b.1978

EDUCATION 

BFA Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2000
Summer Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1996 & 1998

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2011
Straightforward As A Noodle, CANADA, New York, NY

2010
Puzzle Paintings, LTD, Los Angeles, CA

2009
Uncle Big, CANADA, New York, NY
If God Could Draw (two person show with Nick Lowe), The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

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

2011
One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Dadarhea, Canada, New York, NY
Canada, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
Facemaker, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
Time Wounds All Heels, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russian Federation

2010
Tuesday Afternoon in a Cage, LTD Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Big Picture, Priska Jushka, New York, NY
Not Quite Open for Business, The Hole, New York, NY
In Here, Out There, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY
With Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Dadarhea, OHWOW, Miami, FL
Inside/Outside, Portugal Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
Clean Break, Charlie Horse, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Jr. & Son's, Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Nice Sizes, Good Prices!, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
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
Goose Steppin, ATM gallery, New York, NY
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

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

2006
VOOM LAB Video Production Grant

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2011
Smith, Roberta, “Free-for-All Spirit Breezes Into a Vast Art Fair,” The New York Times, March 4th
Kitano, Takeshi, “Takeshi Art Beats,” NHK BShi Television, Tokyo, Japan, January 16th, 8:00pm
Smith, Roberta, “Dadarhea,” The New York Times, March 18th, page C23
Wilson, Calvin, “Is This Art Funny? You Decide,” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 20th

2010
Stillman, Nick, Review: Michael Williams, ArtForum, January (illus.)
Smith, Roberta, “It’s Not Dry Yet”, New York Times, Sunday, March 28th, (illus.)
Indrisek, Scott, “Big Picture,” Modern Painters, October
Colman, David, “L.E.S. Is More,” W, September, pg 252 (illus.)
Sakuma, Yumiko, “New Movement,” Casa Brutus, vol. 121, April 2010, pg 87 (illus.)

2009
Smith, Roberta, "Uncle Big", Art in Review, New York Times, November 6 (illus.)
Cotter, Holand, "Peanut Gallery", Art in Review, New York Times, January 30

2008
Paterson, Liberty. "Interview: Michael Williams", Kopenhagen.dk, December 15th (illus.)
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 (illus.)
Palmerton, Elwyn. "Michael Williams", artillery, vol 2. no 3. January (illus.)

2007
The New Yorker, November 12
Cohen, David. "Catching the Crest of the L.E.S. Wave", The New York Sun, November 8th (illus.)

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 (illus.)

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. (illus.)
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. (illus.)
Rockoff, Jonathan D."Artists Canvas Public", The Providence Journal, December 16. (illus.)