Sonny Williams
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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