b.1979ish EDUCATION BFA Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2000 Summer Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1996 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 Fried Paint, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark Wood, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy 2007 Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007, CANADA, New York, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 Warren OAtes in the Economic Crisis of 2008, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX 2008 Peanut Gallery, curated by Joe Bradley, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London, U.K. My Brains A Cliff And My Hearts A Bitter Buffalo, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France 2007 Macronauts, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, Greece New Mutants, Canada, New York, NY Crystal Crunch, Perugi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy From the Froth, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI 2006 Cosmic Satellites, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA Searching for Love & Fire (curated by Brendan Cass), David Castillo Modern & Contemporary, Miami, FL Ulrich Project Series: General Store, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS 2005 Tedious Limbs, Deitch Projects, New York, 2004 Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin, TX The Skull Show, Hanna, Tokyo, Japan Tedious Limbs, Flynn Farm, Los Angeles, CA Beat The Reaper!, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA 2003 You Are my Sunshine You Is My Sunshine: Canada, New York, NY 2002 Group Show, Matthew Berliant, St. Louis, MO 2000 The Bowling Show, Arcade Lanes, St. Louis, MO SELECTED PERFORMANCES 2007 Contact , MoMA, New York, NY Time Booth, with Melissa Brown, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 Mr. Ravestic's Mess Age, Sagamore Hotel, Miami, Fl 2nd worst performance ever, PS1, New York, NY 2005 Half Hour of Power, Cavalier Hotel, Miami, FL 2004 Rowdy Remix, ATM Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Barkley's Barnyard Critters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Barkley's Barnyard Critters, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY worst performance ever, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA AWARDS/RESIDENCES 2009 The Danish Arts Council DIVA Residency, Copenhagen, Denmark 2007 The Moore Space, Residency, Miami, FL BIBLIOGRAPHY 2009 Cotter, Holand, "Peanut Gallery", Art in Review, New York Times, January 30 2008 Paterson, Liberty. "Interview: Michael Williams", Kopenhagen.dk, December 15th Critics Picks Paris : "My Brains a Cliff and My Hearts a Bitter Buffalo", ARTFROUM Online, March 14th Nadel, Dan. "Time Booth", the Journal, Entry #22. pgs 186-195 Palmerton, Elwyn. "Michael Williams", artillery, vol 2. no 3. January 2007 The New Yorker, November 12 Cohen, David. "Catching the Crest of the L.E.S. Wave", The New York Sun, November 8th 2006 Art Section. Color Us Cool, Time Out New York Kids, April 12 Hopper, Jeannie. "A Conversation with Slow Jams Band", WPS1/MoMA Art Radio, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 10th 2005 DeNike, Jen. Panel on "Performance & Ephemeral Art," WPS1/MOMA Art Radio, Art Basel Miami Beach, Simulcast on WVUM 90.5 FM Miami, Dec. 3. DAugustine, Corey. "Introducing... The Slow Jams Band," NYFA Interactive, June 2004 Stillman, Nick. Critics Picks : "Rowdy Remix", Art Forum Online 2003 Schambelan, Elizabeth. Critics Picks: "You Are My Sunshine/You Is My Sunshine", Art Forum Online 2000 Silva, Eddie. "Closet Case", The Riverfront Times, March 14. Kerman, Byron. "Best of St. Louis: Best Defunct Organization", The Riverfront Times, September 27. A&E Team, "Art Swims Out of the Mainstream", The St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 1998 Rockoff, Jonathan D."Designs on Street Signs", The Providence Journal, July 14. Rockoff, Jonathan D."Artists Canvas Public", The Providence Journal, December 16.