ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Richard Saxton (b. 1975, Nebraska, USA)

Richard Saxton is a contemporary artist working in the fields of sculpture, architecture, design, and public art.  His work has been exhibited internationally with recent exhibitions at the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Soap Factory in Minneapolis, MN and at the 840 Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.  Mr. Saxton’s upcoming projects for 2007 will be at the Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland and the Wall House Foundation in Groningen, the Netherlands. Richard’s permanent projects are located at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, UT, at the Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and in the City of York, AL.  His work has been published in the books Engaging Communities, Rural Studio: Community Architecture, the 2004 Whitney Biennial Catalog, Proceed And Be Bold, and in Dialogue, Crit, artUS, and Sculpture Magazine.

In 2002, Saxton founded the municipalWORKSHOP, an independent public art laboratory.  Through a collective art-making model, the municipalWORKSHOP creates unique public art projects with municipalities, community-based organizations and community members.  The municipalWORKSHOP has developed a diverse range of public projects and has creatively engaged citizens through their projects, creative research, proposals, exhibitions and seminars.  For more information on the municipalWORKSHOP please visit www.municipalworkshop.org.


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS, CATALOGUES, AND EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS

RE:Location. Contemporary Museum - 2006, Baltimore, MD
M.I.K.E. (Music Integrated Kiosk Environment). Kohler Arts Center, 2006, Sheboygan WI
Engaging Communities.  2004 Alliance for Artist Communities.  Providence, RI
Proceed and Be Bold. Andrea Dean, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY
Whitney Biennial Exhibition Catalog-2004. Whitney Museum. New York, NY
Rural Studio: Community Architecture.  Birmingham Museum of Art.  Birmingham, AL

REVIEWS AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

NPR- Milwaukee Syndicate. “The Music Integrated Kiosk Environment.” July 5, 2006. Radio Program
 
Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Project takes art to the street.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. P. 4E. May 13, 2006 (Milwaukee, WI)

Art in the Public Interest. Community Arts Network.  “municipalWORKSHOP making public art all over.”  API News, Issue #61, August 2004. (Saxapahaw, NC)

Spicer, Jackie.  Art US Magazine.  Issue 0, November-December 2003.  “Open Forum at the Soap Factory.” (Art US, Los Angeles, CA.)

Gabbard, R. Todd.  CriT Magazine.  Fall 2003, Issue56.  Review: “a new York.”  Pg. 18-21 (AIAS, Washington, D.C.)

Valentine, Valerie.  Pulse.  July 23, 2003.  Review.  “Focus Group and Open Forum at the Soap Factory.” (Minneapolis, MN).  www.pulsetc.com.
 
Abbe, Mary.  (August 8, 2003).  “Artists in Residence.” Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Pg. E22 (Minneapolis, MN)

Edler, Molly Snyder. “IN:Site creates public, temporary art.” OnMilwaukee.com. June 1, 2006. (Milwaukee, WI)

Taylor, Whitney. MKE Magazine. “Found and Lost on North Avenue.” June 1, 2006. (Milwaukee, WI)

Harrman, Katrina. “M.I.K.E. has landed.” The Sheboygan Press-Weekend (cover).  July 20, 2006 (Sheboygan, WI)

The Lay of the Land.  “Report from the Great Basin.” Spring 2005. (CLUI, Los Angeles, CA)

Ullrich, Polly.  Sculpture Magazine. “Simparch’s Social Sculpture at the Wendover Air Force Base.”  May 2004.  Vol. 23 No. 4.  Pg. 24-25 (International Sculpture Center, New Jersey)

Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Artistic Range.” Milwauke Journal Sentinal. July 2, 2006. (Milwaukee, WI)

Kampis, Johnny.  “York Renaissance.”  Tuscaloosa News.  Front Page. May 23, 2004.  (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Durst, Jeana.  “Rural Renaissance: Artists converge in unlikely West Alabama Town.”  Black and White Magazine.  Number 241.  May 2004.  (Birmingham, AL) 

Fallen, Michael.  MNArtist.org.  July 19, 2003.  Review.  “Focus Group/Open Forum at Soap Factory.” (Minneapolis, MN).  www.mnartist.org.

McKay, Yolande.  Dialogue.  January/February, 2002.  Review.  Pg. 47. (Columbus, OH)**

Leonard, Mike.  (December 21, 2001).  “Art and History Mingle.”  The Herald Times.  Pg. 1D.  (Bloomington, IN)

Kane, Julie.  (1999, July 8).  “The Silence of Public Places.”  The Reader.  Pg. 43-44. (Omaha, NE) **