photo: Inge Ybema
RESUME
EDUCATION
BFA studio degree, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1990
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Summer Exhibition — Cheryl Newby Gallery, Pawley’s Island, SC, 2012, 2010
Recent Works — Cheryl Newby Gallery, Pawley’s Island, SC, 2008 and 2007
IIn the Round — Goodall Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, SC, 2006
New Work— Cheryl Newby Gallery, Pawley’s Island, SC, 2004 and 2006
Conception— Outdoor sculpture exhibition, University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, 2004 - 2002
Translation— Francis Marion University, Florence, SC, 2002
Translation;— Interpretations of Pritchard’s Island, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Beaufort, SC, 2001
The Swamp— A Contemplative Space, Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC, 1998
Recollection— University of South Carolina Beaufort Performing Arts Center, Beaufort, SC, 1997
Mike Williams: New Painting— Seabury Hall Gallery, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, 1996
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Abstract Painting in South Carolina: 1949-2012—South Carolina State Museum,
Columbia, SC, 2012
The Augusta-Columbia Connection— 540 Telfair St., Augusta, GA, 2010
U.S. Art in Embassies Program—Bucharest, Romania, 2009 - 2012
The Carolina Connection—Sig Abeles, Joseph Cave, & Mike Williams, the Cheryl Newby Gallery
Pawley’s Island, SC, 2010
State Art Collection Contemporary Conversations: Part 1— 701 Center for Contemporary Art Columbia, SC, 2009
Abstract in Nature— Laura Spong, Paul Reed, Katie Walker, and Mike Williams, Gallery 80808
Columbia, SC, 2007
South Carolina Birds: A Fine Art Exhibition—City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC and the Burroughs-Chapin Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2004
Pickens County Museum of Art and History—Pickens, SC, 2006
Chesley, Williams, Wimberly, Yaghjian, Winter Exhibition—Vista Studios Gallery
80808, Columbia, SC, 2000,’01,’02,’03,’04,’05,’06,’07,’08,’09,’10,’11,’12
Up From the Mud, Aaron Baldwin/Mike Williams—Vista
Studios Gallery 80808,
Columbia, SC, 2005
First Annual Southeastern Sculptors Competition—Aiken County Historical
Museum,
Aiken, SC, 2005
Turning
Wood, Painting Landscapes— Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC, 2001
Return to Sender, The Postcard Group— Lake County Museum, Chicago, IL, 2001
Return to Sender, The Postcard Group,—South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC, 2000
Terrain—Carillon Building Lobby, Charlotte, NC, 1997
What’s for Dinner—Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 1995
PUBLIC, CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
Funnel—20.5 feet tall sculpture, stainless steel, Midlands Technical
College,
Columbia, SC, 2003
Evolving Over Time—welded steel sculpture, 14’ H x 13’ L, at Patriot’s Hall, Sumter, SC, commission from the Sumter Cultural Commission, 2001
Space & Time—mural, project with students, Fulmer Middle School, West Columbia, SC 2001
St. Francis Processional Cross—welded steel cross, 88" H x 14" L
x 2" D,
commissioned by and located at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, Chapin,
SC, 2001
An Evolutionary Symbol—welded steel sculpture, 14’ H x 8’ diameter, The Palmetto Tree Project, exhibited temporarily at Boyd Plaza, Columbia Museum
of Art Columbia, SC, sponsored by the Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties, Columbia, SC 2000
Variations on Scale—mixed media and welded steel, installation, LaVecchia’s Restaurant,
Lake Norman, NC, 2000
More Subjects— mixed media and welded steel, installation, LaVecchia’s Restaurant,
Charlotte, NC, 1999
Subjects—installation of enamel on glass murals and mixed media and welded steel sculptures, Aqua Grill Restaurant, Columbia, SC, 1998
Instrument—painted, welded steel, 8’ H x 5’ L, Governor’s Hill, Columbia, SC
commission from the Cultural Council for Richland & Lexington
Counties for Rich’s, given to Columbia Housing Authority, 1997
Rotation, Relief from Rotation, and Illusion in Perspective—steel sculpture and mixed media
works, respectively 7’ H x 5’ Diameter, 34” L x 24” H
x 4” D, and 6’ Square, commissioned by Richland Memorial Hospital
Foundation for RMH Children’s Emergency Lobby, Columbia, SC, 1996.
SELECTED PUBLIC, CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The South
Carolina State Art Collection
Columbia
Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
City of
Columbia, SC
City of
Sumter, SC
The South
Carolina State Museum, Mark Coplan Estate Collection
Emory University,
Atlanta, GA
Presbyterian
College, Clinton, SC
University
of South Carolina Sumter, Sumter, SC
Edens & Avant,
Columbia, SC
Southland
Log Homes, Columbia, SC
Municipal
Association of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Pritchard’s
Island Foundation, Pritchard’s Island, SC
Spring Island
Trust, Spring Island, SC
Center for
Carolina Living, Columbia, SC
LaVecchia’s
Restaurant, Charlotte, NC
Palmetto
Richland Hospital, Columbia, SC
Fulmer Middle School, West Columbia, SC
Midlands Technical College North East, Carolina Research Park, Columbia, SC