Diane Williams
Gallery 206, Library 2nd Floor
October 12 – November 11, 2021
Artist Talk: Tuesday, November 2nd at 2:30pm- view link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkO312TS7M
Diane Williams is a Pilipinx interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and organizer based
in Los Angeles. In her exhibition, The Mess of Empire on view in Gallery 206 on the
Valencia campus, she examines colonial legacies and the afterlives of empire. Williams
contextualizes this idea by creating works that embody shared and non-linear collective
stories of the underrepresented other, illegible under the political economy of life.
She weaves cultural detritus as metaphors for how the marginalized are often viewed
as disposable while monumentalizing these embodied objects.
Her work has been featured in Artforum, Hyperallergenic, Los Angeles Magazine, LA
Weekly, Artillery, and Art & Cake. She has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions
throughout Southern California and internationally. She received her BFA from CSU
Long Beach, and her MFA from the University of Southern California.
For more information about the artist and her work visit: https://dianewilliamsartist.com/
artist link: https://dianewilliamsartist.com/
