Kent Williams (artist)

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Kent Williams
BornKent Robert Williams
1962
Yellow Kid Award [de]
kentwilliams.com

Kent Robert Williams (born 1962)[1] is an American painter and graphic novel artist.

Williams, a draftsman and painter, has realized his work through various other artistic channels as well; that of the illustrated word and the graphic novel (including The Fountain with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky), printmaking, photography, design, architecture, and film. A selection of his works on paper, Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes, was published in 1991, and Koan: Paintings by Jon J Muth & Kent Williams, was published in 2001. His monograph, Kent Williams, Amalgam: Paintings & Drawings, 1992-2007, with text by Edward Lucie-Smith and Julia Morton, is the most comprehensive collection of Williams' work to date.

Early life

Williams was born in New Bern, North Carolina.[2] He attended the Pratt Institute in New York City[3] and graduated in 1984.[2]

Comics

From 1983 to 1985, Kent Williams was a regular contributor to

Sandman and was written by Neil Gaiman.[7] In 2006 he illustrated a graphic novel adaptation of The Fountain from the script by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.[8]

Teaching

Kent Williams was a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute, and has taught at the

Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In addition, he is an MFA mentor faculty at the Laguna College of Art and Design
.

Personal life

He is currently living and working in Los Angeles with his partner Soey Milk.

Exhibitions

His work has been the subject of a number of solo exhibitions including shows in New York City; San Francisco; Sundance, Utah; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina;[9] in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is represented by Evoke Contemporary Gallery;[10] and in Los Angeles, where he is represented by The Merry Karnowsky Gallery.[11] His painting Trace Double-Portrait was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., as part of the Outwin Boochever 2006 Portrait Exhibition.[12]

Awards

Williams is the recipient of a number of awards for his work, including the

Yellow Kid Award [de], Lucca, Italy's comics award.[13] In 2001, he was invited to be a fellow at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in Sundance, Utah.[14]

Comics bibliography

Byron Preiss Visual Publications

  • The Ray Bradbury Chronicles #1 (1992)

Darkstorm Productions

  • Darkstorm #1, 2 (1982)

DC Comics

Paradox Press

Piranha Press

Vertigo

Eclipse Comics

  • Eclipse Magazine
     #3, 7 (1981–1982)
  • Sabre
     #7, 8 (1983)

Last Gasp

Marvel Comics

Epic Comics

New Media Publishing

  • The Comic Times, Media Showcase #7 (1981)

Pacific Comics

References

  1. ^ a b Bails, Jerry; Ware, Hames. "Williams, Kent". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with Kent Williams". BAK. 2010. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Kent Williams". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2013. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "The many faces of comics world's Kent Williams". GMA News Online. November 1, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. The 1988 four-parter Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown came about because Williams wanted to work with Jon J. Muth, and they developed the story with the writers. Williams worked on the Wolverine art while Muth did the Havoc art.
  5. OCLC 213309015
  6. ISBN 0821220764
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1563894657
    .
  8. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  9. ^ "Kent Williams". Allen Spiegel Fine Arts. n.d. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  10. ^ "Kent Williams: Ophthalm". Santa Fe Gallery Association. 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  11. ^ "Press". Los Angeles, California: The Merry Karnowsky Gallery. n.d. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  12. ^ "Exhibition Finalists". Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery. 2006. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  13. ^ "Kent Williams: figure drawings and paintings". Figurativepainters.com. 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  14. ^ "Kokoro". Sundance.org. 2001. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.

External links

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