James J. Williams III 

Artist + Industrialist

 

Curriculum Vitae

Born:     

1981 Brooklyn, NY 

 

Education:      

2003 School of Visual Arts, BFA Photography, New York 

 

Solo Exhibition:

2017 And still rivers run envoy enterprises, New York 

2013 Leave a Stain envoy enterprises, new York 

2012 Two-Step Death Trap Schoolhouse Projects, New York 

2011 They Break Horses, Don’t They (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC 

2009 Prelude to the Namesake Team Gallery, New York 

2009 I Love Everything envoy enterprises, New York 

2009 This is Mine and Mine Alone Cleopatras, Brooklyn, NY

2008 The Canteen Reading Room Pulse Fair, Miami 

2008 This is a Pastime...Notice of the Morning Papers Pulse Art Fair, New York 

2008 And Our Scars Will Shine So Bright/As it Appears Upon Dissection JTM Galerie, Paris, France 

2006 Bookies, Wives, and Drunks Year 06, Mary Ward House, London, UK 

2006 By Request, My Epitaph envoy enterprises, New York 

2003 Twilight Hill-Hopping and Incidents at Gate 11 Visual Arts Gallery, New York 

2003 I Am the Wunderkind School of Visual Arts, New York 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2020 Open Access Remix, Smithsonian, Washington, DC 

2019 [NO] Fun, Empirical Nonsense, New York 

2018 The Future Starts Here, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK 

2018 Annual Visionaries!, MAD Museum, New York 

2017 Village Fête Auction, Pioneer Works, New York 

2016 Village Fête Auction, Pioneer Works, New York 

2014 Bring Back the Ball, MAD Museum, New York 

2012 8th Annual Silent Auction, BAM, New York 

2011 The Living Room, Field Projects Gallery, New York 

2011 Let It End Like This, Apexart, New York 

2009 Whitey on the Moon, 106 Greene Gallery, New York 

2009 Cleopatra’s Trade Secrets, John Connelly Presents, New York 

2009 Hors Dè Meurs 2, for KAISERIN, exile, Berlin 

2008 Wet Space Blanket, with Ellen Frances, Home Sweet Home 

2007 Crooked Mirror, envoy, New York, NY 

2007 With Teeth, curated by Ryan Schneider, Priska C. Juska, New York 

2007 Vernissage, AdNauseam Lyceum, New York 

2006 envoy enterprises, ShowOff, Paris, France 

2006 envoy enterprises, Slick Art Fair, Paris, France 

2006 Never Mind The Bollocks: Here's Amanda Lear, envoy, New York 

2004 Yearning for Yours, Visual Arts Gallery, New York 

2003 Inside/Out, Paul Morris Gallery, New York 

 

Selected Performances:

2012 Two-Step B-Sides Schoolhouse Projects, New York 

2011 Wandering Hearts Are Fond (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC 

2008 JJWIII Historical Society Object Archive and Excavation Program Thorstein Foundation, New York 

2008 Excerpts from I was gonna change the world Guerrila Lit Fiction, Bar on A 

2007 Introduction/A Cloak For any Occasion New Museum Opening, CSV Cultural Center, New York, NY 

2007 But Baby, There is No one to Fight Slick, Paris 

2006 I Know You’ve Had It in the Ear Before ShowOff, Paris 

2006 Sweet Fancy Moses with Shya Scanlon Back Room, New York 

2006 None of These Romantic Engagements I’ve Come to Regret Opium Magazine Reading Series, Happy Ending, New York 

2005 Platonic Love and Love Love Letters Opium Magazine Reading Series, Happy Ending, NY