Biography
Richard is an emerging artist based in nipaluna/Hobart. His practice is process driven and uses formalism, deconstruction and reconstruction, across a variety of media, to explore concepts of value and categorisations of understanding. Richard has exhibited at Bett Gallery and Good Grief, Hobart, and the Barracks Gallery New Norfolk. He is currently participating in the Constellations: New Work program with Contemporary Art Tasmania and is a finalist in the 2023 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art.
Awards
2023 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2022 Constellations: New Work, Contemporary Art Tasmania 2021 Bett Gallery Award, Hobart
2020 Shortlisted, Alan Marshall Short Story Award, Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing
2019 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart
2019 Tasmania Overseas Travel Scholarship, UTAS
2017 Creative Arts Relocation Scholarship, UTAS
Exhibitions
2023 Structural Adjustment (solo), Good Grief Studios, Hobart 2022 Platform 1, Bett Gallery, Hobart 2021 Graduate Exhibition Show, School of Creative Arts and Media, UTAS
2021 Work As/In Progress, The Hedberg UTAS
2021 Inaugural Double Exhibition: The Palette Collection & Richard Langley, The Barracks Gallery, New Norfolk
2019 Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart
2018 Dear Kunanyi, Long Gallery Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2018 Not Just Paint, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Education
2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania
Bibliography
Charlotte Middleton, “DEALER”S HAND”, Art Collector, April-June 2022 - Page 111
Andrew Harper, “NEW ART SPACE: THE BARRACKS”, The Hobart Mercury - Saturday, 27 Feb 2021 - Page 18
The big surprise though is a terrific installation by very fresh artist Richard Langley. Langley has created a complex installation work, Tool for Self-Distortion, a deft, clever work that utilises projection and reflective sculptures to create a mesmerising, even slightly psychedelic art work that inhabits and exploits the Barracks space nicely. The work features film of the artist creating the reflective bell-like objects that are used as projection surfaces, making a neat, closed loop of light and creation.