Sue Williams
“The work is raw + accomplished; strong, charged + challenging in its links to contemporary lives + the sexualisation of western society”
Sue Williams is a prominent international artist + leading female artist in Wales, with a recognised body of work and an exhibition history of both solo + group shows on five continents. Her autoethnographic practice, whether drawing or text, articulates the complexities of human relationships in a contemporary cultural context – whether visual or textual she demonstrates a vulnerability which invariably elicits an effective response. Williams continues to challenge and explore new concepts and multi-disciplinary art forms, drawing the viewer into a world of provocative sexual + emotional politics. The work is raw + accomplished; strong, charged + challenging in its links to contemporary lives + the sexualisation of western society. Williams continues to explore + challenge the fantasies of feminism, sexuality, gender + culture in her work, in doing so she offers her passionate + direct response to the complex world of human frailty.
Williams is professor of Fine Art at Swansea College of Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and is one of Wales’ leading contemporary female artists in 2000 Williams was awarded the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation award for painting. In 2005 she was one of eight shortlisted artists for the second biannual Artes Mundi contemporary art prize.
Artworks
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NO FLIES ON ME, riso and monoprint on 220gsm Fabriano Rosaspina, 42 x 30cm, ed. 4/5 & 5/5 [unframed, mounted & wrapped in cellophane]
from TEN Print Folio #1, 2023
Chaste, 2022, mixed media on canvas, 46 x 46cm, 51 x 51cm framed
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Pink Shower, 2022, mixed media on canvas, 46 x 46cm, 51 x 51cm framed
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UNBLUSHING series 1, 2022, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [75 x 94cm framed]
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Lust Longing Love book, 2021, printed paper, 27 x 20cm
limited edition of 500, post script written by feminist theorist Dr Helen Gorrill
Should Have Been a Nun, 2022, mixed media on canvas, 46 x 46cm, 51 x 51cm framed
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Truth Please, 2022, mixed media on canvas, 46 x 46cm, 51 x 51cm framed
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I Remember When…, 2021 mixed media on canvas 46 x 46cm | 51 x 51cm framed
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lovelustlonging: thrill me, 2019 mixed media on canvas 60 x 60cm
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WHY DON’T YOU JUST … , 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [75 x 94cm framed]
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I WILL … I WANT 8, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm framed
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I WILL … I WANT 7, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
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alone with her own ego, 2019, ink + watercolour on paper, 21 x 30cm [soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
I WILL … I WANT 1, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
I WILL … I WANT 2, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
I WILL … I WANT 3, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
I WILL … I WANT 4, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
I WILL … I WANT 5, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
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I WILL … I WANT 6, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
I WILL … I WANT 9, 2021, mixed media on paper, 57 x 77cm [unframed, soft mounted on board, wrapped in cellophane]
DO YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE, 2020, ply, perspex, paper, ink, acrylic, spray paint + fairy lights, 70 x 20 x 30cm
sue williams, lovelustlonging: working hard no reason, 2019, mixed media on canvas, 60 x 60cm
sue williams, lovelustlonging: 1, 2019, mixed media on canvas, 60 x 60cm
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Exhibitions
MY CHERRY BOMB | TEN x STUDIO 18 | Pontycymer
I SEE RED | TEN. | 143 Donald St | Cardiff
TOUCHY | TEN. | Windsor Place | Cardiff
New Welsh Art | TEN. | Windsor Place | Cardiff
LOVE REVOLUTION, 2024, mixed media on canvas, 210 x 247cm
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