Artist Vitae
Cecil Williams
3276 Shorewood Avenue
Fort Gratiot, MI 48059
(810) 385-5798
Education
Received a Bachelors Degree in both art and education at Wayne State University in 1972. In 1982 graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor in pharmacy.
Obtained a Masters degree in both clinical psychology and addiction studies from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1999.
Exhibitions
Macomb Council for the Arts Prestige Art Show 1993 (Second Place)
Warren Society for the Arts Prestige Art Show 1994 (honorable Mention)
Michigan Annual XXII 1994
Mt. Clemens Art Association 35th Annual Spring Exhibition
Paint Creek 8th Annual Exhibition, Rochester, MI 1994
16th Michigan Artists Competition, Battle Creek Art Center 1994
Michigan Annual XXIII 1995
Art 95, Gallery 54, Soho, New York City 1995
Multiperspectives III, Art Place Gallery, Chicago, Ill 1996
All Media Juried Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market 1996
Michigan Annual XXIV 1996
Arternatives National Exhibition, San Louis Obispo, California 1996
5th Annual Perry House Summer Invitational, Perry House Gallery, Alexandria, VA 1996
61st National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY 1996
Multiperspectives IV, Art Place Gallery, Chicago, ILL 1996
Michigan Annual XXVI 1998
Michigan Annual XXVII 1999
Back to the Future, Art Center, Mt. Clemens 1999
Michigan Annual XXVIII 2000
Fine Arts in the Village, Livonia Art Association 2000
One by One, Art Center, Mt. Clemens 2002 (Honorable Mention)
Michigan Annual XXX 2002
Michigan Annual XXXII 2004
Renaissance Roam 2009
Studio 1219 Permanent Rotating Exhibition
"Contemporary Representationalism" Solo show Studio 1219, 2010
"Tetrad....a group of four" Show Studio 1219 2011
Art Forum Magazine 2011 (Editor's Choice Award)
"Working Class Hero" Show, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI 2011 (2nd place)
"Open International Juried Competition" 2011, (Special Recognition)
Listed in the book “Here and Now” as one of the top emerging artists in Michigan