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Carl Joe Williams

1970-Present

Works in the Collection

Carl Joe Williams, Waiting, Mixed media on mattress, 2016.
Waiting
2016

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Biography

Carl Joseph Williams was born in 1970 in  Uptown New Orleans. His love of art began early and, at fourteen, he was accepted into The New Orleans Center for Creative Art ( NOCCA).  After completing high school, Williams continued his studies at the Atlanta College of Art. He graduated in 1994 and exhibited in a number of solo and group shows. Williams is also an accomplished public artist and has completed a number of public art projects in the New Orleans and Atlanta areas.

In 2013, Williams’s had a solo exhibition at the George Ohr Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi and was a recipient of the Joan Mitchell NOLA Studio Artist Residence Program. Williams was selected to participate in the 2014 Crystal Bridges State of the Art Discovering exhibition. His work can be found in the museum’s collection as well as in a number of private collections.  He continues to make art from his studio in New Orleans.

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