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 2019/2020: The Pollock Krasner Foundation awards its Prize for Creativity to Todd Williamson. The PK has only given this particular award to 2 other artists in their history (Amy Sherald & Gideon Mendel)  Only 50 artists have received other such awards during the existence of the Foundation. 
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ArtDaily: Pollock-Krasner Foundation awards Pollock Prize for Creativity to Todd Williamson
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Meet Artist Todd Williamson            Articentric.com

http://articentric.com/meet-artist-todd-williamson/
"Equanimity is defined as mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper. It is the perfect way to describe the feeling one might expect when viewing Todd Williamson’s work.  Given the environment the artist works in, the hustle and bustle of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, his work evokes an overwhelming sense of inner calmness.  The colors are intensely balanced, the lines all but reflect the pulse of the viewer…soft and long when relaxed and subdued, while short and energetic when pulsing with the rhythm of life.  We thoroughly enjoy viewing Williamson’s work and his roster of exhibitions tells us we are certainly not alone in our admiration of his work.  Williamson is the consummate working artist, seemingly never on pause, and always pushing his limits, both professionally and creatively.  It is both reassuring and intensely motivating to listen to him discuss art and his process. We certainly encourage our readers to look for his exhibit nearest you, and witness Williamson’s work and vibrant energy for yourself.  Without further adieu…ladies and gentlemen, meet West Hollywood-based artist Todd Williamson."

BIBLIOGRAPHY: w/ hyper links 

Todd Williamson - Frank Teufel: light color form @ the Stadtmuseum Deggendorf Germany       3/ 2023
Todd Williamson and Frank Teufel as guests at the Queens Art Gallery in Emmendingen          by Region IM Blick 3/2023
Light, Color, Form in the city gallery:                 Todd Williamson and Frank Teufel               by PNP.de 3/14/23
           US Art visiting Hohenstein                                 Art Coburg Daily Newspaper by Jochen Berger.                10/21/2022

**"Icon Winners Todd Williamson and Joe Davidson Exhibit w Christina Craemer at Imago Galleries- The Deeper the Blue @ Imago Galleries Palm Desert CA April-July 2022
Abstract Los Angeles: 4 Generations:  Brand Library & Art Center Press Release                                July 2022
**INSPIRATIONAL: the Influence of a Place @ Herculano Museum,          Palace of Portici, Naples Italy    Dec 2021-April 2022
 Curated by Cynthia Penna & Art 1307, sponsored by the American Consulate to Italy

*Il Mondo Disuk: Inspirational: 7 Artists interpret Melville to Capote,
Herculano Museum Palace of Portici Italy (by Antonio Conte)   Jan 3, 2022
*Inspirational: the Influence of a Place, Museo Ercolanense Palace of Portici. 10 December 2021 to 13 March 2022*with the support of the   United States Diplomatic Mission in Italy
*Press links to Inspirational at Art 1307.  ALL LINKS

*Why  Award-winning artist Todd Williamson mints NFT's on BSV. BitcoinAssociation.net  by Jamie McKane March 4 2022
*ARTNET: News : 16 Artists Share Their Best Self-Care Tips, From Eating Cookies to Walking in Graveyards.  11/3/2021
*General catalog: “Pio Monte della Misericordia, il patrimonio storico e artistico”  Arte’M Publisher, printed in Italy December 2020
*Opening of the Queens Gallery Zurich ARTLOG Dec 2021
*Queens Gallery Zurich BMQ Dec 2021 www.artlog.net/de/event/eroffnung-der-queens-gallery-zurich
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POLLOCK PRIZE FOR CREATIVITY:  Pollock Krasner Foundation
Pollock Krasner Foundation: press release PKF Awards Todd Williamson the Pollock Prize for Creativity
Art News: Pollock Prize for Creativity goes to Todd Williamson 03/05/2019
Art Forum: Todd Williamson Receives Pollock Prize for Creativity 
​​Art Daily: Pollock Krasner Foundation Awards Pollock Prize for Creativity to Todd Williamson 03/06/2019
Apollo International Art Magazine: Todd Williamson wins Pollock Prize for Creativity


The Only Way Out is Through @ Georges Berges Gallery NY NY    Sept 9-Oct 15 2021
PARK Magazine: ONE SOLO SHOW TO SEE THIS SEASON
BFA: https://bfa.com/events/32689
Berges Gallery:  https://bergesgallery.com/our-artists/todd-williamson

See Great Art:  https://www.seegreatart.art/new-todd-williamson-abstractions-coming-to-georges-berges-gallery-nyc/
Artfixdaily:  GEORGE BERGES GALLERY Opens Highly Anticipated Fall Season w Pollock Krasner Foundation Prize for Creativity winner Todd Williamson, LA Based Abstract Expressionist
ARTNET: Editors Picks September 14 2021. Todd Williamson

Unbroken: Cross Currents and Contemporary Time @ ArtEmerge LA CA
Artnet: Editor's Pick: 
"ArtEmerge, one of the first artist-owned virtual galleries, announces its debut with inaugural exhibition Unbroken: Cross Currents and Contemporary Time"
NFT Hours:  Art Can Open Quite a Few Doors and Opportunities.Just Ask Todd Williamson by NFThours. April 13, 2021
https://shoutoutla.com/meet-todd-williamson-artist-co-founder-artemerge-org/

The Edge of Order' Deterministic Chaos @ Wonzimer Gallery LA CA
Artillery Magazine: "The Edge of Order' Wonzimer Gallery" by Eve Wood  Jan/Feb 2021
LA Downtown News: The Edge of Order' Wonzimer's New Exhibit  by Andrew Checcia 11/03/2020

ArtFixDaily: Los Angeles Abstract Painter Todd Williamson and Christina Craemer Collaborate for “The Edge of Order” 11/11/20
​Edge of Order @ Wonzimer, artists Todd Williamson & Christina Craemer  Doom&Groom 11/2021
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PROCESSIONAL @ the 58TH VENICE BIENNALE May 9 - November 23, 2019 Santa Maria della Pieta chapel
Forbes Magazine: Twelve Compelling offsite exhibitions @ the 2019 Venice Biennale 
The Venice Insider: 12 Must Sees  at the 2019 Art Biennale Venice
​Domus Magazine: The 58th Venice Biennale: 10 Unmissable Collateral Events
Widewalls Magazine: 6 Official Collateral Events Not to Miss at the 2019 Venice Biennale!
​ArTeez: Todd Williamson Processional
Il Mondo Disuk: Venice Biennale, Those Crucifixs of Todd Williamson, Reniniscences of the Memory between Naples and Italy
Wehoville: Project by Weho's Todd Williamson Chosen for Venice Biennale
Art to Art Palette Journal: Global Passage Awarded!
Trehyus Italy: Biennale Arte Collateral with Processional an installation by Todd Williamson
Queerforty: The Art of the Possible Spotlight on International Artist Todd Williamson
Dexibell: Dexibell vivo meets Venice Biennale 2019 
ArtandEducation: 58th Venice Biennale to Open Saturday  May 10, 2019
Arte.it Processional, an installation by Todd Williamson May 2019
LaBiennale.org: Collateral Events, 58th International Art Exhibition May 2019
Everything You Need to Know about the 2019 Venice Biennale - Afar Magazine by Allison C. Meier    April 8 2019

California Dreamin' an uncertain paradise @ the MAC Museum Art & Cars Oct 31 2019 - September 3 2020
ArtFixDaily: California Dreamin' American Abstract Painter Todd Williamson Probes Society’s Hyper-Focus on Wealth, Power and Influence at MAC Museum of Art and Cars Singen Germany 

Wochenblatt Germany: California Abstract in the MAC Museum Art & Cars Singen 10/31/2019

Wochenblatt Germany: Two Biennials at the MAC in Singen 10/08/2019 Laddie John Dill & Todd Williamson

Wehoville: California Dreamin' Local Artist Todd Williamon illustrates the LA Fantasy at a German Art Exhibit 10/07/2019

Art Media Disk German TV: Exhibiting Art & Cars Together, Two Biennial Artists from the USA

CIRCLE OF TRUTH @ the MOAH MUSEUM Lancaster CA / NEW MUSEUM Los Gatos CA
Justapox:  The Traveling "Circle of Truth" Exhibition Comes to the MOAH in Lancaster 08/07/2019
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2013 Jan 13: Houston Press "Things are not always what they seem , the Illusion of the Precise"
https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-are-not-always-what-they-seem-the-illusion-of-the-precise-and-liquescent-light-at-wade-wilson-art-and-anya-tish-gallery-6371769   Jan 2013

La Repubblica: "Todd Williamson Between Music & Painting" by Mario Nicola Franco
"Art1307 inaugurated the exhibition by Todd Williamson titled "Polyphony of a Landscape", edited by Cynthia Penna. The great utopia on the synthesis of the arts, painting that inhabits the space, and the music that develops over time, through the twentieth century from the collaboration between Arnold Schönberg and Wassily Kandinsky in 1911, up to the experiments of "Fluxsus" in 60's. Without speaking of the Futurists brothers Corradini, who composed "Symphony of colors" experiments with multicolored lights. The uniqueness and originality of the cooperation between the pictorial work of Williamson and musical compositions of Greg Walter, which has left the exhibition, it is to put on canvas the melody of sound, while the music translates agreements with the pictorial and musical phrases."

"POLYPHONY OF A LANDSCAPE." How Far Can Music and Painting Touch Each Other?  http://www.ilpickwick.it/index.php/arte/item/2367 
by Roberta Andolfo
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Kandinsky was able to modulate the rhythm of the planes and the elements present in space, caught by the perception of the human eye as well as an orchestra conductor directing the arrival on the scene and the development of sound contributions of each musician. 
In our day, the example of two American academics, the American painter ( he graduated in music) Todd Williamson and composer and longtime friend, Greg Walter, is that of a partnership designed on the cutting of ' interference ...
RACNA Magazine: http://www.racnamagazine.it/todd-williamson-polifonia-di-un-paesaggio-villa-di-donato-pittura/ (Polyphony of a Landscape, Painting and Music)
RevistaSegno.EU:http://www.rivistasegno.eu/todd-williamson-mercy-a-pio-monte-di-napoli/ (ToddWilliamson's "Mercy" @ Pio Monte Naples)

Il Mattino: Napoli: "To See the Music, To Listen to Color"  Nov 26, 2015
Channel 8 Italy: (Starts @ 2:34) Interview for "Polifonia di un Paessago" Naples Italy
Heilbronner Stimmme:  "The Detour Leads to Your Destination, 
Todd Williamson shows at Premium Modern Art in Böckingen his "Sounds of Light"
By Michaela Adick    Heilbronn 03. December 2015, 12:47 pm clock
... Detour to your destination stripe images: ToddWilliamson shows at Premium Modern Art in Böckingen his Sounds of Light he can look back on a curious biography as they are usually ...

Dazeba News:      Written by  Rita Ricci     Saturday, 12 December 2015 19:07Art becomes melody "Polyphony of a landscape"
"Poly-sensory experience awaits, of rare beauty and completeness.  Williamson is a multifaceted artist, who manages to combine art with the melody and movement of the music, because of his deep knowledge of music, the subject of his studies at Belmont University in Tennessee, where he made an artistic collaboration with composer Greg Walter, which results in the original notes, his brush strokes depending on the intensity and strength of the stroke.  The result is the interplay between vibrant canvases of pathos and other harbingers of harmony:

QD Napoli: Todd Williamson @ the Museo  Pio Monte della Misericordia
"Williamson's works are permeated by a powerful dynamism, which is expressed through the choice of colors. With clever use of the technique oil on canvas, Williamson lights the scenes, which lead beyond the vanishing points of the canvas. This, according to many, is perfectly suited to dialogue with the paintings of the '600 (the number of artworks in the Pio Monte's permanent collection) and, therefore, with the artistic choices of Caravaggio. For this reason, Williamson's "Mercy" will be placed before the work of the immortal pioneer of Lombardy, in order to encourage the visitor to a dialog between the two paintings, Caravaggio's and Williamson's."
"Todd Williamson at the Museo Pio Monte della Miseracordia" MimAb Art & Culture Naples Italy
"Caravaggio and #ToddWilliamson , past and present, face to face in the museo Pio Monte della Misericordia in Naples.
Williamson's work was inspired by the "Seven Acts of Mercy" by Caravaggio and will part of the permanent collection of the Pio Monte dedicated to new artistic trends.
As the editors like to point out, Todd Williamson works with "classic" materials - oil on canvas - creating abstract works full of #light and #movement that could well dialogue with the works of the '600 Neapolitan artists in the Pio Monte's collection, and in particular with the work of all Caravaggio which Williamson is a great scholar and lover."
"Mercy" by California painter Todd Williamson @ Pio Monte della Misericordia Diario Partenopeo  Nov 2015
Museo Pio Monte della Misericordia in collaboration with ART1307 presents, "Mercy" by California painter #Todd Williamson . The painting was inspired by Caravaggio's "Seven Works of Mercy" and will become part of the permanent contemporary art collection of the Pio Monte. Williamson creates abstract works full of light and movement that interact seamlessly with the works of the '600 Neapolitan artists and in particular with the Caravaggio, of which Williamson is a great scholar and lover. "Mercy" will be displayed at the Pio Monte, opposite to the work of the master Caravaggio."
Art1307 presenta: Todd Williamson “Polifonia di un Paesaggio”  Napoli November 25, 2015  Napoli Village
"A completely new concept in the history of painting and in which we can say that the musician has "painted" the canvas and the painter has "played" the melody, creating a unique, musical and pictorial, four hands."
Art-to-Art Palette Journal      "Art Disciplines Join As One"      By  Tony ClarkChevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
''Like a magician, Todd Williamson has harnessed light and sound onto his new body of works. As Kandinsky interrupted Jazz and Caravaggio mastered light in their paintings, artist Williamson has brought both worlds together.''
La Repubblica Newspaper   "Todd Williamson Between Music and Painting"        by Marco Franco                                      Nov 28, 2015
"The great idea in the synthesis of the arts, painting that inhabits the space, and the music that develops over time, came first in the twentieth century from the collaboration between Arnold Schönberg and Wassily Kandinsky in 1911 up to the experiments of "Fluxsus" in 60's.  The uniqueness and originality of the cooperation between the pictorial works of Williamson and musical compositions of Greg Walter, all part of the exhibition, is to put on canvas the sounds of the melody , while the music translates the colors, lines, and tonalities in the art."
The Pickwick:    "Polyphony of a Landscape"  How Close can Painting and Music Touch?      by Roberta Andolfo                                             Nov 2015
"The group of experiments of the interaction between visual art and music, can be considered commendable, have reflected on the subject by examining different points of view, exploring from time to time the reactions of two different  "sense" stimuli so different and yet in some ways similar. In this "way" they are woven together and repeated from one medium to another. 
Miro was imprinted by his friends music and some of his sketches became the elusive touch segmented sounds that followed, while Kandinsky was able to modulate the rhythm to capture the plans and the elements present in space, caught only by the perception of the human eye, as well as any orchestra conductor directing the development of the sound contributions of each musician. 
In our day, the example of two American academics, the American painter  Todd Williamson and composer and longtime friend, Greg Walter, is that of a partnership designed on the cutting of ' interference ."

Racna Magazine  "Todd Williamson, Polyphony of a Landscape" in Villa di Donato, Painting and Listening".                                                  Nov 2015 
The concept of 
music is both complex and simple: if one side is completely indescribable, the other can be made ​​with a thought, a word, and sometimes with a trace of color on a canvas. If the Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran wrote that music teaches us to see and hear with the ear with the heart, the American artist Todd Williamson decided to express what he sees  and what he feels  through his medium, painting.  Williamson and Walter have therefore initiated a common path, in search of the visible spectrum of the sound waves of music and painting . From their collaboration and their work triggered a series of large paintings and a symphony, which took the name of Polyphony of a Landscape
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​Departures Magazine                      Creations for a Cause                 by Paul Wheatley                                                                                  February 13, 2013
“This year, local artists, complemented by a handful of more internationally known ones, designed the guitars on display.  A good contrast is provided by artist Todd Williamson’s acrylic on fibreglass British Invasion guitar, which the artist created as a celebration of the influence British musicians and bands have had on “rock and roll and the Sunset Strip”.

***All Reviews have hyperlinks***
Blu Duemila Association Cultural Award, Channel 8 interview

​Channel 8 Napoli It          Bluduemile, Sport & Art Gala Awards  Todd Williamson receives award                                          Nov 2015

RivistaSegno.EU                   "Todd Williamson MERCY @ Pio Monte Museo"                                                                                Nov 2015

Nashville Arts Magazine    h ttp://nashvillearts.com/2015/02/27/williamson-and-hillestad-at-the-rymer-gallery-march-7/ 

Flash Art                               "Sulle Tracce di Luca Giordano"  FlashArt Online                                                                           
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Huffington Post:                    Todd Williamson Creates Zone of Tranquility at the Rymer"  4/20/2015

Art to Art Palette                http://www.arttoartpalettejournal.com/2013/05/the-light-from-within/                                May 5, 2013

All Italian Reviews:              http://www.art1307.com/eng/mostra_rassegna-stampa.php?idmostra=53           

Daily du jour!                      Seen:Todd-Williamson@george-billis-gallery/                                                                                  April 2013

Grimey Gatsby                http://thegrimeygatsby.com/2011/09/20/todd-williamson-artist-aria-hotel-salon-prive-for-high-rollers/

Link to list of ALL Italian reviews:  Art 1307/ Villa di Donato/ P>A>N Museum/    

Il Denaro                          http://denaro.it/blog/2012/04/21/williamson-napoli-e-la-luce/                                                    April 21, 2012
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Il Mattino                          "150 artists and the "ARTE" logo for Il Mattino at the PAN Museum"                                     November 30 2012
               
Il Denaro         "Williamson: Naples and the Light"    http://denaro.it/blog/2012/04/21/williamson-napoli-e-la-luce/       April 21, 2012

Il Denaro                                               "Full immersion con L'artista Americano                                                                           April 21, 2012

Il Mattino                                               "L'ommaggio di Todd Williamson                                                                                       April 21, 2012

Il Mattino                                               "A Napoli ho sperimentato il caos mescolato con la luce                                              April 18, 2012

Exibart                                                   "Todd Williamson in conferenza al PAN Museum                                                            April 17, 2012

www.issuu.com/scubegallery                       "ON THE EDGE" catalog                                                                                       November 2011

Grimeygatsby.blogspot.com                         "Todd Williamson "Salon Prive for High Rollers"                                                    Sept 20 2011


ArttoArtPaletteJournal.com                           “An Artist of Many Dimensions”                                                                                 August 2011
   
PalettePaperBoy. Live Journal.com                 “Revelations of Todd Williamson”                                                                           June 28 2011

American Chonicle                                        "Revelations of Todd Williamson"                                                                                     July 2011

Huffington Post – Haiku Review                      “Todd Williamson seems in Transition”                                                                       May 2011

Fabrik Magazine                                             “The Amalgamation of Art & Design”                                                                         Issue 12 2011

HustlerofCulture.com                                     “Thoughts from a Mind like Mine”                                                                               March 2011

Artistic Merit Award           Video: American Consulate gives Artistic Merit Award to Todd Williamson Naples Italy                 Nov 2010


EquipeCo (Italy)                                                “The White Age”                                                                                          Nov/Dec 2010

Il Denaro Newspaper                                      “Pittori nel casino da caccia”                                                                         Dec 2010

Kritiki                                                               “Todd Williamson”                                                                                         Dec 2010

Art and Living Magazine                                   "Todd Williamson"                                                                                       Nov 2009

Not Apartheid #5 – CAM Museum Magazine
     “The Anima Mundi”                                                                                   July/Sept ‘09

Art and Living Magazine                                "Artists to Watch in 2009"                                                                              Winter ‘09

DavidMixner.com                                          Todd Williamson Sweeps into Nashville                                                        1/16/’09

NowPlayingNashville.com                               Blurring the LInes at Leu Art Gallery                                                           3/17/’09

Exibart.com                                                  Todd Williamson - Trame di Luce                                                                   11/01/’08

Art and Living                        "Todd Williamson at the Japanese Cultural Center Milan Italy"                                            11/07/08

Bakeca Milano                                                Trame di luce di Todd Williamson                                                               10/17/08  

Il Denaro                                                     "The Big Brother" censurato in Cina                                                               2/23/08

L' Avanti                                                       Gli orizzonti astratti di Williamson                                                                  2/28/08

Il Mattino                                                         La Luce dell' Arte                                                                                        2/24/08

Il Denaro                                  Todd, l'uomo di Nashville che ha scelto la luce di Napoli                                                  2/9/08

Orizzonti                                                         Essay by Cynthia Penna                                                                            2008

Art Linking                                                   3rd Songzhuang Art Festival                                                                         2007    

The Art of Vision                                           Zimmer Childrens  Museum                                                                         2007

Todd Williamson                                   "New Works" Monograph  Essay by Peter Frank                                                 2007   

Space Magazine                                            "Full of Life" pg 82                                                                                      Feb/Ma‘07

Fine Interiors                                                    "The Art of It"                                                                                            Fall 2005

LA Weekly                                                     "Art Pick of the Week"                                                                                 April 2004     

Robb Report                                                      "A Perfect 10"                                                                                         April 2004           

"Launch Pad                                                  50 Emerging Artist in America"                                                                   July 2003
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