Michael Williams

(American, born 1978)

buddha mutt by michael williams

Michael Williams

Buddha Mutt, 2016

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Michael Williams

Fish Smoothie, 2016

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Michael Williams

Untitled (Frog), 2019–2020

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Michael Williams

Untitled (Frog)

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Michael Williams

Untitled (Wipeout), 2021

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Michael Williams

Untitled (Frog), 2021

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Michael Williams

Untitled (Mar-A-Lago), 2022

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Michael Williams

Frogs 8, 2022

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Michael Williams

Frogs 2, 2022

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Michael Williams

Frogs 7, 2022

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Michael Williams

Frogs 3, 2022

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Michael Williams

Frogs 1, 2022

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Biography

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

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

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


Literature

2014
Williams, M. (2014). Paintings. New York, Karma
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

Michael Williams : Straightforward As A Noodle, CANADA, 2011