Cordelia Williams Resume
Solo Shows (selected)
2006 Memoirs of a Single Mother: The Teenage Party Years, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2000 Memoirs of A Single Mother, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1996 Ocean of Mermaids, Artifacts, Installation, Charlotte, NC
1994 Good Times and Parties with the Fairy Cat, Book Installation, The Light Factory
1993 The Extraordinary Adventure of Camilla and the Fairy Cat, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
1989 Portraits of Caitlin, Seon Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1988 Fairy Fire, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
1985 Rite of Spring: May Day Celebration in Durham, NC, Spirit Square Center for the Arts,
Charlotte, NC
1983 Scenes from Being a Parent, Courtyard Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Small Group Shows (selected)
2018 An Alternative Vision, The Aperture Collective, C-3 Lab, Charlotte, NC, September​
The Light Factory Members Show, annually 1987-present
The Light Factory Print Auction, annually 1981-present
2017 The Disappearing Frogs Project
Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, February
Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, Canada, September
2016 The Disappearing Frogs Project
NC State University, The Crafts Center, Raleigh, NC, February 1 - March 3
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Southern Pines, NC, February - March
Raven Rock State Park, Lillington, NC, March - April
Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC, March - April
Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh, NC, April 1-29
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC, May
The Nasty Woman Show, Carrick Gallery, Durham, NC, December
2015 Art Faculty Show, Watkins Gallery, Queens University of Charlotte, annually 1988-2015
2014 The Disappearing Frogs Project, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC
Relighting the Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2013 Focus, Women Centered Art, Charlotte, NC
2011 Doren’s Eye, High Point University, NC
2008 The Vanishing Hemlocks: A Race Against Time, Siskate Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998 Playing With Dolls: Lili Corbus Bezner, Carolyn Demeritt and Cordelia Williams, Rowe Gallery,
UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
1992 Making Noize, Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte, NC
1989 Garden of Earthly Delights, Children’s Theatre, Charlotte, NC
1988 Ourselves and Our Children, Craven Arts Center, New Bern, NC
Self-Portrait Show, Heart to Hand Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1987 Surface Tension, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Juried and Invitational Shows (selected)
2016 80 Years of Photography (from the Mint Museum Collection), Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2010 The Hand-to-Hand Project (group collaborative exhibition, organized and curated by Cecelia Kane;
work represents a daily headline about the US Iraq war for each day the war persists. My week
was July 23-28, 2007)
Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
Brick Box Gallery, Rutland, VT
Carol Henry Studio Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA
Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 North Carolina Photographers Show, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, (honorable mention)
2001 What’s Missing, Central Piedmont Community College, Crista Cammaroto curator, Charlotte, NC
1998 Vision Explosion, Soul Glasses Productions, Charlotte, NC
1997 Reply, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1995 Toledo Friends of Photography National Juried Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, OH
1994 Photographic Book Art in the USA, Invitational, Susan kae Grant, Curator (included The
Extraordinary Adventure of Camilla and the Fairy Cat, a sculptural version where the main
characters are photographic dolls), toured United States, 1991-94.
University of Texas-San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Texas Woman's University Art Gallery, Denton, TX
SF Camera Work, San Francisco, CA
Washington Center for Photography, Washington, DC
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Olin Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
The Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
The Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center, Charlotte, NC
Gibson Gallery, Potsdam, NY
Harold Washington Library, Chicago
Contemporary Culture, Dallas, TX
1994 Tales of Our Interior Visions, Invitational, Arlene Howard, Curator, Local Color, Atlanta, GA
Book Arts Gallery Exhibition, (The Extraordinary Adventure of Camilla and the Fairy Cat)
TruPenny Books, Tucson, AZ
1992 Southern Visions, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC, also 1984-85, 1988-89; Southern Visions
Traveling Show, 1984, 1988, 1989
1989 Artists’ Dolls and Fetishes, Joyce Scott, curator, Textile Art Center, Chicago, IL
National Aperture Show, Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, also 1985-87
(Creative Excellence Award, 1986)
1987 Portfolio Review, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Focus on Contemporary Art: Artists’ Open Doors, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
1986 North Carolina Photographer’s Show, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
American Photographers, Olympia Gallery, Munich, Germany
North American Invitational, Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach, FL
1985 American Women In Art: An American Album, Ellouise Schoettler, Curator, United Nations World
Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya, Toured US 1985-87
Shows Curated
1999 Women of Vision Revisited: Artists Working in the Medium of Photography in Charlotte, Watkins
and Dana Galleries, Queens University of Charlotte, NC
1993 Dolls in Love and Power, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
Women of Vision: Artists Working in the Medium of Photography, Watkins Gallery, Queens
University of Charlotte, (Best Art Exhibition 1993, Creative Loafing)
1990 Flesh and Blood, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, two-part show with six artists, concerning
subjective relationship between artists and their families
Public Art Commissions and Grants
2002 Regional Artist’s Grant, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council, Charlotte, NC
1998 Children’s Theatre, Charlotte, NC, Stage set for traveling production
1997 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Arts Commission, lead artist. Directed Art is the Heart of the
City, a mural project with teens; was a featured site in “Public Art on the Net” 1998 #3
1994 Two Arts in Education Project Grants, Charlotte Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council
1992 Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC, lead artist, Albemarle Recreation Center, directed
mural project with senior citizens, Seasons of Life
Carolina Artscapes ‘92, public art billboard exhibition, Charlotte, NC, Charlotte Mecklenburg Arts
and Science Council, The Mint Museum and Adams Outdoor Advertising.
1991 North Carolina Arts Council, Project Grant for Artist’s Book
1986 Emerging Artist’s Grant, Charlotte Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council
Books and Publications
2009 Book Cover Design for Pam Turner, Come Walk With Me, Main Street Rag, Charlotte, NC
2006 Memoirs of a Single Mother: The Teenage Party Years, Artist’s Edition Book, 3 copies,
Hand-bound concertina in three layer sculptural box
2002 Maids of the Sea, Artist’s Edition Book, 13 copies, Hand-bound concertina in box
2001 The Pathos of Birds (with Kevin Kennedy), Artist’s Edition Book, 2 copies, Hand-bound
concertina in bookbox
2000 Larson Algebra I, McDougal Littell Publishing, Illustrations for ratio and proportion section
1994 “Doll Forms: Windows to the Soul,” Curator’s Statement, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI
(exhibition catalog)
1993 “Dolls in Love and Power,” Curator’s Statement, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
(exhibition catalogue)
1992 The Extraordinary Adventure of Camilla and The Fairy Cat, Hard Cover Artist’s Edition Book,
50 copies. Covering 12 years of photographic work, it is a poetic document of my daughter
growing up and our mother-daughter relationship
1991 Single Mother Magazine, cover for premier issue, Just You and Me Kids Publishing Co., Midland, NC
1988 Book Cover Design for Rebecca Devet McClanahan, Mrs. Houdini
Public Collections
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Children’s Theater, Charlotte, NC
Murrey Atkins Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC
Corcoran Museum/Working Library, Washington, DC
Hall Mercer Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Mohawk Paper Headquarters, Ithaca, NY
National Museum of Women in the Arts Archives, Washington, DC
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Tucson Photo Archives, National SPE Collection, Tucson, AZ
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Education
Post-Graduate work in Photography, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 1972-1973
M.Ed. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1969, Art Education
B.S. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, 1965, Major: Art Education
Professional Experience in Arts Education
2016 The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, teacher, classes and workshops, 1981-present
2015 Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, Adjunct Photography Professor 1988-2015
2004 Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, Photography Instructor, 2004-2006;
also 1986-1988
1987 University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, Lecturer in the Visual Arts: Art
Education, 1985-1987; Book Arts, 2000
Barber Scotia College, Concord, NC, Art History Instructor, 1986-1987
1982 The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, Director of the Children’s Program, 1980-1982