Patricia Richards
Patricia D. Richards was born in California, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama from the University of Washington, a Master of Science in Education from the University of Southern California and a Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University. She received a Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Photography in 1991 and teaches photography at Tarrant County College in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Her work can be found in several museum collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Birmingham Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. She exhibits her work internationally.
Education
MASTER OF FINE ARTS, Southern Methodist University
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION, University of Southern California
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DRAMA, University of Washington
Teaching Experience
Tarrant County College
The University of North Texas
Mountain View College
Texas Woman's University
Texas Christian University
El Centro College
Collin County Community College
TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE SPECIAL HONORS:
2012
THE CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY TEACHING, Northeast Campus
2005
Outstanding Adjunct Award, Humanities, Northeast Campus
Exhibitions
2016
Berlin Biennale, European Month of Photography, Berlin, Germany
Konfedirecka 4, Krakow, Poland
DotART URBAN Aereoporto FVG at Ronchi dei Legionari, Trieste, Italy
TCC Faculty and Staff Exhibition: Forth Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Ecuador: Quito and the Galapagos Islands
2015
THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, EXHIBITION #158, INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, London, England. The exhibition will travel in the United Kingdom 2015 – 2016
DOTART: URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY 2015, Alchemia, Krakow, Poland
IN SEARCH OF COLOR: TCC College Hall
Wet Weather – an online exhibition – Don’t Take Pictures
Women In Photography International: I AM WOMAN…I AM DIGITAL
PIXELS OF IDENTITY: Laura Haber Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014
Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice, Italy – PIXELS OF IDENTITY
PHOTOGRPHY FACULTY BIENNIAL: Tarrant County College
POINT OF VIEW, College Hall, TCC NE, Hurst, TX
2013
PHOTOGRAPHY FACULTY BIENNIAL: Tarrant County College
POINT OF VIEW, College Hall, TCC NE, Hurst, TX
URBAN 2013, Trieste, Italy
URBAN 2013, Poland and Hungary
2012
PHOTO LA, Steven Cohen Gallery, Women in Photography International
HAVANA, CUBA: Te Vemos 54 Years After the Revolution, Green House Gallery, Dallas, TX
HAVANA, CUBA: Te Vemos 54 Years After the Revolution, International Festival, Center Corner, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
HAVANA, CUBA: Te Vemos 54 Years After the Revolution, 1st Place, Women in Photography International
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY, San Diego Art Institute, Curated by Julian Cox
WORLDWIDE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS, 2nd Urban and Country Landscape Competition
URBAN 2012 Exhibition @ Helynekem, Miskolc (Hungary) by (DotArt.IT)
POINT OF VIEW, College Hall, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
2011
POINT OF VIEW, College Hall, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
FRONT LINE FAITH, Internet Exhibition
2010
MASTERWORKS OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: POPULAR CULTURE Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, College Hall, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
PERSONAL VISIONS, College Hall, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
2009
IT’S A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE, College Hall, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
LIGHT/TIME = PHOTOGRAPHY, TCCD NE, Hurst, TX
JFK Lancer Exhibition, Adolphus, Hotel, Dallas, TX
2008
WHERE WERE YOU? JFK Lancer, Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, TX
KEEPING TIME, College Hall, TCCD, Hurst, TX
Mi Casa – Su Casa, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2007
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
PAST TIME, College Hall, TCCD, Hurst, TX
TCC FACULTY EXHIBITION, Ft. Worth Community Center, Ft. Worth, TX
INTO THE NIGHT, Hunky’s, Dallas, TX
WHERE WERE YOU? A Ten-Year Retrospective, Hunky’s, Dallas, TX
2006
NIGHT VISIONS: Stories and Photographs from the Grand Tour, J. Erik Johnson Public Library, Dallas, TX
INTO THE LIGHT, College Hall, TCCD, Hurst, TX
WHERE WERE YOU? November 22, 1987 – 2005, Hunky’s, Dallas, TX
2005
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, Peter Hay Halpert Gallery, New York, NY
AT PLAY, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
INCREDIBLE EYES, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
10, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
FRAME OF MIND, Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX
2004
KEEPING IT PERSONAL, J. Erik Johnson Central Library, Dallas, TX
AUTUMN IN AMERICA, Ithaca, NY
Virtual-Visual—online exhibition—Women In Photography International
FROM SIGHS TO THE SEINE: THE ROYAL TOUR, Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX
2003
SMALL PRINT COMPETITION, Camera Club of New York, NY
MONDO CANE, Photos Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
ARE WE THERE YET? – PHOTOS FROM THE ROAD, ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, TX
IN THEIR MOTHERS’ EYES, ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, TX (4/25 – 5/31)
2002
RE-RIEWING PHOTOGRAPHY, The Photo Review at 25, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA – two year traveling exhibition
HARD BODIES, Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA (1/12 – 4/13)
GAME FACE, Women’s Museum of Dallas, Dallas, TX (4/7 – 7/31)
PHOTOGRAPHY IN FRANCE, Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX (11/8 – 12/13)
COLLECTIVE MEMORIES, Old Bedford School House, Bedford, TX (9/1 – 11/25)
VISION D’AMERIQUE, La Mairie, Lavardin, France
2001
TEXAS TALL TALES, Photos Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX (3/23 – 4/28)
GAME FACE, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (6/27 – 12/7) This exhibition will travel for five years.
VISION D’AMERIQUE, La Mairie, Lavardin, France
LIGHT THROUGH THE IRIS, Church of the Epiphany, New York, NY (2/9 – 3/2)
2000
COLLECTIVE MEMORIES, Culpepper Gallery, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY (11/9 – 12/5)
DEPARTURE/RETURN, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX (10/13 – 11/19)
STOLEN GLANCES, The Gallery of the Arts Guild, Rahway, NJ (9/17 – 10/20)
BUDAPEST, An American Perspective, Dovin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (7/7 – 8/10)
HUNGARY: TWO VIEWS, TCU Student Centre, Ft. Worth, TX (5/20 – 8/30)
40th ANNUAL INVITATIONAL PHOTOVIEW EXHIBITION, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
HUNGARY: A VISUAL FEAST, ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, TX (3/15 – 4/30)
ISLANDS OF ORDER, Leeds Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2/1 – 8/30)
HARD BODIES Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama (1/21 – 2/29)
1999
VOYAGER OF THE SEAS, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Exhibition on board, Miami, FL
CARRIED TO THE HEART: Faith and Doubt in Southern Art and Literature, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, (10/15 – 12/7)
ART IN THE METROPLEX, JM Moudy Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX (8/28 – 10/2)
COMMOTION: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA (7/8 – 8/14)
SOUTHERN WOMEN DON’T SWEAT, ArtCentre of Plano, TX ((6/18 - 7/30)
WOMEN’S EXHIBITION INVITATIONAL, Haun Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX (2/24 –5/12)
1998
WOMEN AND THEIR WORK, Austin, TX (11/19 - 12/23)
CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS, Handly Hicks Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX (5/15 -6/20)
MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, Dallas, TX (3/17 – 5/15)
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX (1/20 - 3/15)
THE SOUTH by Its Photographers - Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA (10/25, 1997 - 1/15, 1998)
1997
ONE WOMAN'S WORK, The Image Gallery, one person exhibition, Longview, TX (12/6- 1/30)
SCENES FROM EARLY MORN DRIVE, One-person exhibition, The Photography Center Gallery, Seattle, WA (11/1-11/30)
TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, Hurst, TX (10/30 – 11/30)
STOLEN GLANCES, (3 person): ANITA SEIPP GALLERY, Palo Alto, CA (10/6 -10/30)
PLAYING THE GAME, one person exhibition, ArtCentre of Plano, TX (9/30 - 10/10)
FOCALE, Association Pour la Photographie, Nyon, Switzerland (9/27 - 10/24)
CURRENT WORKS, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO (9/5 – 10/4)
POOL, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (7/17 - 8/23)
COMMON THREADS: AMERICA AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Plano, TX (7/2-8/2)
YOUTH CULTURE, Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA (6/5 – 7/11)
MASTERWORKS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION, Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX
BEAUX ARTS BALL, Art Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (4/10 - 28)
COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, Plano, TX (3/21 – 5/10)
THE SOUTH by Its Photographers - Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC (1/24 - 4/60)
1996
THE SOUTH by Its Photographers - Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, AL (10/20 - 12/29)
REFRAMING TRADITIONS, Creative Arts Workshops, New Haven, Conn (4/15 - 5/25)
PRIMARY SUBJECT - The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY (4/6 - 5/5)
ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, MA (3/15 - 4/7)
AS SEEN BY WOMEN, an invitational exhibition, - Purnell Gallery, Dallas, TX (1/22 - 2/2)
PRIMARY SUBJECT, 70th Annual International Competition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA (1/13 - 2/24)
JAMES D. PHELAN ART AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, San Francisco Camerawork, CA
1995
COLLECTIVE MEMORIES, - Plaza Gallery, ArtCentre of Plano, TX (9/25 - 11/20)
MASTERWORKS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - The Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY - The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY (3/18 - 5/7)
NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOTS, FAMILY PICTURES - one person show, E.J. Bellocq Gallery, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (9/12 - 10/7)
IMAGES 1994, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX (9/1 – 9/30)
DOCUMENTING THE COMMUNITY - Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX (8/24 – 11/7)
1994
TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Wunderlich Gallery, Austin, TX (5/27 – 6/10)
SELECTIONS 94 - group show, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA (4/22 - 5/21)
TRUE STORIES in the BACKYARD - Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA (3/21 - 4/22)
VISUAL MEMORY, Gallery 93, Dallas, TX, One-person show (3/1 – 3/30)
SEEING IS BELIEVING - Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, CA (1/19 - 4/12)
REDEFINING THE FAMILY - Sykes Gallery, Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, PA (Part I, 1/31 - 2/25; Part II, 2/20 - 3/18)
SELECTIONS from the COLLECTION - Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY (1/5 - 2/26)
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: THE MYTH OF BASEBALL, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
FAMILIAR STRANGERS, - The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA (12/4, 1993 – 1/15,1994)
1993
NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOTS, FAMILY PICTURES, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX
TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, (11/4 – 12/17)
NEW IMPRESSIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE l990's - Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, NY (6/18 - 8/13)
THE OPEN SHOW, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, TX (6/10 – 7/5)
GESTURE AND NUANCE: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT-Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
FAMILY PICTURES, one-person show, Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX (4/25 - 5/9)
MADE IN TEXAS, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (2/18 – 3/13)
1992
THE COLLECTOR’S THREE YEAR REVIEW INVITATIONAL, D-Art Gallery, Dallas, TX (11/28 – 12/19)
PERCEPTIONS: TIME&BEING - NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX (9/19 - 11/7)
CURRENT WORKS, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO (10/16 – 11/4)
RECENT WORK, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX (9/1 – 9/30)
PROFILES III: ON PHOTOGRAPHY - Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (8/15 - 9/26)
TWO PERSON SHOW - Focal Point Gallery, City Island, NY (8/7 - 9/6)
NATIONAL SHOW OF JURIED WORK-The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA (4/1 - 4/25)
CREATING OURSELVES - Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, NM (3/27 - 4/24)
THE AMERICAN DREAM - Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY 3/7 - 4/18)
GALLERY ON THE CIRCLE - 2nd Annual Exhibition - Maryland Federation of Art, MD (1/25 – 2/23)
PHOTOWORK '92 - New Gallery, Coral Gables, FL (1/10 - 2/6)
1991
THREE POINTS OF VIEW: A THREE-PERSON SHOW - D-ART Gallery, Dallas, TX (12/1 - 12/20)
CURRENT WORKS - Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. (10/19 - 11/30)
NEW WORK, Photographic Archives Gallery, Dallas, TX (9/1 - 11/24)
ASSEMBLAGE 1991 Awards for Excellence in the Arts, Rossi Gallery, Dallas, TX (5/2 - 6/2)
ONE WOMAN EXHIBIT- SCENES FROM EARLY MORN DRIVE - College of Staten Island, New York.
>EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION (4/1 – 4/30)
THREE PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE WEST, A Keith Carter Invitational, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, TX
1990
15 X 15, Doolin Gallery, Dallas, TX (11/8 – 11/25)
PLATINUM/ PALLADIUM: CURRENT WORKS-Odessa College, Odessa, TX (11/6 – 12/15)
THE THIRD SUNDAY SHOW, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, TX (7/22 – 8/20)
ALTERED AND ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES - Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, TX (2/14 - 3/29)
1989
FALL FESTIVAL, University of Texas at Dallas, TX (12/1 – 12/15)
THIRD SUNDAY EXHIBITION, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, TX (7/15 – 8/13)
6th ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION - Phinney Gallery, Seattle, WA (7/1 – 8/7)
ONE-PERSON SHOW: FARMERSVILLE - Collin County Community College, Plano, TX (5/1 - 5/31)
DOCUMENT DALLAS, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, TX (4/7 – 5/14)
1988
ART ON THE GREEN, National Juried Show- Coeur D'Alene, ID (7/1 - 12)
INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Billings, MT (6/1 - 9/30, travel for one year)
PICTURE AMERICA – 3rd Place, Nikon National Photography Competition and Traveling Exhibition
Grants
2000
EXHIBITION GRANT, TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
1991
MID-AAA/NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP IN PHOTOGRAPHY
1990
MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS, WORK IN PROGRESS GRANT