December First Friday | William Downs
Schedule
Fri Dec 06 2024 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
UT Downtown Gallery | Knoxville, TN
He received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Atlanta College of Art and Design and a multidisciplinary MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His awards include Artadia, The Working Artist Project at Museum of Contemporary Art GA, and The Nellie Mae Rowe Fellowship at Hambidge Creative Residency Program. His work has been included in national shows with Art AIDS America and Black Pulp! curated by Mark Thomas Gibson and William Villalongo. Downs has exhibited at venues nationally and abroad including: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA; Slag Gallery, NYC; International Print Center, NYC; The Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida, Tampa; the African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at the University of Alabama, Birmingham; the Century Gallery in London; and Derek Eller Gallery, NYC. His work is held in collections such as The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; The Birmingham Museum of Art, AL; and The Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.
Down's exhibition is sponsored by the School of Art Programming Committee, SouthArts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arts & Culture Alliance, Knox County, and the Department of the Treasury.
Where is it happening?
UT Downtown Gallery, 112 S Gay St SW, Knoxville, TN 37902, United States,Knoxville, TennesseeEvent Location & Nearby Stays: