Katy Richards’ (b. 1989) paintings focus on the materially of paint and representation, and often deal with themes of life, death and desire. She received her BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work as been exhibited in numerous group shows throughout Ohio such as A Painter’s Table, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland (2022), More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art, Akron Art Museum, Akron (2021), Cake, River House Arts, Toledo (2019), Ohio, Kentucky, & Indiana: Regional Showcase, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati (2019), as well as many others. She is represented by HEDGE Gallery in Cleveland Ohio, where she has had three solo shows, Fluid Depths (2017), See Myself Something Different (2020), and Pocket Full of Posies (2023).