Brittney Leeanne Williams

This image depicts an artwork by Brittney Leeanne Williams titled "Open Eye." This artwork was created in 2026 and measures 16" x 12" [HxW] (40.64 x 30.48 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas.

Selected Works

Exhibitions

Biography

Selected Works

This image depicts an artwork by Brittney Leeanne Williams titled "Open Eye." This artwork was created in 2026 and measures 16" x 12" [HxW] (40.64 x 30.48 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas.
Brittney Leeanne Williams
“Open Eye,” 2026
This image depicts an artwork by Brittney Leeanne Williams titled "Eye Ascends the Mountain 2." This artwork was created in 2026 and measures 16" x 12" [HxW] (40.64 x 30.48 cm) 18 ³⁄₄" x 14 ⁷⁄₈" x 1 ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (47.62 x 37.78 x 4.44 cm) framed. Its medium is Gouache, acrylic, watercolor on paper.
Brittney Leeanne Williams
“Eye Ascends the Mountain 2,” 2026
This image depicts an artwork by Brittney Leeanne Williams titled "Fixed Eye 2." This artwork was created in 2026 and measures 30" x 30" [HxW] (76.2 x 76.2 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas.
Brittney Leeanne Williams
“Fixed Eye 2,” 2026
This image depicts an artwork by Brittney Leeanne Williams titled "Eye on the Moon." This artwork was created in 2026 and measures 12" x 12" [HxW] (30.48 x 30.48 cm) 14 ³⁄₄" x 14 ³⁄₄" x 1 ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (37.46 x 37.46 x 4.44 cm) framed. Its medium is Gouache, acrylic, watercolor on paper.
Brittney Leeanne Williams
“Eye on the Moon,” 2026
This image depicts an artwork by Brittney Leeanne Williams titled "Eye Ascends the Mountain 1." This artwork was created in 2026 and measures 10 ¹⁄₂" x 7 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (26.67 x 19.05 cm) 13 ¹⁄₈" x 10 ¹⁄₄" x 1 ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (33.33 x 26.03 x 4.44 cm) framed. Its medium is Gouache, acrylic, watercolor on paper.
Brittney Leeanne Williams
“Eye Ascends the Mountain 1,” 2026

Exhibitions

1990
Born in Pasadena, CA
2008
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
"Spotlight: Brittney Leeanne Williams," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2025
The Armory Show, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
2024
"The Form in Which the Spirit Dresses," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"Brittney Leeanne Williams: Huddle," Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
"Brittney Leeanne Williams: I’m There Where the Angel Is Missing," Newchild, Antwerp, Belgium
"Brittney Leeanne Williams: Name This Mountain Interruption," Carl Kostyál, Stora Sundby, Sweden
2021
"The Body Knows Its Door," The Hole, New York, NY
"How Far Between and Back," Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
"Brittney Leeanne Williams: The Arch Is a Portal Is a Belly Is a Back," Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
2020
"This Bitter Earth," Mamoth, London, UK
2019
"To Tarry in Prayer/To Terri in Prayer," Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Fair and Group Exhibitions

2026
"Unmade," Newchild, Antwerp, Belgium (forthcoming)
2025
"History or Premonition," Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
"For Pete's Sake 2.0," Market Art Fair, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden
"When Mountains Dance with the Ocean," Bode, Cape Town, South Africa
2024
"Grace Under Fire," Curated by Kyle DeWoody, Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow, The Shepherd, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
"Arcus," Rachel Uffner, New York, NY
"Monomythology," The Hole, New York, NY
"Space Race," Curated by Dexter Wimberly, Lehmann Maupin, London, UK
2022
"Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art," Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
"Through a Glass, Darkly," Carl Kostyál, London, UK
"Gardens of Ten Seasons," Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
"Shivering Trees, Curling Flames," Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
"The Natural World: Part II," Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
"FuturePresent: Acquisition Highlights from the Permanent Collection," Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC
"Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art," The Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco, CA
"Abigail Lucien and Brittney Leeanne Williams," Deli Gallery, New York, NY
Kathmandu Triennale, Kathmandu, Nepal
FOG Design+Art, Alexander Berggruen
2021
"Black is Beautiful: Recent Gifts from Black Art in America and Najee & Seteria Dorsey," Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
"Universes 4," Galerie Droste, Paris, France
"Sweet Jane in Fields of Daisies," Phillips (online)
"Stockholm Sessions," Carl Kostyál Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
"Otherwise/Revival," Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Don't Call Me Muse," Collaborations, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
"Ma was Heavy," Newchild, Antwerp, Belgium
"This Sacred Vessel (Pt 3.)," Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Enter Art Fair, The Hole, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Sit Still," Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY
"We Begin with Noticing," Deli Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Garden of Six Seasons," Para Site Gallery, Hong Kong
"Second Smile," The Hole, New York, NY
"No Time Like the Present," PUBLIC Gallery, London, UK
"Quarters: Anne Buckwalter, Dustin Hodges, JJ Manford, Brittney Leeanne Williams," Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
"Blackstract," TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Circle Within a Square," (Two Person), LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
"A Tale of Today," Driehaus Museum and EXPO Chicago, Chicago IL
"The Barn Show," Johannes Vogt, New York, NY/East Hampton, NY
"Show Me Yours," Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
"Fresh Fruit," Curated by Benjamin Tischer, Situations Gallery, New York, NY
"Give Me Body!," MoCADA, Brooklyn, NY
2018
"UNTITLED," Art Miami, Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO CHicago, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago, IL
"The Annual," Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
"Cosmic Traffic Jam," Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
"Not An Inert Box," Triumph, Curated by Danny Floyd, Chicago, IL
“UNTITLED,” Art Miami, Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO Chicago, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago, IL
“The Annual,” Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
“Cosmic Traffic Jam,” Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
“Not an Inert Box,” Curated by Danny Floyd, Triumph, Chicago, IL
"Home/Lands," The Object Press, Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Noonlight," EFA Blackburn 20|20, New York, NY
2017
"Petty Biennial," Curated by La Kiesha Leek, Arts Incubator, Chicago, IL
"Art at the Margin," Hunter College Project Space, Hunter College, New York, NY
"Lil Swim," Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Here + Now," Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2016
"The Art of Blackness," Block 37, Chicago, IL
"Women We Love," Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
"Shared History: 150 SAIC Anniversary," South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL
"Abandoned Margins: Policing The Black Female Body," WomanMade, Chicago, IL
2015
"I Can;t Breathe," ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
"(N),either (N)or," Curatorial Lab, Chazen Museum, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2026
Hilma af Klint Center Artist-in-Residence, Adelsö, Sweden
2024
Joan Mitchell Center Artist-in-Residence, New Orleans, LA
2021
The Fores Project Residency, London, UK
2020
Luminarts Fellow
Coney Family Fund Award
2019
A Tale of Today Emerging Artist Fellow, Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
McColl Center for Art + Innovation Artist-in-Residence, Charlotte, NC
2018
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
2017-2018
Arts + Public Life Artist-in-Residence, Chicago, IL
The Center Program Residency, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2017
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2016-2017
HATCH Project Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

Public Collections

The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Domus Collection, New York City, NY / Beijing, China
Fundacion Medianoche0, Granada, Spain
HE Museum (HEM), Foshan, China
MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL
Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture, Charlotte, NC
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
X Museum, Beijing, China