b.1978

EDUCATION

BFA (Sculpture) Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2000

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
Uncle Big, CANADA, New York, NY
If God Could Draw (With Nick Lowe), The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2008
Fried Paint, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wood, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy

2007
Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007, CANADA, New York, NY

SELCTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
In Here, Out There, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY
Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, New York, NY
Big Picture, Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
Tuesday Afternoon In A Cage, LTD, Los Angeles, CA
Dadarhea, OHWOW, Miami, FL
Inside/Outside, Portugal Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
Clean Break, Charlie Horse, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Jr. & Son’s, Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Nice Sizes, Good Prices!, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2008, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX

2008
Peanut Gallery, curated by Joe Bradley, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London, U.K.
My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France

2007
Contact , MoMA, New York, NY
From the Froth, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI
Macronauts, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, Greece
New Mutants, Canada, New York, NY
Crystal Crunch, Perugi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy
Time Booth, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006
Goose Steppin, ATM gallery, New York, NY
Cosmic Satellites, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Searching for Love & Fire (curated by Brendan Cass), David Castillo Modern & Contemporary, Miami, FL
Ulrich Project Series: General Store, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Mr. Ravestic’s Mess Age, Sagamore Hotel, Miami, Fl

2005
Tedious Limbs, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Half Hour of Power, Cavalier Hotel, Miami, FL

2004
Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin, TX
The Skull Show, Hanna, Tokyo, Japan
Tedious Limbs, Flynn Farm, Los Angeles, CA
Beat The Reaper!, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA

2003
You Are my Sunshine You Is My Sunshine, CANADA, New York, NY
Barkley’s Barnyard Critters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

2002
Group Show, Matthew Berliant, St. Louis, MO

2000
The Bowling Show, Arcade Lanes, St. Louis, MO

2004
Rowdy Remix, ATM Gallery, New York, NY

AWARDS/RESIDENCES

2009
The Danish Arts Council DIVA Residency, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007
The Moore Space, Residency, Miami, FL

2006

VOOM LAB Video Production Grant

LECTURES/VISITING ARTIST

2010
Yale University, Painting Graduate Department, New Haven, CT
Pace University, New York, NY

2007
The Moore Space, Miami, FL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010
Smith, Roberta, “It’s Not Dry Yet”, New York Times,Sunday, March
28th,(illus.)
Stillman, Nick, Review: Michael Williams, ArtForum, January, (illus.)
Saltz, Jerry, “a list of artists I think would spice up a behemoth like the Whitney Biennial,” Jerry Saltzʼs Facebook Page, March 4, 3:02 pm
Sakuma, Yumiko, “New Movement,” Casa Brutus, vol. 121, April 2010, pg 87 (illus.)

2009
Smith, Roberta, “Uncle Big”, Art in Review, New York Times, November 6 (illus.)
Cotter, Holand, “Peanut Gallery”, Art in Review, New York Times, January 30
2008
Paterson, Liberty. “Interview: Michael Williams”, Kopenhagen.dk, December 15th (illus.)
Critics Picks Paris : “My Brains a Cliff and My Hearts a Bitter Buffalo”, ARTFROUM Online, March 14th
Nadel, Dan. “Time Booth”, the Journal, Entry #22. pgs 186-195 (illus.)
Palmerton, Elwyn. “Michael Williams”, artillery, vol 2. no 3. January (illus.)
2007
The New Yorker, November 12
Cohen, David. “Catching the Crest of the L.E.S. Wave”, The New York Sun, November 8th (illus.)
2006
Art Section. Color Us Cool, Time Out New York Kids, April 12
Hopper, Jeannie. “A Conversation with Slow Jams Band”, WPS1/MoMA Art Radio, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 10th
2005
DeNike, Jen. Panel on “Performance & Ephemeral Art,” WPS1/MOMA Art Radio, Art Basel Miami Beach,
Simulcast on WVUM 90.5 FM Miami, Dec. 3.
DAugustine, Corey. “Introducing… The Slow Jams Band,” NYFA Interactive, June (illus.)
2004
Stillman, Nick. Critics Picks : “Rowdy Remix”, Art Forum Online
2003
Schambelan, Elizabeth. Critics Picks: “You Are My Sunshine/You Is My Sunshine”, Art Forum Online
2000
Silva, Eddie. “Closet Case”, The Riverfront Times, March 14. (illus.)
Kerman, Byron. “Best of St. Louis: Best Defunct Organization”, The Riverfront Times, September 27.
A&E Team, “Art Swims Out of the Mainstream”, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, April
1998
Rockoff, Jonathan D.”Designs on Street Signs”, The Providence Journal, July 14. (illus.)
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