Artist Statement

My art-making is an intuitive process of following where the work leads me, letting go of what I think it ought to be or could be and letting it become it’s own object, occupy it’s own space, say the things that I don’t or can’t say. Physical work with materials, the tactile quality of sculpting -- constructing an object, heat-forming acrylic, steam-bending wood, welding and bending the steel structures -- offer private communication between the object I am creating and myself.

Education:

2008 State University of New York at Albany Albany, NY

BA Studio Art/Sculpture Concentration; Cum Laude

2001 Adirondack Community College Queensbury, NY

AAS Communications and Media Arts; Cum Laude

Current Installations:

Utitled 2014. Steel, Hardware, and Acrylic sheet

Private Collection 2014 - present

Untitled, 2011. Steel.

Private Collection, White Plains, NY. August 2011- present

Previous Installations:

Forward 2012 Mixed Media

Bank Gallery, Sharon Springs, NY Summer 2012

Tower 2 2011. Steel, Acrylic

Cherry Valley Sculpture Trail, Cherry Valley, NY. July 2012-November 2012.

Tower 2 2011

Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY July 2011- June 2012

Tower 1, 2008. Steel, acrylic

State University of New York at Albany, 2008-2011

Art is for losers. Born in 1980, James Richardson was, at best, indifferent toward art, its creators and connoisseurs. By 2001, an aspiring Communications Major with a bright future in retail, Richardson embarked on a college history trip to Italy and returned mesmerized by Italian renaissance sculptures. Two years later, Richardson enrolled at SUNY Albany with the intent of immersing himself in the study of sculpture. James’ final project as an undergraduate, Tower 1, remained installed on the University grounds for 3 years until dormitory construction forced its removal. In 2011, Richardson accepted a commission from the Cooperstown Art Association to build Tower 2. Richardson currently works and lives in Cooperstown, NY.