William Downs
August 2019
Let The Wind Carry Us
Let The Wind Carry Us consisted of site- specific works and murals by the artist. Downs' drawings and prints are figurative and surreal. They depict human beings participating in a dream-like, fantastic world of activities.
William Downs’ earned a multidisciplinary M.F.A from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Prior to that, he received a B.F.A in painting and printmaking from the Atlanta College of Art and Design. In addition to his representation by Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta and E,C Lina Gallery Los Angelus, he was chosen by Artadia as their 2018 Atlanta awardee. Downs has had solo exhibitions nationally at E,C, Lina Gallery LA, Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Grizzly Grizzly Gallery PA and Slag Gallery in New York, NY. His work was exhibited in the “Art AIDS America” exhibition curated by Rock Hushka and Johnathan Katz. His work was also recently shown in the Black Pulp! group exhibition which toured to The Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida, the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, and the The African American Museum in Philadelphia.
“The time and space came at the right time. I was between several exhibitions which showed the majority of my recent and old work. Tempus was the right space to create new work, update my social media, and meet Tampa artists.”
