(1989 - )
Matthew Arthur Williams is an artist and DJ. Williams was born in London and now lives and works in Glasgow. He completed his BA at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2012. His recent shows have included Five by Five at Incubator, London (2024); Soon Come at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (2023); and exhibits at Jupiter Artland and Johnson Terrace Gardens as part of a commission for Edinburgh Art Festival 2021. Williams has further developed exhibition projects and commissions with the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow (2022); Viborg Kunsthal (2021); Street Level Photoworks (2019) and Transmission Gallery (2017). Williams’s research has recently been supported through programmes at CCA Glasgow, The Bothy Project, Hospitalfield and LUX Scotland. In 2023, Williams was awarded an Emerging Artist Residency at Cove Park, Scotland. He was awarded the Ampersand/Photoworks Fellowship in February 2024 and nominated for Film London Jarman Award in 2023. Williams sits on the board of trustees for Bothy Project and is Lecturer in Fine Art Photography at the Glasgow School of Art.
