(1960 - )
Born in Derby, Aaron Williamson completed his doctorate on performance and writing at the University of Sussex in 1997. He has created more than 300 exhibitions, performances, interventions, videos, installations and publications for galleries, museums and festivals. Internationally, these include the 2013 Venice Biennale; Nippon Performance Art Festival, presented in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kohnosu (2009); and 2nd DaDao Festival, Beijing (2004). Grants and awards include an AHRC grant (2004–7) and the Helen Chadwick Fellowship at Oxford University and the British School at Rome (2001–2). In the UK, selected shows are Tate (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015); Bluecoat & Liverpool Biennial (2014); Spike Island & Arnolfini, Bristol (2010); and Hayward Gallery, London (2006). Alongside his practice, Williamson has lectured at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and Goldsmiths College, London; and has been a Visiting Lecturer to numerous institutions internationally. Since 2010, he has been a Trustee of Shape London the UK’s leading disability-led arts organisation.
