My recent works are about places which have an underlying narrative about human interaction or presence. The beauty of a landscape isn’t that important to me in a finished photograph. Most of the time my photographs show a location that has been compromised – either by environmental factors as in Riverbed Stories or by its connection to a past narrative as in Setting. They can also be disrupted by surface interventions and flaws, as in the Sea Level and Unseen Landscapes series. The locations are never random; they are particular sites that I return to and obsess over. Sometimes these are personal as in Fairways, the documentation of my father’s empty house, and Re:Place, where events from the past are overwritten by present actions.
Most of my projects continue for a year or longer. I think duration is important to see what works and to refine and develop new ideas. I see the sequence of projects as a diary, revealing changes about myself and my interests over time.
To enquire about images, pricing and print availability, or to arrange exhibitions and collaborative projects please email: info@mandywilliams.com
Education
BA History of Art (Warwick University). Graduate Diploma Communications Film (Goldsmith's College)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Beyond the Reach of Rivers, Fishing Quarter Gallery, Brighton 2016 River Stories, Unseen Landscapes, Gallery 7 - Pie Factory, Margate, Kent
2013 Waiting for You / An Open Door, House Gallery, London
2012 Riverbed Stories - Radical London, Photomonth, London
2011 Immerse - Photomonth, London
2010 Inside - Photomonth, London
2001 Presence - Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver
2000 A Place Called Home - Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Threshold - Gallery at Ceperley House, Burnaby
1998 Flesh & Blood - Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver
1997 Picture Windows - Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver
Selected Group Exhibitions and Film Screenings
2019 Women Photographers Today, Barcelona 2019 209 Women - Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool 2018 209 Women - Palace of Westminster, London 2018 SALON/18, Photofusion, London 2018 30th Annual Open, London Independent Photography, Espacio Gallery, London 2018 The Family of No Man - Cosmos Arles, France 2018 Micro Acts, Artists Films Screening, Hotel Elephant, London 2018 Postcards from the Edge: Benefit for Visual Aids - Gallery 524, New York
2017 29th Annual Open, London Independent Photography, Truman Brewery, London
2017 London Group Open Exhibition, London
2017 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
2017 Thoughtful Planet, Thought Foundation, Birtley, Gateshead
2017 Postcards from the Edge: A benefit for Visual Aids - Metro Pictures, New York
2016 SALON/16, Photofusion, London
2016 28th Annual Open, London Independent Photography, Espacio Gallery, London
2016 164 Annual Open exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2016 Scenes from the City: Urban Photography - curated by Mark de Novellis, Riverside Gallery, Richmond
2016 Postcards from the Edge: A benefit for Visual Aids - Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
2016 Short Circuit, ’Town and Country’ curated experimental film screening, Brighton
2015 '23:57', video screening for exhibition and residency series, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2015 22nd International Independent Film Festival PUBLICYSTYKA 2015, Poland
2015 National Open Art, Royal College of Art, London
2015 163 Annual Open exhibition(Academician candidate), Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2015 One Stop Photo London exhibition, Seven Dials Club, London
2015 Postcards from the Edge: A benefit for Visual Aids - Luhring Augustine, New York
2014 National Open Art, Somerset House London and Chichester, West Sussex
2014 Here From Now landscape photography, curated by William Esdale, Camden Image Gallery, London
2014 162 Annual Open exhibition, Royal West of England Academy juried exhibition
2014 Sea(E)scape, two-person exhibition with Elisabeth Blanchet, Seven Dials Club, London
2014 Guest artist Photomonth Photo Open, Rich Mix, London
2014 Guest artist Deptford X Fringe, London
2014 Now Wakes the Sea curated by Tessa Fitzjohn, Kinsale Arts Festival
2014 Lost: An artistic archaeology of the recent past curated by Dr Michele Whiting - Salisbury Arts Centre
2014 Home exhibition - Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool
2014 Dunedin Fringe Festival film screening - Dunedin, New Zealand
2014 Film Open curated by Hazel Stone - Sidney Cooper Gallery, Christchurch University, Canterbury
2014 Art/Converters - Studio 1.1 Gallery, London
2014 Postcards from the Edge: A benefit for Visual Aids - Luhring Augustine, New York
2013 8th International Streaming Festival of audiovisual art, organized by the isfth foundation, The Hague
2013 Cairo Video Festival, curated by Mohamed Allam and Dia Hamed, Cairo
2013 WPA's Experimental Media Screening 2013 - The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, Washington, USA, selected by Jason Eppink
2013 Intermission: Audio portraits of Place, open call curated by Jennie Savage for Echoes programme, OSSO, Portugal
2013 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
2013 Hot-One-Hundred, Schwartz Gallery, London
2013 Playing with Space Artist Film Screenings, part of RIBA's Love Architecture Festival, Firstsite, Colchester
2013 Athens Video Art Festival, curated by Eirini Olympiou, Athens
2013 ArtLacuna Film Festival, London
2013 Discovering Borderlands, curated artist-run exhibition, Moscow
2013 Drugstore Beetle II, a David Horvitz project - Special Collections Library, CSU, Long Beach
2013 Postcards from the Edge: A benefit for Visual Aids - Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
2012 Gaze film season's opening program, Home, by women filmmakers - ATA, San Francisco
2012 Postcards from the Edge: A benefit for Visual Aids - Cheim & Reid, New York
2011 Print and Design Now! 2011 - Bearspace Gallery, London
2011 Print and Design Now! 2011 - SW1 Gallery, London, presented by Bearspace and selected by Julia Alvarez, Owen Ward & Mary Alice Stack
2011 Resonance Open, sound art exhibition curated by Ed Baxter for Gone with the Wind - Raven Row, London
2011 Lightworks 2011 - Festival of film, sound, installation + new media, Grimsby
2011 Silent Films by Women Filmmakers - London Festival of Women in Music
2011 Open Photography 2011 - Royal West of England Academy juried exhibition
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, A two-part exhibition presented by Cabinet and MASS MoCA curated by Regine Basha
2010 Home - Viewfinder Gallery, London
2010 London Independent Photography - selected by Paul Ellis, Photofusion, & Lucinda Chua, Proud Gallery
2010 The Facebook Show (invited artist) - Museum of New Art, Detroit
2010 Suspended - House Gallery, London
2010 Print Now (Part 2) - Bearspace Gallery, London
2010 The Saatchi 10 - Museum of New Art, Detroit
2010 Print Now - London Art Fair, presented by BEARSPACE and selected by Kay Saatchi, Pryle Behrman, Julia Alvarez and Mike Sims
2009 London Independent Photography - selected by Magda Keaney, Curator Photography NPG & Susanna Brown, Curator Photography V&A
2009 The Writing's on the Wall - curated text art exhibition coinciding with Humberside Literature Festival, Artlink Gallery, Hull
2008 London Independent Photography - group exhibition selected by Clare Grafik, Curator, Photographers Gallery, London & Paul Hill
2003 International Open Image 2003, Deluxe Gallery, London
2002 Toronto International Art Fair with Third Avenue Gallery
2002 Detroit Video Festival - Museum of New Art, Detroit
Portfolios
2018 fLIP Magazine (theme cover); Fleur & Arbor (feature) 2017 L'Oeil de la Photographie; Shots Magazine; BKN Magazine (feature); Inside the Outside; Landscape Stories; fLIP Magazine (feature)
2016 Plateform Magazine (feature); Another Place Magazine(feature); Kaltblut Magazine (Photo Essay); #Photography Magazine (Photo Essay)
2015 Minor Literatures (Photo Essay); Paradijsvogels Magazine, Amsterdam; fLIP Magazine (cover)
2014 fLIP Magazine (centrefold photograph)
2013 Landscape Stories
2012 fLIP Magazine; Landscape Stories
2011 Slightly Lucid, Montreal;
2009 London Independent Photography Magazine
Reviews / Interviews
2016 Wobneb Magazine
2015 Fleur and Arbor; The Old Girl's Club
2014 LandEscape Art Review
2013 Dulwich OnView
2011 Printmaking Today
2008 Interface, a-n
2001 Lola Magazine, Toronto; The Vancouver Sun (filed)
1998 Asian Art News; The Vancouver Sun, The Georgia Strait, The Westender
Exhibition previews
2015 L'oeil de la photographie online
2013 Living South Magazine; LondonCalling.com
2010 Professional Photographer
2001 GalleryChannel.com; Canadian Art Magazine
2000 Preview Magazine; The Vancouver Sun
Exhibition catalogues and publications
2017 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2015 National Open Art competition; Royal West of England Academy
2014 National Open Art competition; Royal West of England Academy; Now Wakes the Sea; Deptford X; Photomonth
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2011 An exchange with Sol LeWitt exhibition catalogue
2010 London Independent Photography
2009 London Independent Photography
2008 London Independent Photography
1999 Gallery at Ceperley House
Editorial
2017 fLIP Magazine (book review)
2016 Wobneb Magazine (Paris Photo); The Accidental Photographer (Paris Photo); Fleur and Arbor (Paris Photo)
Grants, Awards and Competitions
Awardee, Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2018
Shortlisted for the Hariban Award 2018
3rd place winner Landscapes: Seascapes, International Photographer of the Year Award 2017
Selected for RA Summer Exhibition 2017
3rd place winner Architecture: Interior, International Photographer of the Year Award 2016
Longlisted for ANTHOLOGY 2016 prize
Shortlisted for British Women Artist Award 2016
Shortlisted RWA Academician candidate 2015
Redcliffe Press Photography Award at the RWA Open Exhibition 2014
Selected for RA Summer Exhibition 2013
Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Official Selection 2011
Printmaking Today Magazine award for best original print at the RWA Open Photography exhibition 2011
Selected as Saatchi Online Top 10 Artist by writer and art critic, Charlotte Bonham-Carter 2009
Canada Council - Visual Arts grant 1999
Collections
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
Museum of New Art, Detroit
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Vancouver Island
Camosun College, Victoria
Private Collections in London, England; New York State; Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, British Columbia
Professional
Nominated for the Royal Photographic Society 100 Heroines (2018)
Joint critique of annual photography exhibition at Greenwich Gallery with photographer Heloise Bergman (2018)
Attended Paris Photo as press photographer (2016)
Joint critique of annual photography exhibition at Greenwich Gallery with photographer Mike Seaborne (2015)
Joint critique of annual photography exhibition at Greenwich Gallery with photographer Elisabeth Blanchet (2014)
Exhibition talk to Vancouver Contemporary Art Society (2001)
Panel discussion for solo exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery, Canada (2000)
One of 5 world-wide exhibitions recommended by London, U.K.'s GalleryChannel.com (2001)
Included in Canadian Art Magazine's Fast Forward cross-Canada guide to the season's best exhibitions (2001)