++the paintings of Kim (Keek) Richardson

 

I am a self taught painter born in St. Louis, Missouri where I currently make my home. Although my work is often cathartic and autobiographical, I like to think it transcends the artist and reaches an audience who is moved on a personal level. I'm a patron saint of discarded objects, a back alley nomad, a connoisseur of trash. Between the actual painting surfaces which are often found objects, the imagery and the title I hope to challenge the viewer to unlock each painting's meaning. An invitation to journey inward and ponder your own paths or deeper universal truths.

 

 

Public Role
(Equivalents of "Kim Richardson")
Identity: Linguistics
Component: Bitch, Boy, Cloak, Dawn, Fish, Gun, Lady, Rain, Sin, Wand, War
Distant: Anarchy, Ballet, Bliss, Book, Cage, Chance, Charm, Cold, Community, Courage, Cyan, Devil, Door, Earth, Ebony, Elegance, Fame, Fascism, Fertility, Finance, Flood, Funk, Fury, Galaxy, Gasp, Gem, Giraffe, Grace, Hate, Heart, Heat, Honor, Immunity, Infinity, Ingenuity, Kaleidoscope, Leap, Lizard, Magenta, Misadventure, Mist, Monolith, Pearl, Platinum, Pope, Profanity, Pursuit, Puzzle, Rabbit, Retribution, Riddle, Robot, Rum, Sculptor, Sea, Secret, Shadow, Ship, Staff, Stage, Steel, Strategy, Technology, Temptation, Trance, Ugliness, Vatican, Virility, Vogue, Voyeur, Wife

Private Persona
(Equivalents of "keek")
Identity: Arm, Life
Product: Chronology
Mirror: Deck
Distant: Adversary, Affair, Alien, Ally, America, Animal, Anticipation, Apocalypse, Audio, Cabaret, Camera, Celebration, Circle, Coin, Consort, Demand, Devotion, Dream, Duke, Flesh, Globe, Home, I Ching, Invention, Joke, Jubilation, Key, King, Lens, Lion, Lock, Monster, Moonlight, Rapport, Resistance, Snake, Submission, Surrender, Synergy, Tomb, Trumpet, Typhoon, Universe, Vortex

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Selected Exhibitions

Subi Dura A Rudibus
Solo Exhibition
Gallery of Contemporary Art
FPCC
St. Louis, MO
2009

The Dirty Show
Juried International Erotic Art Exhibition
Detroit, MI
2008

Ouroboros
A Group Exhibition
Curated by Kim Richardson
St. Louis, MO
2007

5th Annual Environmental Art Show
Curated by Vince Packard
Featured Artist
Kent, OH
2007

The Triumph of Stuckism
An International Symposium
Curated by Naive John
Liverpool 2006 Biennial
Liverpool, UK
2006

Art for AIDS
Juried Exhibition
University of Missouri, St. Louis
2005

Fantastic and Visionary Art Tour
A traveling exhibition of Visionary Art, including works from the
international movement inspired by Ernst Fuchs and HR Giger.
Curated by Damian Michaels and Alan Sisley
Australia

  • Orange Regional Gallery 13 August to 14 September 2003

  • Manning Regional Gallery March 18 to April 18 2004

  • Riddoch Regional Gallery SA 30 April to 27 June 2004

  • Ballarat Regional Gallery VIC 23 July 2004 to 5 September 2004

  • Paramatta Heritage Centre December 17 2004 to January 30 2005

 

girl from missouri

keek, it does a body good.