ROBERT DALE WILLIAMS (United States, 1972 - )
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Painting, New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York, NY
2000 BFA, Painting, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2022 Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant Research Grant, New York Academy of Art
2020 Art Renewal Center 15th Annual International Salon, Semi-Finalist (Imaginative Realism)
2020 World Wide Kitsch, Annual Painting Competition, Finalist
2017 World Wide Kitsch, Annual Painting Competition, Finalist
2012 Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Honorable Mention (Still Life)
2004 - 05, 2007 Residency with Odd Nerdrum
2003 New York Academy of Art Academic Scholarship
1998 Dean Witter Reynolds Community Scholars Book Award Scholarship
INSTRUCTION, LECTURE & EDUCATION SERVICE
2023 Continuing Education Faculty, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2023 Instructor, York Art Association, York, PA, Portrait Painting Workshop
2022 Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2021 - pres. Alumni Association Advisory Board, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2017 Lecturer, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, “The Figure in Art”
2016 Instructor, York Art Association, York, PA, Portrait Painting Workshop
2016 Instructor, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Portrait Painting Workshop
2014 – 16 Faculty, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online, Pittsburgh, PA, Instructor of Perspective, Observational Drawing and Digital Color Theory classes
2011 Instructor, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA, Figure Drawing
2005 – 10 Instructor, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, Instructor of Oil Painting Techniques, Drawing from Observation, Human Anatomy for Artists, and Narrative Painting. Instructor of three Intensive Drawing & Painting Workshops.
2005 Instructor, Yocum Institute of the Arts, Wyomissing, PA, Oil Painting
2005 Juror, Pennsylvania Governor’s School of the Arts, Erie, PA
2004 Lecturer, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA, Topic: Graduate Study and International Residencies
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Almerana Art Prize 2023 (Still Life), The Almerana Collection, Virtual Exhibition
2023 Instructor Invitational, York Art Association, York, PA
2022 Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2021 Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2021 Parcus Gallery, Aistersheim, Austria
2020 15th International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2020 Annual Painting Competition, World Wide Kitsch
2020 Teaching Artists, York Art Association, York, PA
2019 Timeless, IX Gallery, Virtual Exhibition (catalog)
2017 Annual Painting Competition, World Wide Kitsch
2017 Figuratively Speaking, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2017 Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY
2016 Nerdrumklanen III, Rauglands Gallery, Stavern, Norway
2016 Figuratively Speaking, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2016 88th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2015 Structures II, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2015 Arts Festival Reading, Yocum Gallery, Reading, PA
2015 Figuratively Speaking, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2014 86th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2013 New York Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition, Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ
2012 Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2010 Alumni Exhibition, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2009 Group Exhibition, Schmidt Gallery, Reading, PA
2008 Kitsch Biennale, World Wide Kitsch, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany (catalog)
2007 Group Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Art, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2007 Group Exhibition, Kjell Strand Gallery, Tolvsrod, Norway
2006 Kitsch Annual, Juried Exhibition, World Wide Kitsch, Fredriksvern Verft, Stavern, Norway
2006 Recent Paintings, Wyndham Hotel, Reading, PA
2006 Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2006 Young Artists, Yocum Gallery, Reading, PA
2005 The Nudity Project, St. Lawrence ArtSpace, St. Lawrence, PA
2005 Kitsch Annual, World Wide Kitsch, Fredriksvern Verft, Stavern, Norway
2005 Muhlenberg Administration Building, Muhlenberg, PA
2005 Tsunami Benefit, Group Exhibition, Oxygen for the Arts, Reading, PA
2005 Alumni Exhibition, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2005 Group Exhibition, Yocum Institute of the Arts, Wyomissing, Pa
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
Bork Nerdrum, "The World’s Greatest Living Painters — Ranked According to Objective Criteria", sivilisasjonen.no, December 15, 2020.
Efrat Cybulkiewicz, "Artist Interview: Robert Dale Williams," Artmoire.com, October 17, 2019.
Robert Dale Williams, "Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect", worldwidekitsch.com, June 29, 2017
Manav Singhi, "Figurative Paintings by Robert Dale Williams from United States", artospective.blogspot.com, June 27, 2017.
Bork Nerdrum, "Meet the Apocalyptic Painter Robert Dale Williams", WorldWideKitsch.com, April 2, 2016.
Paula O'Brien, "Robert Dale Williams: Paintings from Delicate to Dramatic", Figurativeartist.org, May 22, 2015.
Journal of the American Viola Society, Volume 29 Number 2, Cover Image & Page 1, Fall 2013.
Richard Vine et. al. The Nerdrum School, Orfeus Publishing, Pages 113 & 237, 2013.
The Portrait Society of America. The Art of the Portrait, Issue #57, Pages 6-11, 4th Quarter 2012.
Odd Nerdrum et. al. Kitsch: More Than Art, Schibsted Forlag, Page 314, 2011.
Robert Dale Williams, “Integrating Imaginative Landscapes with Figures Painted From Life”, International Artist, Issue #73, Pages 58 – 62, 2010.
Odd Nerdrum et. al. Kitsch: Mer Enn Kunst, Schibsted Forlag (Norwegian), Page 276, 2009.
Robert Dale Williams, Discovery, Lulu Publications, 2009.
The Florence Academy of Art and the School of Nerdrum. Immortal Works, Page 68, 2009.
Joshua Rose and Robert Dale Williams. “When is Talent Unfashionable?” International Artist, Issue #62, Pages 60 – 69, 2008.
Signy Norendal, “Robert Dale Williams – En del av Malerfagets Stolte Tradisjon” Aktuell Kitsch, Pages 4-5, 2007.
Robert Dale Williams, Jan-Ove Tuv, and Shane Young. “Kitsch 22” Culture and Leisure Magazine, Pages 61-63, Fall 2005
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Art Renewal Center, Affiliated Artist, 2019 - pres.
Portrait Society of America, Member, 2008 – 2022
World Wide Kitsch, Member, 2005 - pres.
SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Private Collections in Canada, Chile, France, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States
Museu de l'Erotica, Barcelona, Spain
LISTED
Robert Dale Williams is a Listed Artist
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Painting, New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York, NY
2000 BFA, Painting, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2022 Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant Research Grant, New York Academy of Art
2020 Art Renewal Center 15th Annual International Salon, Semi-Finalist (Imaginative Realism)
2020 World Wide Kitsch, Annual Painting Competition, Finalist
2017 World Wide Kitsch, Annual Painting Competition, Finalist
2012 Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Honorable Mention (Still Life)
2004 - 05, 2007 Residency with Odd Nerdrum
2003 New York Academy of Art Academic Scholarship
1998 Dean Witter Reynolds Community Scholars Book Award Scholarship
INSTRUCTION, LECTURE & EDUCATION SERVICE
2023 Continuing Education Faculty, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2023 Instructor, York Art Association, York, PA, Portrait Painting Workshop
2022 Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2021 - pres. Alumni Association Advisory Board, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2017 Lecturer, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, “The Figure in Art”
2016 Instructor, York Art Association, York, PA, Portrait Painting Workshop
2016 Instructor, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Portrait Painting Workshop
2014 – 16 Faculty, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online, Pittsburgh, PA, Instructor of Perspective, Observational Drawing and Digital Color Theory classes
2011 Instructor, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA, Figure Drawing
2005 – 10 Instructor, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, Instructor of Oil Painting Techniques, Drawing from Observation, Human Anatomy for Artists, and Narrative Painting. Instructor of three Intensive Drawing & Painting Workshops.
2005 Instructor, Yocum Institute of the Arts, Wyomissing, PA, Oil Painting
2005 Juror, Pennsylvania Governor’s School of the Arts, Erie, PA
2004 Lecturer, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA, Topic: Graduate Study and International Residencies
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Almerana Art Prize 2023 (Still Life), The Almerana Collection, Virtual Exhibition
2023 Instructor Invitational, York Art Association, York, PA
2022 Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2021 Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2021 Parcus Gallery, Aistersheim, Austria
2020 15th International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2020 Annual Painting Competition, World Wide Kitsch
2020 Teaching Artists, York Art Association, York, PA
2019 Timeless, IX Gallery, Virtual Exhibition (catalog)
2017 Annual Painting Competition, World Wide Kitsch
2017 Figuratively Speaking, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2017 Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY
2016 Nerdrumklanen III, Rauglands Gallery, Stavern, Norway
2016 Figuratively Speaking, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2016 88th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2015 Structures II, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2015 Arts Festival Reading, Yocum Gallery, Reading, PA
2015 Figuratively Speaking, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2014 86th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2013 New York Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition, Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ
2012 Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2010 Alumni Exhibition, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2009 Group Exhibition, Schmidt Gallery, Reading, PA
2008 Kitsch Biennale, World Wide Kitsch, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany (catalog)
2007 Group Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Art, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2007 Group Exhibition, Kjell Strand Gallery, Tolvsrod, Norway
2006 Kitsch Annual, Juried Exhibition, World Wide Kitsch, Fredriksvern Verft, Stavern, Norway
2006 Recent Paintings, Wyndham Hotel, Reading, PA
2006 Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2006 Young Artists, Yocum Gallery, Reading, PA
2005 The Nudity Project, St. Lawrence ArtSpace, St. Lawrence, PA
2005 Kitsch Annual, World Wide Kitsch, Fredriksvern Verft, Stavern, Norway
2005 Muhlenberg Administration Building, Muhlenberg, PA
2005 Tsunami Benefit, Group Exhibition, Oxygen for the Arts, Reading, PA
2005 Alumni Exhibition, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2005 Group Exhibition, Yocum Institute of the Arts, Wyomissing, Pa
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
Bork Nerdrum, "The World’s Greatest Living Painters — Ranked According to Objective Criteria", sivilisasjonen.no, December 15, 2020.
Efrat Cybulkiewicz, "Artist Interview: Robert Dale Williams," Artmoire.com, October 17, 2019.
Robert Dale Williams, "Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect", worldwidekitsch.com, June 29, 2017
Manav Singhi, "Figurative Paintings by Robert Dale Williams from United States", artospective.blogspot.com, June 27, 2017.
Bork Nerdrum, "Meet the Apocalyptic Painter Robert Dale Williams", WorldWideKitsch.com, April 2, 2016.
Paula O'Brien, "Robert Dale Williams: Paintings from Delicate to Dramatic", Figurativeartist.org, May 22, 2015.
Journal of the American Viola Society, Volume 29 Number 2, Cover Image & Page 1, Fall 2013.
Richard Vine et. al. The Nerdrum School, Orfeus Publishing, Pages 113 & 237, 2013.
The Portrait Society of America. The Art of the Portrait, Issue #57, Pages 6-11, 4th Quarter 2012.
Odd Nerdrum et. al. Kitsch: More Than Art, Schibsted Forlag, Page 314, 2011.
Robert Dale Williams, “Integrating Imaginative Landscapes with Figures Painted From Life”, International Artist, Issue #73, Pages 58 – 62, 2010.
Odd Nerdrum et. al. Kitsch: Mer Enn Kunst, Schibsted Forlag (Norwegian), Page 276, 2009.
Robert Dale Williams, Discovery, Lulu Publications, 2009.
The Florence Academy of Art and the School of Nerdrum. Immortal Works, Page 68, 2009.
Joshua Rose and Robert Dale Williams. “When is Talent Unfashionable?” International Artist, Issue #62, Pages 60 – 69, 2008.
Signy Norendal, “Robert Dale Williams – En del av Malerfagets Stolte Tradisjon” Aktuell Kitsch, Pages 4-5, 2007.
Robert Dale Williams, Jan-Ove Tuv, and Shane Young. “Kitsch 22” Culture and Leisure Magazine, Pages 61-63, Fall 2005
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Art Renewal Center, Affiliated Artist, 2019 - pres.
Portrait Society of America, Member, 2008 – 2022
World Wide Kitsch, Member, 2005 - pres.
SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Private Collections in Canada, Chile, France, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States
Museu de l'Erotica, Barcelona, Spain
LISTED
Robert Dale Williams is a Listed Artist
