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Elzie Williams III
American, b. 1993, Lives, works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2022
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Columbia University, New York, NY
2015
Bachelor of Arts, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
2011
Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Politics As Usual (solo)
M 2 3, New York
Transcending the Ideal: Reimagining Femininity and its Relationship to Power, curated by Virginia Ingram
Svetlana Bailey, NARCISSISTER, Ryan Trecartin, Elzie WIlliams III, Qinru Zhang, Annie Chen Ziyao
SVA MA Curatorial Practice Thesis Exhibition
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
True Alchemy
Daniel Boccato, Helia Chitsazan, Genevieve Goffman, Kat Lowish, Asif Mian, Johanna Mirabel,
Gabriela Rassi, Emma Schwartz, Nicholas Sullivan, Augustina Wang, Elzie Williams III
Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
MZ.25 (My Condolences), an exhibition by Monsieur Zohore
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Zoe Argires, Zac Bahaj, Isabel Baptista, Cara Benedetto, Benjamin Bertocci, Thomas Blair,
Daniel Boccato, John Brooks, LaKela Brown, Tyler Christopher Brown, Nick Buffon, Mars Bugatti, Juliana Bustillo, Micaela Carolan, Zoë Charlton, Caitlin Cherry, Michael Childress, Sedrick Chisom, Margaret Clisham, Kevin Cobb, Joshua Coyne, Taína Cruz, Richie Culver, David Kennedy Cutler, David Daigle, Abigail Deville, Elliot Doughtie,
Zsa Zsa Douglas, Cameron Patricia Downey, Angela Dufresne, Matthew Tully Dugan, Corey Durbin, Nicholas Farhi, Alannah Farrell, Bianca Fields, Carolyn Forrester, Aaron Fowler, Alex Gibson, Erin Goldberge, Samantha Joy Groff,
Finn Hanson, Mark Harris, Jeanette Hayes, Taha Heydari, Phaan Howng, Peishan Huang, Lynn Hunter, Misha Ilyin, Sam Jablon, Devin Kenny, Isabel Eatherly Legate, Rachel Libeskind, Asher Liftin, Anders Lindseth, Nandi Loaf, Suzanne Mcclelland, Jo Messer, Sam Messer, Ian Miyamura, Cole Mohr, Catherine Mulligan, Nicole Nadeau,
Kayode Ojo, Louis Osmosis, Mariana Parisca, Ada Pinkston, Rodrigo Carazas Portal, Umar Rashid, Fawn Rogers, LaRissa Rogers, Andrew Ross, Loup Sarion, Emily Schubert, Bailey Scieszka, Marianna Simnett, Laurie Simmons,
Joe Speier, Odessa Straub, RJ Supa, David Donald Sutherland, Max Tassev, Noelia Towers, Chloe Trigano, Josh Vasquez, Luis Vásquez La Roche, Mark Verabioff, Valeria Tizol Vivas, Claude Wampler, Leslie Weissman, Elzie Williams III, Sandy Williams IV, Malte Zenses, Ji Zhang, Monsieur Zohore
M + B, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Arrangements In Black
Esteban Whiteside, Dominique Duroseau, Elzie Williams III, Natia Lemay, Ryan Cosbert, Christina Nicola,
Estelle Maisonett, Monica Ikegwu, Adrienne Tarver, Kevin Claiborne, Drew Weech, Mario Moore,
Emmanuel Massillon, Patrick Alston, Ambrose Rhapsody Murray, Josie Love Roebuck, Wynnie Mynerva,
Lindsey Brittain Collins, LaToya Hobbs, Telvin Wallace, Kim Dacres
Phillips New York, New York, NY
OTHERWISE, curated by Carlota Ortiz Monasterio, Ho Won Kim, Victoria Horrocks
58 Columbia MFA artists and 7 faculty members
Half Gallery, New York, NY
SUPERMOON
Adam Alessi, Jean-Marie Appriou, Sebastian Black, Elana Bowsher, Sedrick Chisom, Matt Copson,
Emmanuel Louisnord Desir, Jane Dickson, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel, Louis Eisner, Ryan Foerster, Aki Goto, Elizabeth Jaeger, Marcus Jahmal, Quincy Langford, JP Munro, Marina Pinsky, Loïc Raguénès, Daisy Sheff, Noah Towne, Blair Whiteford, Elzie Williams III, Robert Zehnder, Miranda Fengyuan Zhang
Clearing, Los Angeles, CA
One hundred eighty-six billions steps to the sun
Adam Alessi, Laís Amaral, Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, Sebastian Black,
Elana Bowsher, Sedrick Chisom, Emmanuel Louisnord Desir, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel, Jane Dickson,
Louis Eisner, Sharif Farrag, Ryan Foerster, Aki Goto, Elizabeth Jaeger, Marcus Jahmal, Zak Kitnick, Quincy Langford, JP Munro, Marina Pinsky, Loïc Raguénès, Diane Severin Nguyen, Daisy Sheff, Noah Towne, Blair Whiteford,
Elzie Williams III, Robert Zehnder, Miranda Fengyuan Zhang
Clearing, Brooklyn, NY
Noumena, Columbia University Annual Summer Show
curated by Sally Eaves Hughes, Emmanuel Olunkwa, Caroline Maxwell
1285 2nd Ave, New York, NY
Columbia University Thesis Exhibition, curated by Elisabeth Sherman
Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Skylight Gardens group exhibition, curated by Cal Siegel
Prentis Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY
2021
Epoonymous
Bat-Ami Rivlin, Dominic Palarchio, Elzie Williams III
M 2 3, New York, NY
Lyn Lui, Elzie Williams III (viewing room)
Francios Ghebaly, New York, NY
The (Better Late Than Never) Summer Show
curated by Junni Chen, Owen Duffy; 42 artists from Columbia MFA Visual Art and Sound Programs
Chashama, New York
Columbia University First Year Exhibition
Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
I Thought It Was A Drought
curated by Tomas Vu; Ivana Carman, Kevin Claiborne, Alejandro Contreras, Linnea Gad,
Bicheng Liang, Farah Mohammad, Ava Ravich, Shuai Yang, Yuri Yuan, Elzie Williams III
164 Ashburton Avenue, Yonkers, NY
2020
Materialist
curated by Alexandra Silverthorne; Leslie Holt, George Lorio, Elzie Williams III
Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
2019
Rush Hour
Joseph J. Kim, Elzie Williams III
208 Bowery, New York, NY
2016
No Headaches
321 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
2015
SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
31 3rd Avenue, New York, NY
Everything Must Go!
Stephen Gurtowski, Elzie Williams
41 Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Who Could Say
Stephen Gurtowski, Elzie Williams
41 Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS
2020-2021
Lenfest Fellowship, Columbia University, NY
Solomon B. Hayden Fellowship, Columbia University, NY
2018
BOPA Lots Alive Public Sculpture Art Grant, Baltimore, MD
2015
Tam Prize for Excellence in Fine Art, Cooper Union, NY
Ismar David Scholarship, Cooper Union, NY
2011
National Young Art’s Foundation Award, Miami, FL