| Kent Williams | |
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| Born | Kent Robert Williams 1962 (age 62–63) New Bern, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Area | Artist |
Notable works | Blood: A Tale Hellblazer Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes Koan: Paintings byJon J Muth & Kent Williams Kent Williams, Amalgam: Paintings & Drawings, 1992-2007 |
| Awards | Yellow Kid Award |
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Kent Robert Williams (born 1962)[1] is an American painter andgraphic novel artist.
Williams, a draftsman and painter, has realized his work through various other artistic channels as well; that of the illustrated word and the graphic novel (includingThe 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, andKoan: Paintings byJon J Muth & Kent Williams, was published in 2001. His 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.
Williams was born inNew Bern, North Carolina.[2] He attended thePratt Institute in New York City[3] and graduated in 1984.[2]
From 1983 to 1985, Kent Williams was a regular contributor toMarvel Comics'Epic Illustrated. He collaborated with writerJ. M. DeMatteis onBlood: A Tale in 1987 and with writersWalt andLouise Simonson and co-artistJon J Muth onHavok andWolverine: Meltdown the following year.[1] The latter series was a result of Williams and Muth's desire to work on a project together.[4] Williams was the regular cover artist forDC Comics'Hellblazer in 1990–1991.[5] Comics historianLes Daniels noted that Williams' "impressionistic painting style is an example of the new look that DC'sVertigo line brought to comics."[6] Williams drew the "Fear of Falling" short story forVertigo Preview #1 (1993) which featured theSandman and was written byNeil Gaiman.[7] In 2006 he illustrated a graphic novel adaptation ofThe Fountain from the script by filmmakerDarren Aronofsky.[8]
Kent Williams was a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute, and has taught at theCalifornia College of the Arts, San Francisco;East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, and theCalifornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, California. Williams lives in Los Angeles and teaches painting at theArt Center College of Design inPasadena, California. In addition, he is an MFA mentor faculty at theLaguna College of Art and Design.[citation needed]
He is currently living and working in Los Angeles with his partner Soey Milk.[citation needed]
His work has been the subject of a number of solo exhibitions including shows in New York City; San Francisco; Sundance, Utah; theNasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina;[9] in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is represented by Evoke Contemporary Gallery;[10] and in Los Angeles, where he is represented byThe Merry Karnowsky Gallery.[11] His paintingTrace Double-Portrait was exhibited at theNational Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., as part of the Outwin Boochever 2006 Portrait Exhibition.[12]
Williams is the recipient of a number of awards for his work, including theYellow Kid Award,Lucca, Italy's comics award.[13] In 2001, he was invited to be a fellow at theSundance Filmmakers Lab inSundance,Utah.[14]
The 1988 four-parterHavok & Wolverine: Meltdown came about because Williams wanted to work with Jon J. Muth, and they developed the story with the writers. Williams worked on the Wolverine art while Muth did the Havoc art.
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