Faceless

Artist Bio:

Acquaetta Williams’s art has been a life journey from glassblower to sculpture and now painter. Her inspiration evolved from vision of African Images to tell the story of African American Women in a sense of relevance in a complexity of her feelings, thoughts and memories. Williams reflects on her past to form an identity. She tells a story in assemblages of materials contained in Giraffe Neck Women, Women Who Carry and then into Timekeepers and Deconstructing Time: Memories. and now Faceless Melodies. Her love for art was cemented under instructor and well known artist Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin. were she received a MFA degree. An Arts International Travel Grant that was awarded to her included travels through Benin in West Africa. She has exhibited her art Nationally, in Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects: The Legacy of African American Craft Art which included a tour throughout the United States, visiting 5 major museum, as well as International: the International Glass Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan and “Color 2018”, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi, Korea.

Artist Statement:

I have gained an uncommon understanding of the innumerable creative and artistic

possibilities; to tell a story of the poor and marginalized and to reveal who I am as an artist.

I want to reach more deeper within myself to find the true essence and create a bond that speaks to the spiritual transformation of the religious fanatic, the homeless and the street musician. It’s a growing part of our society that is continuously been pushed to the outside. Let’s open a dialogue to investigate the aspects of the complexity shaped by culture and traditions.

Solo Exhibitions:

2018 Playin’ to the Edge, Publick Playhouse, Hyattsville, MD

Rachel Schlesinger Concert & Arts Center, NVCC , VA

2016 Faceless Melodies, Publick Playhouse, Hyattsville, MD

2015 Arts Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, MD

2011 DC Glassworks, Hyattsville, MD

2008 A Gathering of the Tribes, New York, NY

2007 New Door Creative, Baltimore, MD

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2021 Corporate Connections 2021

United Through Arts 2021 Art of Japan Juried Exhibition Online Medford Arts

Untold Black Stories in Contemporary Art, Jacoby Arts Center,

Alton, IL

Artist Statement #6, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Artists to Follow in 2021, Virtual Exhibition, Michael Rose Fine Art, Providence Arts Club, NewEngland, www.michaelrosefineart.com.

Rewrite Realty, Independent & Image Art Space, Virtual Exhibition, Chongqing, China, https://independentimage.org/

ARTLAND: https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/rewrite-reality

virtual exhibition: https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/ 5274902/rewrite-reality

Art Express: http://exhibit.artron.net/exhibition-71658.html

Abstract Mind, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi, South Korea

2020 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

Abstract Only, Hawaii Island Art Alliance, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI

Symbiotic Presence, 32th Annual Prince George’s County Juried Exhibition, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Hyattsville, MD

Cerulean Arts Gallery, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

10th Annual Pinnacle National Juried Art Competition, Foster Tanner Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

Into the Light, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

Abstract National Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wiedermann Gallery, Wichita, KS

Reflections, Vancouver Arts Space, Vancouver. WA

WA 2020, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Prince George’s County Exhibition, Lowe House, Annapolis, MD

2019 Colour and Form Society, 67th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

Lines, Shapes and Objects (Internet)

Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, Sacramento, CA

2nd Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Exhibition, MD

Time, Mills Pond Gallery, St James, NY

Reflections on Light, Wohlfarth Gallery, Washington, DC Non Objective Abstract Art, 3 Square Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO Prince George’s County Exhibition, Lowe House, Annapolis, MD

Melody of Art, Serendipity Labs, Bethesda, MD

Hill Center Galleries, Regional Juried Exhibition, Washington, DC

2018 WCADC at The Cooley Gallery, Leesburg, VA (September 2018 ) Color 2018, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi,Korea

Does It Match the Couch?, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

Bring It, Prince George”s County Exhibition, Lowe House,

Annapolis, MI

Professional Experience:

Guest Lecturer, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, 2008

Guest Lecturer, Columbus, OH, 1994-1995

Arts International Travel Grant, Nigeria, Africa, 1994

Artist-In-Residence, New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, NY, 1993

Instructor: Beginning Glassblowing, New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, NY 1993

Collections:

Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA

Prince George’s Parks and Recreation, Greenbelt, MD

HighMuseum of Arts, Atlanta, GA (pending)

Bowie State University, Permanent Collection, Bowie, MD

The White House, Permanent Collection Christmas Ornament, “She Is Safeguarding the Peace”, Washington, DC

The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH,

Collection AT&T Corp., The AT&T Learning Center, Basking Ridge, NJ

Corning Museum, Corning, NY

Museum of Arts & Design (formerly American Craft Museum ), New York,NY

Sheldon M. Barnett, MD, Milwaukee, WI

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