Fine Artist - Photorealist - Muralist
Williams Biography
| 1964 | Born in Cairo, Egypt. |
| 1969 | Moved to Toronto, Ontario. |
| Education | |
| 1984-1988 | A.O.C.A. - Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| Awards | |
| 1987 | Stanley Furnival Tuition Scholarship, Ontario College of Art |
| 1992 | 1st Place Portraiture, National Fine Art Competition. |
| 1997 | People's Choice Award, Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel. |
| 2011 | Kingston Prize People's Choice Award, Toronto Exhibition |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2005 | Real Paintings, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2010 | Photorealist Paintings, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2018 | A Naturalistic Approach, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Exhibitions | |
| 1984-1986 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1987 | An Exploration of Painting at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1988 | Protorealism I, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1989-2010 | Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1989 | 3rd Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1995-1997 | Group Exhibition, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 1997 | Here's Looking At Me, Kid, Artists Look At Themselves, Art Gallery of North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1997 | High Resolution Hyper-Realism, Low Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1999 | Annual Holiday Special: Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada. |
| 2002 | International Art Convention Airbrush Show, Milan, Italy. |
| 2002-2003 | From Fine Art to Kitsch: A Celebration of CNE Art Since 1879, Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2003-2004 | Group Exhibition, Plus One Plus Two Gallery, London, England |
| 2005 | Realism, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 2006 | Holiday Glow, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2007 | Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Reception Wall, Columbus Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2008 | "Sex On The Beach And Other Earthly Delights" Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2009 | Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada. |
| 2009 | Italy: The Artist's Muse, Royal Conservatory of Art, Hamilton, Canada. |
| 2009 | Gallery Hittite, Toronto, Canada. |
| 2009-2010 | Holiday Group Show, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Canada. |
| 2010 | Winter Show, Plus One Gallery, London, England. |
| 2011 | Armory Show , Canadian Pavillion, NYC, USA |
| 2011 | Art Chicago , Canadian Pavillion, Chicago, USA |
| 2011 | Kingston Prize |
| • | Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. |
| • | Institute For Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| • | Gallerie D'Art Desjardins, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada. |
| 2012 | Affordable Art Fair, NYC, USA |
| 2012 | Art Hamptons, NYC, USA |
| 2012 | Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, Indiana, USA |
| 2013 | Kingston Prize - Firehall theatre, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada |
| 2013 | Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 2013 | Plus One Gallery, Winter Show, London, UK |
| 2013 | Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives - Mars Venus & The Landscape, Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
| 2015 | Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives Exchange: PAMA Artists Select |
| 2015 | Love Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2015 | Art Miami, Florida, USA |
| 2015 | Group Exhibition, Bau-xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2015 | Westland Gallery ,realism Revisited, London Ontario, Canada |
| 2016 | Real Paint, Contemporary Realism Paintings By William Lazos, Shaun Downey, And Chris Temple, Bau-xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2016 | Red Dot Miami, Florida, USA; |
| 2016 | La Art, California, USA |
| 2016 | Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA |
| 2016 | Art Aspen, Georgia, USA |
| 2016/2017 | Art Boca Raton, Florida, USA |
| 2017 | Art Market San Francisco, California, USA |
| 2017 | Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA |
| 2017 | Art Hampton, New York, USA |
| 2017 | Art Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
| 2018 | Celebrating Canada, Art Commemorating Canada's 150th Year, Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2018 | Winter, Under the Sun, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Lectures / Seminars / Teaching | |
| 1999-2002 | Art Starts Community Centre |
| 2002-2010 | George Brown College |
| 2004-2006 | Toronto School of Art |
| Commissions | |
| 1990-Present | Painted over 330 Murals in Toronto and beyond |
| 1993 | Six Murals for Artist Frank Stella At the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1997 | Mural for Artist Rebecca Baird, Queen West Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2002 | Mural for Artist Rebecca Baird, Greater Toronto Airport Authority, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2008 | Painted cover for Toronto Life Magazine |
| 2014 | Five Portrait Collector Coins for the Royal Canadian Mint |
| 2017 | Six Murals for Photographer Edward Burtynsky, National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Public & Private Collections | |
| City of Toronto Art Collection | |
| Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario | |
| Howard and Judith A. Tullman Collection, Chicago | |
| Standard Chartered Bank, London, UK | |
| Bruce R. Lewin, NYC | |
| Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Linden D. Nelson, Michigan | |
| Publications | |
| 1996.06.01 | Cohen, Joel H. "Larger Than Life."Airbrush Action pg.18-23 |
| 1997.04.24 | Hume, Christopher. "None of This is Really Real." The Toronto Star; Sec;C pg.14 |
| 1999.11.01 | Withers, John P. "The Painting On the Wall" Signs of the Times: pg. 98-99 |
| 2003.04.01 | Airbrush Art + Action: pp. 4 - 16, 42, 43. |
| 2009.12.01 | "Poets and Artists" pp. 52-57 |
| 2010.03.01 | "Poets and Artists" pp. 142-143 |
| 2010.08.01 | "Poets and Artists" pp. 104-105 |