ABOUT
“…Williams explores the intersection between fine art and popular culture, without wasting time in callous irony. Her work is fresh and often surprising, with a cleverness which is both humane and devastatingly well observed.”
- Gillian McIver, Studio 75 (a-n)
Maggie Williams (she/her, b.1989) is a British-Chinese artist based at the Lewisham Arthouse, an artist-run co-operative in London.
Williams’ practice is based on themes surrounding domesticity, cultural identity, and the effects of second-generation diaspora. She explores the fractured, contradictory experience of belonging using a wide array of media - from playfully reappropriating found objects to challenging the confines of more traditional techniques such as embroidery. This process-based work attempts to make sense of the liminal space between the two cultures.
RESIDENCIES
2024 Basel Art Summer Camp, Switzerland, Jun
WORKSHOPS
2024 Happy Accidents Collage Workshop, Basel Art Summer Camp, Switzerland, 15 Jun
PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS
2023 BRICKS, Meet The Empowering Artists Exhibiting At Hysterical, 25 Mar [read here]
2020 The Bigger Picture podcast, Arcarta, 29 Sept
2014 UH School of Creative Arts, Headlines 2014, Issue 5, Jul, p. 19
2014 a-n, Studio 75, Artists Talking, 4 Jun
2014 Here Comes Everyone, Circles, Apr, p. 11
2011 Conjunction, Judgement, Oxford, Oct, pp. 19 & 25
2011 Étoilée, The Editorial Issue, Herts, Jul, pp. 44–5
2011 Paperbrains, Issue 5, Essex, May 2011, pp. 23-4
AWARDS
2016 Winner, 3rd Round, ArtSlant Prize Showcase
2016 Finalist, Zealous X
EDUCATION
2025 Food & Art, AltMA (online), The Gramounce
2011 Fine Art, BA - FCH, University of Hertfordshire