Artist Statement


Diverse movements, forces, and transformations occur in the natural world. These continual processes affect the layers and structures in nature over time to form unique and ever-changing, but interconnected, events and environments. I decompose and then recompose the physical and visual experiences that I encounter in nature to create my own personal experiences of what I have witnessed and learned. By doing this I am able to create environments and transformations that are inspired by actual events, but are reorganized to form something new, imaginary, thought-provoking, and whimsical.

I portray my artistic experiments in a series of traced-monotype pieces. These monotypes also serve a fundamental role as collage pieces in the "paintings", which combines printmaking, silkscreen, painting, and drawing in a single environment. The environments in my works can be understood as if viewed from several vantage points, such as frontal, aerial, microscopic, and macroscopic. The forms within these environments achieve numerous identities through abstraction and create an environment that changes our perception about the depth of interactions that may occur. My ultimate goal is to challenge the viewer to question the different roles the forms play in each piece and how mutability and shifting perceptions allow these environments to transform and exist on multiple levels.

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Education:
MFA in Painting, Illinois State University, 2008
BFA in Fine Arts, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2001

Selected Teaching Experience:
Adjunct Instructor, Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL, Present
Teach Drawing I and Color and Design I to undergraduate art majors

Adjunct Instuctor, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA, Present
Teach Color Theory in Print on-line

Adjunct Instructor, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL, 2009-2010
Taught Drawing I and Art Appreciation to undergraduate art and non-art majors, respectively

Adjunct Instructor, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL, 2010
Taught Art Appreciation to undergraduate non-art majors

Adjunct Instructor, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL, 2010
Taught Art Appreciation to undergraduate non-art majors

Assistant Instructional Professor, Illinois State University, Normal, 2008
Taught Drawing Fundamentals to undergraduate art majors

Graduate Assistant, Illinois State University, Normal, 2005-2008
Assisted in teaching Painting I and II, Life Drawing I, and Drawing Fundamentals to undergraduate art majors. I also recruited and coordinated models (undergraduate students) for Life Drawing I and II.

Art Instructor and Studio Assistant, Creation Art Studios, Urbana, IL, 2003-2005
Taught art of all media to people aged 5-80, helped curate gallery shows, and helped organize and present art in community events.

Publications:
New American Paintings Special 15th Anniversary Edition, 2010, p. 190
Studio Visit, 2009, Volume 8:150
New American Paintings Midwest Edition, 2008, Volume 77:128-131
Studio Visit, 2008, Volume 2:165

Solo Exhibitions:

2012
“Upon Closer Inspection,” Oglesby Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee
2011
“Amy Richardson,” Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL
“The Nature of Transformation,” Illini Union Art Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010
“Beyond Natural Boundaries,” Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Amy Richardson,” David Erlanson Art Gallery, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
2008
MFA exhibition, “Environments of Exchange,” University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal

Group Exhibitions:

2011
Monotype/Monoprint Invitational Exhibition, Elliott Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
Fifteenth Annual Alumni Art Show, McFarland Student Union Building, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
2010
Faculty Art Show, David Erlanson Art Gallery, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
Alumni Spectacular, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal
Decatur Area Arts Council Gallery Walk, Theatre 7, IL
2009
Three-Person Invitational Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA
National Juried Exhibition, “Multiplicity,” Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2008
Three-Person Exhibition, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL
National Juried Exhibition, “Destruct/Construct,” Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Student Annual, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal
2007
Artist Invitational, “…and I am blue…,” McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
57th Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, IL
Student Annual, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal
Insect Digital Image Salon, Entomological Society of America – North Central Branch, Winnipeg, Canada
2006
Small Group Exhibition, “Representation and Being,” 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
“2006 MFA Biennial,” University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal
2005
National Juried Exhibition, “Inside the Box: A Shoebox Show,” Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Spring Art Exhibition, Creation Art Studio, Urbana, IL
2004
2nd Annual Juried Color International Exhibition, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE
12th Annual Juried International Miniature Show, Parklane Gallery, Clinton, WA
“Art Who-Ha,” Creation Art Studio, Urbana, IL
Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana, IL
2003
Lancaster Summer Arts Festival’s 41st Annual Open Art Award Exhibit, Museum of Art, PA
2002
10th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Laredo Center for the Arts, TX
2nd Annual, “Painting 2002” International Juried Exhibition, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2001
Senior Art Exhibition, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
2000
24th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Berks Art Alliance, Reading Public Museum, PA
Juried Exhibition, “For the Love of Art,” Gallery 20, Wyomissing, PA