PROJECTS
solo
2023
The Pleasure of Wasted Time / The Nicholson Project, WDC
2019
Things That Don't Have Names / Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA
2018
The Lingering Survival of the Unfit / Stand4, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Everyone Actually is Each Other / IA&A at Hillyer, WDC
2013
Untitled Symbiant, Falls Solos / Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Homegrown / Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
UnCommon Bodies / Hillyer Art Space, WDC
2012
Emerging From the Curious: Commonplace Anomalies / DC Arts Center, WDC
two/three person
2020
Seamless: Craft-based Objects and Performance: Angela Ellsworth, Caleb Weintraub, and Stephanie J Williams / Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
2017
Project #9 , Blame It On the Trees / Bonnie Collura / |'sindikit | , Baltimore, MD
2016
Mutations: Featuring Pam Rogers, Bonner Sale, Stephanie Williams / Civilian Art Projects, WDC
2014
Dance of the Soramimi: Radio Sebastian and Stephanie Williams / The Fridge, WDC
selected group / screenings
2024
Official Selection / Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
Official Selection / Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Official Selection / Thomas Edison (Black Maria) Film Festival, Hoboken, NJ
Official Selection / Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA
Official Selection / Academy of Death Racers Festival, London, UK - Hospes - Oscar Eligible
2023
Official Selection / Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT
Official Selection / Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
Official Selection / Defy Film Festival, Nashville, TN
Official Selection / Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Official Selection / Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Official Selection / Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
Official Selection / Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA
Official Selection / Toronto Black Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Official Selection / Thomas Edison (Black Maria) Film Festival, Hoboken, NJ
Official Selection / Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium
An Adventure in Being / MOCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
Re-envisioning / DC Commission for the Arts & Humanities Gallery, WDC
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Outside the Frame / Current Space, Baltimore, MD
2022
Official Selection / San Diego Underground Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Best Animation Short / New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA
Official Selection / Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD
Official Selection / Portland Film Festival, Portland, OR
Continuum / McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Visiting Artists Video Screening / Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
A Window to Europe / Plain Sight DC & PassPortDC, EU Ambassador's Residence & EU Delegation, WDC
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Behind the Screens / Goucher College, Silber Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2021
A Window to Europe / Plain Sight & EU National Institutes of Culture, Austrian Cultural Forum, WDC
TSA_PDF 018: Conversation Pieces w/ John Ros / Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Baltimore Museum of Art, Screening Room, Baltimore, MD, (online)
A Degree of Uncertainty / Stand4, Brooklyn, NY
Merkin Dream / Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Smithsonian American Art Museum Women Filmmakers Festival / Cinema @ Eaton DC, WDC
2019
Stephanie J Williams: Lingering Survival of the Unfit, The Tenderness Project, (online)
Face Value / The Parlour, Baltimore, MD
WPA Art Night / Washington Project for the Arts, WDC
Where Have We Been / Towson University, Towson, MD
Janet & Walter Sondheim Finalists Exhibition / The Walters Museum, Baltimore, MD
School 33 Biennial, Baltimore, MD
Unruly Bodies / Stevenson University, Stevenson, MD
Storie Americane / Sala Uno, Rome, ITA (funded by a DC Arts and Humanities Sister Cities Grant through IA&A at Hillyer, WDC)
Mirror Mirrored: Contemporary Art and the Fairy Tale / Central Library Gallery, Austin Public Library, Austin, TX
Video Transmission / Quad Gallery, Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
2018
Open World / Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Janet & Walter Sondheim Semifinalists / Artscape, Baltimore, MD
Mirror Mirrored / St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH
2017
Fictions / The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, NY
Spiral:Recoil / The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
Cloud Headed / MCLA, Gallery51, North Adams, MA
Home / Capital Fringe, WDC
Babel's Bricks / MCLA, Gallery51, North Adams, MA
(benefit) Artists For Truth / SpaceCamp, Baltimore, MD
Click Here / Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
In the Round / EMU, Harrisonburg, VA
Long Term Relationships, Issue 1, Sassafras, Baltimore, MD (online)
2016
A Polite Distance / ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
FilmFest52 / Connecticut Film Festival, Bethel, CT
Good and Plenty / School 33, Baltimore, MD
The Anatomy of Fairy Tales / Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Mirror Mirrored: Grimms' Through the Looking Glass / New Hampshire Institute of Art/Gwarlingo, Peterborough, NH
Mirror Mirrored: Art Meets the Monsters / Washington Project for the Arts/Gwarlingo Studio, WDC
To Have Done with the Judgement of God, costuming for Antonin Artaud play, Director - B.Stanley / DC Art Center, WDC
In the Round / Valley Arts Council, Harrisonburg, VA
2015
Zip! Animation Festival / Gwarlingo, Harrisville, NH
Kinaesthetic / Spitzer Arts Center, Harrisonburg, VA
Vision Art, Arts in motion (8th edition), Animation Short / Visionaria International Film Festival, Siena, ITA
Spin, Dazzle, Fade / Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
Deep End / The Wassaic Project, Summer Exhibition and Festival, Wassaic, NY
Pebble Drinkers / Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2014
Strange Bedfellows / Washington Project for the Arts, VisArts, Rockville, MD
Abraxas / Temporary Agency, Chasama, Queens, NY
Backpack Gallery / (e)merge Art Fair, WDC
Backpack Gallery / DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
(inter)Related, Sparkplug Art Collective / DC Arts Center, WDC
Joan Hisoaka Gallery Benefit / Smith Center, WDC
Contraptions: Reflections on the Almost Functional / McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2013
Thread / Civilian Art Projects, Union Market, WDC
Westmaryginiasylvington / Hood College, Frederick, MD
External Memory, Sparkplug Art Collective / DC Arts Center, WDC
Between the Lines / Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Alexandria, VA
2012
Sculpture Now / Washington Sculptors Group, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, WDC
Artomatic / DC Arts Festival, Arlington, VA
2011
Craddock Terry Gallery, Lynchburg, VA
Sketchbook / Transformer Gallery, DC
Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper / Dan Graham Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mixing Bowl / Target Gallery, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2010
Emerging Sculptors / Craddock Terry Gallery, Lynchburg, VA
2009
Animation Feature / Craddock Terry Gallery, Lynchburg, VA
Creature Feature / Studio2 Gallery, Austin, TX
2008
Duration / Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2007
Words No Words / Geborgen Kamers, The Hague, NL
Magic Latern Film Festival / Pixilerations, FirstWorks Festival, Providence, RI
Introductions 3 / Irvine Contemporary,W DC
Esthetic Surplus / Staygold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Michael Oatman)
Artists Jubilee/Traveling Theater / Warwick Museum, Warwick, RI
2006
Rockingham Arts & Museum Project, Public Art/Moving Site / Spurse Collective, Bellows Falls, VT
curation
2019
__lineation__ , the work of john ros / DC Arts Center, WDC
2015
Pebble Drinkers / Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2007
Alter/Ultra Ego / RISD, Providence, RI
TALKS / VISITS
Re-Envisioning Artists Panel, DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, WDC
Artists Working Across Disciplines: Amina Ross & Stephanie J. Williams, Hamiltonian Artists, WDC, facilitated by Anisa Olufemi
Visiting Artist Lecture, The Kreeger Museum, WDC
Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Department, Towson University, Towson, MD
Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Department, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Panelist, Sweaty Eyeballs: Behind the Screen, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Visiting Artist Panel, Professional Practices, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
Resident Talk, Works in Progress, Sculpture Space, Utica NY
SMFA Tufts University, Drawing for Sculpture class, Boston, MA
Williams College, Faculty Colloquium, Williamstown, MA
Williams College, Art & Humor class, Williamstown, MA
Goucher College, Studio Seminar class, Baltimore, MD
SAAM Women's Filmmakers Festival , Eaton DC, WDC
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
The Parlour, Baltimore, MD
Stevenson University, gallery talk, Stevenson, MD
The Walters Museum, Sondheim Finalists public talk, Baltimore, MD
"In Their Own Words: Stephanie J Williams and Lily Siegel in Conversation", Tephra ICA, Reston, VA
Artist led Stop Motion Animation Workshop, Tephra ICA, Reston, VA
Sala Uno, Sister Cities Grant 2019 for IA&A at Hillyer, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Rome, Italy
“Too Obviously from an Animal”, lecturer, 2019 John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series, The Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts, State College, PA
"Food and Place" lecturer/screening, 2019 A2RU Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities Emerging Creatives Student Summit, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Sala Uno, Sister Cities Grant, 2018 for IA&A at Hillyer, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Rome, Italy
Stand4 Gallery, gallery talk, Brooklyn, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art, Around Flat: 2D/3D Painting Class, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal Multidisciplinary MFA program, visiting critic, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, First Year Experience Forum, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Animation Department, Baltimore, MD
Studio Museum in Harlem, Studio Squared: Stop Motion Puppet Animation Workshop, NYC, NY
Guest Spot at the Reinstitute/'sindikit: Pre Fixe Course 1 - Identity & Performativity, Baltimore, MD
School 33, gallery talk, Baltimore, MD
Corcoran/George Washington School of Art, Senior Thesis and MFA program visiting critic, WDC
Civilian Arts Project, WDC
George Mason University, Sculpture Department, Fairfax, VA
DC Arts Center, gallery talks, WDC
Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro, NC
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Sculpture Senior Thesis visiting critic, Boston, MA
School Art, Design and Art History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Arlington Arts Center, gallery talks, Arlington, VA
"Homegrown", Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Transformer Gallery, gallery talk, WDC
Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, gallery talks, Alexandria, VA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bridgewater Community College, Bridgewater, VA
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2024
Directors Choice Award - The Expectation of the Observed / Thomas Edison (Black Maria) Film Festival, Hoboken, NJ
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship - Media Studies, WDC
2023
July - September Resident Artist / The Nicholson Project, WDC
Honorable Mention - Hospes / Thomas Edison (Black Maria) Film Festival, Hoboken, NJ
2022
Jury Award Winner: Animated Short - Hospes / Oscar Eligible (for 2024) / New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA
Jury Citation / Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
Resident Fellow, The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship - Media Studies, WDC
2021
Arthur Levitt, Jr. '52 Artist-in-Residence, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship - Media Studies, WDC
Resident, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2020
Fellow/Production Grant, Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2019
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship - Media Studies, WDC
Janet & Walter Sondheim Finalist, Baltimore, MD
2018
Resident, School 33, Baltimore, MD (-2021)
Resident Fellow, The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Janet & Walter Sondheim Semifinalist, Baltimore, MD
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Faculty Research Leave, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2016
Resident, VCCA, Amherst, VA
Provost Research Grant, James Madison University, VA
Alumni Achievement Award, James Madison University, VA
2015
Resident, ACRE, Steuben, WI
2014
Resident, Elsewhere Collective, Greensboro, NC
Resident, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2012-14
Sparkplug Artist Collective, DC Arts Center, WDC
2007
Toby Devan Lewis Fellow, Providence, RI
2006
Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005-07
RISD Presidential Scholar, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mark Jenkins, In the Galleries: Intersecting Themes, Washington Post, December 8, 2023
Mark Jenkins, In the Galleries: Concept of Time, Washington Post, October 27, 2023
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Katherine Mahoney, Reflect on Your Story Re/envisioning, District Fray, July 6, 2023
Murat Cem Mengüç, 10 Art Shows to See in Washington DC This Summer, Hyperallergic, July 13, 2023
#5WomenArtists, 5 Questions w/ Stephanie J Williams, National Museum of Women in the Arts Blog, January 27, 2022
John Ros, Studio Visit w/ Stephanie J Williams, Studio Ell, July 2021
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Cara Ober, Immigration, Environmentalism, Race, and Culture: 2019 Sondheim Finalists Tackle Personal, Civic, and Universal Issues, BmoreArt, June 28, 2019
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School 33 Resident Biennial Catalogue, School 33, Baltimore, MD, 2019
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Open World Catalogue, Arlington Art Center, VA, 2018
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Selby Nimrod, "Keeping It Together: Tracing truths + falsehoods in the narrative thrust of the Fictions groups show at Studio Museum", AQNB, November 7, 2017
Siddhartha Mitter, "At 'Fictions' in Harlem, Young Black Artists Are on Fire", The Village Voice, September 13, 2017
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Michelle Aldredge, "Babel's Bricks: The Power of Play", Gwarlingo, June 23, 2017
Celia Wren, "With Theatre Du Jour Play, Prepare to be Shocked, and a Little Grossed Out Too", Washington Post, April 19, 2016
Jack Marshall, "To Have Done with the Judgement of God", DCTheaterScene.com, April 18, 2016
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Jeanne Brasile, "Pebble Drinkers' Exhibition Easy to Swallow", Brick City Live, March 24, 2015
Mark Jenkins "Music and Art Collide with Pop", Washington Post, July 6, 2014
Alchemical Vessel Catalogue, Joan Hisoaka Gallery, Smith Center, WDC, 2014
Lori Baker, "Art and Function", McLean Connection, January 21, 2014
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Mark Jenkins “Gallery Shows from Jayme McLellan, Sam Scharf, Artisphere, Stephanie Williams, Rofi” Washington Post, January 19, 2013
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Arin Greenwood “Emerging from the Curious: Commonplace Anomalies” Huffington Post, February 3, 2013
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AFFLIATIONS
Tephra ICA, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Reston, VA (2023)
Stone Quarry Art Park, Artist Advisory (2025)
EDUCATION
MFA Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, w/ honors
Sheridan Teaching Certificate, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University/RISD, Providence, RI
BFA Painting & Drawing, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Williams currently teaches stop motion at Maryland Institute College of Art