Brian William Richmond is a visual artist from Pennsylvania who makes 3 dimensional paintings of trash. Brian graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design with a BFA in 2001. In 2008 he was awarded the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship. In 2012 he was awarded the West Collects acquisition prize. He previously exhibited at Pulse Art Fair, Miami in 2012 as part of The West Collection’s “THIS END UP” installation. In 2013, Richmond was one of five artists who were selected by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery to participate in a group exhibition entitled “Philadelphia”, where Richmond’s mass-produced packaging series was exhibited. In 2016 he was awarded the Fleisher Wind Challenge from Fleisher Art Memorial. Brian has also been a song writer/composer for many years now and his current project with his long term collaborator Nick Hardy is the Bell Harmers. The Bell Harmers sound encompass a multitude of genres from rock to soundscapes. They are currently finishing up there third album which is set to release in summer 2024. Brian is currently working on his next collection of paintings which he plans to release in the fall 2024. Brian works and resides in Chester County Pennsylvania.
Brian William Richmond Artist Statement 2024
“I create hyper realistic renditions of discarded mass produced packaging “trash” through the process of painting and paper modeling. My work addresses the ubiquitousness of mass produced packaging, highly manufactured refuse that permeates our daily lives and environments in such a powerful way that we hardly notice it anymore. By individualizing these pieces of discarded packaging -coffee cups, soda cups, and other fast food containers, I hope to transform the mundane object into something entirely unique and alluring. These paintings function as painstaking meditations and documentations on the pervasive commercialization of my home town landscape.”
“I create hyper realistic renditions of discarded mass produced packaging “trash” through the process of painting and paper modeling. My work addresses the ubiquitousness of mass produced packaging, highly manufactured refuse that permeates our daily lives and environments in such a powerful way that we hardly notice it anymore. By individualizing these pieces of discarded packaging -coffee cups, soda cups, and other fast food containers, I hope to transform the mundane object into something entirely unique and alluring. These paintings function as painstaking meditations and documentations on the pervasive commercialization of my home town landscape.”