Biography

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.

Artist Statement

This series of painted paper sculptures is a meditation on the fragile illusions of connection. In the haze of intoxication, laughter and closeness feel tangible, almost sacred. Yet by morning, the residue is only emptiness - cans, ash, and the echo of words that no longer hold weight. The piece confronts the tension between the desire to belong and the inability to sustain it, capturing the moment when intimacy dissolves into silence, leaving behind only traces of what was never truly there.