MOORE CONTEMPORARY
Ian Williams
Australia
Ian Williams is interested in the interpretation of reality within virtual environments and how this can be expressed through painting. He references the found objects and substructures within video games, employing the conventions of still life painting to explore the properties of the virtual everyday object. The genre of still life typically presents inanimate subject matter, yet William’s paintings originate from the moving digital world. His commanding compositions toy with real world phenomena such as gravity, scale, and forces of collision.
Since graduating with First Class Honours from Curtin University in 2018, Williams has shown in over twenty-five group exhibitions and several solo exhibitions. He has been acknowledged with numerous awards and his work is held by public collections including Artbank, Curtin University, University of Western Australia, along with significant private collections.