Amadi Williams b. 2002  
Lives and works in Providence, RI
Education

2021 - 2025          Rhode Island School of Design BFA Painting & Concentration in Art History

Solo Exhibitions 


2021

2019
Baba Weusi, Shen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

It Could Be One of Us, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY 

Group Exhibitions
2025

2024






2023

2022


 

2020

2019


2016



Landscape As, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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  
            
There’s No Hope for Love in Rhode Island, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 

Soup, who cares?, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 
There’s No Hope for Love in Rhode Island, 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   
 
Not From Around Here, Napa, CA
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 
From Panel to Panel: Our Voices, Medialia Gallery, New York , NY    

Publications 

2024






2022




2019 
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

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  

Best Teen Artist of 2019, Scholastic
Packer Current Items (Cover photo), Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY 

  
Honors & Awards

2024

2023


2022


2021 



2020 

2018 
RISD Honors Designation 

Herbert Claiborne Pell, III & Eugenia Diehl Pell Scholarship 
RISD Honors Designation 

Ken Dresser ‘61 Scholarship 
RISD Honors Designation 

RISD Honors Designation
Scholastic Silver Key ( portfolio) 
Scholastic Gold Key
 
Marjorie Oatman Scholarship For Visual Arts  
      
Marjorie Oatman Scholarship For Visual Arts        

©Amadi Williamscreating 2023