Lynn Richardson

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Lynn Richardson (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian artist and sculptor based in Winnipeg. In 1998 she received her Honours BFA from the University of Manitoba. In 2005 she completed an MFA in Sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2005 she received the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant in New York. Lynn Richardson has presented her sculpture in numerous exhibitions through out Canada, the United States and Taiwan. Earlier this year, her large-scale installation Red State was featured in the Supernovas group show at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and at the Michael Gibson Gallery [1] in London, Ontario. Forthcoming solo exhibitions include a presentation of Inter-glacial Free Trade Agency at Regina's Dunlop Art Gallery [2] in 2007 and a series of new works at Harcourt House in [3] Edmonton in 2008. Richardson has received various art awards, including grants from the Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. She has taught sculpture at the University of Manitoba School of Art and courses at the University of Texas. In 2007, she will be artist-in-residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art [4] in Omaha, Nebraska. Richardson recently received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin (2005) and holds a BFA (Honours) from the University of Manitoba (1998).