Todd Williams

“Think of a musical composition - its lines and notes express movement, color, contrast, space, texture and time.  Do you see it?  The works in this show are visual compositions that express all of the above and more.  It is all about seeing.  Listen carefully, can you see the music?”

 Todd Williams, a Savannah, Georgia native, was reared and educated in Harlem and Queens, New York.  His artistic vision was honed at New York’s School of Visual Arts, where he specialized in fine art.  His interpretations were large public art - mainly works of sculpture in metal until the early 1980’s.  Other works were formed from wood and glass.  His sculpture is installed in schools and other municipal buildings in New York and Mexico City.  He has represented the United States in two international art venues – Dakar, Senegal and Mexico City. 

 By the late 1980’s, Williams moved his work to a multi-disciplined, two-dimensional and mixed-media orientation, using wood, paper, technical inks and acrylic paints.  The scope of these works moved inside and onto the walls of collectors and corporations.

 His work has been displayed in group shows in Washington, DC, Singapore, New York City, and as a part of the American Academy of arts traveling exhibits, among many others.  He has had solo exhibits in Mexico and New York City, along with this being his second solo exhibition at Parish Gallery.

 Williams has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Brooklyn College, Columbia University, and Jamaica Arts Center, all of which are in New York.  His teaching and art therapy has included work with adults, children, and individuals with mental illness.  Todd Williams moved to Washington in 1998.