Education
2015 University of North Texas, Master of Fine Art
Drawing and Painting
2012 Louisiana State University, Honors College, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major Painting and Drawing, Minor Art History
Honors College
Solo Exhibitions
2023 (Forthcoming: (store)Front, Box13 Gallery: Houston, Texas)
Seeing Doubles, Tarleton State University Gallery: Stephenville, Texas
2020 When Time Stands Still, Forum Gallery at Brookhaven College: Farmers Branch, Texas
2019 Developing Story, Mesquite Arts Center: Mesquite, Texas
Drawing Lines, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2018 Surround Sound, Ro2 Art at The Magnolia Theatre: Dallas, Texas
Mirror, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2016 In Play, Clamp Light Gallery: San Antonio, Texas
Allusion, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery: Dallas, Texas
Mirage, Terrain Dallas: Dallas, Texas
2015 Over/Under, Cora Stafford Gallery: Denton, Texas
2014 Soft Space, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Chaos 8!, Ro2Art: Dallas, Texas
2020 Dallas College 50th Anniversary Faculty Exhibition, Curated by Iris Bechtol, Mesquite Arts Center: Mesquite, Texas
2020, Ro2Art Downtown Gallery: Dallas, Texas
500Xit, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2019 Small and Smaller, Juried by Heather Bhandari, Site:Brooklyn Gallery: Brooklyn, New York
Cimarron National Works on Paper, Juried by Jodi Throckmorton, Gardiner Gallery at Oklahoma State University: Stillwater, Oklahoma
CLIP: An International Exhibition of Works on Paper, Juried by Ghislaine Fremaux, 5&J Gallery (CASP): Lubbock, Texas
Texas Vignette 2019, Curated by Leslie Moody Castro, The Women’s Museum: Dallas, Texas
Full Disclosure, Three person show alongside Emily LaCour and Sarah Palmeri, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
2018 Looking, Thinking, Making: Faculty Projects, Gallery 219, Eastfield College: Mesquite Texas
500X Members Show, 500X Gallery: Dallas Texas
Chaos!!!!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2017 Formerly Past Tense, Curated by Casey Galloway and Amada Miller, Hello Studio: San Antonio, Texas
In Good Company III, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
2016 EXPO, Juried by Rachel Rogerson, 500X Gallery: Dallas, Texas
In Good Company II, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
Chaos!!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2015 UNT Faculty Art Show, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, Juried by Peter Doroshenko, Fort Worth Community Art Center: Fort Worth, Texas
Biennial-600: Sculpture, Juried by Leigh Arnold, Amarillo Museum of Art: Amarillo, Texas
In Good Company, Gallery H at Eastfield College: Mesquite, Texas
CHAOS!!!, Ro2 Art: Dallas, Texas
2014 5 to Watch, Curated by Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of Ro2 Art, The Gallery at Visit Addison: Dallas, Texas
The Turn, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas: Denton, Texas
Great Stuff, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas: Denton, Texas
11th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Juried by Kayla Escobedo, Lucas Martell, Francisco Moreno, Arthur Pena, and Giovanni Valderas, Latino Cultural Center: Dallas, Texas
Toulouse Graduate School Exhibition, Gateway Center, University of North Texas: Denton, Texas
Awards and Honors
2020 Artpace Fall 2020 Residency Shortlist (Curator Dr. Lauren Cross)
2019 Artpace Summer 2020 Residency Shortlist (Curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas)
2016 Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists: Receipient of the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund
2015 CADD FUNd Finalist (Juried by: Justine Ludwig, Jed Morse, and Michael Mazurek)
Nasher Sculpture Center Microgrant Finalist (Juried by: Leigh Arnold, Frances Bagley, Annette Lawrence, John Pomara, Anna Smith, and Tony Tasset)
College of Visual Art and Design Outstanding Graduate Student in Studio Art
2014 College of Visual Art and Design Project Award: Soft Space
Graduate Assistantship Tuition Scholarship
Thomas Norby Memorial Scholarship
Professional Experience
2017 – Pres Public Art Project Manager, Arts Fort Worth
2013 – 2017 Visual Art Scholastic Event Juror, North Texas Regions
2016 – 2017 Administrative Director at Galleri Urbane
2015 Co-Curator of In the Making, UNT on the Square: Denton, Texas
2013 – 2015 University of North Texas: Area Assistant for the Drawing and Painting Department
Private Schools Interscholastic Association Juror, North Texas Region
Teaching Experience
2015 – 2020 Adjunct Professor, Eastfield College
ARTS 1301: Art Appreciation
ARTS 1316, 1317, 2323: Drawing Studios I, II, & III
ARTS 2311, 2316: Painting Studios I & II
2015 – 2017 Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas
ASTU 2200: Beginning Figure Drawing, ARTS 1500: Drawing I
Lectures
2019 Guest Critic: Art in Public Places Studio. Invited by Alicia Eggert. Department of Studio Art, College of Visual
Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas
Guest Lecture: Professional Practices. Invited by Michael Frank Blair. School of Art, College of Fine
Arts, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, Texas
2014 Guest Lecture and Collaborative Lesson Plan: Seventh and Eighth Grade Art Classes. Invited by Frank
Hopkins. Calhoun Middle School. Denton, Texas.
Graduate Student Panelist: College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Advanced Drawing Studio I. Invited by Vincent Falsetta. Department of Studio Art,
College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Guest Lecture: Advanced Painting Studio I. Invited by Vincent Falsetta. Department of Studio Art,
College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.
Publications
2020 Peterson, Christian. Meet Michelle Thomas Richardson: Artist, Shoutout DFW. December 16, 2020.
https://shoutoutdfw.com/meet-michelle-thomas-richardson-artist/
2018 Wright, Charles. Art & Life with Michelle Thomas Richardson, Voyage Dallas. July 11, 2018.
http://voyagedallas.com/interview/art-life-michelle-thomas-richardson/
2016 Courtney, James. "In Play." San Antonio Current 12 Oct. 2016: 35. Print.
2014 Top Five, Dec. 4, 2014, Glasstire. December 4, 2014. http://glasstire.com/2014/12/04/top-five-dec-4-2014/
Smart, Lauren. Five Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend, Dallas Observer. December 3, 2014.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2014/12/five_art_exhibitions_to_see_this_weekend_3.php