LORNA WILLIAMS
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
EDUCATION
2024-2026 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, MFA
2008-2010 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, BFA
2009 Yale University School of Art: Summer Programs, Norfolk, CT
2006-2008 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005-2006 School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) Boston, MA
2001-2004 NOCCA/Riverfront (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts),
New Orleans, LA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Meta-retrospect, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, La
2017 lo·cus, 5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, La
2016 inˈherənt lore, Saint Heron House, New Orleans, La
2016 inˈherənt lore, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, La
2016 aimed sensory, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, La
2015 nothing (k)new, AIR Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Exposure, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 appositions: still / birth / shit, DODGE Gallery, New York, NY
2011 brown baby, DODGE Gallery, New York, NY
2009 redefining womb space, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
2008 work and worship stem from the same root, Judi Rotenberg Gallery,
Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 As Land Remembers, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Signal Boost, Main Projects, Richmond, VA
2020 Mending the Sky, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, La
2019 That Land That I Live In, Matthew Brown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca
2018 Womxn on Womxn, Gochi’s Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2017 Paper Menagerie, 5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, La
2015 Context Art Fair, Miami, Fl
2014 we seemed to be unanimously elected, Cindy Rucker Gallery,
New York, NY
2014 Afrofuturism, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2012 The Bearden Project, Studio Museum Harlem, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 D’Addario, John, “There’s more than meets the eye”, New Orleans Advocate,
Oct. 2017.
2016 Crawford, Kelly, “Artist in their own words: Lorna Williams” NolaVie, Dec.
2014 Ossei-Mensah, Larry, “Emerging Modern Artists of 2014”, Uptown Magazine,
April.
2013 Eler, Alicia, “The Girl Gore Aesthetics of White Lace, Ghosted Bodies, and
Animal Menageries at Expo Chicago”, Hyperallergic, September.
2013 Miller, Leigh Anne, ‘’The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want
to Miss’’, Art in America, June.
2013 Plagens, Peter, “A Rock Shop, Pet Snakes and Abstracts”, The Wall Street
Journal, May.
2012 Chou, Kimberly, “Harlem’s Renaissance Man”, The Harlem Times, August.
2012 Karadi, Kika, “Interview with Lorna Williams,” FLATT Magazine, May.
2011 Johnson, Ken, “Art Review: Lorna Williams, brown baby,” The New York
Times, September.
2011 Gaebe, Carly, “Tree of Life: Q+A with Lorna Williams,” Art in America,
September.
2011 Halle, Howard, “Your Guide to Lower East Side Shows,” Time Out New York,
September.
2011 Miranda, Carolina, “Must See Arts in the City,” WNYC, September.
2009 McQuaid, Cate, “Theme with ill fitting variations,” The Boston Globe, July.
2007 Phillips, Sephen Bennett, New American Paintings No.69, Mid-Atlantic Edition
RESIDENCIES
2025 Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva Island, FL
2024 Deniston Hill Residency, Catskills, NY
2017 Joan Mitchell Center Residency, New Orleans, La
2015 Swim Pony Performing Arts: Cross Pollination Project, Philadelphia, PA
2014 40th Street Artist In Residence Program, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Brandywine Workshop Residency, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2025 Paul F. Miller Sculpture Scholarship
2022 National Performance Network, Take Notice Fund
2017 Art Matters Foundation Grant
2017 Antenna Gallery: Louisiana Open Call 2017
2013 Art and Change Grant, Leeway Foundation
2010 Santa Farinella Sngiamo General Fine Arts Scholarship
2009 Ellen Battell Stockel Fellowship Recipient, Yale University, School of Art,
Norfolk Program
2009 Helen C. Stevens Scholarship for Rising Senior General Fine Arts Majors
COLLECTIONS
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Columbus Museum of Art
Arthur Lewis and Hau Nguyen Collection
New Orleans Museum of Art
A.C. Hudgins Collection
Peggy Cooper Cafritz Collection
21C Museum Collection
Pizzuti Collection
Wellington Management Collection