Blood: A Tale Hellblazer Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes Koan: Paintings by Jon J Muth & Kent Williams Kent Williams, Amalgam: Paintings & Drawings, 1992-2007
Williams, a draftsman and painter, has realized his work through various other artistic channels as well; that of the illustrated word and the graphic novel (including The Fountain with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky), printmaking, photography, design, architecture, and film. A selection of his works on paper, Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes, was published in 1991, and Koan: Paintings by Jon J Muth & Kent Williams, was published in 2001. His monograph, Kent Williams, Amalgam: Paintings & Drawings, 1992-2007, with text by Edward Lucie-Smith and Julia Morton, is the most comprehensive collection of Williams' work to date.
From 1983 to 1985, Kent Williams was a regular contributor to Marvel Comics' Epic Illustrated. He collaborated with writer J. M. DeMatteisonBlood: A Tale in 1987 and with writers Walt and Louise Simonson and co-artist Jon J MuthonHavok and Wolverine: Meltdown the following year.[1] The latter series was a result of Williams and Muth's desire to work on a project together.[4] Williams was the regular cover artist for DC Comics' Hellblazer in 1990–1991.[5] Comics historian Les Daniels noted that Williams' "impressionistic painting style is an example of the new look that DC's Vertigo line brought to comics."[6] Williams drew the "Fear of Falling" short story for Vertigo Preview #1 (1993) which featured the Sandman and was written by Neil Gaiman.[7] In 2006 he illustrated a graphic novel adaptation of The Fountain from the script by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.[8]
His work has been the subject of a number of solo exhibitions including shows in New York City; San Francisco; Sundance, Utah; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina;[9] in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is represented by Evoke Contemporary Gallery;[10] and in Los Angeles, where he is represented by The Merry Karnowsky Gallery.[11] His painting Trace Double-Portrait was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., as part of the Outwin Boochever 2006 Portrait Exhibition.[12]
Williams is the recipient of a number of awards for his work, including the Yellow Kid Award [de], Lucca, Italy's comics award.[13] In 2001, he was invited to be a fellow at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in Sundance, Utah.[14]
^"The many faces of comics world's Kent Williams". GMA News Online. November 1, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. The 1988 four-parter Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown came about because Williams wanted to work with Jon J. Muth, and they developed the story with the writers. Williams worked on the Wolverine art while Muth did the Havoc art.
^Bender, Hy (1999). The Sandman Companion. New York, New York: DC Comics. p. 270. ISBN978-1563894657.
^Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 327. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Kent Williams". Allen Spiegel Fine Arts. n.d. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
