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:bios always sound so morbid, like a eulogy. it's true. the only difference is the bit where they talk about the survivors. Born and raised in rural Ohio, I landed on to the scene in columbus, armed with a $12000 scholarship to CCAD. in 1997 i graduated from there with a b.f.a. i continue to paint, write & do commission work for a variety of folks. occasionally gathering enough work for a show.


:BLIPS&CODES

 my work deals in personal mythology, memory, pop culture, comparative religion, social & environmental, paradox, love and the awesome. in viewing the work, one is transported into another dreamscape where one is illuminated. i explore a bold and subtle use of color. whole worlds pour out of the brush onto the canvas or bristol. old symbology taken from childhood (and pop culture) is reimagined. i think an image is a success where you can't quite tell what was used. it looks familiar but different. i am constantly facinated by man's explanation of the unknown. painting over previous strokes. layering. covering up areas once explored. i like that duality.

  in story, we are building up myths. whether blatant or not fully realized. it's impossible to fully detach ourselves from the details. you could say that ophelia is looking into a dark reflection of herself but was that really the writer's intent? or ours? is cheney really an imperialistic asshat hell bent on wiping his ass with the constitution? well he, is but that's not my point.

_ i'm still in ohio, though in a better part of it. i reside by a graveyard down by the river. chillin'.

IN SHORT:

name: TOM WILLIAMS
homebase: COLUMBUS, OHIO
born: KENTON, OHIO
school: COLUMBUS COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN

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ARTICLES / INTERVIEWS/ REVIEWS

Indie Spinner Rack at S.P.A.C.E. `07. recorded in 2007. Lenny Cooper & Jeff Tundis.

''Up and Coming: Tom Williams' by Chris Arrant. 2007. newsarama.com

Dawn of the Dead' by Melissa Starker. columbus alive. 2004

'D.I.Y.:TOM WILLIAMS' by Rich Watson. pulse.2003.

'S.P.A.C.E. exploration'. columbus alive.2002.

reviews

NO DEAD TIME (ONI PRESS 2004)

• broken frontier
• fourth rail
• silver bullet
• variety (bags&boards) , best of '05 wrapup
• bookslut
• read yourself raw

LOOKING AT THE FRONT DOOR (SEAN McKEEVER. 2003)

• fourthrail.com
  

PANEL (FERRET PRESS. 2003-present)

• fourth rail
• comic book resources

IN PRINT

RELEASED BY drawrobot

• LOLLYGAG! no.1. 2008
• SPB:RISE!. 2006
• PUSSY GALORE. (24 HOUR COMIC) 2004
• CRASH COMICS™. 1996-PRESENT
• MISA™.2001
• HADES INDECISION™.1999

elsewhere...

• NO FORMULA vol.1. DESPERADO. 2008
• COMIC BOOK TATTOO. IMAGE COMICS. 2008
• STYX TAXI:FEDERICO (CHEMSET) 2007-08.
• PANEL: XXX. FERRET PRESS. 2007
• 24-7 vol. 2. IMAGE COMICS. 2007
• LIFELIKE. IDW PUBLISHING 2007
• PANEL B-MOVIE. FERRET PRESS. 2007
• NO DEAD TIME (spanish ed). DIBBUKS. 2006
• PANEL:TRAVEL. FERRET PRESS. 2006
• NOT MY SMALL DIARY. 2006
• PANEL:LUCK. FERRET PRESS. 2006
• STUCK. (online) CHEMISTRY SET. 2006
• NOT MY SMALL DIARY. 2005
• PANEL:MYTH. 2005
• NO DEAD TIME. ONI PRESS. 2004
• PANEL:SPACE. FERRET PRESS. 2004
• PANEL:HOME. 2004
• ENGINE. 'GOTH KARAOKE '. 2004
• PANEL: ARCHITECTURE. 'COLUMBINE' 2003
• PANEL-A COMIX ANTHOLOGY. 'POOF! ' 2003
• CHANNEL ONE. ' POOF! '.2001-2003
• LOOKING AT THE FRONT DOOR. 2002.
• 'HIDEOUT'. OH COMICS! 2000.

AWARDS

Day Prize nominee. 'Too Much Matheson'. 2006

Day Prize winner & nominee. 'Misa'. 2002

PAST CLIENTS

ONI PRESS
IMAGE COMICS
IDW PUBLISHING
S.P.A.C.E.
RIOT MEDIA
STAUF's COFFEE ROASTERS
RED ROVER CONSIGNMENT.

ON EXHIBIT

''let them eat pancakes'. uberbot. july 2008. winter park,fl.

'behind the panel'. supraphonic studio. april 2005. columbus.oh

'the professionals: after hours'. mahan gallery. october 2004. columbus.oh

'panel review' march 2003. Studio 16.columbus.oh