b. 1977, Roswell, NM
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Selected Exhibits

2023
“$#!% Show,” 5&J, Lubbock, TX
“Tex-US,” CAROLLA ARTS EXHIBITION CENTER, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
“RAiR ReConnect,” BONE SPRINGS, Roswell, NM
“150 Years, 150 Artists,” FORT WORTH CONTEMPORARY, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2022
“25^th Anniversary,” LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2021
Artist-in-Residence: Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN
2020
[Two-person] “Invisible Landscapes” 500X, Dallas
“50th Anniversary: Eastfield College” Mesquite Arts Center
“Michelles’ Paintings” PRP, Dallas
2019
[Solo Exhibit] “a mere appendage” STUDIO KURA, Fukuoka, Japan
“Bush League” by Bux Toof, SWEET PASS SCULPTURE PARK, Dallas
“Ad Astra Per Aspera” WASSAIC PROJECT, Wassaic, New York
“Resilience and Remembrance Entrance” EL CENTRO COLLEGE, public art unveiling
“May You Survive in Interesting Times” SP/N Gallery, UT-Dallas
2018
[Solo Exhibit] “Cyclone Baffle” Backdoor Biennial, DIRTY DARK PLACE, Kyle, Texas
[Solo Exhibit] “Marginal Revolution” CRATE PROJECT, Asheville, North Carolina
[Solo Exhibit] “Cyclone Baffle” the UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA, Norman, Oklahoma
[Solo Exhibit] “Empowerment” CASP Studios, Lubbock, Texas
“Patent Pending” curated by Jonathan Whitfill, CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM PLAINVIEW, Plainview, Texas
“Texas Eclectics” curated by Demetre P. Grivas and Gus Kopriva, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Thessaloniki, Greece
“Sign of the Times” Hambidge, Rapbun Gap, Georgia
2017
[Solo Exhibit] “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Win’” BLUEorange, Houston
[Solo Exhibit] “How to Make Enemies Friends” BASKETSHOP, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Diverge/Convene” SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, San Diego
“Babel’s Bricks” GALLERY 51, North Adams, Massachusetts
“Let’s Fly” SITE 131, Dallas
“RAiR @ 50” ROSWELL MUSEUM and ART CENTER, Roswell, New Mexico
2016
[Solo Exhibit] “Invisible Hand” BEEFHAUS, Dallas
[Solo Exhibit] “Lookout” Swine, ARC, Chattanooga, Tennessee
[Solo Exhibit] “a thing of this world” LAREDO COLLEGE, Laredo, Texas
“Objectives” ARTPACE, San Antonio
“Drawing (Quote) (Unquote)” EDITH O’DONNELL, University of Texas, Dallas
“Temporary Exhibition” THE LUMINARY, St. Louis, Missouri
“The Gun Show! Art in the age of campus carry” LANDMARK ARTS GALLERY, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
“ArtSmarter Prize” CRIS WORLEY, Dallas, Texas
“London Art Fair” DECORAZON GALLERY, London
2015
[Solo Exhibit] “a thing of this world” PUBLIC ADDRESS, Brooklyn, New York
[Solo Exhibit] “The Idyll” LAWNDALE, Houston, Texas
[Solo Exhibit] “The Idyll” CARILLON GALLERY,  Tarrant College-South, Fort Worth, Texas
“53rd International” SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, juried by David A. Ross, San Diego, California [Honorable Mention]
“Everyday is Ordinary” BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, San Antonio, Texas
“The Real Show” OLD JAIL ART CENTER, Albany, Texas
“AMOA Biennial-600: Sculpture”AMARILLO MUSEUM of ART, Amarillo, Texas
“Lorem Ipsum: Decisions” POLLOCK GALLERY, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
“Arts Libris” Barcelona, Spain
2014
[Solo Exhibit] “Conversations from the Museum of the Uninformed,” BLUEorange, Houston, TX
“Dallas Biennial 2014,” Dallas
“Texas” OLM SPACE, Neuchatel, Switzerland
“MTV: ReDefine,” DALLAS CONTEMPORARY, Dallas ­
Culture Laboratory, “Utopia: Can it Stay Dream?” GROUND FLOOR GALLERY, Nashville, TN
RJP Nomadic Gallery in “CTRL+P”, CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY, AND DESIGN, Asheville, NC
Project: La Biennale di Venezia, US Pavilion, STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, Venice, Italy
2013
[Solo Exhibit] “Conflicted” ROSWELL MUSEUM, Roswell, NM
[Solo Exhibit] “Recompense” 5&J GALLERY, Lubbock, TX
The Art Foundation, “Dallas Biennial 2012 vol. 4”
The Art Foundation curates “Boom Town” THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, Dallas
The Art Foundation, “Asteroid Belt of Trash Blocking Transmissions of Love” THE READING ROOM, Dallas [TX Biennial 2013 Exhibition]
“Crossing Borders” Curator: Susan Mumford, OXFORD AMERICAN, Little Rock, AR
Culture Laboratory, “Translatory Motion” LARSEN GALLERY, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
RJP Nomadic Gallery, “CTRL+P” HOUSTON CENTER for CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, Houston, TX
“Amarillo Entropy” POWER STATION, Dallas
“Artists Commission” GRAY MATTERS, Dallas
2012
[Solo Exhibit] “Fulfilling the Void” RUNNELS GALLERY, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
[Solo Exhibits] “Breech” and “Breech: OMFG Remix” SEED SPACE, Nashville, TN
RJP Nomadic Gallery, “Dark Matter”, BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY, San Antonio, TX
RJP Nomadic Gallery, “Cr(e)ate”, LONE STAR STUDIOS, San Antonio, TX
Culture Laboratory, “Land Portrait” DOWNTOWN GALLERY, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN  and UTSA SATELLITE SPACE, San Antonio, TX
Culture Laboratory, “Translatory Motion” The Pottery Workshop, C2 GALLERY, Jingdezhen, China
Cirkit of Mythos, “Texploitation”, ANTENA, Chicago, IL
“The Lamb and The Chariot” HART MOORE MUSEUM, Farmington, PA
“Big and Bright: New Work from Texas” Curator: Jessica McCambly, SOUTHWESTERN ART COLLEGE GALLERY, Chula Vista, CA
“NCECA Juried Invitational: Push Play”, Curator: Linda Ganstrom, BELLEVUE MUSEUM, Seattle, WA
“Out of the Gray” MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH
2011
[Solo Exhibition] “Pow[d]er” ART CORRIDOR II, Tarrant County College- SE, Arlington, TX
Culture Laboratory, “Response II: Noah Simblist”, OLIVE TJADEN GALLERY, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and BOX 13 ARTSPACE, Houston, TX
RJP Nomadic Gallery, “Unpacking Access”, Curator: Virginia Rutledge, TEXAS BIENNIAL 2011, Austin
Culture Laboratory, “Co+Modify” Curator: Shreepad Joglekar, NAVE MUSEUM, Victoria, TX
TBA “Precious Cargo”, BRAZOS GALLERY, Richland College, Dallas, TX
Culture Laboratory, “Response: Ben Lewis” BRAZOS GALLERY, Richland College, Dallas, TX

CV

EDUCATION

2003_ Master of Fine Art in Painting, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Ft. Worth, Texas
2001_ Bachelor of Fine Art in Drawing & Painting, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Lubbock, Texas
[ Minor in Architecture ]
Studies Abroad:
2014_ ARCHITECTURE BIENALE, Venice, Italy
2009_ HILMSEN 1 RESIDENCY, Hilmsen, Germany
2002_ KUNST AKADAMIE, Trier, Germany [Painting]
2000_ LORENZO DE MEDICI ART INSTITUTE, Florence, Italy, [Drawing and Painting)

PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGY

2020-present_ Podcast Let Us THiNK About It
2014- 2020_ Founder/Editor of Eutopia: Contemporary Art Review
2016-present_ Creative Director, Retail Strategies
2013- 2016_ Faculty/Department Chair, EASTFIELD COLLEGE, Mesquite, Texas
2012-2013_ Artist-in-Residence, ROSWELL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, Roswell, New Mexico
2012-13_ Director of THE CUBE, Roswell, New Mexico
2012-2013_ Member of THE ART FOUNDATION, Dallas Collective
2009-2012_ Gallery Coordinator/Instructor, RICHLAND COLLEGE, Dallas, Texas
2009-present_ Co-Founder, CULTURE LABORATORY COLLECTIVE, National Artist Collective
2007-2014_ Co-Founder, RJP NOMADIC GALLERY, est. in Lubbock, Texas
2007-2010_ Owner/Operator, RYDER STUDIOS, LLC., Lubbock/Dallas, Texas
2005-2008, 2010_ Director, ART DEPOT GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
“a mere appendage” STUDIO KURA, Fukuoka, Japan
2018
“Cyclone Baffle” Backdoor Biennial, DIRTY DARK PLACE, Kyle, Texas
“Marginal Revolution” CRATE PROJECT, Asheville, North Carolina
“Cyclone Baffle” UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA, Norman, Oklahoma
“Empowerment” CASP Studios, Lubbock, Texas
2017
“There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Win’” BLUEorange, Houston
“How to make Enemies Friends” BASKET SHOP, Cincinnati, Ohio
2016
“a thing of this world” Laredo College, Laredo, Texas
“Invisible Hand” BEEFHAUS, Dallas, Texas
“Lookout” ARC, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2015
“a thing of this world” PUBLIC ADDRESS, Brooklyn
“The Idyll” CARILLON GALLERY, Tarrant College-South, Fort Worth, Texas
“The Idyll” LAWNDALE, Houston, Texas 
2013
“Conversations from the Museum of the Uninformed” BLUEorange, Houston, Texas (2013-14)
“Recompense” 5&J GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas (affiliated with the Texas Biennial 2013)
“Conflicted” ROSWELL MUSEUM, Roswell, New Mexico
2012
“Fulfilling the Void” RUNNELS GALLERY, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
“Breech: OMFG Remix” SEED SPACE, Nashville, Tennessee
“Breech” SEED SPACE, Nashville, Tennessee
2011
“Pow[d]er” ART CORRIDOR II, Tarrant County College- SE, Arlington, Texas
2010
“Trajectory” Ro2 Art at THIRDSPACE, Dallas, Texas
“Trajectory” CACTUS BRA SPACE, San Antonio, Texas
2009
“Ryder Richards: The Last One to Hit the Ground Wins,” GALLERY 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
2007
“Flight Plans,” ART DEPOT ANNEX, Lubbock, Texas
“IMAGinE” ART DEPOT, Lubbock, Texas
2003
“Genus Loci: Spirit of Place,” ART DEPOT GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas
“Genus Loci: Spirit of Place,” MOUDY GALLERY, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2020
“Invisible Landscapes: No touch, hot stove” Jihye Han & Ryder Richards, curated by Kasey Short, 500X, Dallas
2014
“Installment” (with Bret Herron) STUDIO 2504, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2012
“Sky’s Limit: Andrew Douglas Underwood and Ryder Richards” The CUBE, Roswell, NM
“Balancing Act: Ken Dixon and Ryder Richards” The CENTER for CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Abilene, TX
“The Lamb and The Chariot” (with Ian F. Thomas) HART MOORE MUSEUM, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, Pennsylvania
2011
“Full Circle: Ken Dixon and Ryder Richards” SOUTH PLAINS FINE ARTS GALLERY, South Plains College, Levelland, Texas
“Precious Cargo”by TBA (John Frost and Ryder Richards) BRAZOS GALLERY, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
“Chizinksi and Richards” Paducah Arts Alliance, YEISER ART CENTER, Paducah, Kentucky
2010
“Portales Arts Council Residency: Sue Anne Rische & Ryder Richards” RUNNELS GALLERY, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
2008
“Richards2: Nola Richards & Ryder Richards,” REDBUD GALLERY, Houston, Texas
“Richards2: Nola Richards & Ryder Richards,” Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2005
“Richards 2: New Work” ART DEPOT GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
“$#!% Show” 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
“Tex-US” CAROLLA ARTS EXHIBITION CENTER, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
“RAiR ReConnect,” BONE SPRINGS, Roswell, NM
“150 Years” Fort Worth Contemporary, Fort Worth, TX
2022
25th Anniversary, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2021
“Art Box” Glasstire.com
2020
“Eastfield Campus 50th Anniversary Visual Art Faculty Exhibition,” MESQUITE ARTS CENTER, Mesquite, TX
“Paintings of Michelle’s Paintings,” PRP, Dallas
2019
“Ad Astra Per Aspera” WASSAIC PROJECT, Wassaic, New York
“Bush League” by Bux Toof, SWEET PASS SCULPTURE PARK, Dallas
“May You Survive in Interesting Times” curated by Greg Metz, SP/N GALLERY, University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, TX
“Drawn” curated by Timothy Hardin, TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, Stephenville, Texas
“From the Collection of” Martha Finnester Gallery, LAREDO COLLEGE, Laredo, Texas
2018
“Patent Pending” curated by Jonathan Whitfill, CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM PLAINVIEW, Plainview, Texas
“Texas Eclectics” curated by Demetre P. Grivas and Gus Kopriva, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART, Thessaloniki, Greece
“Sign of the Times” HAMBIDGE ART CENTER, Rapbun Gap, Georgia
“Hambidge Art Auction” Atlanta, Georgia
2017
“Diverge/Convene” SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, San Diego, California
“Let’s Fly” SITE 131, Dallas
“The Art of Sexperimentation” Motorbunny project
“Babel’s Bricks” GALLERY 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, Massachusetts
“Open House II – JUICE” PRP, Dallas
“Patent Pending” AUSTIN COLLEGE, Sherman, Texas
“222 Invitational” ISAAC’s PIPE & SUPPLY, Roswell, New Mexico
“RAiR @ 50” ROSWELL MUSEUM and ART CENTER, Roswell, New Mexico
“Political Seducer’s Diary” curated by Jeanette Joy Harris, Performance Art Houston, Houston
2016
“Temporary Exhibition” THE LUMINARY, St. Louis, Missouri
“Objectives” Hudson Room, ARTPACE, San Antonio
“Impossible States” El Centro College & RO2 Art, Dallas
“The Gun Show” LANDMARK ARTS GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas
“Drawing (Quote) (Unquote)” curated by Lorraine Tady, EDITH O’DONNELL GALLERY, University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, Texas
“London Art Fair,” DECORAZON Gallery, London
“Hambidge Art Auction” Atlanta, Georgia
“ArtSmarter Prize” curated by Frank Artsmarter, Dallas, Texas
2015
“Lorem Ipsum: Decisions” curated by Ben Lima, POLLOCK GALLERY, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
“Tanabata” PUBLIC ADDRESS GALLERY, Brooklyn, New York
“In Good Company” H GALLERY, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
“Temporary Sculpture Garden: Lubbock, TX” curated by Eli Blasko, Lubbock, Texas
“Grayscale” 5&J GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas
“Place/Identity” deadWEST, Fort Worth, Texas
“Patent Pending” 5&J GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas
“Everyday is Ordinary” BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, San Antonio, Texas
“The Real Show” curated by Patrick Kelly, OLD JAIL ART CENTER, Albany, Texas
“Arts Libris,” Barcelona, Spain
“Wet: Fresh Fictions” curated by Henry Hunt and Donna Tennett, WILLIAMS TOWER, Houston
2014
“Lone Star State” OLM SPACE, Neuchatel, Switzerland
“Dallas Biennial 2014” Dallas
“Provoc8: Body Politics” NOMADIC GALLERY, Lubbock, Texas
“MTV: ReDefine” DALLAS CONTEMPORARY, Dallas
“Objective Strategies” (curated by Randall Garrett) H. PAXTON MOORE  GALLERY, El Centro College, Dallas
2013
“Hullabaloo” GALLERY HOMELAND, Houston, Texas
“Box: Artists Pondering Compartmentalization” RJP NOMADIC GALLERY,  Marfa, Texas and
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SATELLITE GALLERY, Lubbock, TX
“Amarillo Entropy” POWER STATION, Dallas
“Artists’ Commission” curated by Sally Warren, GRAY MATTERS, Dallas
“Crossing Borders” curated by Susan Mumford, OXFORD AMERICAN, Little Rock, Arkansas
“The Exhibitors Exhibit” curated by David Kirkland, CLIFF GALLERY, Mountainview College, Dallas, Texas
Cirkit of Mythos presents “Texploitation II” T.S.F.K.A.P.G. Dallas, Texas
“ARTSCENTER10 Invitational” FORT WORTH COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, Fort Worth, Texas
2012
Cirkit of Mythos presents “Texploitation”, ANTENA GALLERY, Chicago, IL
TBA in “Temporary Occupants,” Curators: Iris Bechtol and David Willburn, EASTFIELD COLLEGE, Mesquite, Texas
“Big and Bright: New Work from Texas” Cutrator: Jessica McCambly, SOUTHWESTERN ART COLLEGE GALLERY, Chula Vista, California
2011
“Carne-val” by Cirkit of Mythos at “The Altered State Fair” by MFA GALLERY, Kessler Theater, Dallas, Texas
“import: Eric Eley, John Frost and Ryder Richards,” Ro2 ART- UPTOWN, Dallas, Texas
“Luminous Discharge” Curator: Eddy Rawlinson, H. PAXTON MOORE GALLERY, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
2010
“Temporary Collective” Curator: Ricardo Paniagua, Continental Gin Bldg, Dallas, Texas
“The End of Commerce” Curated by Ro2 Art, 1514 Commerce, Dallas, Texas
“Mini-MUD” MARTHA GAULT GALLERY, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
“Sideshow” and “No Rhyme or Reason” Curated by Ro2 Art, THIRDSPACE, Dallas, Texas
2009
“Amerikanisches” Curator: Jim Edwards, Houston Baptist University Professor of Art, Tangermünde KIRCHE Museum, Tangermünde, Germany
2008
“100 years of Lubbock Art: A Centennial Celebration,” Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for Arts, Lubbock, Texas,
“Camp Marfa,” Curator: Wayne Gilbert, Proprietor of G Gallery (Houston)
– Crazywood, Huntsville, Texas, (2008)
2007
“Camp Marfa,” Curator: Wayne Gilbert, Proprietor of G Gallery (Houston)
– Old Fort Russel Bldg., Marfa (2007) and Art Depot, Lubbock (2007)
“Turn the Crank,” Collaborative Exhibition: Piotr Chizinski, Jonathan Whitfill and Lauren Boldon, ART DEPOT ANNEX, Lubbock, Texas
2003
“Surface” Curator: John Frost, ART CORRIDOR II, Tarrant County College- SE, Arlington, Texas
2002
“Inside & Out,” 414 GALLERY, Ft. Worth, Texas

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2015
“AMOA Biennial-600: Sculpture” juried by Leigh Arnold (Asst. Curator of Nasher Sculpture Center) AMARILLO MUSEUM of ART, Amarillo, Texas
“53rd International” juried by David A. Ross (former director of The Whitney, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, San Diego, California
* Honorable Mention for Obligation [2014]
2012
“Hope is Never Silent: Queer Art Across Texas” Juror: Tricia Earl, The Houston GLBT Center, Houston; CHARLES ADAMS GALLERY, Lubbock; ILUME GALLERIE, Dallas
“2012 Touchstone Faculty Exhibit,” FALLINGWATER, Mill Run, PA
“Out of the Gray” MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH
“NCECA Juried Invitational: Push Play” (collaboration with Ian F Thomas), Curator: Linda Ganstrom, BELLEVUE MUSEUM, Seattle, WA
“Americas: Paperworks 2012” Juror: Michael Barnes, NORTHWEST ART CENTER, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2011
“Expo 2011” Juror Marty Walker, Owner of Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, 500X GALLERY, Dallas, Texas
2010
“Texas National 2010” Juror: Judy Pfaff, LEDBETTER GALLERY, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
“Americas 2010: Paperworks” Juror: Heidi Goldberg, Professor of Art at Concordia College, NORTHWEST ART CENTER, Minot State University, Minot, ND,
* Merit Award for “For All the Love in the World (a.k.a. Bombs)
2009
“22nd McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition” Juror: Joy Glidden, Director at Louisiana ArtWorks, ABERCROMBIE GALLERY, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
* Purchase Award for “Path” into McNeese National Works on Paper Permanent Collection
2008
“Expo 2008,” Juror Terry Thornton, Fort Worth Modern Director of Education, 500X GALLERY, Dallas, Texas
2007
“Expo 2007” Juror Francis Colpitt, Editor for Art in America, 500X GALLERY, Dallas, Texas
2006
“Super-Heroes” (Super Artist Award) Juror Barbara Elam, Emeritus Professor Rockford College, 416 WEST PRESS GALLERY, Denison, Texas
2003
“Art in the Metroplex,” Juror Diane Karp, Santa Fe Art Institute, MOUDY GALLERY, Ft. Worth, Texas
“Crosstalk,” (Award Recipient) Juror Ann Allen, Director, Arlington Museum of Modern Art,
MOUDY GALLERY, Ft. Worth, Texas
2002
“Art in the Metroplex,” Juror Deborah Remington, MOUDY GALLERY, Ft. Worth, Texas
“Viewpoints 2002,” (Merit Award), Jurors, Bill and Pam Campbell, William Campbell Contemporary Art, LEWISVILLE VISUAL ART LEAGUE CENTER, Lewisville, Texas,
(Merit Award), Jurors, Bill and Pam Campbell

THE ART FOUNDATION EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

2013
“Asteroid Belt of Trash Blocking Transmissions of Love” THE READING ROOM, Dallas
+ Texas Biennial 2013 project
“Boom Town” curated as part of “DallasSITES: Available Space,” DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, Dallas
Article Published: “Fail Strong” semigloss. Magazine
“Dallas Biennial 2012 volume 4“
Screening: “Six Short Stories” a film by Richard Patterson, TEXAS THEATER, Dallas.
Facilitators: Robert Andrade’s “Ruined State(s) No. 2” a public work in West Dallas. Fundraiser: “Altered States” Tornado Bus Station, Dallas, (February)
2012
Lecture Series: “Art in the Public Sphere” MCKINNEY AVENUE CONTEMPORARY, Dallas, August
Curated Exhibit: “twain,” GRAY MATTERS GALLERY, Dallas
Curated Exhibit: “Fountainhead,” Gibson Lofts, Dallas
* The Art Foundation’s book Fountainhead accepted into the NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER permanent collection.

CULTURE LABORATORY COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2014
“Sphere” Curated by Jon Whitfill, STUDIO 2540, Morgantown, West Virginia
“Utopia: Can it Stay Dream?” Curated by Ryder Richards and Brian R. Jobe, GROUND FLOOR GALLERY, Nashville, Tennessee
2013
“FLOW” Curated by Sue Anne Rische, THE ARTS GALLERY, Collin College, Plano, Texas
“An Investigation of Extra-Terrestrial Issues for the Uninitiated” Curated by Ryder Richards, THE CUBE, Roswell, New Mexico
“Translatory Motion” Curator: Dryden Wells, NCECA Conference 2013: Earth/Energy, Houston, Texas
“Translatory Motion” Coordinator: Ian F. Thomas, LARSEN GALLERY, Columbia College, Columbia Missouri
2012
“Land Portrait” Curator: Brian Jobe, DOWNTOWN GALLERY, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
“Land Portrait” Curator: Brian Jobe, UTSA SATELLITE SPACE, San Antonio, Texas
“Response with Noah Simblist and Ben Lewis” Curator: Ryder Richards, Coordinator: Ian F. Thomas, MARTHA GAULT GALLERY, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
“Translatory Motion” Curator: Dryden Wells, Pottery Workshop Gallery C2 GALLERY, Jingdezhen, China
2011
“Response II with Noah Simblist” Curator: Ryder Richards, Coordinator: Piotr Chizinski, OLIVE TJADEN GALLERY, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
“Co+Modify” Curator: Shreepad Joglekar, NAVE MUSEUM, Victoria, Texas (2011-2012)
“Response II with Noah Simblist” Curator: Ryder Richards, BOX 13 ARTSPACE, Houston, Texas
“Response I with Ben Lewis” Curator: Ryder Richards, BRAZOS GALLERY, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
2009
“So Say We All… Sort Of…” Curator: JD Durham, JOAN COLE MITTE Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

RYDER JON PIOTRS NOMADIC GALLERY EVENTS

2014
“CTRL+P” (curated by Anna Walker) CENTER for CRAFT CREATIVITY and DESIGN (CCCD), Asheville, NC
2013
“CTRL+P” (curated by Anna Walker) HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, Houston, TX 
2012
“Dark Matter” RJP Nomadic Gallery, BLUE STAR, San Antonio, TX
“Cr(e)ate” RJP Nomadic Gallery, LONESTAR STUDIOS, San Antonio, TX 
2011
“Unpacking Access” RJP Nomadic Gallery, Curator: Virginia Rutledge, TEXAS BIENNIAL 2011, TRAILER SPACE RECORDS and PUMP PROJECT, Austin, Texas
2010
“Persistent Breach” RJP members, Shirley Pogue Art Gallery, East Central University,
Ada, Oklahoma
“Art in the District” RJP members, presented by Ro2 Art at the Fairmont, Dallas, Texas
2009
“Mercurial Imagination” RJP members, Ira M. Taylor Memorial Art Gallery,
Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, Texas
“No. 3: What you do after No. 2” RJP Nomadic Gallery, WAYPOINT GALLERY, Marfa, Texas
“Texas Tech Ceramics” RJP Nomadic Gallery, NCECA, Phoenix, Arizona
“Room for Eleven” RJP Nomadic Gallery, NCECA, Phoenix, Arizona
“Compact” RJP Nomadic Gallery, GALLERY 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
“Bravado” RJP Nomadic Gallery, Collin County College, Plano, Texas
“Innovation by Limitation” RJP members, NAU HAUS gallery, Houston, Texas
2008
“Deep in the Harta’ ” RJP Nomadic Gallery, GALLERY, Alpine, Texas
“No. 2: At Your Doorstep” RJP Nomadic Gallery, WAYPOINT GALLERY, Marfa, Texas
“Dangerous Curve Ahead ” RJP Nomadic Gallery, SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART AND CRAFT, San Antonio, Texas
“Jiggity-Jog” RJP Nomadic Gallery, New Wave Exhibition, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas
“You Turn-Two” RJP Nomadic Gallery, GILROSE STUDIOS, Wichita Falls, Texas
“You Turn” RJP Nomadic Gallery, ARTS ON THE SQUARE, Slaton, Texas
“On the Road Again” RJP Nomadic Gallery, SAMFA & THE CHICKEN FARM, San Angelo, Texas
“Drive-In Theatre” RJP Nomadic Gallery, REDBUD and G GALLERY, Houston, Texas
2007
“Maiden Voyage” RJP Nomadic Gallery, CAMP MARFA, Marfa, Texas

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2023_ “Resident” STOVEWORKS, Chattanooga, TN (February)
2021_ “Resident” STOVEWORKS, Chattanooga, TN (June)
2019_ “Resident” STUDIO KURA, Kukuoka, Japan (June)
2018_ “Resident” WASSAIC ARTIST RESIDENCY, Wassaic, New York (September)
2018_ El Centro Memorial Project, public sculpture award
2017_ Shortlist and Curator Visit: ARTPACE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2018_ San Antonio, Texas (Jeffreen Hayes, Director, Three Walls, Chicago)
2017_ “Creative Residency,” THE HAMBIDGE CENTER, Rapbun Gap, Georgia
2016_  “Resident Artist” ARC: Artist Residency Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2016_ “Mini-residency,” PUBLIC ADDRESS, Brooklyn, New York
2016_ Nomination: DFW Artist of the Year: Sculpture, DFW Art Awards
2016_ Shortlist and Curator Visit: ARTPACE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2017, San Antonio, Texas (Yoshua Okon, Mexico City)
2015_ “Top Five art Events of 2015” Forth Worth Weekly
2015_ Honorable Mention for Obligation [2014]: “53rd International” juror David A. Ross (former director of the Whitney) SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE
2015_ Shortlist: Open Call, BLUE START CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, San Antonio, Texas
2015_ Shortlist and Curator Visit: ARTPACE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2016, San Antonio, Texas (Denise Markonish, curator at MASS MOCA & Jaun De Nieves, Madrid)
2014_ Staff: La Biennale de Venezia, US Pavilion: Store Front for Art and Architecture‘s OfficeUS, Venice, Italy
2013_ “Coercion I” accepted into the ROSWELL MUSEUM OF ART, Roswell, NM
2013_ “Coercion” and “Constant I” accepted into the ANDERSON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Roswell, NM
2012-13_ ROSWELL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE (one year), Roswell, NM
2012_ The Art Foundation’s Fountainhead accepted into the collection of the NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER, Dallas
* Fountainhead exhibited as part of the Nasher exhibition “Sculpture in So Many Words” Sept. 29, 2012- Jan 13, 2013.
2012_ Nomination: Texas State Artist, TEXAS COMMISSION on the ARTS
2011_ Nomination for Dallas County Community College District “Innovator of the Year”
2010-2011_ “Innovator of the Year: Collaborative Expansion through Experimentation,” Richland College, Dallas, Texas
2010-2011_ Nomination: Professional Support Staff Employee of the Year, Richland College, Texas
2011_ Artist in Residence: Paducah Arts Alliance, Paducah, KY, (2 weeks, June)
2010_ Artist in Residence: Portales Arts Council, Portales, NM, (2 weeks, May)
2009_ Artist in Residence: Hilmsen 1 residency, Hlmsen, Germany (4 weeks, June)
2010_ “Merit Award” Americas 2010: Paperworks, Juror: Heidi Goldberg, Professor of Art at Concordia College Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND,
2009_ “Operational funding” PUFFIN GRANT, Grant written for and by RJP Nomadic Gallery
2009_ “Purchase Award” McNeese National Works on Paper Permanent Collection, Lake Charles, LA
2008_ Artist in Residence: “Resident Scholarship” Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont (4 weeks, December)
2006_ “Super Artist Award” Super Heroes Juried Exhibition, Juror: Barbara Elam, Emeritus Professor Rockford College
2003_ “Award Recipient,” Crosstalk, Juror: Ann Allen, Director, Arlington Museum of Modern Art,
MOUDY GALLERY, Ft. Worth, Texas
2002_ “Merit Award” “Viewpoints 2002,” Jurors: Bill and Pam Campbell, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, LEWISVILLE VISUAL ART LEAGUE CENTER, Lewisville, Texas

PUBLICATIONS/ WRITING by Ryder

2023

“Let’s THINK About It” podcast

2022

“Let’s THINK About It” podcast

2021

Jesse Meredith’s “So That We May Fear Not”, Basketshop, Cincinnati, OH
“Let’s THINK About It” podcast

2021

“Let’s THINK About It” podcast
“Mondegreen” Pete Hoffecker Mejía, Tri Star Arts, Knoxville, TN

2020

“Let’s THINK About It” podcast
“The Odd Pathos of Being Human: ‘pre sent tense’ at Frank Elbaz Gallery, Dallas / Glasstire.com

2019

“Emmanuel Van der Auwera at 214 Projects” GLASSTIRE.com

Contributor/Editor: EUTOPIA: Contemporary Art Review

• Sterling Ruby
• Ian F. Thomas

2018

“Interview: Tom Orr & Frances Bagley” Member Magazine / The Nasher,  Spring 2018

Contributor/Editor: EUTOPIA: Contemporary Art Review

• Chim Pom
• Takashi Murakami
• Urs Fischer

2017

Contributor/Editor: EUTOPIA: Contemporary Art Review

• Frances Bagley
• Doug Aitken
• Tom Sachs
• DPMT7
• Numen/For Use

2016

Contributor/Editor: EUTOPIA: Contemporary Art Review

• Michael Mazurek
• Ann Veronica Janssens
• Doris Salcedo
• Mauro Martinez
• Urs Fischer

Essay: “Violence: The Liberal Left”

2015
Catalog Essay: Ian F. Thomas
Review: Anna-Bella Papp at the Nasher, Temporary Art Review (Jan. 5)
Review: Emily Peacock: Soft Diet, Glasstire.com (Feb. 14)
Review: Jeff Gibbons and Jesse Morgan Barnett at Goss-Michael Foundation, Glasstire.com (March 6)
Interview: Nicolas Bourriaud, Glasstire.com (Oct. 19)
Contributor/Editor: EUTOPIA: contemporary art review

• Mark Tribe
• Kristen Cochran
• Loris Gréaud
• Eric Zimmerman
• Michael & Alan Fleming
• Andres Jaque
• 9/11 Memorial
• Callum Craik
• Matthew King
• Interview: Nicolas Bourriaud

Catalog: Eutopia, Volume III
Catalog: Eutopia, Volume IV

2014
Interview: “Ryder Richards [on] Ian F. Thomas,” Uncompromising Tang (March 1)
Founder/Contributor/Editor: EUTOPIA: contemporary art review

• Beth Cavener
• Diego Leclery
• Apophenia Underground
• Ian F. Thomas
• Brandon Kennedy
• Lucia Simek
• David Johnson
• Marjorie Schwarz
• Rem Koolhass & AMO
• The Urburb
• Do Ho Suh
• Eric Heist

Catalog: Eutopia, Volume I
Catalog: Eutopia, Volume II

Articles published by GLASSTIRE

• DB14 at Oliver Francis Gallery
• Charles Long’s CATALIN
• Jose Lerma and Josh Smith, DB14 at Oliver Francis Gallery
• Alex Dijulio at Circuit12 Gallery

2013
Graduate Catalog Essay: Chizinski’s Cruel Optimism, Cornell Press
“Fail Strong” by The Art Foundation, semigloss. Magazine

2012
“Scale: A Gathering of Sculptors” (Text and interviews) Conference Catalog published by International Sculpture Center, Blue Star Contemporary Center for Art, and the NEA. (August)
2012_ Articles published by ART NOW NASHVILLE

• Interview: “Ambiguous Reprimand: Jens Hoffmann at the Frist” April 2
• Review: “Mediating Abstraction: Patrick Brien at Threesquared” April 2
• Interview: “Q&A with DMA Director Maxwell Anderson” March 23

2011-12_ Articles published by D MAGAZINE FRONT ROW

• “Art Reviews: Why You Should Avoid Going to Galleries After a Day at The Museum”
• “Gallery Hopping: Reviews of Shows at OFG, Angstrom, CentralTrak and more”
• “Gallery Hopping: A Diversity of Strong Shows Highlight a Month in Dallas Arts”
• “Terror from Above” Eric Eley’s Coincident Disruption at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
• “Lost in Suburbia” Town and Country, Brand 10 Art Space, Fort Worth
• “500X Fresh Meat: College Expo,” 500X Gallery, Dallas
• “Gaffes and Informations” Jeff Zilm and Kevin Todora, TCU’s Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth
• “Violent Memorial: Hugo Garcia-Urrutia, MAC, Dallas
• “Shoot Your Mouth Off” Panel Discussion, Dallas
• “Wunderkammer” Conduit, Dallas
• “Willie Baronnett” MFA exhibit “Four,” UTD CentralTrak, Dallas

2011_ Review: “Piotr Chizinski: Socio-Academic Judo” Graduate Exhibition Catalog, DUMBO Art Center, Cornell Press
2010_ Review: “Mark Collop: Hunters Welcome” 500X Gallery, Project Space, Ryder RIchards Blog
2010_ Review: “Ergonomics of Futility” Ian F Thomas and Shreepad Joglekar performance, Ryder Richards Blog
2009_ “Jen Korte and The Loss,” Album and poster art.
2008_ Essay: “New Wave” Lubbock Centennial catalogue, LOUISE HOPKINS UNDERWOOD CENTER FOR THE ARTS
2009, 2007_ “Firebird” Artwork for Ballet Lubbock production

PRESS/ REVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS about Ryder

2023
Artist Spotlight: Ryder Richards, STOVEWORKS
2021
Art Box, Glasstire.com
2020
Interview: Checking in with Ryder Richards, Glasstire.com
Interview: “Ryder Richards and Sue Anne Rische” Arteidolia.com
2019
Press: “Top 5 for Sept. 23, 2019” Glasstire.com
Press: “A Saturday with the Bush League” by Colette Copeland, Glasstire.com, Oct 24
Press: “Ryder Richards Unveils Public Work Honoring Fallen Dallas Police Officers” Glasstire.com, Christopher Blay, July 24
Press: El Centro College unveils installation honoring July 7 ambush fallen officers, FOX 4 News, July 17
2018
Review: “Hope Springs Eternal: Ryder Richards at CASP” by Hannah Dean, Glasstire.com [link]
Interview: “Meet Ryder Richards” Voyage, Dallas [link]
Publication: “Issue 8” Peripheral Vision Press, March 16 [link]
Press: “Performing a Seduction: Performance Art Houston’s “Political Seducer’s Diary” by Jeanette Joy Harris & Steven Martz, Political Animal Magazine [link]
Press: “New Art Space Opens Outside of Austin With a Stellar Lineup of Shows Scheduled” Glasstire.com [“link]
2017
Press: “Texas Biennial Road Trip: Dallas” by Leslie Moody Castro, TEXASBIENNIAL.org
Press: “Follow these 8 artist-run blogs to keep up with art criticism today” by Will Fenstermaker, ARTSPACE.com (Eutopia.us receives Honorable Mention)
Press:”Babel’s Bricks: The Power of Play” by Michelle Aldredge, gwarlingo.com
Press: HOUSTON PRESS, by Tex Kershen [link]
Press: “Top 5: April 6, 2017” GLASSTIRE.com [link]
2016
Press/Interview: “Chattanooga program wants artists to be inspired by the city and by conversations with local residents” by Barry Courter, TIMES FREE PRESS, (December 11)
Press: “Gun show! Art in the age of campus carry” by Vincent Meyers, BOWERBIRD (October 23)Review: “Ryder Richards at Beefhaus” by Colette Copeland, GLASSTIRE.com (October 21)
Press: “Keeping Up with Artpace” by Ryan Thompson, THE PAISANO (October 5)
Press: “Artist Residency Chattanooga begins this week” by Sean Phipps, NOOGA.com (October 24)
Press: “Artist Residency Chattanooga” by Aaron Cowan, THE PULSE, Chattanooga (October 20)
Press: “Artist Residency Chattanooga feat. Ryder Richards” CHATTANOOGA FUN (October 18)
Press: “Exhibition Pick: Ryder Richards at Swine Gallery,” LOCATE ARTS (October 15)
Interview: “Connector: Ryder Richards” LOCATE ARTS (October 6)
Interview: Radio interview by Jill Collins,  THE ART BEAT of Chattanooga (October 13)
Press: “5 Art Events for your Weekend” by Rachel Williams, DALLAS OBSERVER (October 5)
Press: “A New Focus: Objectives at Artpace” by Dan Goddard, ARTS & CULTURE Magazine (October 11)
Press: “Texas Artists Elevate Ordinary Materials into High-concept Works” by Marco Aquino, SAN ANTONIO CURRENT (October 05)
Press: “Artpace debuts Fall Exhibits” by Mia Garza, SAN ANTONIO MAGAZINE (September)
Press: “Top 5: September 29” GLASSTIRE.com (September 29)Press: “Dallas’ DIY Artists Took Over the Nasher Sculpture Center for One Rowdy Evening” by Alaena Hostetter, DALLAS OBSERVER, September 21, 2016
Press: “London Art Fair 2016: Wood” by Cajsa Carlson, COOLHUNTING (January 21)
Press: “Texas-based artist to exhibit at LCC” LAREDO MORNING TIMES (January 15)
Press: “All of our Guns, Part 2″ Christina Reese, GLASSTIRE.com
2015
Press: “The ArtSmarter Prize is Not Going Away! A preview ft. Ryder Richards” GLASSTIRE.com
Press: “Top Five November 5, 2015: 3. Lorem Ipsum” GLASSTIRE.com
Press: “Best of Fort Worth 2015: Top 5 Art Events” by Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly (Sept 23)
Press: “Pickup Chad” by Hannah Dean, Bowerbird (Sept 18)Review: Ryder Richards, by Ali Soltani, Eutopia: Contemporary Art Review
Catalog: “a thing of this world” produced and published by Public Address
Interview: Ryder Richards, by Deborah Blakeley, Zoneone Arts
Catalog Essay: The Real Show by curator Patrick Kelly, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Press: “Everyday Life Connects the Dots in New Blue Star Exhibits” by Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Current (June 17)
Press: “Blue Star Exhibition Celebrates the Mundane” by Steve Bennett, San Antonio Express (June 12)
Press: “Framed: A Buffet of Offerings from the Art Banquet” by Catherine Anspon (Jan. 27)
Catalog: “The Idyll” solo exhibition catalog, essay by Joshua Fischer (assistant curator at Rice Gallery, Houston), published by Tarrant County College-South, Fort Worth, Texas
Review: “South Gallery Displays Ex-TCC Instructor’s Art” Martin Paredes, The Collegian, Tarrant College-South
Press: Best Spring 2015 Art Events in DFW, Robin Everson, CBS DFW news
2014
Interview: “Ryder Richards” by Dario Rutigliano, ARTicuAction, September 2014, pgs 34-49
Interview: “100 Dallas Creatives: Collaborative Artist Ryder Richards” by Danielle Georgiou, DALLAS OBSERVER
Press: “Ground Floor Gallery’s New Digs” by Erica Ciccarone, NYCNASHPress: “Best Up-&-Coming Visual Artists in DFW” by Robin Everson, CBS, DFW
Interview: Ryder Richards, by Chieh-Ya Hsu, SMU Arts Entrepreneurship
Press: “Field Trip Dallas, Part 2” by Paul Middendorf, Glasstire.com
Interview: “David Johnson [on] Ryder Richards” Uncompromising Tang, Jan. 25
Press: “2014 Spring Preview: DB14”  Glasstire.com, by Lucia Simek
2013
“Top 5 Art Events” Glasstire.com, Dec. 19, 2013Radio Interview: 90.1 KPFT, Houston [ryder-interview]  Dec. 18Press: “The Artists’ Commission at Gray Matters” by Michael Corris, Glasstire.com, Dec. 12
Catalog: The Art Foundation’s “Asteroid Belt of Trash Blocking Transmissions of Love”, Texas Biennial 2013 (pg. 157)
Press: “Why Are Art Collectives Popping Up Everywhere?” by Joan Davidow, Art & Seek, Oct. 22
Review: “Asteroid Belt of Trash Blocking Transmissions of Love” by Colette Copeland, Glasstire.com, Oct. 15
Dallas Observer “Best Local Art Exhibition: DallasSites and DallasSites: Available Space” Sept. 25
Preview: “Satellites of Love…” Jaime Laughlin, Dallas Observer, September 12, 2013Press: “Translatory Motion” Moves International Collaboration” by Amy Wilder, Art Axis, Sept. 8Review: Glasstire.com “Boom Town: A Recap” by Rafael Barrientos Martinez, Aug. 23
Review: Arts + Culture: “DallasSITES: Available Space” Andy Amato, Aug 7, 2013
Dallas Observer “The DMA Gives a Shit About Local Art. It’s Time You Did Too.” by Jaimie Laughlin, July 24Preview: “Crossing Borders: Oxford American’s Inaugural Art Show” by Ryan Sparks, Southern Glossary, July 24
Interview: “Ryder Richards” by Ryan Sparks, Southern Glossary, July 24Preview: “The British Art Coming: Crossing Borders at OA” by Leslie Peacock, Arkansas Times, July 23
Preview: “Making Use of Available Space” Uncrated: Dallas Museum BlogArticle: “The Gift of Time” by Nicholas Pierce, Texas Tech University Alumni BlogInterview: “Guns and Gods: an interview with Ryder Richards” by Nicholas Pierce, Texas Tech University Art Alumni BlogPress: “Watchlist Artist: Ryder Richards” ARTslant.comPress: “Ryder Richards” by Ilisa Gilmore, VISION MAGAZINE, Roswell Daily Record Publication, February 21Press: “The Cube” by Ilisa Gilmore, VISION MAGAZINE, Roswell Daily Record Publication, January 24Press: RJP Nomadic Gallery “Biennial Keeps Expanding to Showcase Texas Art” by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, AUSTIN 360, January 5
2012
Press: RJP Nomadic Gallery “Top 10: 2012” by Haydeé Muñoz De La Rocha, ART MAGAZINE: SAN ANTONIO, Dec 31 2012
Online Series: “5 from 1: Ryder Richards” by Jessica McCambly and John Oliver Lewis, GLASSTIRE.com 2012
Review: “Successful Community Effort: RJP Nomadic Gallery in Town”  by Trina Faundeen, ART MAGAZINE: SAN ANTONIO, Oct 17
Interview: “Fulfilling the Void” by Dr. Kline, KENW Radio [NPR station]
Review: RJP: San Antonio Current “Keep on Truckin’ ” by Isis Madrid, Sept. 18, 2012
Review: The Art Foundation’s “Is Public Art in Dallas an Oxymoron?” by Jerome Weeks, ART AND SEEK, August
Video Publication: The Art Foundation’s “Art in the Public Sphere” by Richard Serrano, ART THIS WEEK, September
Arts Magazine Publication: Push Play: Reinventing the Wheel by Judy Seckler, CERAMICS ART & PERCEPTION, August 2012, pg. 111
Magazine Publication: “The Nasher’s Big Book of Urinals” by Peter Simek, D MAGAZINE, August 2012, pgs. 45-46
Exhibition Catalog: “Americas 2012 Paperworks,” Minot State University
Exhibition Catalog: “Culture Laboratory: Land Portrait” University of Tennessee
Review: “On Location, Part II: Land Portrait ” by Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Number Magazine (issue 73, page 20)
Video Interview: “In the Studio with Ryder Richards” by Colette Copeland, GLASSTIRE.com
Review: “Ryder Richards: Breech” by Sharon Butler, Seed Space Publication
Review: “Ryder Richards: Breech” by Rachel Bubis, Seed Space Publication
“Seed Space features tiny installation with lots to say” by Michelle Jones, THE TENNESSEAN, March 25
Critic’s Pick: “Breech at Seed Space” by Joe Nolan, THE NASHVILLE SCENE
Exhibition Catalog: “NCECA: On the Edge: Push Play” Juror: Linda Ganstrom, Bellvue Arts Museum
Exhibition catalog: “Out of the Gray” Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Review: “Co:Modify: Culture Lab Collective at Nave Museum” by Harbeer Sandhu, GLASSTIRE.COM, January
Review: “Exhibit Focuses on Landscape” by Elda Silva, MySanAntonio.com_ Jan 17, 2012
Review: “Terra Esoterica: 11 artists from the Culture Laboratory Collective Consider Land and Place” by Heather Joyner Spica, Metro Pulse_ July 11, 2012
Review: “Earth isn’t always what we try to make of it” by Scott Andrews, SAN ANTONIO CURRENT, Jan. 11 2012
2011
Review: “Co:Modify Exhibit Opens At Nave Museum” by Camille Doty, VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Dec. 10 2011
Review/Interview: “Reconstructing Perspective,” Jenny Block, DALLAS OBSERVER, September
Interview, “Ryder Richards at Ro2 Art-Uptown” ART THIS WEEK video interview by Caroline Belanger, Aug 25
Mention: “The Guerilla Curators” by Christina Rees, GLASSTIRE.COM, November
Review: “Import” Todd Camplin, Modern Dallas, August
Review: “Tiny Houses and Big Twisters at import “ Jenny Block, DALLAS OBSERVER, August
Mention: “How to Raise the Bar on the Dallas Scene?” by Lucia Simek, GLASSTIRE.COM, September
Review: “Construct” by Charissa Terranova, Dallas/Fort Worth ARTS AND CULTURE MAGAZINE, April
Press: “Artist juxtaposes violence, beauty” by Dena Adi, The Collegian, Tarrant County College
Review: “Modernism at Play: Nathan Green at Richland College” by Lucia Simek, Front Row, D MAGAZINE FRONTROW, March
“Ryder Richards: Contemplating Unconventional Spaces” Texas Tech Univ. Art Alumni blog, Interview by Kim Matthews, February
“Arty Party Opens at the Texas Biennial” by Sarah Fisch, GLASSTIRE.COM, April
Exhibition Catalog: “TX Biennial 2011” text by Curator, Virginia Rutledge, RJP Nomadic Gallery as participating organization.
“How Community Colleges are Changing the Dallas Art Scene” D MAGAZINE, Peter Simek, February
2010
“Ryder Richards’ Phallictricity” Interview by Antonio Cerna, HOMO-NEUROTIC, August
“Alternative to the Alternatives” by Margaret Mehan, GLASSTIRE.COM, August
“Ryder Richards art demo at Ro2 in Dallas“ PEGASUS NEWS, Alexandra Olivia
“Ryder Richards Trajectory” June Mattingly’s Special EYE to Watch, MODERN DALLAS
“Trajectory” Emily Messer, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, Sunday, July 11, page 3K
“Top Picks” Brian Rindfuss, SAN ANTONIO CURRENT, June 30-July 6, pg 45
2008
“Traveling Gallery” NPR radio Interview for Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
“Art Trail Brings More Than Local Talent” Camp Marfa Exhibition in Lubbock, LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL

CURATORIAL ENDEAVORS

2018
“Forecast” Piotr Chizinski, PRP Gallery, Dallas
2014
Co-curator: Culture Laboratory “Utopia: Can It Stay Dream?” Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Curator: “Mute” Circuit 12 Gallery, Dallas
artists: Jesse Morgan Barnett, John Frost, Michael Mazurek, Colby Parsons, and Lucia Simek
2013
Co-curator: “Boom Town” as part of “Dallas SITES: Available Space,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Director/Curator, “The Cube” Roswell, New Mexico (“Detritus” and “An Investigation of the Extra-Terrestrial for the Uninitiated”)
2012
Director/Curator, “The Cube” Roswell, New Mexico (“Sky’s Limit” and “Edition”)
Co-curator, “twain” presented by The Art Foundation, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas
Curator, “Cr(e)ate” presented by RJP Nomadic Gallery, Lone Star Studios, San Antonio, Texas
Curator, “Dark Matter” presented by RJP Nomadic Gallery, Blue Star Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
Co-Curator, The Art Foundation presents “Fountainhead”, Gibson Lofts, Dallas
* The Art Foundation’s book Fountainhead accepted into the Nasher Sculpture Center permanent collection.
Curator/Coordinator, “Response I & II: Ben Lewis and Noah Simblist,” Culture Laboratory, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
Proposed: “Crossroads: Transient Depositions” Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2011
Curator, “Reconstructing Perspective,” Chaddy Dean Smith and Andrew Douglas Underwood, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Curator/Coordinator, “Response with Noah Simblist,” Culture Laboratory Box 13 Artspace, Houston, Texas
Curator/Coordinator, “Response with Ben Lewis,” Culture Laboratory, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Curator, “Construct,” Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
featuring Nathan Green, Thor Johnson, Jeff Mueller, and Monica Vidal
2010
Coordinator, “Ergonomics of Futility,” Performance by Shreepad Joglekar and Ian F. Thomas, with Ro2 Art, 1411 Tyler, Dallas Texas
Curator, “Context,” Lupita Murillo Tinnen and Keith Wilson, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Curator, “Modular,” Eric Eley, Patrick Schneider, and David Willburn, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Curator, “Construct,” ART DEPOT, Lubbock, TX
featuring Nathan Green, Thor Johnson, Jeff Mueller, and Monica Vidal
Curator, “Exiles and Infidels” (Regional Curator Program) LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
“Cirkit of Mythos” featuring Steve Cruz, Omar Hernandez, Eddy Rawlinson, and Jason Reynaga

EVENTS/ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2023
“Generative AI,” RAiR programming, Roswell, NM
“Artist Talk: Ryder Richards,” BONE SPRINGS, Roswell, NM
2022
“Juror Talk : Annual Student Show,” Texas Tech University, Department of Fine Arts
2021
Juror: El Centro College, Big Dreams
Artist Talk: “Blah Blah Blah” Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN
2020
Juror: Visual Arts League of Allen, Membership Appreciation Art Competition
2019
Artist Talk: Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
Artist Talk: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Artist Talk: Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
Unveiling & Artist Talk: Resilience and Remembrance, El Centro College, Dallas
2018
Artist Talk: Texas Christian University
Artist Talk: Crate Project, North Carolina
Artist Talk: Wassaic Artist in Residence Program, Wassaic, NY
2017
Artist Talk: St. Mark’s College Prep, Dallas, Texas
Juror: Annual Student Exhibition, Texas A&M-Commerce, Commerce, Texas
2016
Lecture: “Professional Practices” University of North Texas, Denton
Lecture: “Ryder Richards” Watkins College, Nashville, Tennessee
Workshop: “DIY Trying: Gasmasks” Association of Visual Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Artist Talk: “Lookout” Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Social: “Artists Anonymous” Beefhaus, DallasJuror: “Annual High School Exhibition,” University of Texas-Dallas
Workshop: “DIYTrying” LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Laredo, Texas
Lecture: “a thing of this world” LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Laredo, Texas
2015
Artist Talk, Lecture: “Ryder Richards” UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Birmingham, Alabama
Artist Talk: “a thing of this world” PUBLIC ADDRESS, Brooklyn, New York
Salon: FORT WORTH MODERN MUSEUM (on Photography), Fort Worth
Wormhole: Artificial MFA Program, created by Carolyn Sortor, Dallas
Visiting Artist/Lecture: Graduate Seminar, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Fort Worth, Texas 2015Art Talk, workshop: “The Idyll” Tarrant College-South, Fort Worth
Lecture: Professional Practice, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Artist Talk: “The Idyll,” Lawndale, Houston
2014
Presentation: Pecha-Kucha, Artists Anonymous, Dallas Museum of Art
Panel Discussion: “Off Center” Texas Assoc. of Schools of Art Conference, Dallas _ Moderator: Randall Garrett, Panelists: Sabina Ott, Diego Leclrery, Pedro Velez, Michael Mazurek and Ryder Richards
Graduate student class discussion: “Wormhole: Artificial MFA” University of Texas -Dallas, TX
Graduate Critiques/Presentation: Texas A&M, Commerce, TX
Lecture: Professional Studies, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Panel Discussion: DB14, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
Lecture: Fordham University, New York, NYLecture: “Curator’s Choice,” January 24, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
2013
Presenter: “Failure of the BFA” Texas Association of Schools of Art Conference, LoneStar College, Kingwood, Texas
Panel Discussion: The Art Foundation on “Boomtown”, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Instructor: “Drawing from the Collection” Fort Worth Modern Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Juror & Presenter:  Midland Arts Association, Midland College, Midland, Texas
Guest Lecturer: Senior Exit course, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
Artist Talk: Graduate Painting Lecture and Critiques, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Artist Talk: “Conflicted” Roswell Museum, Roswell, New Mexico, February
Fundraiser: The Art Foundation presents “Altered States,” Tornado Bus Station, Dallas, February
2012
Moderator: The Art Foundation presents “Art in the Public Sphere” The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, August
Workshop: “Experimental Drawing” Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, Pennsylvania, June
Tour Guide: Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD), Art Bus Tours for the Junior Associates of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA).
Artist Talk: “Insight? Outta Sight!: Ryder Richards” ET Burk, Nashville, Tennessee, April 27
Panelist: Dallas Art Dealers Association: Art Professionals” Booker T. Washington High School Art, Dallas, Texas
Moderator: “Artist Run Galleries” Panel Discussion, Dallas Art Fair, April 14
-featuring panelists Phil Grauer and Sarah Braman of CANADA, NY, Bruce Lee Webb of Webb Gallery, Jason Willaford of Galleri Urbane and John Riepenhoff of The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Juror: “Plano 125” (With Laura Green of Valley House Gallery), The Art Galleries, Plano, Texas
2011
Lecturer, “Scholarship Lecture Series: Experimental Collaboration” McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Panelist, “The Community College as Site for Alternative Art” Community College Humanities Association National Conference, Fort Worth, Texas,
Panelists: Peter Simek, Randall Garrett,, David Willburn & Ryder Richards. Moderator: Iris Bechtol
Moderator, “Navigating the Evolving Arts,” Texas Association of Schools of Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
Panelists: William Campbell, Annette Lawrence, Charissa Terranova. Moderator: Ryder Richards
Lecturer, Artist Talk “Import” Ro2 Art – Uptown, Dallas, Texas
Presenter, “Paducah Arts Alliance: Guest Artists” Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
Presenter, “Texas Biennial: Curator/Participant Presentations” for Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery, ARTHOUSE, Austin, Texas,
Panelist, Dallas Art Dealers Association: Art Professionals” Booker T. Washington High School Art, Dallas, Texas
Juror, “Garland ISD Art Exhibit,” High School, Garland, Texas
Juror, “Rockwall ISD Art Exhibit,” High School and Middle School, Rockwall, Texas
2010
Lecturer, “History Symposium: History of portraiture in photography,” Richland College , Dallas, Texas
Guest Artist (Lecture), Drawing class, University of Texas- Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Guest Artist (Lecture, Demonstration) Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
Guest Artist (Workshop, Portfolio Reviews) St. Mark’s College Prep, Dallas, Texas
Guest Artist (Closing Lecture) “Persistent Breach” RJP members, Shirley Pogue Art Gallery,
East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma,
Juror, “Young American Talent,” hosted by Visual Arts Guild of Booker T. Washington High School, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas,
Juror, Public Arts, Henderson Art Project, Dallas, Texas
Guest Artist (Lecture) School of Art, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Moderator, “Art, Science and Sustainable Community Symposium” Richland College, Dallas
Panel Discussion “The Built Environment’s Response to the Environment”
Panelsist, Chris Taylor (director of Land Arts), Sean Garman (Perkins+ Will Architect), and Paul Villinksi (New York City based artist).
2009
Guest Artist (Closing Lecture) “Mercurial Imagination” RJP members, Ira M. Taylor Memorial Art Gallery, Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, Texas,
Guest Artist (Closing Lecture) “Culture Lab: So Say We All… Sort Of…” Joan Cole Mitte Gallery,
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas,
Guest Artist (Closing Lecture) “Ryder Richards: The Last One to Hit the Ground Wins,” Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
2008
Guest Artist (Lecture) “Richards2: Nola Richards & Ryder Richards” Louise Hopkins Underwood
Center for Arts, Lubbock, Texas,
Interview, “Traveling Gallery” NPR radio Interview: Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery, San Antonio, Texas,
Guest Artist (Lecture) Art Department, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, Texas
2007
Guest Artist (Lecture) School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Guest Artist (Lecture) “IMAGinE” (Solo Exhibition), ART DEPOT, Lubbock, Texas

MEMBERSHIPS / BOARDS/ COMMITTEES

2017_ Official Adviser, Locate Arts, Tennessee
2013_ Nashville Commission on the Arts / SeedSpace Advisory Board Member, Nashville, Tennessee
2011_ Art Advisory Committee: “National Conference 2011” Community College Humanities Association, Fort Worth, Texas
2011-13_ Board Member: Texas Association of Schools of Art
2011_ Steering Committee: “Fluid Dynamics: Navigating Evolving Disciplines in the Arts” Annual Conference 2011, Texas Association of Schools of Art, Fort Worth, Texas,
2011-13_ Membership: McKinney Art Center, Dallas, Texas
2010-12_ Members Commitee: Dallas Art Dealers Association, Richland College Galleries
2009-11_ Board Member: Dallas Public Arts Project
2009-10_ Committee Chair: “Arts, Science and Technology Symposium” Richland College, Dallas
2008-9_ Committee: Texas Tech University Museum Acquisitions
2008-9_ Board Member: Medici Circle, Fundraising For Texas Tech Art Dept.

CHARITY EVENTS

2022
Roswell Museum Fundraiser, ROSWELL MUSEUM, Roswell, NM
2020
“Glasstire Benefit Auction” Glasstire.com
“Michelles’ Paintings” PRP, Dallas
2015
“Pickup Chad: Chad Plunket Recovery” 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2014
“MTV Re:Define” Goss Michael Foundation, Dallas
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX2013
“Luck of the Draw” Diverse Works, Houston, TX
“Black and White Auction” Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
“Hullabaloo” Gallery HOMELAND, Houston, TX
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
“Kentucky Derby” Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
2012
“Art Slam” for Wordspace, Dallas
“F*#@ Brain Cancer” Patrick Short fundraiser, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX 2012
“Touchstone Fundraiser Auction” Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
“Luck of the Draw” Diverse Works, Houston, TX
“Disaster Ball” benefiting Glasstire.com and Fresh Arts, Houston, TX
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
“Art House & Austin Museum of Art: 5×7” Austin, TX
2011
“Gala Auction: School of Art and Craft” San Antonio, TX
“Empty Box” Programming fundraiser, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
“Art + Advocacy” Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas, TX
2010
“Art + Advocacy” Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas, Texas
“EASL Art Heist” Support for regional artist, Dallas, Texas
“Art House Austin 5×7” Austin, Texas
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, Texas
“Mountainview College Art Club Fundraiser,” Mountainview College, Dallas, TX
2009
“Medici Circle 5×7” Scholarship, Texas Tech University School of Art Lubbock, Texas
“Angel Flight: Veterans fundraiser” Houston Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas