JOHN WILLIAMS


EDUCATION
MFA 1999 California Institute of the Arts
BFA 1997 Ohio University


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
“Overheads” Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2016
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Halved and Quartered, Brennan & Griffin, Red Hook, New York, NY
Paintings, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2014
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2011
Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2009
Sister, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Sister, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Bell Tower, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Sies and Hoke Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
1999
Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Thesis Show, CalArts, Valencia, CA
1998
"May I Help You?", Lax Gallery, Houston, TX
1997
Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Aiko Hachisuka and John Williams, Vandoren Waxter, New York, NY
2016
High Anxiety, Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
Between Something & Nothing, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013
They Might Well Have Been Remnants of the Boat, curated by Katherine Cohn, Calder Foundation, New York, NY Abstraction (Sound and Vision), curated by Joey Kotting, Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield
2012
Teenage Hallucination, curated by Dennis Cooper and Gisele Vienne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Chiasmus: Zones of Political and Aesthetic Imagination, UCI Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
2011
Six Pack, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010
The Mass Ornament curated by John Rasmussen, Barbara Gladstone, New York, NY
Palma Photo, Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
LAst Show, Kathryn Brennan at Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
Darren Bader Number(s), Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Video Journeys, curated by Kathryn Brennan, Sister @ Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Insurance is not always Assured, curated by Jonathan Durham, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2008
Insurance is not always Assured, curated by Jonathan Durham, Skydive, Houston, TX
Noise, SiteLA, Los Angeles, CA
Globetrotters, curated by Kathryn Brennan, 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
2006
LA Trash and Treasure, curated by Liv Stotlz, Milliken Gallery , Stockholm, Sweden
The Female Machine, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Dynasty, Gallery MC, NY, NY
2005
Everything in Particular, curated by Kevin Hanley and Michael Krebber, ACME, Los Angeles , CA
Group Video Show, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Royal Wedding, Curated by Ecole du Magasin: Session 13, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Project / Mail in Show, London Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Please, Please Yourself, Atelier Cardenas, Paris, France
2003
Wit Form Rainbow, Curated by Kathryn Brennan, The Project, Los Angeles, CA
Hide and Seek or Hidden Agenda, Curated by Kathryn Brennan, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Light and Spaced Out, Curated by Carlos Cardenas, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France
2002
Group Video Show, London Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Group Video Show, LOW, Los Angeles, CA
Play it as it Lays, Curated by Clarke ad McDevitt, The London Inst. Gallery, London,UK
The Funeral Home, Curated by Dennis Cooper, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum, NY, NY
Kopp Kordansky / John Williams, Hot Coco Lab, Venice, CA
Are Friends Electric? Curated By Steven Hull, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Prodigal Prodigy, Curated by Theo Tegelaers, White Box, NY, NY
Song Poems, Curated by Steven Hull, Cohan, Leslie and Brown, NY, NY
W, Curated by Bob Nickas, Musee de Beaux-Arts, Dole, France
Hemorrhaging of States, Curated by Ciara Ennis & Theo Tegelaers, TENT, Rotterdam
SMALLISH, Curated by Dennis Cooper, greengrassi, London, UK
Mink Jazz, Curated by Bruce Hainley, MARC FOXX Los Angeles,CA
Pause, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Group Painting Show, Echo Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Closet Show, Curated by Kimberly Varella, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Arbitrary Anomalies, Gallery 207, Los Angeles,CA
CalArts Postal, curated by Derek Boshier, Studio 9, London, England
Homeless in Los Angeles, Curated by Ciara Ennis, Mota Gallery, London, England
Remix, Curated by Ciara Ennis & Robert Crouch 1962 N. Bronson, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Anwander, Bazaar de Koln, Koln, Germany
6 Emerging Artists, Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


PERFORMANCES
2015
Record Projection, Brennan and Griffin, Red Hook, NY
2013
Battle: John Williams vs. Elka Krajewska, The Calder Foundation, New York
2012
Record Projection, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Record Projection, The Black Box, Los Angeles, CA
Battle: John Williams vs. Elka Krajewska, Postmasters, NY
2011
Battle: John Williams vs. Elka Krajewska, Brennan & Griffin, NY
Record Projection, Brennan & Griffin, NY
2010
Record Projection, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2009
Record Projection, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Record Projection, Abrons Art Center/Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
2008
Two nights of Performances, August 7th and August 16th, Sister, Los Angeles, CA


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
Fateman, Johanna, “Aiko Hachisuka & John Williams” The New Yorker, September 17, p.5
Treilhard, Marieke “Interview / Aiko Hachisuka and John Williams” Flaunt, September 5, 2018
2017
Krasinsky, Jennifer, “Shadow Boxer” Village Voice, July 12-18, p. 27, illustration
Churner, Rachel, "Exhibition Review," Artforum, October, p. 246 - 247, illustration.
2011
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, "Untitled and Me: Living with an Abstract Painting," LA Weekly, October 14 - 20, p. 43.
2010
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, "Darren Bader," Artforum.com, March, 2010
2009
Taubman, Lara, "Endless Summer," Artnet.com, August 7, 2009.
Taft, Catherine, "Exhibition Review," Artforum, May, p. 246, illustration.
2008
Britt, Douglas, "Skydive offers an artistic view of the nontraditional", Houston Chronicle, Oct 21.
Taft, Catherine, "Globetrotters," Art Review, April, p. 136.
Coleman, Caryn, "Forget it Jake, This is Chinatown", artreview.com, Feb 22.
2007
Taft, Catherine, "Review", Modern Painters, March 2007, p. 94.
2005
Hainley, Bruce, Review, Artforum, May, p. 194, Illustration.
2003
Myers, Holly, Review, LA Times, September 12.
Le Guen, Catherine, Review, Le Telegramme, September 6.
Arne Ehmann, Von, Review, Sonntag, June 15, Illustration.
Renard, Emilie, Review, Artforum.com / critics picks, August.
Cardenas, Carlos, Eight to Eight Magazine, No. 7, Illustration.
2002
Blandford, Richard, Review, Frieze "Play It As It Lays," pg.112, llustration.
Nickas, Robert (editor), "W", Catalogue, pg. 27, llustration.
2001
Von Schlegell, Mark, Review, Art and Text, Summer, pp. 76-77
Triming, Lee, Review, "Smallish", Flash Art, May June, p.95
Staple, Polly, Review, "Smallish", Art Monthly, April 2001, pp. 28-30
Jones, Jonathan, Review, The Guardian Newspaper, March 28, 2001, p.16, Illustration. Farquarson, Alex, "Quote Unquote", Untitled, Spring, pp. 4-5, Illustration.
Cooper, Dennis, Review, Artforum, January, p. 119, Illustration.
1999
Hainley, Bruce, Review, Artforum, May, pp. 183-184, Illustration.
Pagel, David, Review, LA Times, March 26.
1998
Dewan, Shaila, Review, Houston Press, Shop Art, August 13-19, p.55,Illustration.