Christopher Williams The Black Davinci
"Oil Study Series One", 2024
Oil on canvas
20 x 16"

Artist Statement
A study conducted on a Liberian woman with pink hair and traditional attire, examining the effects of wet oil on the Black skin.

Artist Bio

Christopher Adam Williams is a visual artist whose practice utilizes portraiture and figurative painting to convey complex narratives, including that of race and gender. Born in Oakland, California, Christopher's current studio base in New Jersey, where he resides with his wife. His drawings, paintings and films have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, television, museums and galleries, including The L Word Generation Q season 2 & 3, Root Division: Black artist fellow, Tunnels of the Mind (Times Square, NY), Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA), Spark+Echo Arts (New York, NY), My Studio Gallery (Sacramento, CA) and The Golden One Center (Sacramento, CA). His art practice focuses on Black Joy- a spiritual feeling that has uplifted the African Diaspora through countless trials and tribulations in the quest for freedom and equity.

Christopher received his Bachelors in Fine Arts and Masters in Fine Arts from San Francisco Art Institute, where he was awarded Best in Show, MFA and a finalist for the Headlands Arts Center Graduate Residency. 2020 Winner of The Black Artists Fund Sower award and 2022 AICAD Fellow. Christopher is an Assistant professor at Moore College of Art & Design.

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