Britt Richardson (professionally known as b.Anansi Knowbody)
Chicago, IL · knowledgebody@gmail.com · baknowbodystudios.com

BIO / STATEMENT

Britt Richardson, professionally known as b.Anansi Knowbody, is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist and creative producer. His work spans installation, sculpture, and video, exploring perception, light, and systemic structures through geometric and organic form. Rooted in conceptual inquiry and social critique, his evolving practice considers how visibility, power, and revelation shape both personal and collective experience.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS

Spatial & Perceptual Installations (2020 – Present)

• The Line as a Three-Dimensional Object — participatory installation, beach site, Chicago, IL (2024)
• Studio Studies: The Line Expanded — mixed-media relief works, ongoing (2023–)

Systems & Language-Based Works (2017 – 2020)

• X, Y, Z (or Simple Complexity) — large-scale monochrome paintings on paper, Chicago, IL (2020)
• Cinema-19 Anthology Film — “Upheaval of Cleve” — actor (2020)
• Impepho – video shoot (2019)

Performance, Film & Intermedia (Pre-2017)

• Imaginings from the Negative Space / In Crease, The Fold — Silent Funny, Chicago (2018)
• Black Borders: Artists of Color, Reframing Culture — Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX (2018)
• Gates & Fences — Silent Funny (2018)
• Tongues and Teaspoons — producer, Silent Funny (2017)

SELECTED PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS

• Sandbox Symphonies (2022–23) – installation and sound composition series
• Guilty Saints (SexVideo) – Director, Cinematographer, Editor (2021)
• We Are Sun Light – Music Video Direction & Cinematography (2021)

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

• HATCH Residency – Chicago Artists Coalition (2016)
• Re-Frame: A Gathering – Rumble (2011)
• Doolin Grant Recipient – Southern Methodist University (2014)

EDUCATION

• MFA – Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (2016)
• BA in Film – Columbia College Chicago, IL (2009)

SELECTED RESEARCH & CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

• Perception, light, and the phenomenology of seeing
• Systems of power and institutional control
• Geometry, language, and bureaucratic architecture
• Material transformation and organic form
• Participatory authorship and collective creation

SELECTED MEDIA & WRITING

• Untitled (Graphite, Charcoal, Wood) – excerpt from artist-written script (2022)
• Artist Statement – “Perception as Revelation” (2025)

SKILLS & MATERIALS

Wood · Graphite · Charcoal · Wire · Light · Video · Sound · Acrylic · Digital Editing (Premiere, After Effects) · Arts Education · Curriculum Design · Public Speaking · Mentorship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (selected)

• Camera Operator / Editor – Evidence Videos (2023–Present)
• Audio / Visual Technician – Encore Global (2011–2023)
• Teaching Artist – Community Arts Partners in Education (2018–Present)
• Gallery Attendant / Event Coordinator – Rebuild Foundation (2015–2018)

PORTFOLIO & CONTACT

baknowbodystudios.com · Vimeo.com/anansiknowbody · High-EndLow.com