Born in 1926, Georgetown, Guyana. Died in 1990, London, UK. |
Selected Solo Exhibitions |
2023 |
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Aubrey Williams: Future Conscious, October Gallery, London, UK |
2023-24 |
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Aubrey Williams: Cosmological Abstraction 1973-85, Tate Britain (Room 24), London, UK |
2022 |
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Aubrey Williams: Sunphase - Works on Paper, October Gallery, London, UK |
2018 |
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Aubrey Williams, October Gallery, London, UK |
2015 | | Realm of the Sun, October Gallery, London, UK |
2014-18 |
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Faculty of English Library, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK |
2013 |
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Aubrey Williams: Shostakovich Symphonies and Quartets, Hales Gallery, London, UK |
2010 |
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Aubrey Williams: Atlantic Fire, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK; simultaneous exhibition with Aubrey Williams: Now and Coming Time, October Gallery, London, UK |
2008 |
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Rotunda Space, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
2007 |
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Goodison Room, Tate Britain, London, UK |
2006 |
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Aubrey Williams: Major Works, October Gallery, London, UK |
2004 |
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Aubrey Williams: Dreams and Visions, October Gallery, London, UK |
1998 |
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Aubrey Williams, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK |
1996-97 |
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Harlem & Caribbean Cultural Center, New York, USA |
1996 |
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Castellani House, Georgetown, Guyana |
1995-96 |
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Aubrey Williams: Cosmos Series, October Gallery, London, |
1992 |
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Endangered Birds, Henry Sotheran Ltd (fine books & prints), London, UK |
1990 |
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Aubrey Williams Celebration, Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
A Tribute to Aubrey Williams, Guyana Museum, Georgetown, Guyana
A Tribute to Aubrey Williams, Contemporary Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1989 |
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De Graaf Fine Art, Chicago USA
Aubrey Williams: Selected Oils and Recent Acrylics, October Gallery, London, UK |
1988 |
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Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
Shibuya Tokyo Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |
1987 |
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Aubrey Williams: New Works on Paper, October Gallery, London, UK |
1985 |
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The Olmec-Maya & Now, Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK
Goldsmith College Gallery, London, UK
Cosmos, Gallery Barrington, Kingston, Jamaica
Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1984 |
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Aubrey Williams, October Gallery, London, UK
Paintings on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK |
1981 |
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Commonwealth Institute, London, UK |
1976 |
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Gallery Barrington, Kingston, Jamaica |
1975 |
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Olympia International Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1974 |
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The Warehouse, Kingston, Jamaica |
1973/74 |
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Little Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica |
1973 |
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Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London, UK |
1972 |
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Illinois Centre, Chicago, USA
Carifesta ’72, Critchlow Labour College, Georgetown, Guyana |
1971 |
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Camden Arts Centre, London, UK |
1970 |
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John Peartree Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica |
1969 |
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK |
1967 |
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Van Mildert College, Durham University, Durham, UK |
1965 |
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Commonwealth Institute, London, UK |
1964 |
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Forum Galleries, Bristol, UK |
1963 |
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Grabowski Gallery, London, UK
Gallery 60, Colchester, UK
Ritchie Hendricks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
1961 |
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Richmond Hill Gallery, Richmond, UK
Galleria Pater, Milan, Italy |
1959 |
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St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK |
1958/59/60 |
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New Vision Centre Gallery, London, UK
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2023 |
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The Moth and The Thunderclap, Modern Art Gallery, London, UK KADIST Collection Highlights: Abstract Reality, KADIST Art Foundation, Paris, France |
2022 |
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Radical Landscapes, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK AfroScots: Revisiting the Work of Black Artists in Scotland through New Collecting, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK Art Basel Miami Beach, Kabinett Sector, Miami, USA, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA Erna Rosenstein, Aubrey Williams. The Earth Will Open its Mouth, Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, Warsaw, Poland Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi, UAE, with October Gallery, London, UK Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA Post-war Modern: New Art In Britain 1945-1965, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK |
2021 - 2022 |
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Life Between Islands: Caribbean–British Art, 1950s to Now, Tate Britain, London, UK |
2021 |
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Fragments of Epic Memory, AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario), Ontario, Canada |
2020 |
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Atmospheres; Artists of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK
Art Basel Miami Beach, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, Florida, USA
Art Basel OVR: 20C, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Frieze London, online with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
2019 |
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Dream No Small Dream: Celebrating 40 Years of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK
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Get Up, Stand Up Now!, Somerset House, London, UK |
2018-19 | | Speech: Acts: Refection-Imagination-Repetition, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
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2017 |
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Summertime, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA EXPO Chicago, Chicago with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
2016 |
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No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action, 1960-1990, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, UK
The Armory Show, New York, USA with October Gallery, London, UK
Aviary, Transition Gallery, London, UK
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
2015 |
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Artist and Empire, Tate Britain, London, UK |
2014 |
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35 Years of the Transvangarde:Contemporary art from around the planet, October Gallery, London, UK |
2012 |
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Masters of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK Migrations:Journeys into British Art, Tate Britain, London, UK Beyond the easel: Gallery One, New Vision Center, Signals, Indica at Tate Britain II,, Tate, London, UK |
2009 |
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Transvangarde: Leading Contemporary Artists, October Gallery, London, UK |
2008 |
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Winter Exhibition: Gallery Artists, October Gallery, London, UK |
2005 |
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Intelligence Now!, October Gallery, London Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Radical Imaginary, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK |
1996/97 |
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Transforming the Crown, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA |
1992 |
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Belgrave Gallery, London, UK |
1989-90 | | The Other Story, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
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1988 |
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Summer Show: Gallery Artists, October Gallery, London, UK |
1987 |
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From the National Gallery, Guyana; Caracas, Venezuela, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Creation for Liberation, Brixton Village, London, UK |
1986 |
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Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester, UK
Autumn Equinox ’86: 19 Artists, October Gallery, London, UK |
1985 |
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GLC Brixton Recreation Centre, London, UK
Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1982/84 |
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Westbourne Gallery, London, UK |
1977 |
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‘ Festac '77, Festival of the Arts, Lagos, Nigeria
Jamaica House, Kingston, Jamaica |
1975/76/77 |
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Gallery Barrington, Kingston, Jamaica |
1975/76 |
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Olympia International Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1971/73/74/77 |
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Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK |
1970 |
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Guyana Museum, Georgetown, Guyana |
1968 |
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London School of Economics, London, UK
City Art Gallery, Bristol UK
West Indian Students Centre, London UK
House of Commons, London, UK |
1967/68 |
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University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
1967 |
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Expo ’67, Montreal, Canada
São Paulo Biennale (XI), São Paulo, Brazil
Brighton Festival of Arts, Brighton, UK
Theatre Royal, Stratford, UK |
1966 |
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The Arun Art Centre, Arundel, UK |
1966-70 |
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Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London, UK |
1965 |
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Arts Council, Karachi, Pakistan
Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Performing Multiculturalism: The Commonwealth Arts Festival, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
University of Glasgow & Commonwealth Arts Festival, Glasgow, UK |
1964 |
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Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK |
1962 |
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National College of Art, Dublin, Ireland |
1961/62/63/65 |
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Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK |
1961 |
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New Vision Centre Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland |
1960 |
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David Jones’ Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Walkers Gallery, London, UK
Woodstock Gallery, London, UK
Portal Gallery, London, UK
Univision Royal Court Grill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Grabowski Gallery, London, UK |
1958 |
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Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris, France |
1954 |
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Archer Gallery, London, UK |
Collections |
Aljira, A Centre for Contemporary Art, Newark, USA
Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
Bank of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Booker McConnell Plc, London, UK
Bradford Museums and Galleries, Bradford, UK
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK
Castellani House, National Collection of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
Church House, Kingston, Jamaica
Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
Eliot and Rutherford Colleges, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Glasgow Museum of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK
Guyana House of Assembly, Georgetown, Guyana
Jamaica House, Kingston, Jamaica
KADIST Art Foundation, Paris, France
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK
National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Marlborough House, London, UK
Milton Keynes Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, UK
Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, Warsaw, Poland
October Gallery, London, UK
Olympia International Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
Pérez Miami Museum, Miami, USA
Rice Marketing Board of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
Scheryn Art Collection, Cape Town, South Africa
Southbank Centre, London, UK
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK
Tate Britain, London, UK
Tuesday Magazine (boardroom), Chicago, USA
University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, Essex, UK
University of Hull, Hull, UK
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
University of the West Indies, Mary Secole Hall, Kingston, Jamaica
University of York, York, UK
Van Mildert College, Durham University, Durham, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
York City Art Gallery, York, UK
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