Rachel Eulena Williams (b. 1991, Miami, Florida, USA) works at the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Her reconfigured canvases unbind painting from the stretcher, avoiding conventional support systems and imagining a myriad of spatial contortions. Her evident interest in colour represents a liberation from, and criticality of, Western art history’s othering of colour, and categorizing it as unruly, foreign, and vulgar. Instead, her interest in imagining unrestrained structures exceeds those boundaries and is partially inspired by science fiction. Williams’ drawings also manipulate the way images are presented, playing with assumptions about virtuosity through abstraction.
Williams received a B.F.A. from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York in 2013. Her work has been exhibited internationally at The Modern Institute, Glasgow, PACE Gallery, New York, Canada Gallery, New York, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Ceysson & Bénétière, Sainte Etienne, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, Cooper Cole, Toronto, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Mass Gallery, Austin, SomeTime Salon, San Francisco, and Center Street, New York. Williams has held the SIP Fellowship at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, 68 Projects, Berlin, and NY Studio Factory, Brooklyn. Rachel Eulena Williams currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Rachel Eulena Williams
Layered new landings
Layered new landings, 2020
Acrylic, dye, canvas, wire and rope on wood panel
Rachel Eulena Williams
Plum and water
Plum and water, 2019
Etching ink and acrylic on paper
Unique
Rachel Eulena Williams
Plum and water 2
Plum and water 2, 2019
Etching ink and acrylic on paper
Unique
Rachel Eulena Williams
Sunburn of the abundant earth
Sunburn of the abundant earth, 2019
Etching ink and acrylic on paper
Unique
Rachel Eulena Williams
Headspace
Headspace, 2019
Etching ink and acrylic on paper
Unique
Rachel Eulena Williams
Round and round
Round and round, 2020
Acrylic, rope and canvas on wood panel
Rachel Eulena Williams
Hey Mars
Hey Mars, 2019
Acrylic, various ropes, canvas, on wood panel
Rachel Eulena Williams
Patterns of distance together
Patterns of distance together, 2019
Acrylic, dye, canvas and rope on wood panels
Rachel Eulena Williams
To look down the sea
To look down the sea, 2020
Acrylic, dye, canvas, and rope on wood panels
Rachel Eulena Williams
Tan World
Tan World, 2018
Acrylic, flashe, and PVA on canvas and cotton rope
Rachel Eulena Williams
Be Here Still
Be Here Still, 2018
Acrylic, flashe, PVA, cotton rope, wood, metal
Rachel Eulena Williams
Breaking Rhythms
Breaking Rhythms, 2018
Acrylic, flashe, PVA and cotton rope on wood panel
Rachel Eulena Williams
Rolling Kites
Rolling Kites, 2018
Acrylic, flashe, and PVA on canvas and cotton rope
Rachel Eulena Williams
Forward
Forward, 2018
Acrylic, flashe, and PVA on canvas and cotton rope
Rachel Eulena Williams
She walks he flys
She walks he flys, 2017
Acrylic on canvas and rope
Rachel Eulena Williams
Untitled Drawing 3
Untitled Drawing 3, 2017
Acrylic, and colored pencil on paper
Rachel Eulena Williams
Untitled Drawing 4
Untitled Drawing 4, 2017
Acrylic, and colored pencil on paper
Rachel Eulena Williams
Up from the center
Up from the center, 2018
Acrylic, flashe, PVA, cotton rope, wood, metal
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