E Genevieve Williams

I grew up in rural America isolated from other homes and people. My parents worked long hours and my sister frequently stayed with friends. We had no television or record player and no periodicals came to our home. Therefore, I was often alone on a hundred acres of farmland, forests, and mountains with my horse, some sheep, a pond, wildlife, and my imagination. I was so unaccustomed to being with people that I was mute until about age 11. I expressed my feelings and thoughts with my artwork.

I use many different materials in my work from the sticks and stones I played with as a child to paint and collage. I love to change mediums just to see what new things will happen. I like to experiment with color and texture, and I’m always curious about what the materials will do when gently pressured by my hands.

I seldom have a plan for my work. Sometimes I have a vision, but I’m easy about going with what the materials do as my vision is taking shape. I like mistakes and odd combinations.

My art is influenced by the patterns and madness of nature, the forest, and mountains, by the weather, the moon, the smells of animals, and their entertaining personalities.

2011
Ph.D. (ABD)
European Graduate School, Communications Media, Saas-Fee, Switzerland
2001
M.A., Union Theological Seminary, Religion, New York
1996
M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS_FINE ARTS
Bixler Gallery, Winter Exhibition, Stroudsburg, PA
Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
La Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón, DR
Residency Exhibition, Altos de Chavon, DR
Artist in Residence Show, Mecatale, Italy
Alice Sommerstein Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Tracy Granger Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS _FINE ARTS
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
GALA Exhibition, Boricua College, NY
The Morning Call Juried Exhibition, The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
Broadway Mall Gallery, NY
Marymount Manhattan College Faculty Exhibition, NY
Openhouse Mulberry, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
Splashlight Studios, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
SomArts, Corrections, San Francisco, CA
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
Kathryn Markel Fine Art, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
Exit Art, Reactions to 9/11, NY
Smithsonian Institute Permanent Collection, Washington, DC
I-20 Gallery, LREI Invitational Art Auction, NY
I-20 Gallery, LREI Inv...