Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, UK
E: chrissie@chrissierichards.com
W: https://chrissierichards.com
https://www.instagram.com/chrissierichardsart/
BA Fine Art Colchester School of Art - 2024
Awards won or shortlisted
2026 Helen Herbert Portrait Award - shortlisted
2024 Freelands Painting Prize - shortlisted
2020 Harlow Open 2020 – winner Best in show - The Gibberd Gallery, Harlow
2020 Sir John Hurt Art Prize – shortlisted - Holt Festival, Holt, Norfolk
2021 Sir John Hurt Art Prize – shortlisted - Holt Festival, Holt, Norfolk
Solo Exhibitions
2026 - The Maker's Gallery Holt
2024 - The Art Hut Brightlingsea - Through the Window
Residencies
2023-2026 - Brightlingsea Lido - Artist in Residence
Exhibitions
2026
The Barns, Holt - Holt Art Projects - Art Awards Summer Exhibition
Brightlingsea Museum - The Friday Art Group
Art Hut Brightlingsea - Cassie Downes & Chrissie Richards
Beecroft Art Gallery - Colchester Art Society at 80
The Fisherman's Hut Dunwich - Chrissie Richards & Sue Eyre
2025
The Minories Colchester - Colchester Art Society Winter Exhibition
Brightlingsea Museum - Waterside Artists Winter Exhibition
Brightlingsea Library - A collection of collages
Naze Tower - Autumn Exhibition
Brightlingsea Museum - Waterside Artists Summer Exhibition
The Art Hut Brightlingsea - Cassie Downes & Chrissie Richards
The Minories Colchester - Chrissie Richards & Christine Gallant Pop-up
Patch Gallery Colchester - Chrissie Richards & Christine Gallant
2024
The Minories Colchester - Summer Exhibition
The Minories Colchester - Colchester Art Society Winter Exhibition
University Centre Colchester - Six Degrees of Something
The Art Hut Brightlingsea - Summer pop-up exhibition
Brightlingsea Library - The Motley Crew Collages
Brightlingsea Museum - Waterside Artists Summer Exhibition
Brightlingsea Museum - Waterside Artists Winter Exhibition
2023
The Minories, Colchester - Colchester School of Art Winter Show
Henry Moore Foundation - Conversation to Creation
Colchester Art Society - Summer Show
The Art Hut - Summer pop-up exhibition
Brightlingsea Museum - Waterside Artists Summer Exhibition
Jaywick Martello Tower - Coastal Open 2023
2022
Colchester School of Art - Colchester - Festive Sculpture Trail
Brightlingsea Museum - Waterside Artists Summer Exhibition
Nottage Institue Wivenhoe - Colin Smith and Friends
Colchester Art Society - Summer Exhibition
St Albans Museum - The Art of Grieving
The Cut Gallery Halesworth - Art @ Ink
2021
Holt Festival, Holt, Norfolk - John Hurt Art Prize – shortlisted
2020
Holt Festival, Holt, Norfolk - John Hurt Art Prize – shortlisted
The Gibberd Gallery, Harlow Open 2020 – winner Best in show
Gatehouse Arts, Harlow - Female Focus
2019
Parndon Mill, Harlow - Present Arts
Heart Research UK, Leeds and online - Secret Auction
Cambridge - Open Art 2019
Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth, Suffolk - Transference
Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans - Nude or Fully Clothed
Brick Lane, London - Talented Art Fair
2018
The Gibberd Gallery, Harlow - Harlow Open 2018
Mall Galleries, London - Society of Women Artists 2018
Art2Life Academy Exhibition - 2018 Open Exhibition
Heart Research UK Secret Auction - London and online
2017
Parndon Mill, Harlow - Present Arts
Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm, Colchester - Colour
Mall Galleries, London - Society of Women Artists 2017 Annual Exhibition
