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

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

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        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       Black Biennial 2024 A Second Exhibition                                    showcases work by Black artist from RISD and 
                Beyond, RISD Alumni Magazine Summer 2024
                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        
                      


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