Ash Eliza Williams is a painter, sculptor, and interdisciplinary artist making work about interspecies communication, non-human language, and finding alternative and more empathic ways to engage with nature and with each other. Williams has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally including at the Denver Botanic Gardens, The University of Colorado Art Museum, Hersbruck Museum (Germany), The National Center for Atmospheric Research (CO), Bronx Museum project space (NY), The New York Hall of Science, and Wasserman Projects in Detroit (MI). They have been featured in publications such as New American Paintings, The Denver Post, and The Washington Post.

Williams is a previous Massachusetts Fellowship awardee at Mass MoCA Studios. They were also a Swan Fellow for Art and Writing at Vermont Studio Center, a Berkshire Taconic Arts Foundation Fellow, and an Aunspaugh Fellow at The University of Virginia. Recent grants include a Mass MoCA Assets-for-Artists project grant, a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, a Puffin Foundation Environmental Grant, and a Pre-Fulbright research travel grant for summer research in Norway. Residencies include: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Vermont Studio Center, Anderson Ranch, RedLine Denver, and the Shangyuan Art Museum, China. Williams has held Visiting Artist and faculty positions at various colleges and universities. They earned their MFA from The University of Colorado at Boulder and a dual honors BA from The University of Virginia.

Williams often works with scientists, including at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, Shoals Marine Laboratory in Maine, and McDonald Observatory in West Texas. They are also a founding member of The Sprechgesang Institute, an NYC-based interdisciplinary collective working on projects at the intersection of visual art, performance, journalism, and science. Ash currently resides in Western Massachusetts.

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