b. 1986, Solana Beach
Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
2014
M.F.A., Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2009
B.F.A., Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts/Chapman University, Orange, CA
Art Minor, College of Performing Arts/Chapman University, Orange, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Moiré, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Totems and Chimeras, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Space 2, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles, CASpace, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Space, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Moon-Watcher, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Double Fantasy, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Double in brass, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2014
R, Gayle & Ed Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Prelude, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2009
12 O’clock, C17, Vienna, Austria
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2021
Spooky Action at a Distance, curated by Vista Oral for Koob Gallery, Bombon Projects space, Barcelona, Spain
2018
Bregenze Biennale: The Map is the Territory, curated by Albert Allgaier, Bregenz, Austria
2016
Available Light (for three), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sculpture Into Photography, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Ridykes’ Cavern of Fine Gay Wine and Videos: Hauser & Werk Bitch: Don’t Be Mad At Us!, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
The Talking Stone, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Body Memory Body Vision: Performance Works, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
2020
SKY, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Grammars of Creation, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Aesthetic Relations, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
2018
Deep Time, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Utopia Visions, OV Project Space, Portland, OR
2017
#SUNSET, curated by Melinda Wang, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Four Times Square, New York, NY
2016
Screening Series, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2015
The First 5 Years and The Last 5 Years, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, IL
AmazoNight, curated by Suzanne Wright, 3 Days Awake, Los Angeles, CA
2014
A Soft Almond Of A Poetic / Objects On A Shelf, curated by Mateo Tannatt, 3 Days Awake, Los Angeles, CA
Burned By The Sun, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Young Joon Kwak: Mutant Salon: Who Are Worth Our Love. Gayle & Ed Roski Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
With Anonymous & Others, curated by Bernhard Garnicnig, Nomadenetappe, Linz, Austria
2013
Dwelling in Erasure, curated by Alexandra Wetzel, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Slow Dance, Gayle & Ed Roski Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
The Unknown, Space 4 Art, San Diego, CA
2012
Appropriation - Re-enactment, curated by Petra Noll, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
Triptych Tripping, Lust Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2011
Blue Hour, Wonderloch Kellerland, Los Angeles, CA
Imitation of Action, Latned Atsär, Los Angeles, CA
Interchange, curated by Anna Meliksetian, Exchange LA, Los Angeles, CA
Some People Like to Go Out Dancing, curated by Lilly Siegel, Flag Stop, Torrance, CA
Return to Zero, Paredon Blanco, Los Angeles, CA
Blue Ribbon, Paredon Blanco, Los Angeles, CA
Random Selection, Martha Otero, Los Angeles, CA
SCREENINGS
2023
Trash Moon, 2220 Arts & Archives, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 15
2020
Bone Cut, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 20
2019
Viewing Stone, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Nov 9
2018
Hyperway. Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 16, 20, 23
Rendezvous, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA, Sept 23
2017
Chasing the Horizon, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Oct 27-30
2016
Available Light, Bandini International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, July 8
2015
Available Light, Parallel Screening, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Sept 23-27 // Christopher Richmond: Selected Films, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, Sept 24
The Milky Way, Christopher Richmond: Selected Films, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, Sept 24
Summary, Christopher Richmond: Selected Films, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, Sept 24
2014
The Milky WayM+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 21
Gayle & Ed Roski Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 12
2009
Chasing the Horizon, Zapped Up Void, Soho20, New York, NY Nov 13
REVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND BOOKS
2023 (forthcoming)
Fabio, L., Catherine Martinez, C., Michno, C., Tumlir, J. 2020. Hyperway. Exh. Catalogue. Los Angeles: Moskowitz Bayse. (forthcoming)
2021
Stoking the Flame, Xina Xurner interviewed by John Tain for Human Resources LA, Photo essay with Christopher Richmond, Mix by Xina Xurner. h-r.la/xina-xurner-stoking-the-flame, July 4.
2020
Gentle, Young Joon Kwak and Christopher Richmond, TDR/The Drama Review 2020 64:3 (T247), 2-2.
2018
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Space Is the Place at Moskowitz Bayse.” laweekly.com, Dec 21.
Michno, Christopher. “Humans from Earth.” Artillery Magazine, Vol 13, No 1, Sept-Oct, p 40-45.
Morse, Rebecca. “27 L.A. Photographers,” 11, 48-49. Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, 2018.
2017
Carey, Brainard. Interview with Christopher Richmond. Praxis Interview Magazine, Yale Radio, museumofnonvisibleart.com, Feb 23
2016
Morse, Rebecca. “LENS: Photography Council 2016 Acquisitions.” Unframed.lacma.org, July 25.
Michno, Christopher. “Review: Christopher Richmond: Double Fantasy.” Artillery Magazine, Vol 10, No 5, May-June, p 52-53.
Wagley, Catherine. “Alien in the yard.” laweekly.com, Mar 16.
2015
Schirmer Sastre, Patrick. “Traumszenen in der Garage.” Mallorca Zeitung, No 817, Dec, p 26.
Chiaverina, John. “Hort Foundation Announces 2015 Grants for Los Angeles Artists.” artnews.com, Feb 17.
2014
Kapusta, Barbara, and Christopher Richmond. “How do we distinguish random movements from signals? A Gesture combines bodily movement and meaning.”
Nowiswere, No 14, June, p 45-51.
2013
Jutz, Gabriele, and Petra Noll. Aneignung / Appropriation. Fotogalerie Wien, Austria: Fotobuch NR. 49/2012, p 76-77.
2012
Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art, Vol 20: The Cinematic. [DVD] Prod. Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art.
2011
Nüans., ed. “Does it look like a shipwreck.” Apogee: A Compilation of Solitude, Ecology and Recreation. Berlin: Revolver, 2011.
2009
Schütte, Christoph. “Künstler, Spaßvögel und Frauen im Milchkreis.” faz.net, Aug 26. 2008
Bosetti, Petra. “Ein Preis für (fast) Nichts.” art-magazin.de, Nov 1.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY
2014
FotoKem Filmmaker Grant. Foto-Kem Industries, Inc., Burbank, CA
2008
Szpilman Award: Best Seven, Chasing the Horizon, Szpilman Award, Berlin, Germany
Szpilman Award: Best Seven, Painting the Sky Blue, Szpilman Award, Berlin, Germany
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
LECTURES, PANELS, AND PERFORMANCES
2023
The Cloud Still Doesn’t Love You, LACA, Los Angeles, CA, Mar 21
2022
The Cloud Doesn’t Love You, LACA, Los Angeles, CA, Mar 26
2021
Christopher Richmond’s Spooky action at a distance: Maite Muñoz and Alicia Escobio of Vista Oral and Enric Farrés Duran and Octavi Acosta of Koob Gallery in conversation with Christopher Richmond, Bombon Projects, Barcelona, Spain, Jan 27
2020
Christopher Richmond's Hyperway (Spectre) with Q&A with curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 6
2019
Free Radicals: On the Provocations of Awe presented by Fulcrum Arts, the Williamson Gallery at ArtCenter, and Pitzer College Art Galleries, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Nov 9
Sculpting with Time, California State University Fullerton, Oct 30
The Image, The Event, The Body: artists Nicole Miller, Christopher Richmond, Miljohn Ruperto and Jennifer West moderated by Ryan Linkof, Curator of Film at the Lucas Museum for Narrative Art, Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 1
2018
Cinematic Space: A conversation with Christopher Richmond and Nicholas Barlow, Curatorial Assistant for Contemporary Art and the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at LACMA, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 16
Exploring a Multiverse: A conversation with Christopher Richmond and Artillery Associate Editor Christopher Michno, Brand Library & Arts Center, Glendale, CA, Sept 23
2017
Bone Cut with Fake Estates Live, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles, CA, May 20
2016
Christopher Richmond in conversation with Jan Tumlir, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 2
2012
Chapman University, Orange, CA, Apr 23
2009
Chasing the Horizon, c17, Vienna, Austria, June 14