Jeff Williams

1976
Born Cambridge, MA
1998
B.F.A., Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
2002
M.F.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2006
Artist-in-Residence, The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
2007
Artist-in-Residence, Core Program, Museum of Fine Art Houston, TX
2008
Artist-in-Residence, Core Program, Museum of Fine art Houston, TX
2009
Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, American Academy in Rome

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008
Round 28, Project Row House, Houston, TX
2007
Thickly Settled, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
2006
North of the Ozarks, Hot Cakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (w/ Michael Hein)
2005
More Like Real Wood, Limbo Fine Art, San Diego, CA (w/ Michael Hein)
2003
The Vague Contained Menace, The Farm, San Diego, CA
Rural Atlas, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia (w/ Michael Hein)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Spazi Aperti, Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy (curator Mirela Pribac)
ROMA, The Road to Contemporary Art 2, Palace of Exhibitions, Rome, Italy
The Buffer Zone, American Academy in Rome, Italy (curator Cecilia Canziani)
Lo Sguardo Di Giano, American Academy in Rome, Italy (curator Francesco Stocchi)
2008
Available Space, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Nothing at The End of the Lane, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Core Artist-in-Residence, Core Program, Glassell School, Houston, TX
Towards a New Architecture, Galeria Perdida, Houston, TX
Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, University of Houston, TX
Architecture of Perception, Box 13, Houston, TX
Outpost, CTRL, Houston, TX
2007
One Day I will Control the Sun, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
Core Artist-in-Residence, Core Program, Glassell School, MFA Houston, TX
Thickly Settled, LAXART (LAXWINDOW), Los Angeles, CA (curator Aram Moshayedi)
2006
New American Talent 21, Arthouse, Austin, TX, (juror Aimee Chang)
The Beginning of the End of the Beginning, Bucket Rider, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee International Art Fair, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005
LAXART, MC Gallery, Launch Party/Silent Auction, Los Angeles, CA
ICE 9, ICE Gallery, San Diego, CA
2005 <
Cannon Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA, (juror Hugh Davies)
Die Kase Hause, Foundation Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
The Broken Wrist Project, Cassius King Gallery, San Diego, CA
Closer In, Contemporary Artist Center, North Adams, MA
Shift, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Die Kase Hause and Friends, Jacqueline Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
Happy Endings, Kingfisher Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Perversion, Proliferation, Promiscuity, Paradigm (PPPP), Marcuse Gallery, UC San Diego
2003
Small Works, the Muse Gallery, San Diego, CA
6x4 Art, Art Boat, Garden Fresh, Chicago, IL
Homeland Security, 450 Broadway Gallery-New York Arts Magazine, New York, NY
Verwood and the Cinder Girl, The Farm, San Diego, CA
2002
Inaccurate Dreamers, Spark Arts Space, Syracuse, NY
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, (juror Raina Lampkins-Fielder)
And There it Went, Ephemeral Art, the Armory, Pasadena, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
•2009
ROMA, The Road to Contemporary Art 2 (catalog)
Spazi Aperti (catalog)
Lo Sguardo Di Giano (catalog)
Matt Bua, Visonary Drawing Building, MASS MOCA publication
•2008
Douglas Britt, “Smart Display,” Houston Chronicle (July 29):
Andrea Liu, “Core Artists-in-Residence,” Art Us, (Summer)
Claudia Schmukli, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, “2008 HAE” (catalog)
Nancy Wozny, “Houston Area Show,” Arts Houston (June)
Bill Davenport, “Towards a New Architecture,” Glasstire online (March)
•2007
Amanda Douberly, “Jeff Williams: Thickly Settled,” Austin Chronicle (June 8):
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, “Jeff Williams: Thickly Settled,” Austin American Statesman (June 19)
Kelly Klasmeyer, “Core Artists-in-Residence,” Houston Chronicle (March)
•2006
Amanda Douberly, “21st New American Talent,” Austin Chronicle (July 14):
•2005
Robert Pincus, “Punch Lines,” SD Union Tribune, Night & Day (Nov. 3): 34
Adam Baraclaugh, “Die Kase Hause,” Crowndozen webzine (April-may).
•2004
Holly Myers, “In Transition,” LA Times (august 20): e28.
Cindy Moore, “Everyday Objects,” Ducts webzine (June-September).
Contemporary Artist Center, “Closer In,” (exhibition catalog) North Adams, MA
Melissa Starker, “Hause Party,” Columbus Alive, (July 14): 9.
•2003
Robert Pincus, “Down on the Farm,” SD Union Tribune, Night & Day (December 18): 48.
Gregory Dunham, “Verwood and the Cinder Girl,” The Farm Publications (independent)
Aaron Zimmerman, “Artist Chat,” NY Arts/ Berliner Kunst, vol. 8, no. 3 (March): 55.
•2002
Everson Museum of Art, “Everson Biennial,” (exhibition catalog) Syracuse, NY

LECTURES/TEACHING
•2009
Assistant Professor: UT Austin
•2008
Adjunct Instructor: Glassell School of Art
Lecturer Fellow: Rice University
Adjunct Instructor: Rice University
Lecture: UT Austin
•2007
Adjunct Instructor: University of Houston
Lecturer Fellow: Rice University,
Lecturer: University of Houston, Sculpture Department
Adjunct Instructor: Glassell School of Art
•2003
Visiting Artist: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Sculpture Department
•2002
Teaching Associate: Syracuse University
•2001
Teaching Associate: Syracuse University
•2000
Teaching Associate: Syracuse University
Adjunct Instructor: Syracuse University
•1999
Adjunct Instructor: Syracuse University