Brent Richardson is a Houston-based artist, educator, and creative technologist whose work explores the intersection of art, technology, data, and the systems that shape how we experience the world. Working across interactive media, physical computing, digital fabrication, electronics, and kinetic sculpture, he creates work that makes technological and often invisible systems tangible through physical experiences. His practice frequently incorporates sensors, motors, data, custom electronics, and audience interaction, moving between gallery-based artwork, community-engaged projects, and interactive public experiences.

Richardson earned an MFA in Art, Technology and Culture from the University of Oklahoma, where he currently teaches courses in art and technology. His professional practice includes the development of interactive and electromechanical experiences for Children’s Museum Houston and his previous work leading Fab Lab Houston at BakerRipley, where he developed community-based programs centered on art, technology, digital fabrication, and collaborative making.

Community participation and access to technology have been recurring elements of Richardson’s work. His projects have included collaborations with Houston-area communities to explore environmental data through physical computing, including a City of Houston–funded project that engaged community members in building sensors and kinetic sculpture to visualize changing water levels in Lake Houston. His writing on collaborative learning through physical computing has appeared in Hello World magazine and on Raspberry Pi.

Richardson’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His work in art, technology, making, and education has included representing Houston’s maker community at the 2016 White House OSTP Makerspace Organizers Meeting; presentations at the international FAB15 Conference in Egypt, SXSW EDU in Austin, and SOLIDWORKS World/3DEXPERIENCE World in Dallas and Nashville; and participation in collaborative work presented at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.