James C. Williams
416 Corona Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27103-2817
(336)761-8707 •
[email protected]Exhibitions:
• 2014: Ten Years A Photographer, Amy Funderburk Studio, Artists On Liberty Building, Winston-Salem, NC, September 1 - October 31, 2014 (guest artist exhibit)
• 2014: 2nd Quarter Art Show, 2014, Commons Gallery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, April 1 - June 30, 2014 (group show)
• 2013: The Ancient and the Sacred: Night and Day Inter_Section Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, June 7 – July 26, 2013 (solo show)
• 2011: Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County’s Regional Artist Project Grant Recipients 2009-2010, Womble Carlyle Gallery, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, January 20 – March 20, 2011 (group show)
• 2010: Holiday Exhibition Commons Gallery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, October through December, 2010 (group show)
• Chrome and Stone, Enrichment Center Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC December, 2009 (two-person show by invitation)
• 2009: The Ancient and the Sacred: The Southwest of England, Cornwall and Southern Wales, North Corridor Gallery, Salem Fine Arts Center, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC (solo show)
• 2009: Art Exhibition, Glastonbury Chalice Well, Glastonbury, Somerset, England (invitational group show)
• 2009: Perspectives, Piedmont Photography Club, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC (group show)
• 2008: James C. Williams: Infrared Photography, Winston-Salem Chamber Of Commerce Boardroom Gallery (solo show)
• 2008: Reality & Myth, Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC (group show)
• 2007: Photographers – A Group Show, Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC (four person photography show)
• 2007: Periphery, Winston-Salem Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC (four person invitational show)
• 2007: Two Person Photography Exhibit, Spine Gallery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
• 2006: Photography Show, Grace Presbyterian Church, Kernersville, NC (three person invitational show)
• 2005: Responding to the Irish Landscape: Igniting Creativity, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC (two person invitational show)
• 2005: Responding to the Irish Landscape: Igniting Creativity, Anam Cara Writers’ and Artists’ Retreat Centre, Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland; and Friar’s Gate Theatre and Arts Centre, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, Republic of Ireland (group exhibits in conjunction with artists’ workshop)
Photography, Film, and Video Experience:
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• Haunted Attraction character shoot, Pirate Joe Collins for Woods Of Terror
• Product, PR and website shoot for Freeman Wood Crafters
• Photography Workshop: Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild, 4-hour workshop on photographing art for internet and promotional use and general fine-art photography techniques.
• Black and White infrared photography, using SLR with Kodak HIE-135 infrared film, developed in Kodak D-76 developer. Negatives scanned and digitally printed to appear like silver gelatin prints.
• Black and White photography, darkroom development of silver gelatin prints
• Digital still photography, printing, retouching and manipulation
• Color film photography, negatives scanned, retouched and manipulated
• Video Photography, Com 172. Short Film, 2005
• Film/video production, including CAT TV-6, 1996 to 1997. Produced, directed, wrote, shot and edited nine episodes of original program, Creative People
• Extensive video production history, 1985 to present; available upon request
Gallery Representation:
• 2006 to 2008 – Timothy Nichols Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC. Infrared photographs exhibited and sold. Nichols closed the gallery in 2008 and I am currently seeking representation
Awards and Honors:
• 2009 Regional Artist Project Grant, The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County: Awarded funds to travel to England to for the purpose of continued use of infrared film in ongoing body of photography.
• 2009: Honorable Mentions (two): Black and White Competition, judged by W. Cameron Dennis, Piedmont Photography Club (only Honorable Mentions are given in PPC competitions)
• 2009: Honorable Mention: Street Scenes Competition, judged by Robin Underhill, Piedmont Photography Club
• 2008: Postcard Award, Reality & Myth Exhibition, Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC
• 2008: Honorable Mention: Open Contest, member judged, Piedmont Photography Club
• 2008: Honorable Mention: Black and White Contest, judged by Mary Bailey Thomas, Piedmont Photography Club
• 2007: Honorable Mention: Open Contest, judged by David Huffines, Piedmont Photography Club
Press:
• 2013 - “Photographer sees changes, challenges in his field”, Relish Magazine, Winston-Salem Journal, June 12, 2013 (magazine article/interview)
• 2011 – “Exhibit Features Grant Recipients”, Winston-Salem Journal, February 27, 2011 (newspaper review)
• 2008 – “Reality and Myth”, The Dispatch, Lexington, NC, January 24, 2008 pp. 4A, 5A (newspaper review)
• 2007 – “Photographer Launches Global Campaign To Save Film”, Amateur Photographer Magazine (UK), January, 2008 edition (printed).
• 2007 – “Kodak Halts Infrared Film”, Democrat And Chronicle, Rochester, NY, December 30, 2007, pp 1E, 5E (newspaper article).
• 2007 – “Kodak: No Reprieve for Infrared Film: Amateur Photographer Magazine (UK), December 17, 2007 (online edition).
• 2007 – “Kodak Infrared Film Fading Fast”, PDNPulse (Photo District News), December 14, 2007 (online edition).
• 2007 – “One Photographer's Quest to Save Film”, PDNOnline (Photo District News), December 12, 2007 (online edition).
• 2007 - “Photographer Launches Global Campaign To Save Film”, Amateur Photographer Magazine (UK), December 12, 2007 (online edition).
• 2006 – “Picture Show”, Kernersville Journal, May 4, 2006, pp KV1-2 (newspaper review)
Organizations, Affiliations:
• League of Creative Infrared Photographers, online organization, member by invitation since 2007
• Piedmont Photography Club, Winston-Salem, NC, member by invitation since 2007
Other Experience:
• Campaign To Save HIE-135, Organized and implemented email campaign attempt to reverse discontinuation of Kodak HIE-135 infrared film.
• Workshop Co-Leader, Responding to the Irish Landscape: Igniting Creativity, 2005
• Instructor, Stained Glass, 1992 to 1995 - Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC
• Instructor, Stained Glass, 1992 to 1993 - Forsyth Technical Community College,
Winston-Salem, NC
• Instructor, Stained Glass, 1990 to 1997 - Sawtooth Center For Visual Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
• Stained glass artisan. 1990 to 1992 - Genesis Art Glass, Winston-Salem, NC
Education:
• 2010: Digital After Dark, Night Photography Seminar by Kevin Adams, Winston-Salem, NC
• 2010: Photography Seminar, NyghtFalcon Photography, Greensboro NC
• 2008: The Business of Art, Piedmont Photography Club, seminar by Amy Funderburk
• 2006: The Art of Photography: Live Shoot In Progress. Demo by NyghtFalcon Photography, High Point University, High Point, NC
• 2005: John Eagle Photography Excursion, Eyeries, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland
• 1995: Filmmaking Immersion, Summer Intensive, North Carolina School of the Arts,
School of Filmmaking, Winston-Salem, NC
• 1985: Associate Degree, Electrical Engineering Technology, Rowan Technical Community College, Salisbury, NC
• 1979: Lexington Senior High School, Lexington, NC
