George Richardson (b. 1998) lives and works in London. He completed his MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2023, becoming an artist in residence at Sarabande Foundation for which he received the Sarabande Emerging Artist Grant (2023-2024). He has recently been re-awarded the Sarabande Foundation Artist Residency for 2024-2025.

Working mainly with wood and casting, Richardson bends, exaggerates and changes the material or form of an object. His access to global symbols of the home and public space is steadfastly personal. By presenting familiar objects altered to distance them from their cultural and personal reference points, Richardson’s transformations capture the liminal spaces inhabited by the body.

georgerichardson1602@gmail.com
Instagram: george_richardson

Current Exhibitions:

  • April 26th - May 30th 2025, ‘ Twice As Tall In The Rain’ Solo Exhibition, Pipeline, London

Education & Residencies:

  • 2024 - 2025: Sarabande Foundation (second year awarded), Artist Residency, London, UK

  • 2023 - 2024: Sarabande Foundation, Artist Residency, London, UK

  • 2021 - 2023: MFA Sculpture, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK

  • 2020 - 2022: ACME/UAL Associate Studio Programme, Stockwell, London, UK

  • 2017 - 2020: BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, UAL, London, UK

  • 2019: BA Fine Art, Pratt Institute, New York, USA

Museum Exhibitions:

  • 2023: University College London Slade Showcase, UCL Museum

Art Fairs:

2025: MEGA Art Fair, Milan, Italy - With Pipeline

2025: Art Brussels, Belgium - With Night Cafe Gallery

Collaborations / Commissions:

  • 2024: Featured Artist for New York Sarabande Fundraiser, The Standard Hotel, USA

  • 2024: Site-Specific Sculpture for Soho House Manchester

Selected Group Exhibitions:

  • 2025 - LAS Invites, London Art Services
    2025: January - March - House of Bandits x Selfridges, London

  • 2024: October: Sarabande House of Bandits exhibition, 5 Carlos Place, Mayfair, London

  • 2024: September: The Hari Art Prize, London

  • 2024: August - September: Dumping Group, Hypha Studios, Euston, London

  • 2024: August - September: Sarabande Summer Show, Sarabande Foundation

  • 2024: April: Mixed Feelings, Alice Black Gallery, London, UK

  • 2024: April: Wonderland, Filet Space, London, UK

  • 2024: January: Annual Sadness, St Peters Organ Factory, London, UK

  • 2023: November: Poison, OHSH Projects, New Oxford Street, London, UK

  • 2023: September: Pipeline Gallery x Flexitron Gallery, Duo Exhibition, London, UK

  • 2023: September: Max Radford Gallery, London, UK

  • 2023: August: Borrowing Tomorrow’s Happiness, Take Courage Gallery, London, UK

  • 2023: June: Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show, London, UK

  • 2023: March: Bedrock, Crypt Gallery, Euston, London, UK

  • 2022: Kisses, Glassyard, Stockwell, London, UK

  • 2022: Graduate Interim Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

  • 2022: November: The Worm at the Core, SET Woolwich, London, UK

  • 2021: Behind The Glass, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK

  • 2021: Belay, Kensington High Street, London, UK

  • 2021: Cloud Nine - A Room With No View, Crouch End, London, UK

  • 2020: 2020 Visionaries, Myo/Landsec Office, Westminster, London, UK

  • 2020: Graduate Showcase, Central Saint Martins, UAL, online exhibition

  • 2020: WIRE, Recinto VI Lucana, Matera, Italy

  • 2020: BUILT, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK

  • 2020: Home Game, online exhibition, Saint Maison Gallery

  • 2019: Off the Canvas, Pratt Institute (Main Gallery), New York, USA

  • 2019: Gator, Pratt Institute, New York, USA

  • 2018: You Call That a Painting?, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

  • 2017: Paint it Black, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

  • 2016: Foundation Show, SGS College, Stroud, UK

Press:

  • Vogue: ‘Sarabande Featured Artist George Richardson’ - Link

  • Wallpaper Magazine - Link

  • FAD: ‘Top 5 Art Exhibitions to See In London’ - Link

  • London Art Roundup Issue 121 - Link

  • Sarabande - Link

  • The Standard - Link

  • London Art Roundup - Link

  • Artie Magazine - Link

  • Plaster Magazine - Link

  • 10 Magazine - Link

  • Exibart - Link

  • Double Agents: Associate Studio Programme 2020, Selected Artists

  • Central Saint Martins Museum, Boys Don’t Cry Exhibition

Prizes & Grants:

  • 2024: The Hari Art Prize - Shortlisted

  • 2023: Slade Graduate Boise Award

  • 2023: Gilbert Bayes Award for Sculptors

  • 2022: Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust - Grant

  • 2022: Slade School of Fine Art, UCL - Bursary

  • 2021: LUMBs Educational Foundation - Grant

  • 2021: Nichol Young Foundation - Grant

  • 2021: Cheltenham Arts Council - Grant

  • 2021: SPT Westminster - Grant

  • 2020: Subsidised Studio Space on Associate Studio Programme (2 Years)