She holds a BFA from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]].
She holds a BFA from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]].
Discussing her work in the New York Times, chief art-critic [[Roberta Smith]]asserts, “The paintings are extravagantly in-your-face regarding execution, style, image and social thrust. They take aim at the impossible idealizations of women in both art and advertising, depicting mostly nude and aloof androgynous supermodels, and the occasional feline, with a new kind of cool yet visceral bravura.”{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roberta |title=What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week |work=The New York Times |date=November 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html |access-date=15 August 2018}}
Discussing her work in the New York Times, chief art-critic [[Roberta Smith]]asserts, “The paintings are extravagantly in-your-face regarding execution, style, image and social thrust. They take aim at the impossible idealizations of women in both art and advertising, depicting mostly nude and aloof androgynous supermodels, and the occasional feline, with a new kind of cool yet visceral bravura.”{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roberta |title=What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week |work=The New York Times |date=November 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html |access-date=15 August 2018}}
== Exhibitions ==
In 2024, she featured her ”Undying” exhibition at the Perrotin art gallery in Tokyo.{{Cite web |title=”Undying” Exhibition by Robin F. Williams |url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/event/undying-exhibition-by-robin-f-williams/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Tokyo Weekender |language=ja}}
Williams had her first solo museum show in Columbus, Ohio, at the Columbus Museum of Art titled ”Robin F. Williams:” ”We’ve Been Expecting You” in 2024. {{Cite web |title=Robin F. Williams: We’ve Been Expecting You – Columbus Museum of Art – Exhibitions – PPOW |url=https://www.ppowgallery.com/exhibitions/robin-f-williams-weve-been-expecting-you#tab:thumbnails;tab-1:slideshow |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.ppowgallery.com |language=en}}
Williams work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally. Her notable solo exhibitions include ”Undying” (2024)”,” [https://www.perrotin.com/ Perrotin], [[Tokyo]]{{Cite web |title=”Undying” Exhibition by Robin F. Williams |url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/event/undying-exhibition-by-robin-f-williams/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Tokyo Weekender |language=ja}}; ”Good Mourning” (2024), [https://www.ppowgallery.com/ P·P·O·W], [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway, NY]]; ”Watch Yourself” (2023), [[Morán Morán]], [[Mexico City]]; ”Out Lookers” (2021), [https://www.ppowgallery.com/ P·P·O·W], [[New York City|New York]]; and ”With Pleasure” (2019), [https://www.vsf.la/ Various Small Fires], [[Los Angeles]]{{Cite web |title=Robin F. Williams – Artists – PPOW |url=https://www.ppowgallery.com/artists/robin-f-williams#tab:thumbnails |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.ppowgallery.com |language=en}}.
In 2024, Williams exhibited in a group show titled ”Le vernissage, partie un” at [https://www.brigittemulholland.com/ Brigitte Mulholland], [[Paris]]along with [[Katherine Bradford]]and other artists.{{Cite Web | Title = Works-The Vernissage, part one | URL = https: //www.brigittemulholland.com/exhibitions/8-le-vernissage-partie-un/works/ | Access-date = 2025-02- 18 | Website = Brigitte Mulholland | Language = in}}
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American painter
Robin F. Williams (born 1984, Columbus, Ohio) is a contemporary painter based in Brooklyn, New York.
She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.
Williams presents women in the poses of fashion-magazine advertising.[1]
Discussing her work in the New York Times, chief art-critic Roberta Smith asserts, “The paintings are extravagantly in-your-face regarding execution, style, image and social thrust. They take aim at the impossible idealizations of women in both art and advertising, depicting mostly nude and aloof androgynous supermodels, and the occasional feline, with a new kind of cool yet visceral bravura.”[2]
Williams had her first solo museum show in Columbus, Ohio, at the Columbus Museum of Art titled Robin F. Williams: We’ve Been Expecting You in 2024. [3]
Williams work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally. Her notable solo exhibitions include Undying (2024), PerrotinTokyo[4]; Good Mourning (2024), P·P·O·WBroadway, NY; Watch Yourself (2023), Morán Morán, Mexico City; Out Lookers (2021), P·P·O·WNew York; and With Pleasure (2019), Various Small FiresLos Angeles[5].
In 2024, Williams exhibited in a group show titled The opening, part a at Brigitte MulhollandParis along with Katherine Bradford and other artists.[6]
She has been exhibited at galleries including Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Perrotin, P.P.O.W. GalleryGrand Central Art Center at CSUF, The Hole NYCand Sargent’s Daughters. Williams’ exhibitions have been noted in publications such as the New York Magazine[7], BOMB Magazine[8], Forbes[9]and Juxtapoz.[10]
