William Downs (artist)

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William Downs is an artist. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Exhibitions[edit]

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• 2019 a soft place to land, E.C. Lina Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2019 standing on the verge of..., GrizzlyGrizzly, Philadelphia, PA
• 2018 Inhuman, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2018 sometimes it hurts, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
• 2016 aimless revery, The Fuel and Lumber Company, Birmingham, AL, Slag Gallery, NY
• 2011 at ease, Parker Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2009 a world I never made, Slag Gallery, New York, NY
• 2008 fly away fly away, Artspace, New Haven, CT
• 2003 Drawings, Tevis County Gallery, Westminster, MD
• 2002 Drawings 2001–2002, Mission Space, Baltimore, MD
• 1999 Broken Ladders, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange, GA
• 1998 Drawings, ASIS Alternative Space, Atlanta, GA
• 1998 Hands and Feet, Gallery 307, Decatur, GA
• 1997 Broken Ladders, Georgia South Western University, Fine Arts Center Gallery LaGrange, GA
• 1994 Etchings and Monoprints, The Equitable Building, Atlanta, GA
• 1993 Etchings, Yin and Yang Gallery, Atlanta, GA

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Cotter, Christina. "Exquisite Corpses Abound in William Downs & Brooke Pickett's Collaboration," ArtsAtl, April 27, 2012
• Holte, Michael Ned. "'ACP': Parker Jones," Artforum, March, 2011
• Bowers, Jessica. “17th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition,” Baltimore City Paper, April 12, 2006
• Tanguy, Sarah. "Baltimore 'Model Home' Artscape," Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 23 No. 6, July/August 2004
• Bowers, Jessica. “Drawing No Conclusions,” Baltimore City Paper, August 6, 2003