Exhibitions and Awards
2002:  
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention; The Picture Show, Print Studio South, Second Place. 

2003:  
In Memorium, Drawing Room at City Gallery in Dock Street Theater. 

2004:  
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, Purchase Award

Fresh Work:  College of Charleston Alumni Exhibition 1994-2004, William Halsey Gallery. 

2005:  
The Floating: A Group Exhibition

The Best of 2005, Best Artist, Charleston City Paper, v.8, is. 28

The Singular Image Competition, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Honorable Mention. 

2006:  
Reorientation, Redux Contemporary Art Center

The Unlikely Target, Redux Contemporary Art Center

Under the Radar, City Gallery at Waterfront Park. 

2007: 
The Changing Face of Charleston, City Gallery at Waterfront Park

Selections from Redux Contemporary Art Center, City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, 10 Storehouse Row

Reorientation- Revisiting the Artists of Redux, Redux Contemporary Art Center. 

2008: 
Purchase; Contemporary Carolina Collection, Ashley River Tower, Medical University of South Carolina. 

SouthXEast:  Contemporary Southeastern Art, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.

Margo Launch!, Margo Kaufman Gallery

Margo, Muse, and Mardi Gras, Margo Kaufman Gallery

The Bark Show: A Benefit for Pet Helpers, Margo Kaufman Gallery

Sweet!, Margo Kaufman Gallery

2009:
Reorientation 3: The Artists of Redux

Bark 2: A Benefit for pet Helpers, Margo Kaufman Gallery

2013:
ArtFields, Hub at the ROB, Lake City, South Carolina.

2014:
ArtFields, Emerson Row, Lake City, South Carolina.

Awe & Awe, Show & Tell Art & Design, Awendaw, South Carolina.

Smith Street Pop-Up, Carriage House at 27 Smith St., Charleston, South Carolina.

2015:
ArtFields, R.O.B., Lake City, South Carolina, Honorable Mention.

2016:
ArtFields, R.O.B., Lake City, South Carolina.

A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia.

2017:
Contemporary South '17, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, North Carolina, Honorable Mention.

ArtFields, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, South Carolina.

2018:
Rethinking Urbanism, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, Colorado.

Flora and Fauna, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado.

Painting in the 21st Century, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

2019:
Above the Radar, Redux Contemporary Art Center.

2020:
2020 National Juried Art Show, Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Merit Award.

2021:
2021 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, City Gallery, Charleston, SC.

2024:
ArtFields, TRAX Visual Art Center, Lake City, South Carolina.

National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Wilson Arts, Wilson, NC.

Press

Andrew Mosier, "Under the Radar," Charleston Magazine, May 2006.

Elizabeth Pandolfi, "Arts Profile:  Natural Wonderer," Charleston Magazine, April 2015.

Amy Stockwell Mercer, "Visual Arts Profile:  Unexpected Relationships," Art Mag, Spring 2016.

Emily Pietras, “The Path Forward,” Charleston City Paper, April 17, 2019

P.J. Gartin, “Art and Gardening: The Exquisite Hand of Nature,” Charleston Style & Design, Summer 2019.

“Above the Radar,” Charleston Magazine, October 2019.

 

Townsend has served as a photography lab technician at the College of Charleston and as a drawing instructor for the Gibbes Museum of Art as well as for Redux Contemporary Art Center. His work is represented by Show & Tell Art and Design