2015 Awesomeness: a year-in-art review
The Numbers || Exhibits || Moments || Publishing
2015 The Numbers
- 3 solo exhibits (Houston, Fort Worth, Brooklyn)
- 13 group shows, 1 in Barcelona
- Writing: 12 published reviews, 1 interview with Nicolas Bourriaud, 1 catalog essay, editor of Eutopia.us
- 2 interviews, 3 catalogs, 3 lectures at Universities, and 2 gallery talks, 2 ArtPace curator visits, a couple awards/honors.
2015 Exhibits
Solo Exhibit: a thing of this world PUBLIC ADDRESS, Brooklyn
Solo Exhibit: The Idyll LAWNDALE, Houston
Solo Exhibit: The Idyll CARILLON GALLERY, Tarrant College-South, Fort Worth
* Ranked #2 in the “Top 5 Art Events of 2015,” FW Weekly.
Group Shows
![Utopia: Binaural Purification [2014]](https://ryderrichards.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0034-b-221x300.jpg)
“Everyday is Ordinary” BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, San Antonio [link]
“Wet: Fresh Fictions” Williams Tower, Houston [link]
“The Real Show” OLD JAIL ART CENTER, Albany, Texas [link]
“AMOA Biennial-600: Sculpture” AMARILLO MUSEUM of ART, Amarillo, Texas [link]
“Lorem Ipsum: Decisions” POLLOCK GALLERY, Southern Methodist University, Dallas [link]
“Arts Libris” Barcelona, Spain [link]
2015 Moments
Catalog: “a thing of this world” PUBLIC ADDRESS, Brooklyn
Review: “Ryder Richards” by Ali Soltani, EUTOPIA: contemporary art review
Catalog Essay: “The Idyll” by Joshua Fischer
ArtSmarter Prize 2016: Preview on Glasstire.com
Art Action: Work/Play: Caution, “Lorem Ipsum” POLLOCK GALLERY, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Lecture at University of Alabama, Birmingham
Nomination: DFW Artist of the Year: Sculpture, DFW Art Awards
Shortlist and Curator Visit: ARTPACE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2016 and 2015, San Antonio, Texas
“Top Five art Events of 2015” Forth Worth Weekly, Anthony Marioni
Art Action: Shield: Monument, Public Address, Brooklyn
![Obligation [2014]](https://ryderrichards.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/influence2.jpg)
2015 Publishing
Review: Anna-Bella Papp at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Temporary Art Review (January 5)
Reviews: Glasstire.com
- Emily Peacock: Soft Diet, Glasstire.com (February 14)
- Jeff Gibbons and Jesse Barnett at Goss-Michael Foundation, Glasstire.com (March 6)
Interview: Glasstire.com
- Interview: Nicolas Bourriaud, Glasstire.com (Oct. 19)
Catalog Essay: Ian F. Thomas [2015]
Editor/Contributor: EUTOPIA: Contemporary Art Review
Eutopia: Volume 3 //Spring 2015
