LET THE WIND CARRY US :: William Downs
Project Space
August 10, 2019
‘Let the wind carry us’ is an exhibition of site-specific works and murals by the artist. Downs' drawings and prints are figurative and surreal. They depict human beings participating in a dream-like, fantastic world of activities.
William Downs’ earned a multidisciplinary M.F.A from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Prior to that, he received a B.F.A in painting and printmaking from the Atlanta College of Art and Design. In addition to his representation by Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta and E,C Lina Gallery Los Angelus, he was chosen by Artadia as their 2018 Atlanta awardee. His work was also recently shown in the Black Pulp! group exhibition which toured to The Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida, the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, and the The African American Museum in Philadelphia.
