Marie Williams, a contemporary visual artist, holds a MFA from the University of Houston in sculpture, a BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder in photography and sculpture, and a BA in Art History focusing on museum practices.
As a Colorado native, Williams grew up in a small town about an hour away from base of Rocky Mountains. As the years passed, she began her practice through studying the growth of this town. As urban buildings crept towards the heavily tree populated mountains, a new region emerged, the Urban/Rural territory. These spaces were a beautiful mixture of camouflaged buildings hidden by densely populated pine and aspen trees. Through the examination of this process, Williams noticed the dynamic relationships between beings; man versus man, people versus nature, person versus self. Her work explores these relationships through materials and mediums such as found objects, metals, woods, textiles, photo processing, and ceramics.
Her work has been shown in multiple shows such as The Taste of Art at The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder Colorado, Murmuration of Lights at the PhotoNOLA in New Orleans Louisiana, the Art Walk in Houston Texas and most recently as a Chaplin Contributor in the Tove & Melton & Lisa & Garth & Charles &c. at the Jonathan Hopson gallery in Houston, Texas.
In addition to her work, Williams has taught at various locations and currently is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Houston. She makes her home on a small farm in Colorado with her husband.
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Art Valet: https://artvalet.com/annex-energy-at-site-gallery-houston/
Blaffer Art Museum: “MFA candidate Marie Williams’ work utilizes materials to express concepts relating to interpersonal relationships. Material acknowledges that interactions based on outward physical features are socially constructed, yet these interactions inform how one exists in the world, expressing Williams’ interest in the formation of relationships and the body.”