Shirley Williams

Expressing Nature's Energy with Color & Texture

Shirley Williams is a Canadian artist living and working near the US border, best known for her abstract paintings focused on layered color and tactile texture.

Color and texture convey emotion at a subconscious level.
Shirley Williams paintings combines these two elements to evoke associations with the energy of landscape and nature.

Nature alters our consciousness and lift our spirits. In the same way that being in nature energizes us, her intention is to express this subtle energy boost through paint.

Shirley Williams grew up moving often across Canada and Europe, inspired by art in every city. She worked in Toronto for many years as a documentary film producer until 1991 when she began painting full time.

Her paintings have been exhibited and collected widely in both Canada and the US.

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Hub Insurance
Caesars Casino International Windsor, Ontario
General Motors. Detroit. Michigan
Carlyle Group. Washington. DC
Grey Advertising. New York. NY
Eastern Construction. Toronto. Ontario
Saturn Tool & Die. Detroit. Michigan
KPMG International. Toronto, Ontario
BMO Financial. Windsor. Ontario
TLC The Laser Center. Tulsa. Oklahoma
A & W Food Services. Vancouver, BC
Ethan Allen Global. NYC, NY

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ronald McDonald House Windsor
University of Windsor. Windsor
Sacred Heart Seminary. Detroit. Michigan
Ste Cecile International. Library. Windsor
County of Essex City Hall. Essex, Ontario
Windsor Family Credit. Windsor
Art Gallery of Windsor. Museum for Southwest Ontario. Canada

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Bartlett Gallery. Vibrations. Alton. Ontario
2012 New Era Gallery. Forces of Nature. Austin. Texas
2010-11 Art Gallery of Windsor. Museum. Forces of Nature. (Catalog) Curator James Patten
2010 Sweet Gallery. Horizons. Naples. Florida
2009 Alan Barnes Fine Art. Vistas (Catalog). Dallas. Texas
2009 Artspeak Gallery. Intimate Wax. Curator Utsey Hadaro. Windsor
2008 Leonardo Galleries. Colourscapes. Toronto
2007 St. Clair Centre for the Arts. Windsor Symphony Orchestra Benefit. Windsor
2004 Capitol Arts Centre. Juried. Colorscapes. Windsor
2002 Cobo Hall. Invitational. Colorscapes. Detroit. Michigan
2001 DKP Gallery. Invitational. Recent Work. Toronto

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. 33 Contemporary Gallery Resilience. Curated by Sergio Gomez - Artsy
2023. LAC Gallery, Curated. Windsor. Winner Honorable Mention
2019 Jen Tough Gallery. Learning Curve. Curated. San Francisco, California
2018 Sho Gallery. Invitational. Windsor
2018 Accelerator Gallery. Art Re-Zoned. (catalog) Curated 4-artist. Windsor
2017 Artsy Shark. The Abstract W...