Todd Williamson was born and raised in Cullman, Alabama. In 1984 he began his artistic career with art and music study at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. in 1986, Williamson was recruited to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to work with their theatre for one year. He then returned to the Belmont University and concluded his study program with a BA in 1988. In the following year, Williamson moved to California and studied at California State University, and UCLA, working towards his MFA. Since 2004, Williamson lives and works in West Hollywood, CA. Williamson was three times awarded by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation; for Creativity in 2023 and 2019 and an Award Grant in 2010. Among other awards were the Artists Special Recognition-Art Non Stop International Film Festival (Buenos Aires), an Icon Award-Los Angeles Beverly Arts, Special Mention Award MAVV Museum, Bluduemila Associazione Sport & Arte – Best Foreign Artist (Naples, Italy), the ART 1307 Istituzione Culturale – Artistic Merit Award, (Naples, Italy), and the Artslant International – Abstract Showcase Award Winner. He has exhibited extensively in both the United States and abroad. Being stimulated by the works of Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, Barnett Newman and Helen Frankenthaler, his works include elements of classical modern art, with references to the chiaroscuro technique, and to the California Light and Space movement of the 1960s and 70’s. Williamson has been deeply influenced by his early musical studies. His works attempt to show the connection between art and the expression of music, the objective being to give the viewer an all-embracing artwork (“Gesamtkunstwerk”) of “musical art” or “visual music”.’

Williamson’s “Processional,” an art and music collaboration with composer Greg Walter, was one of twenty official exhibitions at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, with 100,000 visitors, and was a top pick by Forbes, Domus, Widewalls, Artteez, and the Venice Insider!

“My work explores the intricate relationship between color, sound, and perception, inviting viewers to experience an emotional resonance through layered visual and auditory stimuli…”