Kent Williams
1. Mother and Daughter, 2009, Oil on linen, 42 x 50 in.
2. Natalia, 2009, oil on linen, 33 x 28 in.
3. Natalia Circumnavigating the Globe, 2009, oil on linen, 14 x 11 in.
4. Sena-Chobi, 2009, oil on wood panel, 12 x 12 in.
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Kent Williams
Born in New Bern, NC
B.F.A., Drawing and Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1984
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany, “Kent Williams at Merry Karnowsky Gallery Berlin", 2008
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Swim in the Deep Water", 2008
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “In Animate”, 2007
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Amalgam”, 2006
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Solus +”, 2005
Artspace, Raleigh, NC, “Solus”, 2005
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Works on Paper”, 2002
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD, “No Bodies: Landscapes”, 2002
Upper Playground, San Francisco, CA, “Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures”, 2002
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Koan Paintings and Other Selected Works”, 2001
Sundance Institute, Sundance, Utah, Exhibition coinciding with the Sundance Film Festival, 2001
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Drawings and Paintings”, 1997
Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, NC, “Kent Williams”, 1997
Four Color Images Gallery, New York, NY, “Works Exhibition”, 1996
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, “Painting”, 1996
Gallery Americas, Carrboro, NC, “Drawings and Paintings”, 1995
Two/Three Person Exhibitions
Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, “Kent Williams and Javier Marin”, 2009
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Recent Works by Kent Williams and Justin Wood”, 2004
Duke University Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, “Critic’s Choice: Julia Morton” with artists Andrea Lekberg and Michael Salter, 2000
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD, “Koan” with artist Jon J Muth, 2000
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, with artists Dean Karr and Dave McKean, 1998
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD, with artists Connie Imboden and Dave McKean, 1997
Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, NC, with artists Olga Antonova and Jennine Hough, 1996
Northern Arizona University Art Museum and Galleries, Flagstaff, AZ, with artist Greg Spalenka, 1989
Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX, “Romantic” with artists Jon J Muth and George Pratt, 1987
Group Exhibitions
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “The Human Eclectic: An Exhibition Curated by Kent Williams”, 2009
Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium, "Model", 2009
Open Art Fair, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2009
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Kokoeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy", 2009
Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, "Grand Opening Exhibition", 2009
Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium, "Summerexposition", 2009
Takeaway Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, "A Certain Amount of Uncertainties", 2009
LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, "All Apologies", 2008
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, "In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor", 2008
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany, “Hard Left: The Inaugural Exhibition of the Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin", 2008
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Decade: Merry Karnowsky Gallery 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition”, 2007
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, “Outwin Boochever Portrait Painting and Sculpture Exhibition”, 2006 - 2007
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, “The Collectors Show”, 2006
Scope New York Art Fair, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, New York, NY, 2006
Scion Dashboard, San Francisco, CA, “Beyond Representation”, 2006
Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper”, 2005
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Six Forms of Love and Despair”, 1999
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, End of year group show, 1997
Todd Kaplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Forbidden Fruits and Unholy Lust”, 1997
Duke University Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, “New Art in the Triangle”, 1995
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, “The Art of Politics”, 1993
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY, “Declaration of Independents”, 1993
Northern Arizona University Art Museum and Galleries, Flagstaff, AZ, “1991 Inaugural Year Exhibitions”, 1991
University Art Gallery / Museum, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL , “Fax-simile: An Invitational”, 1990