Todd Williamson CV/Resume 2021/2022Education:
1984 AA, Wallace College, Hanceville AL 1988 BA, Belmont University, Nashville TN 1996 Cal State LA (Graduate Studies), LA CA UCLA, LA CA Awards and Grants: 2023. International Annual Theme Award- Finalist, Art Revolution, Taipei Biennale 2022 Royal Society of St. George, Honorary Member, CA 2021 Icon Award-LABA International Art Festival, LA CA Special Recognition Best International Artist- MAVV Museum of Wine, Portici Italy 2020 Special Artist Recognition Award, Art Non-Stop International Film Festival, Buenos Aires 2019 Pollock Prize for Creativity. Pollock Krasner Foundation, NY NY 2015 Best Foreign Artist. Bluduemila Association Sport & Arte, Naples Italy 2010 Award Grant. 2010/2011 Pollock Krasner Foundation, NY NY Artistic Merit Award. Art 1307 Naples Italy Abstract Showcase Award. 3rd round Artslant International Abstract Showcase Award. 4th round Artslant International 2007 Curators Choice Award. Spectrum, Micro Museum, NY NY Select Solo Exhibitions: 2024 Belmont University, Fisher Center for the Arts, Hope Abounds, Nashville TN 2023 Longnecker Gallery, Track and Soul, Houston TX Sight Galerie, Todd Williamson, Frankfurt Germany Stadtisches Museum Deggendorf, Licht Farbe Form (light color form), Deggendorf Germany The Queens Gallery, The Power of Passion, Emmendingen Germany Emillions Gallery, A Case of Wine, Naples FL 2022 Bege Gallery, Abstract Realities, Ulm Germany The Queens Gallery, Zurich Switzerland Kunstforum Schloss Castle Hohenstein, Germany Imago Gallery, The Deeper the Blue, Palm Desert, CA w/ Joe Davidson, Christina Craemer 2021 Georges Berges Gallery, The Only Way Out is Through, NY NY Laurel Hills Art Salon, The Sun is the Same LA CA w Raymond Pettibone, Shane Guffogg, J Davidson, C Craemer ArtEmerge Gallery, Unbroken: Cross Currents & Contemporary Time LA CA w Justin Garcia 2020 Wonzimer Gallery, The Edge of Order, Deterministic Chaos, LA CA w Christina Craemer George Berges Gallery NY Stillness NY NY BEGE Gallery, Art Karlsruhe Special 1 person exhibition Karlsruhe Germany 2019 58th Venice Biennale, Processional (MAK Center) Venice Italy *official exhibition presented by the Pollock Krasner Foundation, curator Priscilla Fraser, music Greg Walter UNCSA MAC Museum Art & Cars, California Dreamin’ an uncertain paradise, Singen Germany Bege Gallery, Inside the Lines, Ulm Germany Art Gallery Wiesbaden Lines Wiesbaden Germany w/ Laddie John Dill 2018 SOHO House LA, Slow Burn, LA CA Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Frequency of Color, Houston TX 2017 Art Gallery Wiesbaden, Sound & Color, Wiesbaden Germany Galerie Stenzel, The Sound of Painting, Munich Germany 2016 2316 Santa Monica, Salon, a Gathering of People, Santa Monica CA ArtEmerge.Org, The Disillusionment of Truth, LA CA Nicole Longnecker Gallery, The Darker the Blue, Houston TX 2015 Pio Monte della Misericordia, Contemporary Response to Caravaggio, Naples Italy Art 1307-Villa di Donato, Polifonia di un paesaggio, Naples Italy Premium Modern Art, Sounds of Light, Stuttgart Germany Rymer Gallery, No Rhyme or Reason, Nashville TN Fellini Gallery, Todd Williamson, Berlin Germany 2014 Nashville International Airport, The Destination-public art installation, Nashville TN Kevin Barry Fine Art, Laddie John Dill & Todd Williamson, Santa Monica CA Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Inside the Lines, Houston TX 2013 George Billis Gallery, Un-Polarized Light, LA CA Wade Wilson Art, Illusion of the Precise, 3 person show w/Robert Ryman & Mark Williams, Houston TX 2012 P.A.N. Museum, Todd Williamson a PAN!, Naples Italy 2011 George Billis Gallery, Thoughts from a Mind Like Mine, LA CA Installation West Hollywood, A Convergence of Souls, West Hollywood CA Barbara Davis Gallery, 2 Solo Exhibitions, 2 person show w Joe Davidson, Houston TX 2009 George Billis Gallery, Todd Williamson, NY NY Belmont University, Blurring the Lines, collaboration w/ composer Greg Walter UNCSA, Nashville TN Ippodo Gallery, Todd Williamson, Tokyo Japan 2008 Japanese Cultural Art Association, Trauma di Luce, Milan Italy LA Contemporary, Beyond the Line, LA CA Irvine Fine Arts Center, Todd Williamson, Irvine, CA Villa di Donato, Orizzonti, Naples Italy 2006 Gallery Gora, Todd Williamson, Montreal Canada O'Melveny Gallery, Db MINOR, LA CA 2002 Les Migreteurs, An American in Paris, Paris France Select Group Exhibitions: 2024 Sight Galerie, Artist Positions 23, Frankfurt Germany 2023 Georges Berges Gallery, Urban Summer, NY NY Georges Berges Gallery, Bridging the Abstract w Helen Frankenthaler, Elaine de Kooning, NY NY Emillions Gallery, Masters in Naples w Van Dyke, Pollock, Warhol, Naples FL Galerium Art, Colorium, online Art Revolution Taipei-,Taipei World Trade Center, The Parallel Worlds, Taipei Taiwan *award finalist 2022 Four Generations of Abstract Artists, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale CA w/Peter Alexander, Lita Albuquerque, Laddie John Dill, Billy Al Bangston 2021 Herculaneum Museum, Royal Palace Portici, INSPIRATIONAL: Influence of A Place, Portici, Italy w Laddie John Dill, Shane Guffogg, Justin Garcia, Miquel Osuna, Kelly Berg MAVV Museum of Art & Wine, Wine Art Contest, Portici Italy Susquehanna Art Museum, Circle of Truth- w Ed Ruscha, Shand Guffogg, Billy Al Bengston, Harrisburg PA 2020 MFA Circle Gallery, Strokes of Genius 2020, Annapolis MA Cica Museum, Color, Gimpo South Korea Museo Villa Seiz, 3 Artists, Gmünd Germany 2019 Art Karlsruhe, Special exhibition to HP Haas (master printer), Karlsruhe Germany Lancaster Museum of Art, Circle of Truth (traveling exhibition), Lancaster CA Nicole Longnecker Gallery, November Group, Houston TX 2018 New Museum Los Gatos, Circle of Truth, (traveling exhibition), Los Gatos CA Echterdingen Civic Hall, 66 Prints by 66 Artists in 66 Years, HP Haas tribute, Stuttgart, Germany 2017 Ex-Lucchese Factory, Re-Creazioni, cur. Marco di Mauro, Prato Italy Village West Gallery, The Four Seasons (Autumn), Jersey City NJ 2016 ARTPRIZE, Painting in Place, Grand Rapids MI 2015 Curators Voice Art Projects, Premium cur. Dr. Milagros Bello, Miami FL Ivy Brown Gallery, Restless Edge, NY NY Art Hub, Italian Soul *guest artist, Abu Dhabi UAE 2013 Art Cube, Enchanted Afterlife, Laguna CA Fuxin Gallery, Transitive’s, Miami FL See. Me Gallery, The Story of the Creative, Long Island City NY Pi II Gallery, Sweet Darkness w/cellist Helen Money, LA CA 2012 Guitartown Sunset Strip, British Invasion, West Hollywood CA Rottet Studios, the art swagger, LA CA Fellini Gallery, Angelenos 3 person show w/ Ed Moses & Laddie John Dill, Berlin Germany Wade Wilson Art, Gallery Artists, Santa Fe NM S Cube Gallery, On the Edge, Statements in B&W, Laguna CA 2011 Villa Bruno, Sulle trace di Luca Giordano, cur Marco di Mauro, San Giorgio Italy Barbara Davis Gallery, Plentitude, Houston TX Visual Arts Center NJ, 25th Silver Anniversary Exhibition, cur Joan Young, Summit, New Jersey 2010 Barbara Davis Gallery, Elevated (w/Ed Ruscha, Chuck Close, Jenny Holzer) LA CA Villa di Donato, The White Age (3 person show w Joe Davidson & Steve Burtch), Milan/Naples Italy 2009 Fellini Gallery, Visionaire w Ed Moses, Shanghai China MOCA Museum, Fresh Action, LA CA Art 1307, Proposte per una Collezione, Naples Italy 2008 MAUI Museum, Biennale delle Arti dell'Unita' d'Italia, Caserta Italy Zimmer Children’s Museum, The Art of Vision, LA CA High Energy Constructs, Chain Letter curated by Doug Harvey, LA CA 2007 Songzhuang Art Festival, American Contemporary Art Exhibition, curator Holly Wang, Beijing China Micro Museum, Spectrum *curators choice award, NY NY 2006 Klapper Gallery, Leaving The Known, LA CA Andrew Shire Gallery, LA CA 2003 O’Melveny Gallery, Launch Pad, LA CA Residencies: 2015 Art 1307 Cultural Institution “Polifonia in Naples” w composer Greg Walter, Naples Italy 2012 Art 1307 Cultural Institution “Nuove Opere Napoltane”, Naples Italy 2011 Fellini Gallery Residency, Berlin Germany 2007 Scuola Internazionale di grafica, Visiting Artist, Venice Italy 2006 Louise Bourgeois, Artist Salon: Invited Artist, NYC NY American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, Rome Italy 2005 Skopelos Foundation , Visiting Artist, Skopelos Greece Affiliations: Royal Society of St. George California, Honorary Member LABA (Los Angeles Beverly Arts) co-chairman, Beverly Hills CA Arts & Cultural Affairs Commission, West Hollywood CA appt 2011 Urban Arts Arts sub-committee West Hollywood CA appt. 2018 FAM (Foundation Aids Monument) Los Angeles CA, Board of Directors, Design Committee, 2013-2019 Museum Artists Council Board of Directors, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs CA 2018-2019 Art 1307 Cultural Association, Chief Executive Officer, Naples Italy/Los Angeles CA 2019-present Select Public & Corporate Collections: Full list upon request MAC Museum Art & Cars Singen Germany * American Consulate Naples Italy * Idoneus Luxury Assets Worldwide * Merage Foundation Newport Beach CA * Pertiti Family Foundation Las Vegas NV * Dr Leif Rogers, LA CA * Beverly Hills Medical Practice, LA CA * Pio Monte della Misericordia Association Naples Italy * Santa Maria della Pieta Venice Italy *MAUI Museum Teano (Caserta) Italy * CAM Contemporary Art Museum Casoria Napoli Italy * Buehler Foundation, LA CA * Equity Office Property- Los Angeles CA * California Bar Association, Los Angeles CA * Sun America Building, public lobby, Century City CA * Warner Center, Encino CA * VOCE Wireless-Los Angeles CA * Leadwell Corporation- Lake Forrest CA * Beverly Hills Medical Practice-Beverly Hills * Illy Corporation - NYC NY * ZAZA Energy LLC, Houston TX * The Aria Hotel, Salon Priv’e Las Vegas NV * The Ritz Carlton Los Angeles CQ * Oaktree Capital - Brentwood CA * Sun America Building Century City CA * Orb Audio Corporation, Los Angeles CA Select Private Collections: Full list upon request HRH Prince Naef bin Ahmed Al -London Englan. * Mark Walhburg- Beverly Hills CA. * Phil Jackson (Lakers)- LA CA. *Vince Neal (Motley Crue)-Beverly Hills CA * Matt Stone- NYC * Alex Frantz/ Darryn Gumm-LA CA * Karen Fang - NYC NY * Jill Steinberg - NYC NY * Anne Corey - NYC NY * David Lefkowitz-LA CA * Sandy Gallin, Malibu CA* Paul & Lilly Merage - Newport Coast CA * Thomas & Esther Wachtell – Ojai CA * Hans & Vivian Buehler - Beverly Hills CA * Richard & Annalisse Bren - New York, NY. * Sarah Wynter & Dan Perez- NY NY. * Julie Choi & Claudio Cornali- Jackson Hole WY/SF/NYC. * Chris & Samantha Robichaud - LA CA * Paul & Michelle Janavs Collection -Newport Coast * Dr Robert & Julie Koblin -Beverly Hills CA * Rudolf & Karin Troller - Olten Switzerland * Peter Loram & Glenda Smith- London England * Rebecca Messina- Paris France * Deana & Tyler Freres( Seattle)- Cambrai France * Elisabeth Fox-Paris France * Guy LaFreniere-Perotti/Adriano Perotti-Paris France * Stephen Reissman – Beverly Hills CA * Diane & Dr. Desmond Levin Newport Beach CA * Roy & Linda Essakow Beverly Hills CA * Tom Gay – Dallas TX * Beverly Phillips-Los Angeles CA * Patsy & Chris Clouser-Wayzata MN * Dr Jennifer Chi & Jason Glenn NYC, NY * Adele Binder- Los Angeles CA * Marco Del Gaiso - Naples IT * Vincenzo Spagnuolo Vigorita -Naples IT * Laura Vosa - Naples IT * Paolo Tesauro - Naples IT * Patrizia de Mennato - Naples IT * Cynthia & Renato Penna - Naples IT * Jeff & Candy Marinelli LA CA * Ben & Tracy Samek -LA CA * Patrizia & Francesco Masoni -London England * Steve Ellman – Phoenix AZ * Pam & Joe Kanifer, NY NY * Laura & JB Beaner Boynton Beach FL * John Greer-San Diego CA * Sergio Caramazza –Milan Italy * Leslie Dry –Los Angeles CA * Andreas Elsenhans/Sam Branco Century City CA * Homok Lee-LA CA * Laura Freudenberger-Houston TX * Michael Atzert- Houson TX * Erich Cossutta-Belgrade Serbia. *Steven & Ivy Gollub NY NY * David Duncan-Manchester England. * Blaise Carroz –UAE * Scott Boxenbaum-LA CA * Mark Friebel –Palo Alto CA * Takahashi LA CA Chuck & Sharon Hallberg Naples FL *Ryan Jackson LA CA * Nancy & Joe Masterson-Naples FL Select Bibliography: w hyperlinks General catalog: “Pio Monte della Misericordia, il patrimonio storico e artistico” Arte’M Publisher, printed in Italy December 2020 58th Venice Biennale, May You Live in Interesting Times, “Processional, An installation by Todd Williamson, pg 283, 2019 MAC Museum exhibition catalog: California Abstract, forward by Ted Bauer, Premium Modern Art publisher, 2019 Todd Williamson (monograph), Forward by Cynthia Penna (Art 1307), Essay by Dr Jennifer Chi, Lettras publisher, 2009 Ri-creazioni exhibition catalog, forward by Marco di Mauro,Essay by Ark Light publisher, pg 62-69, 2017 Zimmer Children’s Museum, Show & Tell, the art of vision, Jewish Federation publisher, pg 116-117, 2008 Sulle trace di Luca Giordano exhibition catalog, forward Vincenzo Pacelli, essay Marco di Mauro, Alfa Tipografia publisher 2010 Todd Williamson (monograph), forward by Peter Frank, essay Jennifer Chi, Lettra Publishing, 2007 The Circle of Truth exhibition catalog, forward Randy Hipke, Pharmaka Press Publishing, pg 100-102, 2019 POLLOCK PRIZE FOR CREATIVITY: 2019 / 2020 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 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: https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/7752-georges-berges-gallery-opens-highly-anticipated-fall-season-with- Artnet: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-september-14-2021-2003576 Unbroken: Cross Currents and Contemporary Time @ ArtEmerge LA CA 4/01-10/31/2021 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 The Edge of Order' Deterministic Chaos @ Wonzimer Gallery. 2020 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 Architect and Photographer Christina Craemer Collaborate for “The Edge of Order” 11/11/20 58TH VENICE BIENNALE: 2019 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 Crucifixes 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 MAC Museum: 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: 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 Other Press: La Repubblica: "Todd Williamson Between Music & Painting" by Mario Nicola Franco http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/landsberg/Wenn-Musik-im-Bild-ist-id41411891.html May 2016 http://articentric.com/meet-artist-todd-williamson/ http://news.belmont.edu/alumnus-organizes-los-angeles-art-exhibit-on-hate-violence/ La Repubblica Newspaper "Todd Williamson Between Music and Painting" Nov 2015 Napoli Village: Art1307 presenta: ToddWilliamson “Polifonia di un Paesaggio” Nov 2015 QD Napoli: Todd Williamson @ the Museo Pio Monte della Misericordia "Todd Williamson at the Museo Pio Monte della Miseracordia" MimAb Art & Culture Naples Italy Nov 2015 "Caravaggio and ToddWilliamson , past and present, in the museo Pio Monte della Misericordia in Naples Nov 2015 "Mercy" by California painter Todd Williamson @ Pio Monte della Misericordia Diario Partenopeo Nov 2015 Art1307 presenta: Todd Williamson “Polifonia di un Paesaggio” Napoli Napoli Village Nov 2015 Art-to-Art Palette Journal "Art Disciplines Join As One" Nov 2015 The Pickwick: "Polyphony of a Landscape" How Close can Painting and Music Touch? by Roberta Andolfo Nov 2015. Racna Magazine "Todd Williamson, Polyphony of a Landscape" in Villa di Donato, Painting and Listening". Nov 2015 http://www.rivistasegno.eu/todd-williamson-mercy-a-pio-monte-di-napoli/ Nov 2015 http://www.diariopartenopeo.it/mercy-del-pittore-californiano-todd-williamson-al-pio-monte-della-misericordia/ Nov 2015 Nashville Arts Magazine “Painting for a Song” Mar 2015 .huffingtonpost.com Pax da deux Nov 10 2014 West Hollywood Magazine “The Perfect Line” pg. 94-95 Premiere Issue Fall 2014 http://issuu.com/wh-mag/docs/wh-mag-issuu2 2014 Art to Art Palette "The Light from Within" May 2013 FLASH ART “Sulle trace di Luca Giordano” 2011 GuitarPlayer “Guitartown on the Sunset Strip” pg 27 Holiday 2012 Grimey Gatsby The Grimey Gatsby "Todd Williamson" Nov 2012 Il Denaro “Williamson:Napoli e la Luce” April 21 2012 All Italian Reviews: Todd Williamson 2012 Il Denaro Newspaper Full immersion con L’artista Americano April 2012 Il Mattino L’ommaggio di Todd Williamson April 2012 Il Mattino “A Napoli ho sperimentato il caos mescolato con la luce” April 2012 Exibart Todd Williamson in conferenza al PAN Museum April 2012 ArttoArtPaletteJournal.com “An Artist of Many Dimensions” August 2011 PalettePaperBoy. Live Journal.com “Revelations of Todd Williamson” June 28, 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 EquipeCo (Italy) “The White Age” Nov/Dec 2010 Il Denaro Newspaper “Pittori nel casino da caccia” Dec 2010 Kritiki “Todd Williamson” Dec 2010 Not Apartheid – CAM Museum Magazine “The Anima Mundi” #5 July/Sept ‘09 Art and Living Magazine Artists to Watch in 2009 Winter ‘09 DavidMixner.com Todd Williamson Sweeps into Nashville Jan 16, 2009 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 ‘204 Robb Report "A Perfect 10" April 2004 "Launch Pad 50 Emerging Artist in America" July 2003 Los Angeles Magazine Nov 2003 "The Art Show" NBC 2003 Elle Decoration (Europe) Jan 2003 LA Art Seen Artist Catalog 2000 |
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