Artist: Mike Williams | Location: Columbia, SC
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Artist: Mike Williams | Location: Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC
Mike Williams was born in Sumter, SC, and received a Bachelor of fine Arts degree from the University of South Carolina in 1990. In 1988, he began his professional career as a fine artist and sign painter, while finishing his degree. Residing in Columbia, South Carolina, with his wife and two children, he works as a full-time painter and sculptor.
Williams’ work has been exhibited in the South Carolina State Museum and the Columbia Museum of Art; the Lake County Museum, Chicago, Illinois; and The U.S. Arts in Embassies program. The Columbia Museum of Art, the South Carolina State Museum, and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, have works by Williams in their permanent collections. In addition, his works can be found in numerous corporate and private collections throughout the United States. His gallery representation includes: The Cheryl Newby Gallery in SC, The Parker Gallery in GA, Cole Pratt Gallery in LA and Circa Gallery in MN.
“Garden & Gun” magazine has featured Williams in their Southern Masters Series, (March/April 2008); in 2012 he was included in “100 Southern Artists,” by E. Ashley Rooney (Schifffer Publishing), and in 2013 featured in Phillip Garret’s how-to book entitled, “Inside Acrylics,” (Northlight Books).