I created Site-specific Book of a Room (2009) for The Art House Sketchbook Project following the theme: Elephant in the Room. It will become part of a library collection and will travel on tour in the US, throughout 2010. Future library patrons will be able to browse books alphabetically, by location, theme, etc. The library will house sketchbooks from artists who reside all over the globe.

View my Sketchbook Project Page here...

Confirmed Exhibition Dates:

Home Gallery May 7 - 9, 2010 Chicago, IL

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Exhibition runs 1 October – 15 January (Private view 7pm, 30th September)

15 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol

The 30th September sees the Square Gallery unveiled. This uniquely creative space is set to redefine Bristol’s flourishing art scene and a private view of the Autumn exhibition will certainly get the exhibition off to an exciting start. The ultra-modern collection of work on shown reflects the ethos of the gallery; forward thinking artists will be given space to explore ideas using unusual media, creating works that are both intelligent and innovative.

The Autumn exhibition is curated by Catherine Raspail in conjunction with Open and features work by four cutting edge artists - Alys Williams, Johnny de Mearns and Bristol artists Andy Stott and Zanny Mellor.  Open will be showing video paintings by artist in residence Alys Williams. In 8 Moments, a series of eight video studies originally commissioned as part of a playful site specific installation in the Truman Brewery, London, Williams explores the relationship between the present and the recorded. Inside Out comprises of thirty six studies and this collection examines the textured layering of the natural and built environment through the notion of the journey.

For further information on the exhibition view the Square Gallery website and for more on Alys Williams see her Open gallery Artists page.

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In August 2009, I will be working on a self-initiated residency, based throughout the month at the 17th century house Maison du Barban in Les Apilles region of the south of France. Built by wealthy farmer and landowner Pierre Clapier, the extrodinary house and surrounding area will become a focus of my study and exploration, manifesting themselves into site-responsive installations, video works and works on paper. 

I intend to use the time and space to focus on my research, writing, drawing and filming in an environment away from city life. My objective outcome of the residency is a new body of site-responsive work, which will include a journal recording this process.

Maison du Barban
Le Paradou
Les Apilles
France

August 5th - August 30th 2009

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An exhibition of personal cartographies and  urban responses.

Alys Williams / Benjamin Bailey / Seecum Cheung / Ilona Sagar / Dana Macpherson / Inzajeano Latif.

Exhibition: Wednesday 3 June – Monday 20 July.
Private view: June 5 th 5.30 to 7.30.
Open: Monday – Friday 9 – 5pm, Saturday 11 – 3pm

Jerwood Cafe Space

Un: Place is the first group show in the Café space, guest-curated by Beatrice Jarvis. Six artists have each created a
piece of work that responds directly to the landscape of Jerwood Space, an iconic building situated in the heart of
bustling Bankside. This reclaimed area between London Bridge and Waterloo is steeped in fragmented traces of
lingering history, where passages of time are lost in hidden corners and marked histories are glimpsed on decaying
facades. Once again though, it is an area of dynamic interaction and cultural interchange, exemplified by these six
emerging artists communicating their response to the city landscape.

Alys Williams exhibits the site-specific Collage/Installation A Passage in an Urban Jigsaw 2009.

View PRESS RELEASE.

Visit the Jerwood Space.

UN:PLACE SEMINAR

A free urban seminar will accompany this exhibition on Wednesday 10 June 10am to 6pm. This day-long workshop explores the nature of the city as creative stimulus. Alys Williams will be among a group of artists, designers and acedemics to speak in the morning seminar and lead a workshop in the afternoon.

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Alys Williams officially becomes Artist in Residence at The Open Gallery. Having been represented by the gallery for her video work within the Artscape Project, since January 2008, she has now been invited to take the role of Artist in Residence. Alongside the development and research of her video practise, she will take an active role in the growth of the gallery, working in a curatorial role on collections, events, installations and exhibitions.

www.opengallery.co.uk

OPEN Gallery

375 City Road

London EC1V 1NB

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SWITCH Performance documentation of My Site|in Space 4 is now online including new documentation of (De)Construction.  

Visit documentation pages...

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My Place in Between: Stage Two exhibited at The Hangar of UMAM D&R, Beirut Lebanon.  Curator: Monika Borgmann.  

After reloctaing the installation to Beirut, we spent two weeks working in response to the city and on-site at The Hangar.  The work was re-installed into its new home, with new elements, and opened to the public on Friday 7th November 2008.  

Exhibition runs to the 21st November 2008.  

Supported by The British Council.

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