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Richard Saxton is an artist and educator whose work focuses on rural knowledge and the vernacular landscape. His projects have been created through multi-disciplinary frameworks, including publications, exhibitions, and land and environmental artworks. Saxton is the founder of M12 Studio, an ever-evolving collaborative that develops and supports new projects in rural spaces. M12’s projects focus on landscape identity and the value of often under-represented rural communities and their surrounding regions. Saxton is the editor of three substantial works:ÌýLandlines: San Luis Valley, Journey into the American West (2024, Spector Books, Germany),ÌýThe Center Pivot Box SetÌý(2018, Jap Sam Books, Netherlands), andÌýA Decade of Country Hits: Art on the Rural Frontier (2014, Jap Sam Books, Netherlands). As a creative practitioner Saxton has worked regionally and internationally with projects and commissioned works exhibitedÌýat SITE Santa Fe, NM; The Luminary, St. Louis, MO; The 21st International Art Biennial of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; The 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; Landmark Arts at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; The Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden; The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; The Santa Fe Art Institute, NM; Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC; IASKA Australian Biennial, Perth, Australia; Biennial of the Americas, Denver, CO; The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; and The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, CA / Wendover, NV.Ìý

Professor Saxton keeps an active research and teaching agenda, having directed the Art + Rural Environments Field School since 2010.ÌýThis unique program takes place entirely off-campus for three weeks and allows students to explore and discuss approaches to art-making in post-studio environments. The Field School focuses on rural practices and contributes to increased visibility while supporting the next generation of site-specific and environmental artists. Professor Saxton has led field-research opportunities to sites in rural Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, as well as to South America, Western Europe, Scandinavia, and the Arctic.ÌýAs part of his teaching practice and love of places, Professor Saxton enjoys connecting students with environmental artists and synchronal programs around the world.Ìý