Born in 1978, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Lives and works in New York City.
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
This Means Something to My Horse, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin
Michael Williams and John Altoon, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
2011
Montgomery’s Tubercles, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
Straightforward As A Noodle, CANADA, New York
2010
Puzzle Paintings, LTD, Los Angeles
2009
Uncle Big, CANADA, New York
If God Could Draw (With Nick Lowe), The Green Gallery, Milwaukee
2008
Fried Paint, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Wood, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova
2007
Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007, CANADA, New York
SELCTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Copper Kettle, The Journal Gallery, ReMap3, Athens
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, New York
Dirt Don’t Hurt, Jolie Laide, Philadelphia
Dadarhea, CANADA, New York
One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
Canada, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris
Time Wounds All Heels, White Flag Projects, St. Louis
New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow
Facemaker, Royal/T, Los Angeles
2010
In Here, Out There, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York
With Walls, Museum 52, New York
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
Tuesday Afternoon In A Cage, LTD, Los Angeles
Dadarhea, OHWOW, Miami
Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, New York
Big Picture, Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York
Inside/Outside, Portugal Arte, Lisbon
Clean Break, Charlie Horse, Brooklyn
2009
Jr. & Son’s, Zach Feuer, New York
Nice Sizes, Good Prices!, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2008, Okay Mountain, Austin
2008
Peanut Gallery, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn. Curated by Joe Bradley
My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London
My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Castillo/Corrales, Paris
2007
Contact, MoMA, New York
From the Froth, Stairwell Gallery, Providence
Macronauts, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens
New Mutants, Canada, New York
Crystal Crunch, Perugi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova
Time Booth, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn
2006
Goose Steppin, ATM gallery, New York
Cosmic Satellites, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco
Searching for Love and Fire, David Castillo Modern and Contemporary, Miami
Ulrich Project Series: General Store, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita
Mr. Ravestic’s Mess Age, Sagamore Hotel, Miami
2005
Tedious Limbs, Deitch Projects, New York
Half Hour of Power, Cavalier Hotel, Miami
2004
Rowdy Remix, ATM Gallery, New York
Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin
The Skull Show, Hanna, Tokyo
Tedious Limbs, Flynn Farm, Los Angeles
Beat The Reaper!, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2003
You Are my Sunshine You Is My Sunshine, CANADA, New York
Barkley’s Barnyard Critters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
AWARDS/RESIDENCES
2009
The Danish Arts Council DIVA Residency, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
The Moore Space, Residency, Miami, FL
2006
VOOM LAB Video Production Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
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The New Yorker, June 13 & 20
Smith, Roberta, "Free-for-All Spirit Breezes Into a Vast Art Fair," The New York Times, March 4
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2010
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Colman, David, "L.E.S. Is More," W, September, p. 252 (illus.)
Sakuma, Yumiko, "New Movement," Casa Brutus, vol. 121, April 2010, p. 87 (illus.)
2009
Smith, Roberta, "Uncle Big", Art in Review, New York Times, November 6 (illus.)
Cotter, Holand, "Peanut Gallery", Art in Review, New York Times, January 30
2008
Paterson, Liberty. "Interview: Michael Williams", Kopenhagen.dk, December 15 (illus.)
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2007
The New Yorker, November 12
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2006
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Hopper, Jeannie. "A Conversation with Slow Jams Band", WPS1/MoMA Art Radio, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 10
2005
DeNike, Jen. Panel on "Performance & Ephemeral Art," WPS1/MOMA Art Radio, Art Basel Miami Beach, Simulcast on WVUM 90.5 FM Miami, December 3
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2004
Stillman, Nick. Critics Picks: "Rowdy Remix", Art Forum Online
2003
Schambelan, Elizabeth. Critics Picks: "You Are My Sunshine/You Is My Sunshine", Art Forum Online
2000
Silva, Eddie. "Closet Case", The Riverfront Times, March 14 (illus.)
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1998
Rockoff, Jonathan D., "Designs on Street Signs", The Providence Journal, July 14 (illus.)
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