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.