LAURENCE JAMES RICHARDSON  MA(RCA)



EDUCATION
   
MASTERS DEGREE - SEPTEMBER 1996-JULY 1998.
MA(R.C.A) Natural History Illustration.
Royal College of Art,
Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU United Kingdom.

BACHELORS DEGREE - SEPTEMBER 1990-JULY 1993.
BA(Hons) Graphic Design.
University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.

ZOOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE


FULLTIME

IN-HOUSE ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER - JULY 1993 TO SEPTEMBER 1995
Bristol Zoological Gardens, UK.
Development of all interpretive signage and literature.


FREELANCE
	
CENTRAL PARK ZOO (WCS), New York - 2008
Illustrations for the Tropic Zone Exhibit
Illustrations for a new Snow Monkey Exhibit
Illustrations for a new Snow Leopard Exhibit

CENTRAL PARK ZOO (WCS), New York - 2007
Illustrations for a new Leafcutter Ant Exhibit
  Illustrations for the Tropical Aviary Exhibit.

BRONX ZOO (WCS), New york - JUNE '05 to FEB '06
Illustrations for the new Madagascar Exhibit, working in
collaboration with the Zoo design department.

NEW YORK AQUARIUM (WCS) - MARCH 2005
15 images illustrating the various species found in 
‘salt-marsh’ and coastal habitats.
   
PROJECT SEAHORSE - MARCH 2003 to present date.
World Wildlife Fund and Traffic.
Update of seahorse identification manual into colour
and introduction of CD Rom.
In conjuction with CITES
(The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora).
   
BONOBO IDENTIFICATION PORTRAITS - SUMMER 2002
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Updated oil painting for Bonobo enclosure signage.
   
FIELD SKETCHES OF AFRICAN BIRDS - JUNE 2001
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Updated watercolour sketches for their 
African Forest exhibit.
   
FIELD SKETCHES - SUMMER 2000
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Drawings and paintings for every species housed in their 
new exhibit entitled ‘African Forest’.
   
PROJECT SEAHORSE - JANUARY 1997 to DECEMBER 1998
Team member of ‘Project Seahorse’
Scientific illustrations for a manual entitled,
‘Seahorses: An identification guide to the Worlds species and their conservation’    
A comprehensive and world first scientific description of the seahorse species globally, 
working from genetic and morphological data collated by various team members at the London Institute of Zoology. 
Headed by Dr Amanda Vincent of the McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
   
AQUARIUM SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - AUTUMN 1995 TO SUMMER 1998
London Zoo and Aquarium.
Watercolour paintings describing every species in the aquarium.
   
PENGUIN IDENTIFICATION - SUMMER 1996
London Zoo and Aquarium.
Illustrations for interpretive panels on species, status in the wild, distribution and ecology.

EXHIBITIONS
  
NATURAL HISTORY & PET PORTRAITS - Summer 2006
PLP Gallery Manhattan, NY
	
MADAGASCAR - May 2006
PLP Gallery Manhattan, NY
	
HIPPOCAMPUS - JUNE 2005
PLP Gallery Manhattan, NY

A TRIBUTE TO SEAHORSES - APRIL 2005
‘Three Turtle Doves’, Manhattan, NY

COLLECTABILIA 2 - AUGUST 2003
‘The Works Gallery’, Newark, OH.

ART IN THE DOWNTOWN - SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2002
Columbus, OH.

COLLECTABILIA 1 - AUTUMN 2001
Granville, OH.
   
PROJECT SEAHORSE (BOOK LAUNCH) - SEPTEMBER 1999
John G Shed Aquarium. Chicago, IL.
   
PROJECT SEAHORSE (WORKS IN PROGRESS) - JULY 1998
Gulbenkian Gallery. London, UK.

PROJECT SEAHORSE (AUCTION) - NOVEMBER 1997
London Zoo Aquarium. London, UK.
   
ENTERTAINING ANIMALS - JULY 1993
Bower Ashton Institute. Bristol, UK.




EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

‘FRESH WATER FISHES OF THE WORLD’ - NOVEMBER 2000 
By Tim Berra PhD
Illustrations for specific species of Lamprey.

‘MEDICINE QUEST’ - SUMMER 1999
By Mark Plotkin
Chapter page illustrations.

LAKE VICTORIA - SPRING 1999
By Rebecca Rose (Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
Colouring book about the ecology and conservation of the
Lake Victoria region in Africa.

‘THE OXFORD TREASURY OF CLASSIC POEMS’ - JUNE 1996
Oxford University Press.
Illustrations for poems.

‘HUSBANDRY HANDBOOK FOR MUSTELIDS’ - AUGUST 1995
By Partridge, J. and M. Jordan.
The Association of British Wild Animal Keepers, Bristol, U.K. 
Illustrations for particular animal behaviours. 
  
‘FORCES’ - AUGUST 1993
Oxford University Press.
Illustrations of animals with specific physical abilities.

TEACHING
   
‘THE WORKS’ - SUMMER 2003
Newark, OH.
Set up and designed a new Course entitled, 
‘Drawing on Natural History’ to encourage an empathy with the natural world through drawing.
       
COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN - SUMMER 2000 TO 2004
Adjunct Professor.
Set up and designed a new course entitled, ‘Zoological and Botanical Illustration’. 
To encourage an empathy with the natural world through drawing and self-authoured projects.