Born in 1926, Georgetown, Guyana. Died in 1990, London, UK. |
Selected Solo Exhibitions |
2022 |
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Aubrey Williams: Sunphase - Works on Paper, October Gallery, London, UK |
2018 |
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Aubrey Williams, October Gallery, London, UK |
2015 | | Realm of the Sun, October Gallery, London, UK |
2014-18 |
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Faculty of English Library, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK |
2013 |
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Aubrey Williams: Shostakovich Symphonies and Quartets, Hales Gallery, London, UK |
2010 |
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Aubrey Williams: Now and Coming Time, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK; October Gallery, London, UK |
2008 |
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Rotunda Space, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
2007 |
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Goodison Room, Tate Britain, London, UK |
2006 |
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October Gallery, London, UK |
2004 |
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October Gallery, London, UK |
1998 |
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK |
1996-97 |
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Harlem & Caribbean Cultural Center, New York, USA |
1996 |
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Castellani House, Georgetown, Guyana |
1995-96 |
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Cosmos Series, October Gallery, London, |
1992 |
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Endangered Birds, Henry Sotheran Ltd (fine books & prints), London, UK |
1990 |
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Aubrey Williams Celebration, Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
A Tribute to Aubrey Williams, Guyana Museum, Georgetown, Guyana
A Tribute to Aubrey Williams, Contemporary Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1989 |
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De Graaf Fine Art, Chicago USA
October Gallery, London, UK |
1988 |
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Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
Shibuya Tokyo Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |
1986/87/88 |
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October Gallery, London, UK |
1985 |
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The Olmec-Maya & Now, Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK
Goldsmith College Gallery, London, UK
Cosmos, Gallery Barrington, Kingston, Jamaica
Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1984 |
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October Gallery, London, UK
Paintings on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK |
1981 |
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Commonwealth Institute, London, UK |
1976 |
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Gallery Barrington, Kingston, Jamaica |
1975 |
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Olympia International Art Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1974 |
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The Warehouse, Kingston, Jamaica |
1973/74 |
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Little Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica |
1973 |
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1973 Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London, UK |
1972 |
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Illinois Centre, Chicago, USA
Carifesta ’72; Critchlow Labour College, Georgetown, Guyana |
1971 |
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Camden Arts Centre, London, UK |
1970 |
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John Peartree Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica |
1969 |
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK |
1967 |
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Van Mildert College, Durham University, Durham, UK |
1965 |
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Commonwealth Institute, London, UK |
1964 |
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Forum Galleries, Bristol, UK |
1963 |
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Grabowski Gallery, London, UK
Gallery 60, Colchester, UK
Ritchie Hendricks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
1961 |
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Richmond Hill Gallery, Richmond, UK
Galleria Pater, Milan, Italy |
1959 |
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St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK |
1958/59/60 |
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New Vision Centre Gallery, London, UK
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2022 |
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Radical Landscapes, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK AfroScots: Revisiting the Work of Black Artists in Scotland through New Collecting, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK Post-war Modern: New Art In Britain 1945-1965, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK |
2021 - 2022 |
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Art from Britain and the Caribbean, Tate Britain, London, UK |
2021 |
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FIAC, Paris, France, online with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA Fragments of Epic Memory, AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario), Ontario, Canada
Art Basel Miami, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, Florida, USA
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2020 |
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Atmospheres; Artists of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK Frieze New York, online with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art Basel Miami Beach, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, Florida, USA
Art Basel OVR: 20C, with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Frieze London, online with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
2019 |
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Dream No Small Dream: Celebrating 40 Years of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK
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Get Up, Stand Up Now, Somerset House, London, UK |
2018-19 | | Speech: Acts: Refection-Imagination-Repetition, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
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2017 |
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Summertime, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA EXPO Chicago, Chicago with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
2016 |
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No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action, 1960-1990, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, UK
EXPO Chicago, Chicago with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA
The Armory Show, New York, USA with October Gallery, London, UK
Aviary, Transition Gallery, London, UK
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
2015 |
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Artist and Empire, Tate Britain, London, UK |
2014 |
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35 Years of the Transvangarde:Contemporary art from around the planet, October Gallery, London, UK |
2012 |
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Masters of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK Migrations:Journeys into British Art, Tate Britain, London, UK Gallery One, New Vision Center, Signals, Indica, Tate, London, UK |
2009 |
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Transvangarde: Leading Contemporary Artists, October Gallery, London, UK |
2008 |
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October Gallery Winter Show, October Gallery, London, UK |
2005 |
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Intelligence Now!, October Gallery, London Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Radical Imaginary, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK |
1996/97 |
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Transforming the Crown: Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA |
1992 |
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Belgrave Gallery, London, UK |
1989-90 | | The Other Story – Hayward Gallery, London, UK
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1988 |
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Summer Show, October Gallery, London, UK |
1987 |
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From the National Gallery, Guyana; Caracas, Venezuela, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Creation for Liberation, Brixton Village, London, UK
Art ’87, October Gallery, London, UK |
1986 |
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Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Leicestershire Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton, UK
Autumn Equinox, October Gallery, London, UK |
1985 |
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GLC Brixton Recreation Centre, London, UK
Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1982/84 |
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Westbourne Gallery, London, UK |
19771977 |
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‘Festac ‘77– Festival of the Arts, Lagos, Nigeria
Jamaica House, Kingston, Jamaica |
1975/76/77 |
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Gallery Barrington, Kingston, Jamaica |
1975/76 |
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Olympia International Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica |
1971/73/74/77 |
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Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK |
1970 |
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Guyana Museum, Georgetown, Guyana |
1968 |
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London School of Economics, London, UK
City Art Gallery, Bristol UK
West Indian Students Centre, London UK
House of Commons, London, UK |
1967/68 |
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University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
1967 |
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Expo ’67, Montreal, Canada
São Paulo Biennale (XI), Brazil
Brighton Festival of Arts, Sussex, UK
Theatre Royal, Stratford, UK |
1966 |
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The Arun Art Centre, Arundel, Sussex, UK |
1966-70 |
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Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London, UK |
1965 |
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Arts Council, Karachi, Pakistan
Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Commonwealth Arts Festival, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
University of Glasgow & Commonwealth Arts Festival, Glasgow, Scotland |
1964 |
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Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK |
1962 |
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National College of Art, Dublin, Ireland |
1961/62/63/65 |
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Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK |
1961 |
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New Vision Centre Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland |
1960 |
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David Jones’ Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Walkers Gallery, London, UK
Woodstock Gallery, London, UK
Portal Gallery, London, UK
Univision Royal Court Grill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Grabowski Gallery, London, UK |
1958 |
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Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris, France |
1954 |
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Archer Gallery, London, UK |
Collections |
Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
Bank of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Booker McConnell Plc, London, UK
Bradford Museums and Galleries, Bradford, UK
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
British Broadcasting Corporation, London UK
Castellani House, National Collection of Guyana,Georgetown, Guyana
Church House, Kingston, Jamaica
Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
Contemporary Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
Eliot and Rutherford Colleges, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Guyana House of Assembly, Georgetown, Guyana
Jamaica House, Jamaica
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK
National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Marlborough House, London, UK
Milton Keynes Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, UK
October Gallery, London, UK
Olympia International Art Centre (A D Scott – collector), Kingston, Jamaica
Perez Miami Museum, Miami, USA
Rice Marketing Board of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
Southbank Centre, London, UK
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Tuesday Magazine (boardroom), Chicago, USA
University of Hull, Hull, UK
University of the West Indies, Mary Secole Hall Kingston, Jamaica
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
University of York, York, UK
Van Mildert College, Durham University, Durham, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
York City Art Gallery, York, UK
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