{"id":51769,"date":"2016-01-06T09:31:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/antoine-williams\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:09:09","slug":"antoine-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/faces\/antoine-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2016\/01\/Untitled-design-172.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52417 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2016\/01\/Untitled-design-172.png 400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2016\/01\/Untitled-design-172-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2016\/01\/Untitled-design-172-300x300.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practicing Artist\/ Assistant Professor of Drawing at the University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration&nbsp;in Illustration, UNC Charlotte (2003)<br>Master of Fine Arts, UNC Chapel Hill (2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hometown:&nbsp;<\/strong>Red Springs, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoine Williams grew up in a small rural community in eastern North Carolina, midway between Fayetteville and Laurinburg. The realities of race and class that he experienced there became the foundation \u2013 the bass line \u2013 of his work, upon which he builds fantastical imagery and complex mythologies, influenced by the imaginative realms of science fiction and larger-than-life narratives in hip hop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Antoine arrived at UNC Charlotte, he found \u201ca diverse range of people and ideals which helped me become a critical thinker and more empathetic,\u201d he says. &nbsp;Two professors in particular, Jamie Franki and Lili Corbis, played a special role in his education. \u201cThey went out of their way as instructors and made art relatable to everyday life.\u201d His undergraduate experience provided \u201ca very sound technical approach to art-making and aesthetics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating from UNC Charlotte, Antoine joined&nbsp;fellow&nbsp;art alum John Hairston and two other young Charlotte artists&nbsp;to form the God City Arts Collective, which successfully integrated art and activism in urgent, energetic work that ranged from murals to pop-up shows to rap concerts. Throughout his career, he has cultivated his skills as both an artist and a teacher, exhibiting in numerous solo and group exhibitions and serving as an instructor in schools ranging from regional community colleges to UNC Chapel Hill, where he received his MFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoine participated in the Department of Art &amp; Art History Biennial Alumni Exhibition in Rowe Galleries in&nbsp;Fall 2015 and&nbsp;has exhibited in numerous other places, including the Mint Museum of Art, Michigan State University, Columbia Museum of Art, Smack Mellon Brooklyn, 21c Museum, Elsewhere Museum, the McColl Center of Art +&nbsp;Innovation, and the California Museum of Photography, among other venues.&nbsp;He has been an artist-in-residence at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, The Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Elsewhere Museum, The Hambidge Center, and The McColl Center for Art and Innovation. Williams\u2019 was also a part of the Drawing Center viewing program. He is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Award for Painters and Sculptors, South Arts Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant, the National Academy of Design Abbey Mural Prize and the Harpo Foundation Grant Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, Antoine has created projects such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenicholsonproject.org\/mythic-futures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Mythic Futures<\/em><\/a>, a series of four Afrofuturist public artworks. Developed in collaboration with The Nicholson Project, the multimedia murals, which combine traditional media with augmented reality, are located in different quadrants of Washington DC. 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