Laurel Richardson is an interdisciplinary artist based in NYC. She  received her MFA degree in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design. Her  art and research practice integrates painting, installation, and  elements of performance. It focuses on family lineage, collective  histories, and cultural memory centering on stories of the African  diaspora. She is an adjunct lecturer at Brooklyn College and formerly  Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Bard High School Early College,  Manhattan. She danced professionally for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance  Theatre in Denver, CO; William’s Henry Contemporary Dance Theatre in  Kansas City MO. Select exhibitions include “Urban Contours” at The Art  Gallery at Brooklyn College, “The Ripening” at Pen +Brush gallery NYC,  “The Logics of Non Exchange” at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen  Gallery, and “This is not Enough” at Slag Gallery, NYC. Most recently  she was a 2024 AIM Fellow at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.