Narratives of love, greed, hubris and the fatally flawed cross cultures and time. These stories inform the mythology and folklore that inspire my work—by recognizing repetitive patterns from the past and reinterpreting it in art I aim to give new voice to familiar tales.
I collage and refine these themes and images in Photoshop then transfer my vision to woodcut and relief printing. Carving a block of wood may seem out of sync with the 21st century, but to me all learning requires a slower process than technology allows. Chipping away a wood panel creates an expressive surface rich with accident, blemish, and imperfection. It immediately transcends my starting place; the perfect computer-created ideal and tightens my relationship to the source imagery.
William Evertson
I collage and refine these themes and images in Photoshop then transfer my vision to woodcut and relief printing. Carving a block of wood may seem out of sync with the 21st century, but to me all learning requires a slower process than technology allows. Chipping away a wood panel creates an expressive surface rich with accident, blemish, and imperfection. It immediately transcends my starting place; the perfect computer-created ideal and tightens my relationship to the source imagery.
William Evertson
William has a BFA, Ithaca College, Sculpture concentration (1975), MFA, University of Delaware, Sculpture and Video concentration (1978) and a MALS from Wesleyan University; Printmaking, Computer Graphics and Book Arts concentration. (2009)
Recent work involves printmaking and artist books.
Recent Exhibition Highlights
2019
2018
2019
- November - Under the Influence, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- November - Beyond the Book, Boston Public Library, Faneuil Branch, MA
- September - A Book About Death, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
- June - Summer Sculpture Showcase, Studio 80 +Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme, CT
2018
- December - Surface Matters, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- June - 6th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition 2018, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- January - North American Print Biennial, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
- December - Illumination - Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- August - Marking Time - Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cape Cod, MA
- June - Beauty of Mokuhanga: Discipline & Sensibility, Art Gallery of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
- June - Contemporary Mokuhanga: Three Interpretations of Japanese Woodblock, Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI
- April - Nor'Easter, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
- March - Big Print/ Little Print, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
- November - 2016, A State of Mind, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Acadamy, Exeter, NH.
- October - Big Ink - South Gallery, Florida State College, Jacksonville, FL.
- June - Selfie, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
- June - 5th Biennial FootPrint Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT.
- May - Reverberations at Print Think conference, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.
- April - Re:Location, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT.
- February - Horizons - An International exhibition from the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. Cork, Ireland, Odense, Denmark and Norwalk, CT.
- November - Peace Puzzle, 1000 Woodcuts Studio, Las Vegas, NV.
- September - Steamroller Printmaking Event, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT.
- June - Big Ink, Pickwick Independent Press, Portland, ME.
- June - Something Else Fest, Mobius, Cambridge, MA.
- May - Print Day in May, East Hampton, CT.
- April - Boston Printmakers: Present, Childs Gallery, Boston, MA.
- November - Cavellini Festival NYC - Lynch Tham performance - Whitebox Art Center performance
- September - International Mokuhanga Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
- September - Second Time Around - The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV), Winchester, VA
- June - Mash Up: Collages in Mixed Media, Islip Art Museum, NY
- June - BIG INK - Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
- March - Bridges, SGC International Conference, The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- March - In Perfect Harmony, Sahara West Library Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
- February - Fluxjob, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
- October - 2013 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA.
- October - High Line open Studios - Gallery 304, 526 W 26th, NYC
- October - A Book About Death, Australia, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW, AU.
- October - Awagami's 'A.I.M.P.E' International Miniprint Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
- August - Art Mysteries, Artist Alley, Boston Comic Con, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA.
- July - Chops and Blocks, Chelsea Art Walk, Gallery 304, 526 W 26th, NYC.
- July - Layers - Nash Gallery, Gordon-Nash Library, New Hampton, NH
- April - The Book Remade - Gordon-Nash Library, New Hampton, NH.
- March - Juxtaposition, The Madness of Collage, Next Gallery, Denver, CO.
- January - Metropolis - Urban Winter Festival - Guwahati, Assam, India
- August - First dedicated exhibition to Kali Collective, The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery, Bayshore, NY
- August - Contributed spoken word and etching to Dia del Padre, Art on Armitage, Chicago, IL.
- June - Fluxus MicroFest - Mobius Artist Space, Boston, MA.
- June - X-JAM Metropolis, Manipur and Shillong, India. Metropolis edition exhibited during Rendezvous of Arts.
- May - June - Billboard installations with The Billboard Project, Salem, OR and Detroit MI.
- April - Seeking Kali participates in Radio Scorpio, Bookers, Leuven, Belgium and is interviewed on April 26th. for the show May 2nd
- March- Seeking Kali participates in It's A Small, Small World, NYC, April 3-16, 2012.
- March - Seeking Kali's Insidiae Box is in Collage/Assemblage Centennial 1912-2012.
- February - The Kali Edition is archived into the collection of The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
- January - Kali's Sari a video short edited in collaboration with Ria Vanden Eynde premiered at Mobius, Cambridge, MA
- December - The Occupy Wall Street themed video animation "Grievance Torrent" on exhibit at Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC
- November - William and Seeking Kali are featured artists in C&S METROPOLIS - Season I: GENESIS !! (Arts, Photography, Food, Drinks, Musical Festivities), @R&B Club, Guwahati, India.
- November - A Book About Death, Seattle, WA
- October - 100 Artists, 100 dreams, Film Premiere at Stella May Gallery Theater, 101 GreenKill Avenue, Kingston, NY
- September - Seeking Kali Artist Group signs their limited edition artist book at Hyperallergic, Brooklyn, NY
- September - Seeking Kali Artist Group participated in The Billboard Project, Duluth, MN and Chicago, IL
- July - Archetypology, Joliette, Québec, a show organized by curator, Ivana Režek. The video of the 2010 Kali artist submissions screened.
- June - "Presents: 3 Months of Mail Art" Sponsored by Hyperallergic, the New York-based art blogazine. Feature article on William's mail art piece
- June - Archetypology, in Boston, at Mobius, curated by Ivana Režek. Live performances of The Kali Shadow Theater at the opening.
- May - Scroll Sari for Two exhibited during Boston's CyberArts week at the Mobius Runway Show.
- March - Archetypology, Prima Center, Berlin, Germany, curated by Ivana Rezek
- February - 100 Artists/100 Dreams, Art on the Wall, Kingston, NY, curated by S.Brathwaite.
- January - TroyArt, MuBE (Museu Brasileiro da'Escultura) Brazil, curated by Angela Ferrara.
- November - Ray Johnson and ABAD, SAL Gallery, CW Post, NY, curated by J.Harrison.
- September - Prostitution of Art, Mobius, Boston, MA, curated by J.E.Coleman and Jane Wang.
- September - Ur Toy Story, Artpool Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL, curated by Jennifer Kosharek
- September - Fluxface in Space, Space Shuttle Discovery, curated by G. Bibb and Cecil Touchon.
- May - ArtRages, Boston, MA - curated by the Mobius Artist Group
- April - Game Play, Criss Gallery, University of Nebraska, NE, curated by Echotrope.
- April - Green Seen, Wendell Free Library, Wendell, MA, curated by Christine Tarantino.
- April - Fluxhibition, Fluxmuseum, Fortworth, TX, curated by Cecil Touchon.
- March - Alternative Experimental Flower Show, Mobius, Boston, MA - curated by Cathy Vincevic.
- March - Dream Rocket, US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, curated by Jennifer Marsh.
- February - Landfill Arts, Landfill Art, Wilkes_Barre, PA, curated by Ken Marquis.
- February - Sketchbook Library, Brooklyn Art Library, NY, curated by Art House Co-op.
- January - Works in Progress, Mobius, Boston, MA - curated by Joanne Rice.
- January - Visual AIDS, ZieherSmith, NYC - benefit.
- December - MoTA, Museum of Temporary Art, Tubingen, German, curated by Debby Bohm.
- October - Chromatophere, Studio 620, St. Petersburg, FL, curated by Jennifer Kosharek.
- September - 50/50/50, Eclipse Gallery, Algoma, WI, curated by Sarah Hemm.
- September - A Book About Death, September, 2009 Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC, curated by Matthew Rose.