- Kent Williams
Infobox Comics creator
name = Kent Williams
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birthdate = 1962
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nationality = American
area = Artist
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notable works = "Hellblazer "
"Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes"
"Koan: Paintings byJon J. Muth & Kent Williams"
"Kent Williams, Amalgam: Paintings & Drawings, 1992-2007"
awards = Yellow Kid Award
website = http://www.kentwilliams.comKent Williams (b. 1962) is an American painter and
graphic novel artist.A graduate of the
Pratt Institute in New York City, Williams, a consummate draftsman and painter, has realized his work through various other artistic channels as well; that of the illustrated word and the graphic novel (most recently, "The Fountain" with filmmakerDarren Aronofsky ), printmaking, photography, design, architecture, and film. A selection of his works on paper, "Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes", was published in 1991, and "Koan: Paintings byJon J. Muth & Kent Williams", was published in 2001. His recent monograph, "Kent Williams, Amalgam: Paintings & Drawings, 1992-2007", with text byEdward Lucie-Smith and Julia Morton, is the most comprehensive collection of Williams' work to date.Comics
From 1983–1985, Williams was a regular contributor to
Marvel Comics ' "Epic Illustrated ". Williams was the regular cover artist for Vertigo's "Hellblazer " in 1990–1991.Teaching
Williams returned as a visiting instructor to the Pratt Institute, and has since gone on to teach at the
California College of the Arts , San Francisco, California;East Carolina University , Greenville, North Carolina, and theCalifornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, California. Williams currently lives inLos Angeles , and teaches painting atArt Center College of Design inPasadena, California .Exhibitions
Williams' work has been the subject of a number of solo exhibitions over the past ten years, including shows in New York City; San Francisco, CA; Sundance, Utah; the Duke Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; and in Los Angeles, California, where he is represented by
Merry Karnowsky Gallery . His painting "Trace Double-Portrait" was exhibited at theSmithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., as part of the Outwin Boochever 2006 Portrait Exhibition. His work is collected both in the U.S. and abroad.Awards
Williams is the recipient of a number of awards for his work, including the Yellow Kid Award; Lucca, Italy's prestigious comics award. In 2001, he was invited to be a fellow at the
Sundance Filmmakers Lab in Sundance, Utah.References
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