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Brittney Leeanne Williams

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

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025
The Armory Show, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
2024
"The Form in Which the Spirit Dresses," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"Huddle," Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
"I’m There Where the Angel Is Missing," Newchild, Antwerp, Belgium
"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
"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

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

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