Carl Joe Williams

His work was included in Reverb: Past, Present, Future, at the Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans), where New York curator, Isolde Brielmaier,[1] unpacked the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina through the survey show.

[5] And his Sculptural Trees public art installation in Metairie, Louisiana was described as reminiscent of “lollipops in a Candyland forest,”[6] with their custom acrylic light boxes attached to crepe myrtles.

Williams is one of the founders of Blights Out, a Creative Capital supported project in New Orleans along with artists Lisa Sigal and Imani Jacqueline Brown.

Found objects play an important role in Williams’s works by becoming elements a narrative continuum that addresses societal and historical concerns.

[10] Williams attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Art (NOCCA)[11] where he received formal training.