Bio.

Erin Colleen Williams received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Material Studies, focusing in metalsmithing and sculpture, and her BFA from Syracuse University in Metalsmithing. Using interdisciplinary media and methods, her work examines the relationship between the conscious self and hypothetical past, present and future. Drawing from scientific principles, contemporary culture, folklore, interspecies communication, and material intelligence, Williams creates alternate realities and emotional gestures using physical objects, ceramics, drawings, photography, and printmaking practices. Her past work examined western museological and archaeological practices in order to perpetuate instances of awe and wonder in the physical world.

She is currently engaged in making though mixed media and ceramic sculpture, which has allowed her to explore emotional topics though more immediate and unpredictable media. She has had solo exhibitions at the Gordy Fine Arts Gallery in Muncie, IN; the Anderson Gallery in Richmond, VA, and the Arlington Art Center, in Arlington VA, among others.  Her work has been exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE;  Art Space, Raleigh, NC; Travers Gallery, Seattle, WA; among others.

Williams is an artist working in Philadelphia. She was previously the Executive Director of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council, and program coordinator for PlySpace (www.plyspace.org), an artist residency located in Muncie, Indiana. She has worked as faculty in Foundations, Drawing, and Ceramics Departments at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and in Metalsmithing / Jewelry Departments at the University of the Arts (Phila., PA), Moore College of Art (Phila., PA); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA). She has also worked in arts administration as the Graduate Coordinator of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, and coordinated the Graduate Programs of Museum Studies, Fine Art and Book Arts / Printmaking at the University of the Arts.