at AGA‘, by Shannon Moore, Dec 13, 2017
Studio International, ‘Kelly Richardson: The Weather Makers‘, review by Christiana Spens, Nov 5, 2017
Vue Weekly, ‘Movement and Migration’, review of National Gallery of Canada at the AGA by Sierra Bilton, Sept 28, 2017
Artlink, ‘Inanition and Passing Parades‘, Gemma Weston, Sept-Oct, 2016
Real Time Arts, ‘Slow traumas or apocalypses of choice?‘, Francis Russell, Issue: August-September, 2016
Arts Beacon, ‘Kelly Richardson’s Tales on the Horizon at SMoCA‘, Grant Vetter, Nov 4, 2015
The Creators Project, ‘Kelly Richardson’s Deserted Landscapes of the Future‘, Interview, Sept 22, 2015
Georgia Straight, ‘Sci-Fi effects meets landscapes in Kelly Richardson’s Legion‘, Robin Laurence, Aug 13, 2014
Studio International, ‘Kelly Richardson – Haunted‘, Darran Anderson, July 8, 2014
Journal for Wild Culture, ‘Art and nature: opportunities and new directions‘, Tom Jeffreys, June 26, 2014
io9, ‘Kelly Richardson’s Beautiful Futuristic Landscapes Hide a Dark Secret‘, Online feature, Charlie Jane Anders, May 9, 2014
The Journal, “Review: Mariner 9 by Kelly Richardson at Laing Art Gallery“, review by David Whetstone, May 9, 2014
The Creators Project, “These Beautiful Sci-Fi Landscapes Are Actually Unsettling Predictions About Our Future“, Online feature, Johnny Magdaleno, May 8, 2014
CBC George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, “Look at This: The Otherworldly Landscapes of Kelly Richardson“, Online feature, March 29, 2014
Culture24, “Life on Mars: Kelly Richardson on NASA, the apocalypse and the north-east“, Interview with Ben Miller, March 25, 2014
BFI Sight and Sound Magazine, “Berwick 2013: border tensions“, Michael Pattison, February 18, 2014
The Record, “Kelly Richardson“, [review of This Island Earth], Robert Reid, November 16, 2013
The Film Lounge, “Berwick Ranger: Michael Pattison Reports from the 9th Film & Media Festival“, Michael Pattison, October 2, 2013
Border Crossings, “Kelly Richardson“, [review of Legion], William Ganis, Summer issue, 2013
Toronto Star, “Kelly Richardson’s Orion Tide“, [review of Orion Tide], Murray White, May 10, 2013
Afterimage, “My Name is Legion, for We Are Many“, [review of Legion], Kathryn Shriver, May, 2013
ARTINFO Canada, “Kelly Richardson’s Portent is Having an Effect“, Interview with Sky Goodden, May 1, 2013
ARTFORUM, “Critics’ Picks: Kelly Richardson at the Albright-Knox“, William Ganis, April 23, 2013
Modern Art Notes, “5 things I think I think: Albright-Knox edition“, Tyler Green, April 23, 2013
Modern Art Notes Podcast, “Shirin Neshat and Kelly Richardson“, Interview with Tyler Green, April 4, 2013
Photomonitor, “Kelly Richardson: Legion and The Erudition“, [review of 2 exhibitions], Paul Carey-Kent, March 2013
British Journal of Photography, “Tomorrow’s World“, [6 page feature article on Kelly Richardson’s practice], Gemma Padley, March 2013
Photomonitor, “Kelly Richardson: Legion“, Interview with Christiane Monarchi, March 2013
a-n Magazine, “Bon hiver: A Journey through a Winter Landscape“, [review of ‘Bon hiver’ and ‘Kelly Richardson: Legion’], Martin Lang, January, 2013
Artes Magazine, “New York’s White Box Gallery Held Ground Breaking Contemporary Art Exhibition“, [review of ‘The Waste Land’ including Exiles of the Shattered Star], Edward Rubin, January 15, 2013
ARTFORUM, “Kelly Richardson“, [review of ‘Legion’ and ‘Mariner 9’], Lauren Dyer Amazeen, December issue, 2012
Wild Culture, “Legion, Mariner 9, Orion Tide“, [review of three exhibitions], Tom Jeffreys, Nov 28, 2012
Canadian Art, “Kelly Richardson talks Sci-Fi Futures, Life on Mars and Mariner 9“, Interview with Rosemary Heather, Oct 4, 2012
New Scientist Magazine, “Life and death on Mars“, Catherine de Lange, Aug 22, 2012
This Is Tomorrow, “Kelly Richardson: Mariner 9 and Legion“, James Smith, Aug 20, 2012
NARC Magazine, “Review: Mariner 9 @ The Spanish City Dome“, Adam Clery, Aug 9, 2012
The Guardian, “Curiosity rover: why does sci-fi always look more marvellous than reality?“, Jonathan Jones, Aug 8, 2012
The Journal, “Crowds flock to Mariner 9 exhibition at Spanish City in Whitley Bay“, David Whetstone, Aug 8, 2012
The Guardian, “Artist Kelly Richardson brings a taste of Mars to Whitley Bay“, Mark Brown, Aug 7, 2012
Huffington Post, “Artist Kelly Richardson’s ‘Mariner 9’ Depicts Futuristic Mars Landscape On Day NASA’s Curiosity Lands“, Aug 6, 2012
The Guardian, “NASA technology helps get video art off the ground“, Alan Sykes, Aug 3, 2012
a-n, “Kelly watch the stars“, [review of Kelly Richardson’s practice], Matthew Hearn, Jul 31, 2012
Corridor8, “Kelly Richardson: LEGION at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland“, Rebecca Travis, July 8, 2012
Culture24, “Kelly Richardson dazzles at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art and Whitley Bay“, Ben Miller, July 6, 2012
NARC Magazine, “Interview: Kelly Richardson“, [interview about ‘Mariner 9’ and survey show ‘Legion’], Adam Clery, July 2012
Culture Magazine, “An Epic Imagination“, [interview / article about Kelly Richardson’s practice], David Whetstone, July 2012
HART International, “Three exhibitions about the future in London“, [review featuring Immortal Nature at Edel Assanti], Tom Jeffreys, Feb, 2012
Artlyst London, “Latest London Art Twelve Choices“, [review featuring Leviathan at Edel Assanti], Paul Carey-Kent, Feb 20, 2012
It’s Nice That, “Immortal Nature“, [review featuring Leviathan at Edel Assanti], Charlotte Simmonds, February 3, 2012
The Telegram, “Reflecting on ‘The New Romantics“, [review featuring The Erudition at The Rooms], Joan Sullivan, Jan 24, 2012
zingmagazine, “INTERVIEW: Kelly Richardson“, interview with Devon Dikeou for zingchats, September, 2011
Canadian Art Magazine, “The Erudition (I)”, Shannon Anderson, Summer issue, 2011
…might be good, “International Artist-in-Residence” [review featuring Leviathan], Lana Shafer, April 15, 2011
Glasstire, “Artpace 11.1: It’s in the water” [review featuring Leviathan], Dan R. Goddard, April 12, 2011
Plaza de Armas, “Landscape, catfight, and another musical” [review featuring Leviathan], Sarah Fisch, March 25, 2011
Canadian Art Magazine, “The Last Frontier: Natural Histories” [review featuring The Erudition], Adam O’Reilly, January 13, 2011
Akimblog, “The Last Frontier” [review featuring The Erudition], Sue Carter Flinn, January 11, 2011
Toronto Star, “Whyte: The world rendered as an alien landscape”, Murray White, December 22, 2010
Canadian Art Magazine, “Kelly Richardson: The Radiant Real”, feature article, David Jager, Fall issue, 2009
Now Magazine, “Year in Review: Top 10 Art Shows“, David Jager, December 22-29, 2008
Vie Des Arts, “Busan Biennale 2008”, [review of Busan Biennale featuring the work of Kelly Richardson], Melissa Lam, Winter issue, 2008
ARTFORUM, “Kelly Richardson: Birch Libralato“, [review of Twlight Avenger at Birch Libralato], Dan Adler, 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, 2003Toronto 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, 2000Lola 5, “In Studio-Kelly Richardson” Jenifer Papararo, 2000
The Globe and Mail, “here”, Gillian MacKay, Feb.27, 1999