Rachel Eulena Williams
Born 1991, Miami, Florida; Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 | ‘Hair and Body’, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee |
2022 | ‘Joy & Rain’, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels |
2021 | ‘Silk Cotton Snow’, The Modern Institute, 14–20 Osborne Street, Glasgow |
2020 | ‘Tracing Memory’, CANADA, New York |
2018 | ‘Zero Gravity’, Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Étienne |
‘COASTAL’, Cooper Cole, Toronto | |
2017 | ‘Tennis Elbow’, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn |
‘Coco Currents’, TURN Gallery, New York |
Group Exhibitions
2023 | ‘Drunk vs. Stoned 3’, The Ranch at The Dock, Montauk, New York |
‘Suncrush’, Greene Naftali, New York | |
‘The New Bend’, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset | |
‘My Way: A Gathering’, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York | |
2022 | ‘ROCK MY SOUL II (Stockholm)’, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm ( curated by Sir Isaac Julien) |
‘Lingua Franca’, Kapp Kapp, New York | |
‘52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone’, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield | |
‘How to Get Free of the Rectangle’, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York | |
‘3 going through 9 to get to 27’, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston (Galveston Artist residency titled: 3 going through 9 to get to 27 curated by Zahar Vaks in Galveston Texas. ) | |
2021 | ‘Tangerine’, Acquavella , Palm Beach |
‘Convergent Evolutions The Conscious of Body Work’, Pace Gallery, New York | |
‘Gridscape’, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels | |
‘LIGHT STONE & STRING’, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York | |
‘SIP Fellowship Exhibition’, The Robert Blackburn Studio, New York | |
2020 | ‘A Chance Encounter’, Parts & Labor, Beacon (curated by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones) |
‘The Spaces in Between’, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York | |
‘Envelope’, DrawerNYC (online show, curated by Essex Flowers) | |
‘Hey Mars’, Cooper Cole, Toronto (with Scott Treleaven) | |
‘100!’, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm | |
‘Assembly’, Mrs Gallery, New York | |
2019 | ‘Bushwick Rodeo’, Sean Horton (presents), Dallas (curated by Wallace Whitney) |
‘Go Away Road’, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm (curated by Adrianne Rubenstein) | |
‘Notebook’, 56 Henry, New York (curated by Joanne Greenbaum) | |
2018 | ‘Next Wave Art’, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York |
‘Paradise’, Night Gallery, Los Angeles | |
‘Surface of a Sphere’, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles (curated by Daniel Gerwin) | |
‘HOGS CURVE’, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York (curated by Joseph Hart) | |
‘Inflatable Tear’, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York (curated by Ellie Rines) | |
‘William King’, Derek Eller Gallery, New York | |
2017 | ‘Feed The Meter 2’, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York |
‘Parting and Together’, Greenpoint Hill, New York (curated by Trudy Benson) | |
‘The one and only East Hampton Biennial’ (curated by Woobie Bogus and Adrienne Rubenstein) |
Residencies
2019 | ‘SIP Fellowship’, The Robert Blackburn Studio, New York, a Program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York |
2018 | 68 Projects, Berlin |
2014 | ‘NY Studio Factory’, Brooklyn, New York |
Bibliography
Press
2023 | Catherine Spencer: Rachel Eulena Williams, critics’ picks, Artforum, 23/10/2023 |
‘Rachel Eulena Williams’ Cascading Canvas Assemblages’, Ocula, 23/08/2023 | |
Janelle Zara: ‘Rachel Eulena Williams: from painting to sculpture and back again’, Art Basel, 14/08/2023 | |
‘The Top 10 Exhibitions to See in August 2023’, Art Review, 01/08/2023 | |
2021 | Block, Louis: ‘Rachel Eulena Williams with Louis Block’, The Brooklyn Rail, 06/04/2021 |
Godden, Sky: ‘Cocoa butter poems and splashing colors: Discover five young artists of ‘OVR: Pioneers’’, Art Basel, 12/03/2021 | |
2020 | Dundas, Deborah: Rachel Eulena Williams’ art suggest that Earth —like us—is in a tender state, The Toronto Star, 01/08/2020 |
2018 | ‘Rachel Williams, la liberté hors de la toile’, Le Progrès , 20/11/2018 |
Brignon, Daniel: ‘Rachel Eulena Williams: Conjuguer dessin peinture et sculpture’, L’essor, 03/11/2018 | |
‘Interview with Rachel Eulena Williams’, Maake Magazine, 2018 | |
2017 | Tchoupakov, Anya : ‘Peek Performance Through Closed Turn Gallery’, Vice, 26/07/2017 |
‘Episode 23 -Rachel Eulena Williams’, Deep Color Podcast, 2017 | |
2016 | ‘Pencil in the Studio: Rachel E. Williams’, Pencilinthestudio.com, 09/08/2016 |
Exhibition Reviews
2023 | Jen McLaren: ‘Hair and Body’, Fleming Collection: Scottish Art News, 26/10/2023 |
Susan Mansfield: ‘Art reviews: Rachel Eulena Williams’, The Scotsman, 12/09/2023 |
Publications
2023 | HAIR & BODY, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee |
2022 | Silk Cotton Snow, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow |