Richard Saxton is a visual artist and educator currently living in Denver, Colorado. Saxton’s work is conceived through an interdisciplinary cultural framework, and can be contextualized through social and site-based art practice. Saxton’s work has been described as contemporary vernacular, non-heroic, and an art infused with rural experience without subscribing to any one genre or culture. Saxton is the founder of the M12 Collective, an interdisciplinary group that develops projects through dialogical and collaborative approaches. M12 creates and supports new modes of art-making in often rural and remote areas, and focuses on experiential practices that explore community identity and the value of often under-represented rural communities and their surrounding landscapes. Saxton is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Curriculum Vitae
EXHIBITIONS AND SITE PROJECTS
The Majestics. Epicenter, Green River, UT
IASKA International Art Biennial. Cooperative Ornithology. Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia
Yuma Museum and Historical Society, Social Jukebox (Small Museums). Yuma, CO
The Ornitarium. Wetlands Education Centre, Denmark, Western Australia (IASKA: Spaced Project)
Deertrail Museum and Historical Society, Rural Exchange with Wapke Feenstra (Small Museums). Deertrail, CO
Ferencvarosi PinceGallery. Budapest, Hungary
The Fields Project. Oregon, IL
Biennial of the Americas. ¡Rediseñar los Campitos! Denver, CO
The Black Hornet at I-76 Speedway. Fort Morgan, CO
Swope Museum of Art. Small Architecture BIG LANDSCAPES. Terra Haute, IN
University of Colorado Art Museum. ArchiTECHtonica. Boulder, CO
Galería Kiosko, Experimental ARCHOlage (Santa Cruz). Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Arlington Arts Center. PUBLIC/PRIVATE. Arlington, VA
City of Phoenix Arts and Culture. Phoenix, AZ
Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Prairie Modules No. 1 and 2. Indianapolis, IN
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Market Box with The Challenge Program, Wilmington, DE
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. Mt. Vernon, IL
Bibliobox. myvillages.org (traveling archive) Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Wall House #2. Typical Reconstruction. Groningen, The Netherlands
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Circle Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Contemporary Museum. RE:Location. Baltimore, MD.
Kohler Arts Center. M.I.K.E. (Music Integrated Kiosk Environment), Kohler Arts Center,Sheboygan, WI
IN:Site Public Art Expo, StreetWISE. Milwaukee, WI
Kunstvlaai 6. Westergasfabriek- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kohler Arts Center. Utopia. Sheboygan, WI
SILO Art Space. Experimental ARCHolage. Madison, WI
Pasadena City College. CA1, Pasadena, CA
The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Autotour Unit and Vehicle and C.L.U.I.Rover in collaboration with SIMPARCH. Wendover, UT
St. Paul Cultural Center. Works from the Bockley Gallery. St. Paul, MN
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. PrairieLand and Other Stories. Nebraska City, NE
Coleman Center for Arts and Culture. York Station, Bicycle Shed and Utility NOW!. York, AL
Weisman Art Museum. WAM Art Expo. Minneapolis, MN
National Building Museum. Washington, D.C. Rural Studio: Community Architecture (traveling exhibition).
LECTURES / VISITING ARTIST
Meadowcreek Roundtable. Fox, Arkansas
Rustbelt Conference. St. Louis, MO
IASKA and Denmark Arts, Denmark, Western Australia
Land Heritage Institute, San Antonio, TX
Illiterate Gallery. Denver, CO
The Community Library. Sun Valley, ID
Teton Art Lab. Jackson, WY
The University of the Arts. Philadelphia, PA
Università Iuav di Venezia. Venice, Italy
University of Colorado, Boulder. ATLAS. Boulder, CO
Galería Kiosko. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Boulder, CO
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Wilmington, DE
Platform GRAS/Architecture Academy. Groningen, the Netherlands
University of Georgia. Athens, GA
University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN
Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, MD
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI
Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI
Lakeshore Technical College. Cleveland, WI
Americans for the Arts Conference. Milwaukee, WI
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Atlanta, GA
Pasadena City College. Pasadena, CA
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Nebraska City, NE
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Coleman Center for Arts and Culture. York, AL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Harvey, Nicola. “Spaced: Art Out of Place.” Frieze Magazine. Issue 147, May 2012.
Greenshields, Barbie. “M12: Ornitarium.” Art Monthly Australia. Issue 246. Summer, 2011
Lyons, Suzannah. “Ornitarium bird hide brings art to Denmark Wetlands.” ABC Radio, South Coast Western Australia. August 4, 2011
Todhunter, Rhian. “The Ornitarium.” RTR Radio, Morning Magazine. Radio Interview and Broadcast. Perth, Australia. July 27, 2011
Moreno, Ivan. “Artists Design Sheep Wagon for the 21st Century.” Associated Press. CBS News. 2 July 2010.
Davis, Analee. “Connecting, Disconnecting, and Intersecting at the Biennial of the Americas.” Art Etc. Vol.2 No. 2. October 2010.
“Cool Pastoral Splendor.” ART LIES: A Contemporary Art Quarterly. Spring 2010: Issue No. 65, (26-29)
Wood Works Onix. “Chicken Shack Village, Colorado.” Rotterdam, The Netherlands: NiA Publishers, 2009. (78-85)
Goebel, Leanne. “A Chicken Coop in Every Yard.” Adobe Airstream. 28 October 2009.
Hermanson, Marissa. “Where urban and rural meet: BMoCA explores the art of city chicken coops.”
Boulder Weekly. 8-14 October 2009, (39).
Kaufman, Rachel. “Spring Arts Preview: Here’s Looking at Everybody.” Express Night Out. 11 February 2009.
“La Miscelánea Urbana de Richard Saxton.” Revista VAMOS. Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia. August 2009: No.19, (21).
Zeiger, Mimi. “Richard Saxton’s Jam Session.” ReadyMade Magazine. Oct/Nov. 2009, (47).
A Thirty Year History: The Delaware Center for Contemporary ArtsSpectrum Printing, Inc., East Petersburg, PA: 2009.
Chicken Shack Village: Baseline Group with collaborations by Haiko Meijer and Marjetica Potrc, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2009.
Richard Saxton and the municipalWORKSHOP – Market Box, Art & Amp; Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, 2008.
Hess, Maria. “The Big Season Preview: Arts for Our Sake.” Delaware Today Magazine. 13 August 2008: September 2008 Issue.
van de Wal, Olof. “Wall House #2: Between the Surface and Space.” Thought Provoking, Sense Provoking. Groningen, Netherlands: Noorderlicht, 2007. (19-49.
Quigley, Kathleen. “Singing In A Silo.” Wisconsin People & Ideas. Winter 2007: Vol. 53 No. 1, (5).
Public Art Network 2007 Year In Review, Americans for the Arts CD/DVD, 2007
Writings: Monument/Night and day. Wall House #2 – Thought provoking, sense provoking. Groningen, Netherlands: Noorderlicht, 2007. (52-3).
Material Meaning: Process, Product, and Preservation in Public Art, Americans For the Arts. Sheboygan, WI, June 1-2, 2006.
Bibliobox, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2006 M.I.K.E. Project
M.I.K.E. (Music Integrated Kiosk Environment): A collaboration with the municipalWORKSHOP and
TEAM Records, Catalog. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2006.
RE:location. Contemporary Museum, Exhibition Catalog. Baltimore, MD, 2006.
Golda, Lisa. “MIKE: Connecting Communities at John Michael Kohler Arts Center.” Alliance of Artists Communities. Providence, RI. 2006: vol. 13 no. 3, (cover, p 23).
Harrman, Katrina. “M.I.K.E. has landed!” The Sheboygan Press – Weekend. Sheboygan, WI. 20 July 2006: (cover, pp 3-4).
“The Music Integrated Kiosk Environment.” National Public Radio, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio. Milwaukee, WI. 5 July 2006.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Artistic Range.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, WI. 7 July 2006.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Project takes art to the street.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, WI. 13 May 2006 (p 4E).
Taylor, Whitney. “Found and lost: Fleeting artworks enliven North Ave.” MKE Magazine. Milwaukee, WI. 1 June 2006.
Oppenheimer-Dean, Andrea and Timothy Hursley. Proceed and Be Bold: Rural Studio After Samuel Mockbee. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. (146-149)
Moos, David and Gail Trechset, ed. Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio: Community Architecture. Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2004.
Art in the Public Interest Community Arts Network. “municipalWORKSHOP Making Public Art All Over.” API News. Saxapahaw, NC., August 2004: Issue 61.
Durst, Jeana. “Rural Renaissance: Artists converge in an unlikely West Alabama town.” Black & White City Paper. 20 June 2004.