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CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMS



SUN + LIGHT
WARM WATER
SELF
PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE MY EYES CAN SEE
BLACK RIVER
NIGHT
EVERYONE LOVES THE SUNSHINE
HERE WE STAND
I SIT + SEW

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01.22 Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Grant, 
New York, NY
07.22 Reckoning and Resilience (Artist Talk),
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
08.22 1989, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Charles Edward Williams is a contemporary visual artist from Georgetown, SC.
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TEXT BY: HEATHER HAKIMZADEH
© CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMS
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I AM I – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM II – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM III – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM IV – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM V – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SWIM – 36”x36” – Oil on panel SWIM I – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SWIM II – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SWIM III – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SELF STUDY #1 – 9”x12” SELF STUDY #2 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar SELF STUDY #3 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar SELF STUDY #4 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar SELF STUDY #6 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar BIG GULP – 24”x24” – Oil on panel


Myrtle Beach Museum of Art
21C Museum Hotel
In this series, Charles Williams continues to explore the nuances of his emotional relationship with water.  Williams has created a visual journal, revealing a deep dive into the trauma regarding his Thalassophobia, or fear of the ocean. Williams survived almost drowning three times. He shares his thoughts and emotions associated with those incidents.

Article: The Washington Post