Bio

Olivia Richardson (she/her) is a printmaker and interdisciplinary artist from Northern Virginia. Her artistic practice includes printmaking, painting, drawing, writing, curation, and music. In 2019, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a minor in Art History from West Virginia University. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies with an emphasis in Art and Visual Culture Education from the University of Arizona in 2022.

Richardson is co-founder of the Radical Intersectional Printmakers' Guild and was featured in episode 72 of the print podcast, Hello Print Friend, alongside her co-founder Becci Spruill. Her work has been published in A Love Letter to This Bridge Called My Back and the online magazine Synesthesia. She has exhibited in Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and in the Czech Republic. She has presented at the inaugural bell hooks Symposium and at the ABER pre-conference for AERA.

Richardson 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 as a Black woman to help catalyze conversations that aid in a broader understanding of marginalized identities.