​Isaac Williams Artist Bio

Isaac Williams: Artist Bio

        Classically trained as a painter, Williams skills have been tempered by a raw disregard for critics and an unshakeable desire to provide value to the art world by breaking new ground.  His art stems from pain, from isolation, from social issues dredged from the darkest parts of American and global history, including the history of segregation and 'sundown towns,' South African apartheid, and the legacy of ignorance and violence which haunts the United States today.  This emerging visual artist has had his work featured in numerous gallery showings in New York City as well as New Jersey, and is eager to expand his audience internationally; he aims to build on the example set by Banksy, Kara Walker, and other socially active artists, using tools including multimedia, digital image manipulation, and classical methodologies to communicate his complex views on power structures, 'nature versus nurture,' original sin and the birth of morality, and the future of an increasingly technical and mechanized society.
          At its core, however, Williams' work draws its strength from its simplicity and brutal, unrelenting honesty.  In this directness, his critics have compared the rising artist's work to that of Paul Klee.  He has been awarded numerous accolades, including the Don & Judy Miller Undergraduate Scholarship in 2006.  He lives and works in Montclair, New Jersey, and earned his MFA from Brooklyn's Pratt Institute in 2011.