David Williams was born in Edinburgh in 1952. He studied English and Sociology before becoming a professional musician and composer. Since he took up photography in 1980 his work has been widely exhibited and published. Williams is the recipient of a range of major awards and prizes including the BBC Television 150 Years of Photography Award. He became Head of Photography at Edinburgh College of Art in 1990.
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Exhibitions (solo)
2011
Flow...
(video installation)
Galerie Weissraum
Kyoto
2010
Japan Work
Daiwa Foundation
London
2010
David Williams
Cairn Gallery
Pittenweem
2008
Stillness and Occurrence
The Avenue (WMG Photography Fund)
London
2006
one taste: (n)ever-changing
Houston Fotofest
2004
Stillness and Occurrence
Gallerie Gangi
Reykjavik
Iceland
2004
Findings… Bitter-Sweet
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
2003
Stillness and Occurrence
Galerie Weissraum
Kyoto
Japan
2003
Stillness and Occurrence
Galleria Van Der Voort
Ibiza
Spain
2001
Noorderlicht - Sense of Space
Groningen
Belgium
2000
Stillness and Occurrence
Zelda Cheatle Gallery
London
1998
Findings... Bitter- Sweet
(projected photo- animation)
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
Touring-
Rockefeller Center
New York Animation Festival 1999
USA
1994
Findings ... Bitter-Sweet (stills)
Portfolio Gallery
Edinburgh
Touring-
Duncan of Jordanstone
College of Art and Design (1995)
1989
'Is': Ecstasies I-XXII
Photographers' Gallery, London
Touring-
Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh (1989)
Derbyshire College of Higher Education (1990)
Espace Parallele, Brussels (1992)
Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg
Munchengladbach, Germany (1994)
Sol Mednick Gallery
University of the Arts
Philadelphia College of Art and Design USA (1999)
1985
Pictures From No Man's Land
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
Touring-
Glasgow City Art Centre (1986)
Aberdeen Art Gallery (1986)
Derbyshire College of Higher Education (1986)
Pendle Art Gallery (1987)
L'Espace Parallele, Brussels (1992)
FNAC L'Etoile, Paris (1988/89)
FNAC Grenoble
FNAC Orleans
FNAC Liege
1983
Photo Call
Glasgow City Art Centre
Glasgow Mayfest
1982
Snap Happy?
Pleasance Theatre
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Exhibitions (group)
2009
Scottish Makars
Portraits of Scottish Poets
Scotland House
Brussels
Belgium
2008
Seeing Scottish Art Now
Bellany, Colvin, Curry and others
Donna Beam Gallery
Las Vegas
USA
2008
Kaleidoscope
New Works on Paper Acquired for Scotland
(Annan, Gordon, Morrocco, Picasso, Ruscha and others)
RSA
Edinburgh
2007
Digital VD
The Ice Box
Crane Art Centre
Philadelphia
USA
Galerie Weissraum
Kyoto
Japan
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Scotland
UK
2005
Kaleidoscope
Osaka Centre for Contemporary Art
Japan
(co exhibitors Albrecht Durer, Douglas Gordon, Thomas Struth and others)
2007
The Naked Portrait
(Bacon, Freud, Avedon, Arbus, and others…)
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
Compton Verney
UK
2006
Uneasy Spaces
New York University
Washington Square East
2006
Face to Face
City Art Centre
Edinburgh
2004
Future Face (Wellcome Trust)
Science Museum
London
2004
Modern Women
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
2004
Northern Light
City Arts Centre
Edinburgh
2003
M.I.L.K.
Waitemata Plaza
American Express Viaduct Harbour
Auckland
New Zealand
Sydney Opera House
Australia
Federation Square
Sydney
Australia
Vanderbilt Hall
Grand Central Terminal
New York
USA (2001)
London Science Museum
UK
2003
Fifteen Years of the Zelda Cheatle Gallery
Zelda Cheatle Gallery
London
2003
Sons and Mothers
Collins Gallery
Glasgow
2002
Four Photographers
David Williams (Stillness and Occurrence), Gary Fabian Miller,
Susan Derges, Patricia Macdonald
Richard Ingleby Gallery
Edinburgh
2002
Scotland Calls- One Hundred Years of Scottish Photography
(Navigator Foundation)
Boston Public Library
USA (touring)
2002
Photography Between History and Poetry
Photos From the Fnac Collection
Fondazione Nazionale Italiana per la Fotografia
Turino, Italy
2001
The Fine Art of Photography
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
2001
Narcissus
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
2000
Significant Others
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
2000
Writers of Our Time
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
2000
Wish I Was Here
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
2000
Expressions
Scottish Art 1976-1989
Dundee Contemporary Arts
2000
The Art of Documentary
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1999
Absolut Open- New Art From Scotland
Inverleith House
Royal Botanic Gardens
Edinburgh
1999
VAS Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh
1999
Murray Johnston's Landscape
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1998
SAAC Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh
1998
Other Worldly
Zelda Cheatle Gallery,
London
1998
Spectrum
SAAC at the Perth Festival of the Arts
1998
Scottish Music Now
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1997
History- The Mag Collection
Image-based Art In Britain in the Late Twentieth Century
Ferens Art Gallery
Hull
Touring-
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (1998))
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
York City Art Gallery
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
Stavanger, Norway (1999)
Bergen, Norway
1997
The Face of Scotland - 500 Years of Scottish Portraiture
Det National Historiske Museum PA
Frederiksborg,
Denmark
1997
SAAC Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh
1996
SAAC Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh
1995
Light from the Dark Room: A Celebration of Scottish Photography
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh International Festival
1995
The European Face
Fotofeis International Photography Festival
The Talbot Rice Gallery
Edinburgh
Touring-
M/F Kronborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (1996)
Danisches Kulturinstitiut, Hannover, Germany (1996)
Foyer Gallery, Gdansk, Poland (1996)
PS Gallery, Poznan, Poland (1996)
The Jewish Culture Centre, Krakow, Poland (1996)
Fotofurum West, Innsbruck, Austria (1996)
Bolsano, Italy (1997)
Weesp, Amsterdam, Holland (1997)
Alkmaar, Holland (1997)
Baltic States (1997)
De Warande, Turnhout Belgium (1998)
1995
SAAC Annual Exhibition Invited Artist
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh
1994
Let's Face Reality
Gallerie D-B-S
Antwerp
1994
'one little room... an everywhere'-A Photographer's Choice
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1993
Photographing Children
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1993
European Exercises
Gallerie D-B-S
Antwerp
1993
Scotland Observed: A Decade of Collecting
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1992
ICI Fox Talbot Award Nominees Exhibition
National Museum of Photography, Film, Television,
Bradford
Touring exhibition, Europe, North America
1992
The Europeans
Arles International Photography Festival
France
1991
How to Take a Portrait
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1991
New Scottish Photography
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
Touring-
Houston Fotofest USA (1990)
Aberdeen Art Gallery (1991)
Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid (1991)
Caixa de la Terrassa, Barcelona (1992)
1989
Fox Talbot Award Finalists Exhibition
Museum of Photography, Film and Television
Bradford
1989
Our Photographic Legacy-
Treasures of the National Photographic Collections 1839-1989
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
1989
Open Submission Portrait Show
Portfolio Gallery
Edinburgh
1988
Photography in Scotland 1938-88 Recent Acquisitions
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
1985
Image and Exploration
Photographers' Gallery
London
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Publications (solo)
1998
Findings... Bitter-Sweet
Photo-animation- VHS Video
National Galleries of Scotland
1994
'Is': Ecstasies I-XXII
Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg
Munchengladbach
1989
Various poster images
The Art Group
1985
Pictures From No Man's Land
p/b & h/b UK and USA
Waterfront |
Publications (group)
2008
Portfolio Magazine # 48
2007
Scottish Photography: A History
Tom Normand
Luath Press
2007
The Naked Portrait
National Galleries of Scotland
2007
Digital VD
Hungry Dog Press
2007
Chusanan
Weissraum Kyoto
Centre for Contemporary Art, Osaka
2006
Houston Fotofest
2004
Future Face (Wellcome Trust)
Catalogue
CD Rom
2004
Portfolio Magazine # 39
2003
J.S. Bach The 6 Cello Suites
Crear Classics
(collaboration with Phoebe Carrai)
2003
15 Years of the Zelda Cheatle Gallery
Limited edition portfolio
Text- Mark Haworth Booth
Sons and Mothers
Collins Gallery
2002
Photography Between History and Poetry
Photos From the Fnac Collection
Mazzotta
Photo-Text (CD ROM)
National Galleries of Scotland
2001
Noorderlicht
Sense of Space Catalogue and CD ROM
Noorderlicht
2001
Photography in the National Galleries of Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
2001
M.I.L.K. Family
Harper Collins
2001
M.I.L.K. Friendship
Harper Collins
2000
Wish I Was Here
A Scottish Multi-Cultural Anthology
Pocketbooks
1999
Murray Johnston's Landscape
National Galleries of Scotland
1999
VAS Catalogue
1998
Spectrum- The SAAC at the Perth Festival of the Arts
SAAC
1997
Studies in Photography
SSHOP
1997
History: The Mag Collection
Ferens Art Gallery
1995
Light from the Dark Room: A Celebration of Scottish Photography
National Galleries of Scotland
1995
The European Face
Talbot Rice Gallery1995
Photo '98 Launch Catalogue
Photoarts 2000
1995
SAAC Annual Exhibition (Invited Artist)
SAAC
1994
Portfolio Magazine # 20
1994
Let's Face Reality
Gallerie D-B-S Antwerp
1993
Photographing Children
National Galleries of Scotland
1992
Nueva Fotografia Escocesa
Centro Cultural Del Conde Duque
1992
Arles International Photography Festival
1992
ICI Fox Talbot Award Nominees
National Museum of Photography Film and Television
1991
New Scottish Photography
National Galleries of Scotland
1990
On The Beach
(Boubat, Erwitt, Frank, Koudelka, Lartigue, Mayerowitz, Nori, Pfahl)
Treville
1989
Sun Life Fox Talbot Award Nominees
National Museum of Photography Film and Television
1989
Our Photographic Legacy-
Treasures of The National Photographic Collections 1839-89
1985
Image and Exploration
Photographers' Gallery, London
Shutter Press
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Commisions and Awards
2008
Nominated for Prix Pictet Award
2001
Nominated for Citibank Photography Prize
(Stillness and Occurrence)
2000
Portrait commission- A. L. Kennedy
National Galleries of Scotland
1997
Winner, Sally Schofield Memorial Prize for Photography
1997
Commissioned by Italian Cultural Institute
to co-produce and direct 90 minute live visual accompaniment for
Musica Italia
BBC Studio 1, Queen St Edinburgh
1996
Nominated for City Bank Private Bank Photography Prize
1995
New work commissioned for
Light from the Dark Room: A Celebration of Scottish Photography
National Galleries of Scotland
1995
Chosen as UK representative for The European Face
Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
1994
Commission to curate 'one little room... an everywhere'-
A Photographer's Choice
National Galleries of Scotland
1993
Commisssion to make photo-animation with soundtrack-
"Sunflower Blues"
Gallerie D-B-S Antwerp
1992
Nominated for ICI Fox Talbot Award
by Richard Calvocoressi, Curator
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
1989
National Galleries of Scotland Portrait Commission
Michael Clark, Dancer
1989
Commission by Polaroid International to use 20"x24" camera as part of Edinburgh Festival (televised)
1989
Runner-up, Sun Life Fox Talbot Award
(nominated by Ron O'Donnell)
1989
Winner, BBC Scotland 150 Years of Photography Award
1987
Scottish Arts Council Bursary
1985
Scottish Post Office 350th Anniversary Commission
1983
Official Photographer/exhibition commission
Glasgow Mayfest
1983
SAC Commission
Photographer-in-Residence
St. Margaret's School for Girls, Edinburgh
Scottish Arts Council
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Collections
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Dundee Gallery of Modern Art
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Fidelity Finance (USA) Collection
FNAC International Collection, Paris
National Galleries of Scotland
National Museum of Photography Film and TV, Bradford
Navigator Foundation, Boston, USA
Polaroid International Collection, New York, Berlin
Scottish Arts Council
Standard Life
St Andrew’s University
State Street Bank
Victoria and Albert Museum
WMG Photography Fund
Various private collections
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