Laurel Richardson

Laurel Richardson

Laurel Richardson is an interdisciplinary artist based in NYC. She received her MFA in Fine Arts degree from Parsons School Of Design in 2020. Recent exhibitions include: “This is Not Enough” at Slag Gallery in NYC; “The Next Generation of Artists”: MFA 2020 Artsy online exhibition; and was one of the 40 finalists for the 2019 AXA Art Prize exhibition tour. She also danced professionally for modern dance companies and in Regional Broadway Theatre for several years including Cleo Parker Robinson Dance company based in Denver, Colorado, and the Chicago Sinfonietta, “A Dream Unfolds” with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre. In her work, the past meets the present. Laurel charts her personal history and the history of the African Diaspora, while also questioning the current and historical representation of Black women. As a Parsons Student Research Award recipient, Laurel traveled to Ghana during the 400 Year Anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Her practice incorporates her research through her travels in Ghana and Brazil. Through painting, installation, and elements of performance, she produces an interwoven surface of ideas and histories.