Sam Williams is an artist with a multi-disciplinary practice, working with moving image, choreography, text and collage.
Featured Work
2017
Education
2014–16
- MA, Sculpture and Moving Image, Royal College of Art (distinction)
Solo presentations
2023
- Deep in The Eye and The Belly (Part One), San Mei Gallery, London
2022
- Salvage Rhythms, Arnolfini, Bristol
- Stay, Studio Voltaire, London (with Oluwaseun Olayiwola)
2021
- And In The Soil, There Be Mirrors, South Kiosk, London (with Hollie Miller)
2020
- Salvage Rhythms, She Will Art Space, Norway
2019
- the actual structure is the material, Siobhan Davies Dance, London
Selected shows, performances and screenings
2023
- INSIDE, Two Temple Place, London
2022
- WELTER, Visions in the Nunnery, Bow Arts, London
- Wormshine, Troubling Time, SLICE, Berlin
- See What I See, May Fair Art Weekend, London
- Infection, Good Press, Glasgow
2021
- ISLAND, Videograms Vilnius, Lithuania
- See What I See, Darmstädter Sezession, Germany
- See What I See, Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany
- ISLAND, Somerset House Studios, London/online
2020
- Biting and Chewing, The Room Projects, Paris/online
- AGM, Somerset House Studios, London/online
- Chapter One, Sankt Studio, Berlin
- See What I See, Swedenborg Film Festival, London
- SPERRA: an apartment exhibition, Blaker, Norway
- Visions in the Nunnery, Bow Arts, London
- I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now, Somerset House Gallery 31, London
- Recovery, Irruptive Chora, Chalton Gallery, London
2019
- Salvage Rhythms, Somerset House AGM, Somerset House Studios, London
- Ian White: Cinema as a Live Art / Becoming Object, Kino Arsenal, Berlin
2018
- Sharing–Holding, PRAKSIS, Oslo
- Queer Art(ists) Now, Rose Limpan Building, London
- Looks Like God Left The Phone Off The Hook, Hackney Showrooms, London
- Utopian Visions Art Fair, Portland, Oregon, USA
- La Guarida Fiesta, MilesKM, London
- Eyecatcher III, Big Screen, Focal Point Gallery, Essex
- A Million Love Songs, Korai Project Space, Cyprus
2017
- On The Habit of Being Oneself, Sadler's Wells, London
- Failed States, Deptford X, London
- Synthetic Ecology II Midnight Notes, ONCA, Brighton
- Cemetery Dialogue, Fragment Gallery, Moscow
- Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York
- Synthetic Ecology, ONCA, Brighton
- ‘there was an idea of equality’, Baltic39, Newcastle
- Cairo Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt
- The 14th Cinema, London
2016
- OPEN16 Moving Image, Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton
- Points of Departure, Tilbury Cruise Terminal, Essex
- Slow Curtain, Late at Tate Britain, London (w/ Theo Adams Company)
- Members’ Show, Outpost Gallery, Norwich
- RCA SHOW 2016, Royal College of Art, London
- Paper.Publication.Performance, Lychee One, London
- Notes.app, RCA Dyson Gallery, London
- RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
- Borrowed Time, Jerwood Space, London
- Panorama#1, Genesis Cinema, London
- Jungle, Royal College of Art, London
2015
- Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany (w/ Rosemary Butcher)
- Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (w/ Rosemary Butcher)
- Members’ Exhibition, Temporary Arts Project, Southend
- Three Rings (Queer Archive), Waldorf Hotel, London
- MONO, Courtyard Theatre, London
- Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London
- RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
2014
- Sound It Out, V&A Museum, London (w/ Emptyset)
- SkinCells, Rose Lipman Building, London
2013
- Performing Architecture, Tate Britain, London (w/ Emptyset)
- Zwei Tage Strom, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
- The Place, London (w/ Rosemary Butcher)
- Visionary Kingdom, Arnolfini, Bristol (w/ Emptyset)
2011
- COMMA40, Bloomberg Space, London (w/ Rosemary Butcher)
Awards and Residencies
2022
- Two Temple Place/ThorpStavri, London
- Rupert Residency, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021
- Axisweb Digital Residency
- Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency, Scotland
- Darmstädter Sezession Prize for Young Artists
- Somerset House/King's College London Research Grant
- Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice grant
2020
- Wysing Arts Centre Syllabus VI
2019
- Somerset House Studios resident artist
- Arts Council England Project Grant
- London Creative Network Development Program
- Elephant Trust Grant
2018
- Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice grant
- PRAKSIS, Oslo (residency)
- ArtHouse Jersey (residency)
- JOYA Arte + Ecología (residency)
- Artist Network Professional Development Bursary
2017
- Stuart Croft Foundation Award
- Synthetic Ecology II Midnight Notes, ONCA, Brighton (residency)
- Figure Four, Baltic39, Newcastle, UK (residency)
2016
- Relax Digital Commission
2015
- Cité Internationale des Art, Paris (residency)
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