William T. Williams

William T. Williams was born in Cross Creek, North Carolina, United States. He received a BFA degree from Pratt Institute in 1966 and studied at The Skowhegan School of Art. In 1968 he received an MFA degree from Yale University/School of Art and Architecture. He is a retired Professor of Art at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York, whose faculty he joined in 1971.

Williams is a recipient of numerous awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. He is also a recipient of The Studio Museum in Harlem's Artist Award in 1992 and received The James Van Dee Zee Award from the Brandywine Workshop for lifetime achievement in the arts in 2005. Most recently, he was the recipient of the 2006 North Carolina Governors Award for Fine Arts. The highest civilian honor the state can bestow. William's is represented in numerous museum and corporate collections including The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, The Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Menil Collection, Fogg Art Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Library of Congress, Yale University Art Gallery, Chase Manhattan Bank, AT&T, General Mills Corporation, UnitedHealth Group, Southwestern Bell Corporation and Prudential Financial Insurance Company of America.

He has exhibited in over 100 museums and art centers in the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, People's Republic of China and Japan.
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[MsQidamawi]

Mr. Williams is the best. He was my professor at Brooklyn College and he has taught me well. Thanks Pro. Williams.

V.Baker

[GildaSnowden]

I was honored a number of years ago when my gallerist, Sherry Washington, brought Mr.Williams to my studio in Downtown Detroit. It was wonderful to have him see my work and my working space.

Gilda Snowden

[postjam]

i was at brooklyn college for his last year, and had the honor of receiving his last studio visit to my studio. he told it how it was, and had a good eye for form.

[0118x]

He's great...

[SSerendipity7]

Thank you for posting this. I appreciate the opportunity to have a look inside this amazing artist's studio and to hear about his work in his own words.