Richard Saxton

Richard Saxton is an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is an artist, designer, and educator whose work explores rural knowledge systems, landscape, and community identity through interdisciplinary cultural frameworks and collaborative practices.

Saxton founded the M12 Collective, an interdisciplinary group that develops dialogical art projects in rural and remote areas, emphasizing experiential practices that highlight under-represented rural communities and their environments. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Venice Architecture Biennale, Kalmar Konstmuseum, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

As a creative practitioner, he co-edited A Decade of Country Hits: Art on the Rural Frontier (2014) and has received recognition for his regional and global projects. No scientific awards or formal student advising records were mentioned in the provided text.