Exhibition view, Abbey Williams, Until I Get It Together, 2025, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Photography by Matthew Sherman.
Exhibition Walkthrough: Until I Get It Together
Sunday, October 12 at 2pm
A.I.R. Gallery
Join us on Sunday, October 12 for an exhibition walkthrough with Abbey Williams in conjunction with her exhibition, Until I Get It Together, which reflects on what it means to be a mid-career Black woman artist in this current moment. Centering on Nina Simone’s rendition of Janis Ian’s ballad Stars at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival, Williams' new two channel video installation interprets Simone's performance as an elegy for artists past their prime—a contemplation of decline, endurance, creative inheritance, and legacy.
Williams is an inaugural recipient of the A.I.R. Commissioning Program for Mid-Career Women and Non-Binary Artists, a new initiative that aims to bolster A.I.R.’s longstanding commitment to supporting artists in building sustainable and enriching artistic practices.
The A.I.R. Commissioning Program is made possible by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the generous support of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Culpeper Arts & Culture Program and two anonymous donors.
Abbey Williams is “a mom, a Libra, an amateur singer, an oversharer,” and an artist who mostly makes videos, living and working in her hometown of New York City. Her work has been exhibited at TATE Britain, London, UK; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY. Williams was a part of the 2005 Greater New York exhibition at MoMA PS1. Williams holds a BFA from the Cooper Union, an MFA from Bard College, and was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been written about in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, and Artforum.