Artist Bio
Fletcher Williams III (b. 1987, North Charleston, South Carolina) is a sculptor and installation artist based in Charleston. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union in 2010. His work includes sculpture, painting, works on paper, and large-scale installations made for museums, historic sites, and nontraditional exhibition spaces.
Williams works with vernacular building materials, palmetto, stained glass, mirror, and light. Fences, crosses, stars, local flora, architectural details, and other familiar forms return throughout his work, changing as they move between spaces and projects. Charleston’s buildings, landscapes, craft traditions, and everyday objects remain important sources for his work.
Williams has presented solo exhibitions at the International African American Museum, the Aiken-Rhett House, and 701 Center for Contemporary Art, and has exhibited at the Mint Museum, MoCADA, and SDSU Downtown Gallery. His work is held in the collections of the International African American Museum, Gibbes Museum of Art, and Davidson College.