Rosemary Williams

Born: Rochester, New York
Lives: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Rosemary Williams is a multimedia artist whose work frames the ambiguous or paradoxical realities of contemporary society through an exploration of the overlooked aspects of our everyday life. Her work includes video and audio works, sculptural installation, digital photography, and performance.

Rosemary’s work has been exhibited widely in venues in the U.S. and Europe. She was a Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellow in Visual Arts for 2007-8. Her work has been profiled in the New York Times Magazine, The Times of London, and National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation. Rosemary received her MFA in Combined Media from Hunter College, City University of New York, and is currently Associate Professor of Integrated Media in the Art Department at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Education

2005
  • MFA, Combined Media
    Hunter College CUNY, New York, New York
1994
  • BFA, Visual Art
    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010
  • Belongings
    The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Living June
    Art of This, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008
  • Consumed
    Palacky University Konvikt Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Hah-LOH
    Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin, Germany
  • Cosmic Engine
    The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
  • Economies of Scale
    Residential College Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2005
  • Bodega Booty
    Buzzer Thirty, New York, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
2009
2008
2007
  • Latitude
    Fieldgate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006
2005
  • Company Man
    Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2004
  • Space Invaders
    Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York
  • Suspension: Sonic Absorption
    Consolidated Works, Seattle, Washington
2003
  • This Dirty Old Toy Box
    Flux Core, Brooklyn, New York
2001

Selected Awards and Grants

2009
  • Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Travel and Study Grant
    Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2008
  • Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
    Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Electric Eye New Media Festival Commission
    The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship
    Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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