Lance Williams

Lance Williams is an artist with a seasoned vision for humanity and the abstract. From the time he could hold a writing tool, Lance was creating. In the beginning, it was crayons, like most children. Adolescence brought pencils, pens, and markers, where he may or may not have colored outside the lines. As a child, Lance longed to be an animator or an illustrator, creating comics or cartoons. These youthful artistic endeavors would give way to a more formal approach to art. Throughout high school, Lance developed a passion for painting and became obsessed with his Pentax K1000 35 mm film camera.

In the summer of 1997, Lance attended an intensive program for gifted students in the arts (SGSA) at Brevard College. He received a full scholarship from Transylvania County to participate in the program and would enroll in the fine art department at BC in the fall of 1997. Lance was awarded a full scholarship by the art department in his first year of undergrad. He received his Bachelor's of Art in 2001 with a double emphasis in painting and photography.

After graduation, Lance relocated to Greenville, SC, where he spent time working as an assistant director of an art gallery before taking a job with a local photographer. In 2006 he s...

2022 MFA Painting and Drawing Academy of Art University
2001 BA Painting and Photography Brevard College