Peter Williams

Born in Nyack, New York, Williams earned his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He was the recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship Award and the Artists’ Legacy Foundation’s 2020 Artist Award, and in 2018 he was inducted into the National Academy of Design. He was also recognized with numerous other awards, including a Djerassi artist residency (2018), Joan Mitchell awards (2004, 2007), Ford Foundation fellowships (1985, 1987), and a McKnight Foundation fellowship (1983).

Williams’ paintings are held in the permanent collections of many major institutions, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Walker Art Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Delaware Art Museum.