Michael Williams (American, born )

Timeline

1978
born in Providence, RI
1996
Summer Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2000
BFA (Sculpture) Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2006
VOOM LAB Video Production Grant
2007
The Moore Space, Residency, Miami, FL
2009
The Danish Arts Council DIVA Residency, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions

2015
Curated by Ugo Rondinone, Secession, Vienna, Austria
2015
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, Montreal, Canada (solo)
2014
New Paintings, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2014
5 Paintings, Karma, Amagansett , USA (solo)
2014
Michael Werner, London, United Kingdom (solo)
2014
The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2014
Live and Let Die, Modern Art, London, UK
2014
This One's Optimistic: Pincushion, New Britan Museum of American Art, New Britan, CT, USA

2014
Never Enough: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA

2014
Comic Future, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus , USA

2014
LIFE, The Journal Gallery @ Venus Over Manhattan, New York, USA
2014
Fractured Realities, DCCC, Media, PA, USA
2014
Imaginary Portraits, Gallery Met, New York, USA
2014
The Age of Small Things, Dodge Gallery, New York, USA
2013
Draw Gym, 247365/Know More Games, Brooklyn, USA

2013
Tumesence, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, USA

2013
Comic Future, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa

2013
Alexandre da Cunha, Michael Rey, Michael Williams, B.Wurtz; Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium
2013
Paintings, CANADA, New York, USA (solo)
2013
Summer Drawings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2012
Bernhardt, Frost, Kitaj, Rivers, Schumann, Williams; Marlborough Chelsea, New York, USA
2012
The Beatles, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
2012
The Art Of The Joke, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
East West Shift to The Middle Pt. 1, Bill Brady/KC, Kansas City, USA
2012
This Means Something to My Horse, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2012
Michael Williams and John Altoon, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York (solo)
2011
Montgomery’s Tubercles, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn (solo)
2011
Straightforward As A Noodle, CANADA, New York (solo)
2011
Copper Kettle, The Journal Gallery, ReMap3, Athens, Greece
2011
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, New York
2011
Dirt Don’t Hurt, Jolie Laide, Philadelphia
2011
One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
2011
Dadarhea, CANADA, New York
2011
Time Wounds All Heels, White Flag Projects, St. Louis
2011
Canada, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
2011
Facemaker, Royal/T, Los Angeles
2011
New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
2011
Dadarhea, CANADA, New York, USA
2011
Time Wounds All Heels, White Flag Projects, St. Louis 

2011
New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
2011
Copper Kettle, The Journal Gallery, ReMap3, Athens, Greece
2011
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, New York, USA
2011
One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2011
Canada, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
2011
Facemaker, Royal/T, Los Angeles, USA

2010
Puzzle Paintings, LTD, Los Angeles (solo)
2010
Big Picture, Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York
2010
Inside/Outside, Portugal Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
2010
Clean Break, Charlie Horse, Brooklyn
2010
With Walls, Museum 52, New York
2010
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
2010
Tuesday Afternoon In A Cage, LTD, Los Angeles
2010
Dadarhea, OHWOW, Miami
2010
Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, New York
2009
Jr. & Son’s, Zach Feuer, New York
2009
Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2008, Okay Mountain, Austin
2009
Nice Sizes, Good Prices!, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
Uncle Big, CANADA, New York (solo)
2009
If God Could Draw (With Nick Lowe), The Green Gallery, Milwaukee (solo)
2008
Fried Paint, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2008
Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007, CANADA, New York (solo)
2008
Peanut Gallery, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn. Curated by Joe Bradley
2008
My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Jonathan Viner, London, UK
2008
My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France
2007
Contact, MoMA, New York
2007
From the Froth, Stairwell Gallery, Providence
2007
Macronauts, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, Greece
2007
New Mutants, Canada, New York
2007
Crystal Crunch, Perugi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova
2007
Time Booth, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
2007
Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007, CANADA, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2006
Goose Steppin, ATM gallery, New York
2006
Cosmic Satellites, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco
2006
Searching for Love and Fire, David Castillo Modern and Contemporary, Miami
2006
Ulrich Project Series: General Store, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita
2006
Mr. Ravestic’s Mess Age, Sagamore Hotel, Miami
2005
Tedious Limbs, Deitch Projects, New York
2005
Half Hour of Power, Cavalier Hotel, Miami
2004
Rowdy Remix, ATM Gallery, New York
2004
Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin
2004
The Skull Show, Hanna, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Tedious Limbs, Flynn Farm, Los Angeles
2004
Beat The Reaper!, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2003
You Are my Sunshine You Is My Sunshine, CANADA, New York
2003
Barkley’s Barnyard Critters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Literature

2014
Williams, M. (2014). Paintings. New York, Karma
2014
Williams, M. (2014). Yoga Online. New York, Karma
2012
Michael Williams : This Means Something To My Horse, Veneklasen/Werner, 2012

2011
Michael Williams : Drawings 2007-2011, The Journal Gallery, 2011

2011
Michael Williams : Straightforward As A Noodle, CANADA, 2011