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Sonny Williams

Brighton
Oil Painter

It's partly about my perception of human nature, but it's also very much a vehicle for something else.

 

This something else is partly about breaking through walls and relieving boredom.

 

It’s also about paint.

 

And it’s also in some way related to the blackness that exists behind the illusion.

 

Education

2001   BA Fine Art (First Class), University of Sunderland

 

Exhibitions & Awards

2004   The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London; "R+D", Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland; Big Art Challenge, Glasgow, Gateshead, Liverpool, Channel 5 Television (final shortlist)

2003   two-person show (Steve Whitehead & Sonny Williams), Pilgrim Gallery, London; The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London; Barker & Stonehouse Art Prize, "The Hanging Jury", The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Upon Tyne / Tyne Tees Television (First Prize)

2002   The People Show, University Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Diesel House Studios Summer Exhibition, London; Sotherby's Shrewsbury Open, Shrewsbury Museum and Gallery; Art in Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire; Contemporary Figurative Painting, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury; WO1 - The First Washington Open, Arts Centre Washington (First Prize); Eye Opener (Durham Open), DLI Museum and Art Gallery (First Prize)

2001   "Pure", Glode Gallery, North Shields; "Finalists", Arts Centre Washington; Affordable Art Fair, London

 

Commissions

2022 - double portrait of private clients' daughter & son

2020 - portrait of private client's daughter

2019 - large-scale portrait of private client's son

2010 - double portrait of private clients' daughter & son

 

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