Ceci Richardson
Salvador
STATEMENT
Over time, I have developed a deep connection with the natural world through sustained physical engagement—skiing, rafting, hiking, climbing, and working within river environments. These experiences shape not only my understanding of landscape, but also my awareness of presence, rhythm, and interdependence. They serve as a primary source of inspiration, informing a practice that seeks to translate the sensory and emotional depth of these encounters.
Through photography, I explore abstract interpretations of landscape, using long exposures, shifts in focus, and color manipulation to move beyond documentation and toward a more immersive, felt experience. In recent work, I have expanded this approach through large-scale installations that layer photographic imagery with hand stitching, drawing from topographical mapping and spatial movement—most notably in my river installation tracing the Salmon River system. These works invite viewers to physically and emotionally engage with the landscape as a living, shifting archive.
In response to the increasing presence of AI-generated imagery, my practice has become more materially grounded. I incorporate hand stitching as a deliberate, time-based gesture that reintroduces the human hand into the photographic surface. This process carries personal and cultural significance, reconnecting me to family, ancestry, and traditions of labor and care.
Through the integration of photography, stitching, and installation, my work seeks to create spaces for reflection—where memory, body, and landscape converge—inviting a deeper reconnection with both the natural world and ourselves.
CV
EDUCATION
Bachelor's in Fine Arts, Focus on sculpture with a Minor in Photography, Universidad San Francisco de Quito-Ecuador
Cum-Laude
SOLO EXHIBIT
2026 Boise Art Museum, Homage to the Salmon River Installation, January-September,
Boise, ID
2015 Evermore Gallery, Inner Impressions, Photography, Boise-ID
GRANTS/MENTIONS
2024-2025 Alexa Rose Foundation /Commonwell Art Residency, Garden City, ID
2023 Idaho Commission on the Arts Quarterly Recipient, Boise, ID
2018 IPA International Photo Award, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles-CA
2008 IPA International Photo Awards, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles-CA
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS
2023 Art Source Gallery, Local from Global, Boise, ID
2022 Art Source Gallery, Local from Global, Boise, ID
2021 Art Source Gallery, Local from Global, Boise-ID
2014 Art Exchange, Evermore Gallery, Mixed Media, Boise-ID
2009 Annual Members Exhibit, 1078 Gallery, Photography, Chico-CA
2006 8th Annual Abstraction Juried Online International Exhibit, Photography, Upstream People Gallery, US
2000 Hasta la vista Baby, El Container Gallery, Installation, Quito-Ecuador
2000 Blanco y Negro, Alianza Francesa, Photography, Quito-Ecuador
1995 Símbolos, Colegio de Ingenieros, Installation, Quito-Ecuador
COLLECTIONS
2010 Saint Luke’s Hospital, Photograph, Twin Falls-ID
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Salmon Nation Project, Music-Poetry and Art from the North West, Portland, OR
2005 Coeur d’Alene Magazine, Winter issue, Lifestyles -Vagabundos- Coeur d’Alene, ID