CV
Ray Richardson B.A. A.R.E.
1964 Born Woolwich Dockyard, London
Education
1984-87 Goldsmiths BA Fine Art
1983-84 St Martin’s School of Art Foundation Course
Awards
2016 Ruth Borchard Painting Prize Winner
2012 Artist in Residence Eton College
2012 Founders Painting Prize ING Discerning Eye
2007 Association of Painter Printmakers A.R.E.
2002 British Council Award
1999 British Council Award
1990 BP Portrait Award Commendation
1989 British Council Award
Selected collections/commissions
British Museum, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The National Portrait Gallery, London
Musée de l'université de Louvain-La-Neuve
Fondation Carmignac, Paris
London Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Pallant House Museum, Chichester
De Beers Diamond Trading Co., London
Kasen Summer Collection, Connecticut
Isle of Man Government Collection, Isle of Man Royal Overseas League Collection, Edinburgh
St George's Hospital Trust Collection, London
Ingram Collection, London
University of Warwick Collection, Warwick
Ruth Borchard Collection, London
Selected Exhibitions
2020
London Is Up For Grabs - Beaux Arts, London
2019
Brand New Second Hand - Drawings - Zedes Art Gallery, Brussels
..And I Live By The River - Zedes Art Gallery, Brussels
2018
Made in London - Beaux Arts, London
Coasteroller - Graphic Works - Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth
2017
Country Got Soul - Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
Architecture as Metaphor - Group Show (incl. Tony Bevan, Michael Craig Martin, Richard Deacon, Lucy Gunning, Fabian Peake, Rachel Whiteread), Griffin Gallery, London
Jeux Sans Frontières - with Guy Denning, Galerie Raison d'Art. Lille
2016
K3 Universal - with David Bray, Guy Denning & Ben Oakley, Ben Oakley Gallery, London
You Caught Me Smiling, Again - Zedes Art Gallery, Brussels
Art Car Boot Fair - with K3 Universal, London & Hastings
The Outer Limits - Galelrie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg
Still Life - Style of Life - Former Galerie Alain Blondel Artists, Beauborg24, Paris
London Soul - Beaux Arts Gallery, London
2015
Linolcut - Group Show (incl. Picasso, Peter Blake, Sol LeWitt, Wayne Thiebaud and Gary Hume) Paul Stolper Gallery, London
Art Car Boot Fair - with Art On a Postcard, London & Margate Kevin Foursauds - with David Bray, Ben Oakley and Guy Denning, Ben Oakley Galley, London
Reality: Modern and Comtemporary British Painting - The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2014
The Jack Lord - Ben Oakley Gallery, London
Reality: Modern and Comtemporary British Painting - The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich
I Get Along - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
Kevin Threesauds Room To Let - with Ben Oakley and David Bray, Ben Oakley Gallery, London
2013
The Dog and Crow - with Guy Denning - Ben Oakley Gallery, London
Kevin Threesauds - with Ben Oakley and David Bray - Ben Oakley Gallery, London
2012
Keep The Faith - The Drawing Schools, Eton College, Windsor
Everything Is Everything - Beaux Arts London, London
Homecookin' - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
BP Portrait Award - National Portrait Gallery, London
Londons Topdog - Ben Oakley Gallery, London
Never Promised Poundland - with Cathie Pilkington and Mark Hampson, No Format Gallery, London
2011
Londons No.One - Ben Oakley Gallery, London
L'ironie du Sort - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
2009
Just A Little Pinch Of London - Advanced Graphics, London
Music For Pleasure - Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
Southern Comfort - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
2006
Leftfield - Eleven Fine Art, London
Rare Prints - Advanced Graphics, London
A to Z - Boycott Gallery, Brussels 2005
Ordinary People - New Arts Gallery, Connecticut
An English Phenomenon - Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Los Angeles
Not A Lot To Do - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
Lazy Sunday - Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle upon Tyne
2004
Days Like These - Fabien Fryns Gallery, Marbella
Storyville - Advanced Graphics, London
2003
Short Stories - Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
Views From My Island - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
Absolute Richardson - Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle upon Tyne
2002
All Around The World - Fabien Fryns Gallery, Marbella
England Away with Mark Hampson - Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo
A London Film - Advanced Graphics, London
2001
Out Of Town - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
2000
London Calling - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
Jigsaw Puzzle - Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
1999
OKUK with Mark Hampson - Gallery Aoyama & Laforet Museum, Tokyo
MFSB - Beaux Arts, London
1998
Tender Moments - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
The Circus Comes To Town - Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
In Search Of A New Land - Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles
The Morecambe And Wise Show - Glasgow Print Studio with Mark Hampson
1996 One Man On A Trip - Beaux Arts, London
The Luckiest Man In Two Shoes - Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
1995
The Last Laughers - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
1994
Oostenders - Beaux Arts, London
1993
RA Summer Show - Royal Academy, London
Eastenders - Hunt Jennings Gallery, London
1992
Good Old England - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
Coals To Newcastle - Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
The Odd Man Out - Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
1990
BP Portrait Award - National Portrait Gallery, London
The Sporting Life - Galerie 31 Lille
1989
The Cat In The Hat - Boycott Gallery, Brussels
1988
The John Player Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Selected TV, Radio and Film
2019 RTBF Belgian Radio interview with Jérôme Colin
2019 Robert Elms Show BBC Radio London - Listed Londoner Feature
2018 Robert Elms Show BBC Radio London - Interview for Made In London
2017 Ray Richardson: Our Side of the Water - A film by Nina Degraeve, Belgium - Winner of numerous International festival film awards.
2016 BBC Radio London Robert Elms Show
2015 Art Car Boot Fair - Interview with London Live News
2012 Londons No.One - Shortlisted Edge Of the City Film Festival - Total Thrive Productions
2005 From the Artist’s Studio - BBC Radio 3 2004 Robert Elms Show - BBC Radio London
2004 Reflections – A film by Ray Richardson and Glen Maxwell in association with Deptford Albany, London
2001 Titian - National Gallery, London - A film by Jake Auerbach
1999 Robert Elms Show - BBC Radio London
1997 & 1999 - Oil on Canvas BBC 2 BBC / Arts Council Co-Production with Windfall Films
1998 Fresh - LWT, Sampled - CHANNEL 4
1993 Robert Elms Show GLR Radio London