Art on a Postcard International Women’s Day Auction - Curated by CURA Art
27 FEBRUARY 2024 - 12 MARCH 20243. Maggie Williams
Live laugh love in comic sans
Embroidery on old(but washed) on J-Cloth
2023
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
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Curated by Cura Art
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Notes
About
Maggie Williams (she/her) is a British-Chinese artist based in the Lewisham Arthouse, London. Williams’ practice has recently returned to themes surrounding cultural identity and the effects of second-generation diaspora. She explores the fractured, contradictory experience of belonging using a wide array of media - from playfully reappropriating found objects to challenging the confines of more traditional techniques such as embroidery. This process-based work attempts to make the liminal space between the two cultures intelligible. She was invited to her first solo exhibition in 2014 at cueB Gallery in Brockley, was a finalist for the ArtSlant Prize and Zealous X in 2016 and featured in BRICKS magazine in March 2023. Williams received a BA (Hons, First Class) in Fine Art from the University of Hertfordshire in 2011. She recently held her first solo show in New York in May 2023, and has exhibited her work across London and the UK, including at Royal Festival Hall, Hackney WickED and The Auction Collective.
Education
BA (Hons, First Class) in Fine Art from the University of Hertfordshire, 2011, SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Selected Exhibitions/Awards
2023
A. P. (beta), Bushwick, Brooklyn NYC
2015
The Art Book, DigitasLBi, Brick Lane, Shoreditch
2014
The Art Book: Revised Edition, cueB Gallery, Brockley
Selected Recent Group Shows
2023
Hysterical, Cheer Up Luv x Bee Illustrates, Bermondsey Project Space, Bermondsey
Nest of Salt, AMP Gallery, Peckham
2021
Stitch Your Story, British Textile Biennial, Blackburn Cathedral
2019
All Work & All Play, Manifest Arts Festival, Manchester
2018
Paper | Scissors | Stone, The Auction Collective x Alon Zakaim Fine Art, Mayfair
Plonk: New Art / Old Home, Safehouse 2, Peckham
2016
In Loving Memory, Geddes Gallery, King’s Cross
Secret 7", Sonos Studio, Shoreditch
Hand Maid, Sweet ‘Art, Hoxton Arches, Hoxton
2015
Maybe: The USA Getaway, Limewharf, Vyner St, Hackney
Deep Trash Italia #5, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Bethnal Green
Awards
2016
Winner, 3rd 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase
Zealous X 2016, Finalist
Statement
Williams' submissions are a tongue-in-cheek exploration of womanhood, domesticity and second generation diaspora.
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