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About
Amadi Williams b. 2002
Lives and works in Providence, RI
Education
2021 - 2025 Rhode Island School of Design
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Baba Weusi, Shen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 It Could Be One of Us, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024 Black Biennial, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Re:pattern : a series of Installations, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence RI
Bank of America Black History Month Exhibition, Providence, RI
BAAD x Carrhaus, Providence, RI
Junior Show, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2023 There’s No Hope for Love in Rhode Island, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2022 Soup, who cares?, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Painting-A-Day 2022, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Black Arts Showcase Multiplicity, not Monolith: Locating the self Through Art, Leung Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Black Biennial, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2020 Not From Around Here, Napa, CA
2019 Art.Write.Now. The Best Teen Artist of 2019, Parsons School of Design, NY
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: New York City Regional Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Museum of Art, New York, NY
2016 From Panel to Panel: Our Voices, Medialia Gallery, New York , NY
Publications
2024 Meet Amadi Williams, Canvas Rebels, Digital
Black Biennial 2024 A Second Exhibition showcases work by Black artist from RISD and Beyond, RISD Alumni Magazine
Summer 2024
Student-Curated Black Biennial Breaks Down Walls Between RISD and the Community, Publicity Radio, Providence, RI
RISD’s Student-Curated Black Biennial Focuses on Access and Community, RISD Website
Meet Amadi Williams / Multidisciplinary Artists & Students, Shoutout SoCal, Virtual
2022 RISD exhibition The Black Biennial provides platform for Black experiences by Paige Davidson, The Architect’s Newspaper
RISD Black Biennial envelops the viewer with the work of nearly 80 artist by James Baumgarter, Public Radio, Providence, RI
RISD’s First Black Biennial Now on View, Rhode Island School of Design
Visual Art Stories, Packer Collegiate Institute, Virtual
2019 Best Teen Artist of 2019, Scholastic
Packer Current Items (Cover photo), Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Honors & Awards
2024 RISD Honors Designation
2023 Herbert Claiborne Pell, III & Eugenia Diehl Pell Scholarship
RISD Honors Designation
2022 Ken Dresser ‘61 Scholarship
RISD Honors Designation
2021 RISD Honors Designation
Scholastic Silver Key ( portfolio)
Scholastic Gold Key
2020 Marjorie Oatman Scholarship For Visual Arts
2018 Marjorie Oatman Scholarship For Visual Arts