Philemona Williamson

Philemona Williamson’s narrative paintings explore the tenuous bridge between adolescence & adulthood. She has shown widely, with solo shows at Semiose (Paris), June Kelly (NYC), Jenkins-Johnson (CA) & a mid-career retrospective at The Montclair Museum (NJ). A recipient of numerous awards & residencies including Joan Mitchell Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, National Endowment For The Arts, NY Foundation For The Arts, Millay Colony, Anonymous Was A Woman & MacDowell. Represented in private/public collections including French National Contemporary Art Collection (CNAP); Kalamazoo Art Institute; Mint Museum; Smith College Museum & The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection. Her public works include fused-glass murals created for a Brooklyn subway station & mosaic murals for a school in Queens. She created a series of paintings for the children’s book “Lubaya’s Quiet Roar” from Penguin Random House. Philemona has taught Painting & Drawing at Hunter, Pratt, SVA, Bard, RISD, Cooper Union & Parsons. She has served on the advisory board of the Getty Center for Education and is currently on the board of Doing Art Together in NYC and The Visual Arts Center of NJ.