Sandy Williams IV (b. 1992, Belleville, NJ) makes work about time:
monuments, sculptures, films, and poems. Raised in the US south, their methodical creative practice demystifies the complexities of abstract time through the lens of a Black radical imagination. Their iterative projects blend moments of communal catharsis with live, shared, experiences to highlight the layers of historical presence that structure our everyday lives.
Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Richmond.
Recipient of the 2024 Joan Mitchell Fellowship, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship and the New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship. Featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, and BBC. Permanent installations at Roanoke College and the University of Richmond. Artist-in-Residence at McDowell, MASS MoCA, Atlantic Center for the Arts, SOMA, ACRE, and the University of Cumbria. Exhibitions at MOCA Virginia Beach, Arlington MOCA, The Harnett Museum, ICA VCU, The Shed, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Grounds For Sculpture.