Robert Emerson Williams III received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Kent State.
His body of work ranges from “Join a Movement” (1982)—an installation for which he created graphics and artifacts chronicling the rise of an imaginary fascist movement here in the United States—to a mixed media construction executed during an artists residency, working with an NYU neuroscientist exploring the nature of memory in 2017.
In addition he has spent extended periods drawing from the figure inspired by time spent traveling through Italy in the mid 1990’s, while thirty years in publishing here in New York City has helped to shape and refine his graphic and typographic skills.
Currently Robert maintains a studio in the historic Carpet Mills Arts District in Yonkers, New York where he is developing a project called “The New Adventures of Spatchcock Jones.” It is one part political allegory, one part exploration of the history of cartooning, and provides him with a platform to observe and analyze our present social and political landscape.
His skills and interests may appear to be diverse but they share a common epistemological root. How do we know anything and by extension, how do we know what is true.
Fellowships
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship --in the area of Mixed Media for a series a series of paintings and sculptures Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship --In the area of media, for a series of audio collage works
Art Exhibitions
2017 Residency and Exhibition --Ligo Project the Art of Science—New York, New York
2015 Snap Shots, the Camera Phone as Journal -- Café Buunni—New York, New York
2012 Artist in Residence --Artist Image Resource—Pittsburgh, Pa
2009 Filthy Lucre: What is Art Without Money? --Gallery Aferro—Newark, New Jersey
2008 Consent --City University of New York/The Leslie Lohman Gallery 2004 Uptown Art Stroll --New York, New York 2003 Fact and Fiction --Niagara—New York, New York
2002 Small Works Show --Creative Center—New York, New York
2000 New Images—from the Million Heads Projects --Bleu Evolution—New York, New York
1999 Group Exhibit --Musée des Beaux-Arts— Mons, Belgium
1998 From the Million Head Project... --Artist Image Resource—Pittsburgh,Pa
Night of 1,000 Drawings --Artists Space, New York City Small Works --Gallery 138, Kent, Ohio
1997 Group Exhibit --International School of Art—Loulé, Portugal
1995 Use Less Information --Galleria La Bacheca—Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Genderplex --Puffin Foundation—New York City
1994 Sardegna Open Space/ an exhibition, installation & symposium --Curated by Time+art at Galleria La Bacheca—Cagliari, Sardinia ,Italy
OIA Copy Art Show --Organization of Independent Artists—New York City
Computer Mediated Imagery --Presidents Gallery Northern State University—South Dakota Racisms --Community Gallery—Jersey City, New Jersey
1993 New and Improved --10 on 8 Windows, New York City
Packaged Goods --Good Citizens Product System—Jersey City, New Jersey Mom and Dad --Progressive Culture Works—Jersey City, New Jersey
1992 Catholicism --Progressive Culture Works—Jersey City New Jersey Cannibalism --Progressive Culture Works—Jersey City New Jersey Third Annual Cathedral Arts Festival --Jersey City New Jersey. Diverse City --City Without Walls Gallery—Newark, New Jersey Representations --Metropolis—Cleveland, Ohio