Exhibition History - Thomas Parker Williams

BOOK ARTS Juried and Invitational Exhibitions

(UN)Framed Photograph - July/September, 2011, The Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
Pyramid Atlantic Member's Exhibition - April, 2011, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
Artist Book Cornucopia II - April/June, 2011, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Measure for Measure - February/April, 2011, Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY
Art In Boxes - December, 2010 - February, 2011, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pop Up Now - September/October, 2010, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Space and Sequence - September/October, 2010, Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex - May/June, 2010, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Artist Book Cornucopia - April/May 2010, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Salon für Kunstbuch. An Artwork as enterprise "The No-ISBN Project" March, 2010 - Neue Kunst Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Show and Bestow, The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist Books Free library of Philadelphia, Nov. 2009, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin Ohio, June 2010
Paper Works - October/December 2009, Art in City Hall Program, Philadelphia, PA
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Artist Book “Elegy for an Industrial America” Permanent collection - The Athenaeum of Philadelphia on view in the library September/November 2009
AG Artist Shop - Group Exhibition - Nov. 2008/Jan. 2009, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC
Bookstore - Group Exhibition - January/February 2006, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC
Book Market - expace Projects - June 2003, Knitting Factory / K.O.A.P. Gallery, NYC

BOOK ARTS - COLLECTIONS

University of Michigan Fine Arts Library
St. Lawrence University Owen D. Young Library, Canton, NY
Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, NY, NY
Temple University Special Collections Department, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
Lafayette College Special Collections, Easton, PA
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist Books Oberlin College Library, Oberlin Ohio

BOOK FAIRS

Pyramid Atlantic - 11/5-7/2010, Silver Spring, MD
Oak Knoll Fest XVI - 10/1-3/10, New Castle, DE
Rare Book and Manuscript Conference - 6/23/10, UARTS Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Center for the Book
Book, Paper Scissors - 12/5/2009, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Center for the Book
Hybrid Book Fair - June 5-6, 2009, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Book, Paper Scissors - 11/22/2008, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Center for the Book

EXHIBITIONS

Constructed Elements - March, 2009 - Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Garden - A Multi-part Installation - March/May, 2004 - Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Original Music Compositions and Mathematical Constructions - March/April, 2003 - Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings, Artist Books & Music - September 2002 - Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings Since 1991 - March 1994 - Venue Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gun Paintings - March/April 1993 - Sassafras International Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings from the Ruins Series - November 1992 - Germantown Academy Gallery, Ft. Washington, PA

JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)

Sea, Sky and Shore - victoryartsprojects - June/July 2010 - Newport's 545 Washington Blvd Lobby, Jersey City, NJ
Featuring paintings from the Constructed Elements Series
Storm - June 2010, Curated by Jill Wickenheisser, Submergedart Gallery, Newark, NJ
Featuring paintings from the Constructed Elements Series
69th Annual Juried Exhibition – March/June 2009, “Anne K. Allison Prize,” Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Art of the State, Pennsylvaina 2008 - June/September 2008, State Museum of Pennsylvaina, Harrisburg, PA
Victory Arts Projects - It's Only Natural - April/May 2008, 77 Hudson, Jersey City, NJ
68th Annual Juried Exhibition - January/March 2008, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Winner of the "Coverley-Smith Prize"
Victory Hall Annual - Painting 2006 - May 2006, Victory Hall Cultural Center, Jersey City, NJ
66th Annual Juried Exhibition - January/March 2006, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Design Philadelphia - Luminice Lighting Elements - April 2005 - Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia
2001 Awards Exhibition - October/November 2001, Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Abstraction for a New Millennium - Curated by Anne Ellegood (New Museum, NY) December 2000 / January 2001, Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Selected works consigned to Henry Boxer Gallery - London, England 1998,1999
Objective Painting - Curated by City Without Walls, August/November 1998 - Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark NJ
The Scratch and Sniff Show - November/December 1997, New School Academy of Fine Art Grand Rapids, MI
Kiss and Kill - Curated by Jane Harris, January/February 1997, MBM Gallery, 594 Broadway, NYC
Reality Check: Cultural Questions and Political Comments - January/February 1996 Curated by Lissa McClure, Sylvia White Gallery, 560 Broadway, NYC
Murder - Curated by John Yau, February/October 1995, Thread Waxing Space, NYC, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Centre Gallery, Miami
Entropic Zones: - Buildings and Structures of the Contemporary City - February/March 1995 Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ - Curated by Dr. James Dickinson
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works - June/July 1994/1995/1996/1997 New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley, PA,
24th Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum - Allentown, PA January/March 1994, Juror: Charlotta Kotik (Brooklyn Museum) - Artist Talk - February 9 & 10, 1994
Parlor of a Turn-of-the-Millennium Collector - December 1993, Venue Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Awards, Painting - September/October, 1992 Juror: Alice Yang (New Museum, NY) Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
50th Annual Awards, Painting - February/April 1991 Juror: Diane Waldman, (Guggenheim Museum, NY) Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Art Around the Edges II - Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, August 1991/January 1992

SOUND WORKS AND MUSIC

Wild Information - Wilderness Information Network, 2006 - Wild Information was composed and performed in my studio using acoustic percussion instruments that were digitally processed. This composition was part of the Wilderness Information Network May 2006 in New York State. More information at www.restlessculture.net.
Toe-Knee & the 7th House of Funk - Funk and the Abstract Truth - Commercial Independent CD Release - April 2006 Co-production, instrumental performance, recording and co-song writing for a neo-funk CD featuring the Singer/musician/songwriter "Toe-Knee" A.K.K. Emery G. Saunders Jr. More information at www.definity.us

PUBLICATIONS


Studio Visit Magazine - Fall 2008 - Open Studios Press, Needham, MA 02194

New American Paintings - Mid-Atlantic Edition, 1994 Open Studios Press, Needham, MA 02194

CATALOGS

Pop-Up Now 23 Sandy Galllery 2010
Inventive Structures, Books Beyond the Codex Creative Arts Workshop 2010
Artists' Book Cornucopia - Abecedarian Gallery, 2010
Show and Bestow - The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist Books
- Oberlin College Library, 2010
Murder - Smart Art Press, 1995
Entropic Zones: Buildings and Structures of the Contemporary City - Rider University, 1995

REVIEWS

Singer, Stephanie Frank - Symbols strokes and sounds: Thomas Parker Williams - Philadelphia Music Makers, Spring 2004
Harrison, Helen A. - Juried Abstraction - New York Times, January 14, 2001
Schwendenwien, Jude - Entropic Zones: Buildings and Structures of the Contemporary City The New Art Examiner, Oct., 1995
Raynor, Vivien - Relentless March of Industrial Decay - New York Times, March 5, 1995
Mangravite, Andrew - The seductive power of guns - Philadelphia Weekly, March 31, 1993
Sozanski, Edward J. - Emerging Artists at Port of History Philadelphia Inquirer, September 13, 1991