Bio

Olivia Richardson (she/her(s)) is an interdisciplinary artist from Northern Virginia who primarily focuses on printmaking, stating that her medium changes with the intention of each piece she creates. In 2019, Richardson earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a minor in Art History from West Virginia University. In 2022, she received her Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Museum Studies Certificate with an emphasis in Art and Visual Culture Education from the University of Arizona. Richardson is co-founder of the Radical Intersectional Printmakers' Guild with fellow printmaker Becci Spruill. She sees her work as a vehicle that allows her to exploit the existing social structure that works against her voice. Her objective is to use her personal experience to help catalyze conversations that aid in a broader understanding of marginalized identities.