Philemona Williamson

	Born in New York Lives and works in Upper Montclair, NJ
Education
	1979	MA, New York University, NY
	1973	BA, Bennington College, VT
Selected Solo Exhibitions
	2010	Fractured Tales, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2009	Philemona Williamson Exhibition, curated by Bertha Gutman, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA; brochure
	2008	Sudden Passage, essay by Cynthia Nadelman, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2006	New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2003	New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York; catalogue
	2001	Philemona Williamson/Barbara Friedman, curated by Catherine Bernard, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, College at Old Westbury, New York
	2000	New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1999	Time and Memory: Paintings by Philemona Williamson, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
	1998	Recent Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1995	New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1994	Philemona Williamson: Fables and Fantasies, Hypo-Bank, New York; catalogue
	1993	Inaugural Exhibition, Flushing Council on Culture & Arts, New York Selected Paintings, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
	1992	New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA
	1991	African American Museum, Hempstead, New York
	1990	Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York Fine Arts Gallery, Southampton College of Long Island University, Southampton, New York
	1989	Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
	1988	Philemona Williamson: Recent Paintings, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
	2010	Shrew'd: The Smart & Sassy Survey of American Woman Artists, curated by Sharon Kennedy, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE; catalogue Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY; catalogue
	2009-12	A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art, organized by Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts and co-curated by Dr. Martin Rosenberg, Rutgers University and Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Towson University; catalogue. The exhibition will travel nationally under the auspices of the Curatorial Assistance Exhibition and Art Services.
	2007	Crossing the Line: African American Artists in the Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr. Collection, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL; catalogue
	2005	Five Contemporary Voices in A New Space, curated by Bianca Dorsey of the June Kelly Gallery, Delta Arts Center, Winston-Salem, NC; brochure
	2004	A Universe of Art, organized by Corporate Art Directions, Credit Suisse First Boston, New York Unveiling the Image: Multicultural Women Artists, curated by Nancy Cohen and Denise Call, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; catalogue
	2003	Growing Up: Childhood in American and Native American Art, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
	2000	Collector’s Choice II: Contemporary Art from Central Florida Collections, Orlando Museum of Art, FL; catalogue
	1999	Drawing in the Present Tense, curated by George Negroponte and Roger Sheperd, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, traveling exhibition; catalogue
	1998	Postcards from Black America, curated by Rob Perrée, De Beyerd, Center for Contemporary Art in Breda, Netherlands, and the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands; catalogue Walk the Walk: Mentoring Youth in Art, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; brochure
	1997	Women In Full Effect, curated by Nanette Carter, sponsored by RUSH Philanthropic Art Foundation, New York
	1996	Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists, Inaugural exhibition curated by Dr. Jontyle Robinson, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA. Other venues: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA; African American Museum, Dallas, TX; Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, and the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, catalogue Real: Figurative Narratives in Contemporary African-American Art, curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL The Boat, Object and Metaphor, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY, and the Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Other Agendas, Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
Public and Corporate Collections
	Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC Hampton University Museum, VA Sheldon Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Mott-Warsh Art Collection, Flint MI AT&T, NJ Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Special Projects/Commissions
	2006-2007	Seasons, Faceted Glass, commissioned by the MTA-Art in Transit, Livonia Station, Brooklyn, NY
	2003-2004	Folktales From Around the World, four glass mosaic murals, 6 feet x 15 feet & 6 feet x 8 feet, commissioned by the New York State School Construction Authority and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program
	1999	Art in Embassy Program, US State Department, Madagascar
Grants and Awards
	2008	Bau Institute, two-week residency, Otranto, Italy
	1997	Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting, New York
	1993-1994	Ludwig Vogelstein Grant, New York
	1992	Arts in Transit Poster Commission, Union Square Station, New York
	1991	New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship in Painting
	1989-1990	Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
	1988	Artists Space, Exhibition Grant, New York
	1987-1988	National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Painting, Washington, DC
	1983	The Millay Colony for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence, Austerlitz, NY