Philemona Williamson

Episode Twenty-Seven features narrative painter Philemona Williamson. She’s exhibited her work for over 25 years at the June Kelly Gallery in NYC and recently, at her mid-career retrospective at the Montclair Art Museum in NJ. Her narrative paintings deal with gender, race and adolescence. Philemona is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Pollock Krasner, National Endowment For The Arts, New York Foundation For The Arts and Millay Colony. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the USA and abroad, She is represented in numerous private and public collections, including The Montclair Art Museum; The Kalamazoo Art Institute The Mint Museum of Art; Smith College Museum of Art; Hampton University Museum; Sheldon Art Museum; Mott-Warsh Art Collection, and AT&T. Her public work is part of the MTA Arts For Transit Program, the MTA Poetry In Motion and — for the NYC School Authority — a mosaic mural in the Glenwood Campus School. She currently teaches painting at Pratt Institute and Hunter College in NYC. Philemona also created a series of paintings for the children’s book “Lubaya’s Quiet Roar” coming out in October from Penguin Random House. Please review links below. https://www.philemonawilliamson.com/ http://www.junekellygallery.com/williamson/ http://origin.www.annazorinagallery.com/exhibitions/sit-still-self-portraits-in-the-age-of-distraction/slideshow?view=slider#26 https://www.montclairartmuseum.org/exhibition/philemona-williamson-metaphorical-narratives https://baristanet.com/2020/06/look-inside-the-artists-studio-as-montclair-art-museum-launches-mam-conversations-series/ http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=L&artist=1&station=3