Rachel Eulena Williams
Sketched Sounds, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and cotton rope
142.24 x 116.84cm
56.00 x 46.00 in
Acrylic on canvas and cotton rope
142.24 x 116.84cm
56.00 x 46.00 in
Midnight Repeating, 2019
Acrylic on canvas and rope
114.3 x 76.2cm
45.00 x 30.00 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
114.3 x 76.2cm
45.00 x 30.00 in
Uncontrollable balance, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
57 x 47cm
22.44 x 18.50 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
57 x 47cm
22.44 x 18.50 in
Matches, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
92 x 30cm
36.22 x 11.81 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
92 x 30cm
36.22 x 11.81 in
Lights, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
124 x 21cm
48.82 x 8.27 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
124 x 21cm
48.82 x 8.27 in
Out till break, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
146 x 97cm
57.48 x 38.19 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
146 x 97cm
57.48 x 38.19 in
Space flower, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
83 x 76cm
32.68 x 29.92 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
83 x 76cm
32.68 x 29.92 in
Unearthed glow tutorial, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
116 x 150cm
45.67 x 59.06 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
116 x 150cm
45.67 x 59.06 in
Broken landscape, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
91 x 72cm
35.83 x 28.35 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
91 x 72cm
35.83 x 28.35 in
Friday Niceness, 2017
Acrylic on canvas and rope
134.62 x 109.22cm
53.00 x 43.00 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
134.62 x 109.22cm
53.00 x 43.00 in
Black Naturales, 2017
Acrylic on canvas and cotton
93.98 x 86.36cm
37.00 x 34.00 in
Acrylic on canvas and cotton
93.98 x 86.36cm
37.00 x 34.00 in
Long Coin Home, 2017
Acrylic on canvas and rope
93.98 x 60.96cm
37.00 x 24.00 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
93.98 x 60.96cm
37.00 x 24.00 in
Heat, 2018
Acrylic on wood and rope
66 x 50cm
25.98 x 19.69 in
Acrylic on wood and rope
66 x 50cm
25.98 x 19.69 in
Sea of Abreviation, 2018
Acrylic on canvas and rope
106.5 x 80cm
41.93 x 31.50 in
Acrylic on canvas and rope
106.5 x 80cm
41.93 x 31.50 in
Rachel Eulena Williams
Born in 1991 Miami, USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, USA
Education
2013
BFA, Cooper Union, New York, USA
Residencies
2019 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop SIP Fellowship, NY, USA
2018 68 Projects, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany
2014 NY Studio Factory, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, USA
Education
2013
BFA, Cooper Union, New York, USA
Residencies
2019 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop SIP Fellowship, NY, USA
2018 68 Projects, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany
2014 NY Studio Factory, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rachel Eulena Williams challenges conventional perspectives on space, both in the formal and environmental connotations of the word.
In an alternative handling of painting materials, Williams challenges the physical and traditional forms of both painting and its presentation. Canvases are sewn, deconstructed and full of moments implying sculptural elements. Rope is transformed and manipulated to visually and structurally hold together un-stretched paintings while simultaneoulsy functioning formally as line. The image creating processes imply a power of movement and creation that continue on the canvas even after the physical action of construction has been completed. Similarly, and just as immediate, is the visible dismantling of the pieces. The full history of these paintings are present, both past and future exist on the same plane and it is impossible to tell which is which. Drawing, painting and sculpture connect retracing abstraction in image, form, and action.
Within these works space can be seen not only in a compositional sense but also as a setting. Driven by the desire to challenge the often limited depictions of outer space as a dead place outside of nature, in these paintings Williams’s use of metallics and earth tones present an environment that while foreign, is not cold or vacant. In the constant construction of new forms, which always also seem to be disassembling and changing, these paintings call to mind not only a dismantling of the traditional form of painting but of traditional imaginings of earths destruction. Williams’s paintings present us with an understanding that destruction is not an end to creation but is inseparable from it.
Valerie Kamen
In an alternative handling of painting materials, Williams challenges the physical and traditional forms of both painting and its presentation. Canvases are sewn, deconstructed and full of moments implying sculptural elements. Rope is transformed and manipulated to visually and structurally hold together un-stretched paintings while simultaneoulsy functioning formally as line. The image creating processes imply a power of movement and creation that continue on the canvas even after the physical action of construction has been completed. Similarly, and just as immediate, is the visible dismantling of the pieces. The full history of these paintings are present, both past and future exist on the same plane and it is impossible to tell which is which. Drawing, painting and sculpture connect retracing abstraction in image, form, and action.
Within these works space can be seen not only in a compositional sense but also as a setting. Driven by the desire to challenge the often limited depictions of outer space as a dead place outside of nature, in these paintings Williams’s use of metallics and earth tones present an environment that while foreign, is not cold or vacant. In the constant construction of new forms, which always also seem to be disassembling and changing, these paintings call to mind not only a dismantling of the traditional form of painting but of traditional imaginings of earths destruction. Williams’s paintings present us with an understanding that destruction is not an end to creation but is inseparable from it.
Valerie Kamen
Solo shows at Ceysson Gallery
Rachel Eulena Williams, Saint-Etienne
October 26 - December 15, 2018
Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
The Spaces In Between, New York
September 09 - November 07, 2020
Inflatable tear, New York
January 23 - February 24, 2018
Feed the Meter, Wandhaff
September 23 - December 16, 2017
Exhibitions
2020
Hey Mars, with Scott Treleaven, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
100!, Online exhibition and book, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
Assembly, MRS. Gallery, Queens, New York.
2019
Bushwick Rodeo, Curated by Wallace Whitney, Sean Horton (Presents), Dallas, Texas.
Go Away Road, Curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. Notebook, Curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York.
2018
Coastal, Cooper Cole, Toronto, États-Unis
Zero Gravity, Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Étienne, France
Inflatable Tear, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, États-Unis
William King, Annabeth Marks, Annie Pearlman, Rachel Eulena Williams, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 2018 - 2019.
Paradise, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Surface of a Sphere, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles, CA. HOGS CURVE, Curated by Joseph Hart, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
2017
Feed the Meter Vol. II, commissaire d'exposition : Wallace Whitney, Ceysson & Bénétière, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, États-Unis
The one and only East Hampton Biennial, commissaires d'exposition : Woobie Bogus and Adrianne Rubenstein, East Hampton, États-Unis
Coco Currents, Turn Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Shampoo Effect, MASS Gallery, Austin, États-Unis
Staccato, SomeTime Salon, San Francisco, États-Unis
Parting and Together, Curated by Trudy Benson, Greenpoint Hill, Brooklyn, NY. The cause and effect of my love for you, 15 Orchard St Gallery, New York, NY.
2016
Dreams come true, Sleep Center, New York, États-Unis
Epizootics, DTCV Firehouse, New York, États-Unis
Dog Show, Center Street, New York, États-Unis
Rachel Eulena Williams, Saint-Etienne
October 26 - December 15, 2018
Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
The Spaces In Between, New York
September 09 - November 07, 2020
Inflatable tear, New York
January 23 - February 24, 2018
Feed the Meter, Wandhaff
September 23 - December 16, 2017
Exhibitions
2020
Hey Mars, with Scott Treleaven, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
100!, Online exhibition and book, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
Assembly, MRS. Gallery, Queens, New York.
2019
Bushwick Rodeo, Curated by Wallace Whitney, Sean Horton (Presents), Dallas, Texas.
Go Away Road, Curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. Notebook, Curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York.
2018
Coastal, Cooper Cole, Toronto, États-Unis
Zero Gravity, Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Étienne, France
Inflatable Tear, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, États-Unis
William King, Annabeth Marks, Annie Pearlman, Rachel Eulena Williams, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 2018 - 2019.
Paradise, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Surface of a Sphere, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles, CA. HOGS CURVE, Curated by Joseph Hart, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
2017
Feed the Meter Vol. II, commissaire d'exposition : Wallace Whitney, Ceysson & Bénétière, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, États-Unis
The one and only East Hampton Biennial, commissaires d'exposition : Woobie Bogus and Adrianne Rubenstein, East Hampton, États-Unis
Coco Currents, Turn Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Shampoo Effect, MASS Gallery, Austin, États-Unis
Staccato, SomeTime Salon, San Francisco, États-Unis
Parting and Together, Curated by Trudy Benson, Greenpoint Hill, Brooklyn, NY. The cause and effect of my love for you, 15 Orchard St Gallery, New York, NY.
2016
Dreams come true, Sleep Center, New York, États-Unis
Epizootics, DTCV Firehouse, New York, États-Unis
Dog Show, Center Street, New York, États-Unis
Bibliography
2017
Peek in on a Performance Through the Window of a Closed Gallery, Anya Tchoupakov, Creators, Vice
Episode 23, Rachel Eulena Williams, Deep Color Podcast
Pencil in the Studio: Rachel E. Williams, Pencilinthestudio.com
2017
Peek in on a Performance Through the Window of a Closed Gallery, Anya Tchoupakov, Creators, Vice
Episode 23, Rachel Eulena Williams, Deep Color Podcast
Pencil in the Studio: Rachel E. Williams, Pencilinthestudio.com
LE PROGRÈS - La liberté hors de la toile - 2018
LE PROGRÈS - Clément Goutelle
November 21, 2018
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L'ESSOR LOIRE - Daniel Brignon
November 06, 2018
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