Shawn
Williams
S H A W N W I L L I A M S
1037 Chelmsford Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Phone - (717) 421-8275
Website - www.shawnwilliamsprints.com
E-mail – screenwork@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
2001 MFA, University of Delaware, Printmaking Concentration.
1998 Master of Arts Program, 9 Credits/Printmaking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
1998 BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Printmaking Concentration, Art History Minor.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Art Coordinator. (2014 – Present) Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
-Direct all administration of the Rose Lehrman Art Gallery including; budget, contracts and student workers.
-Instructional program specialist for the Ceramics, Glass and Jewelry areas.
Propose, develop and install exhibitions for the Rose Lehrman Art Gallery. Develop and coordinate activities related to
exhibitions including artist lectures and workshops. Prepare applications and administer grant funding received by the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Create written and visual content for marketing and promotion of gallery events and
programs. Responsible for all aspects of the art gallery’s website including developing and posting content and images.
Juror. Perry County Council of the Arts, 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Newport, PA.
Advisor. Ceramics Club, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA. (2008 - 2020)
2016 Conference Participant. Invited to participate in an INKUBATOR SESSION titled, “The Constructed Sphere Sculptural
Printmaker’s Tap the 3rd Dimension” at the SGC International Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Visiting Artist. Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. Artist’s lecture and screenprinting workshop.
2014 Instructional Program Specialist. (2004-2014) Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
Supported Art Department in three main areas: Ceramics, Glass and Jewelry.
Supervised and maintained each of the areas in the program. Performed studio instruction and substituted for
professional staff. Coordinated events involving the Crafts areas. Managed the budget for a wide range of art
disciplines. Tracked expenditures for over $40,000 worth of purchases each year for the Art Department.
Responsible for researching and proposing various capital budget projects and successfully received a number of
items each year that helped the Art Department become a safer, stronger program.
Juror. Patriot News Artsfest, Harrisburg, PA.
2012 Juror. Lock Haven University Student Art Exhibition, Lock Haven, PA.
2011 China Study Abroad. Supervised a group of students in Shanghai and Jingdezhen, China for three weeks studying
Ceramics.
2010 Board Member. Occupational Advisory Committee. Harrisburg High School Career and
Technology Academy. Harrisburg, PA.
Artist’s Lecture. Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA.
Visiting Artist. University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Artist’s lecture and demonstration on 4 color process printing and screenprinted ceramic decals.
2008 Juror. Patriot News Artsfest, Harrisburg, PA.
2007 Artist’s Lecture. Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA.
2006 Juror. Regional Scholastic Art Awards, Harrisburg, PA.
2005 Artist’s Lecture. Clarion University, Clarion, PA. Lecture and studio visits.
Artist’s Lecture. Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Artist’s Lecture. Main Line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Visiting Artist. Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA. Lecture and demonstration on waterless lithography.
2004 Artist’s Lecture. Millersville University, Millersville, PA.
Juror. Regional Scholastic Art Awards, Harrisburg, PA.
2002 Visiting Artist. Marywood University, Scranton, PA.
Lecture and demonstration on waterless lithography.
2001 Visiting Artist. Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA. Lecture and demonstration on waterless lithography
Conducted individual studio visits.
1999 Graduate Assistant. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. (1999-2001)
Maintained a safe, organized printmaking studio for student use. Ordered supplies and kept a
ledger of receipts. Maintained and built studio equipment.
Printer’s Assistant. Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
Assisted Tamarind trained Printer Malcolm Cristhilf in the printing of two lithographs.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 Instructor. Harrisburg Area Community College (2002 - Present)
Courses: Silkscreen Printing, Printmaking, Independent Study in Printmaking, 3-Dimensional Design,
2-Dimensional Design, Drawing II, Contemporary Crafts Marketing I,II and III
Course: Silkscreen Printing
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
An exploration of the art, aesthetics and craft of silkscreen printing by constructing prints utilizing non-toxic water-
based inks, hand-drawn and hand-painted stencils, photo-emulsion and computer-generated stencils.
Course: Printmaking
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of intaglio, relief and monotype techniques.
Course: Independent Study in Printmaking
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of monotype, intaglio and silkscreen techniques.
Course: 3-Dimensional Design
Curriculum development. Evaluation of Student work and progress.
An introduction to working with the elements and principles of three-dimensional design. Students learn to work with
basic concepts of form, shape, mass, color and texture using a variety of materials including paper, metal, plaster and
wood.
Course: 2-Dimensional Design
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of 2-dimensional design principles and color theory.
Course: Drawing II
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of life drawing skills including figure drawing. Developing a level of awareness of conceptual processes involved
in drawing.
2017 Instructor. Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
Course: Form Space and Media
2001 Instructor. Delaware College of Art and Design
Courses: Printmaking, 2-Dimensional Design 1
Course: Printmaking
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction in the tools, materials and practices inherent to relief printing, intaglio and lithography.
Course: 2-Dimensional Design 1
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of 2-Dimensional Design principles.
GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999 Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Delaware (1999-2001)
Courses: Screenprinting, Lithography, 2-Dimensional Design, Drawing II
Course: 2-Dimensional Design
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of 2-dimensional design principles and color theory.
Course: Screenprinting
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction in silkscreen printing. Developing a level of awareness of conceptual processes involved in printmaking.
Students integrate their drawing styles and approaches to image making with this printmaking process.
Course: Lithography
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction in the tools, materials and techniques used in stone, plate and waterless lithography.
Course: Drawing II
Curriculum development. Evaluation of student work and progress.
Instruction of drawing techniques. Developing a level of awareness of conceptual processes involved in drawing.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 Quoted in the article, Tapping the Third Dimension, by Linda Jules, Printmaking Today, Autumn 2016 Edition.
6th Place, K Space Contemporary’s 10th Annual Third Coast National Juried Exhibition.
Image published in the SGCI Graphic Impressions Fall 2016 Newsletter.
2011 1st Prize, Sculpture, Art of the State 2011, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Jewelry & Crafts Marketing Faculty Enrichment Award
2009 Chosen for the Preview Show before the 32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition,
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
2006 Selected works published in Image Transfer on Clay, by Paul Andrew Wandless.
Jewelry & Crafts Marketing Faculty Enrichment Award
2005 Included in the ninth edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005.
2004 Adjunct professional development grant, Harrisburg Area Community College.
2003 Fellowship, Career Development Program, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists,
formerly Creative Artists Network. (2001-2003)
2001 University of Delaware Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship. (1999 - 2001)
Juror’s Award, Artwork Formerly Known as Prints. Art House, Newark, DE.
Second Place Award, Amity Art Foundation’s Spring 2000 Portfolio Review Program.
1998 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Printmaking, Edinboro University.
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Printmaking, Edinboro University.
Susan Kemenyffy Printmaking Award, Edinboro University’s Student Art Exhibition.
Robert and Kay Trewhella Scholarship, Greater Harrisburg Foundation.
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Passages: A Journey of Opportunity, Conviction and Luck, Works by Garrick Dorsett and Shawn
Williams, The Pollock Center, Camp Hill, PA.
2018 Sculptural Prints. Weyers Sampson Gallery, Thiel College, Greenville, PA.
2015 Construed and Constructed. Works by Brant Schuller and Shawn Williams, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University of
Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
2014 Labor. Fenetre Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2012 The Nostalgic Image. Works by Scott Cantrell and Shawn Williams, Isadora Gallery, Lancaster, PA.
2010 Framing the Framer. Sloan Fine Arts Center Gallery, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA.
2009 Measured Moments. Works by Kim Banister and Shawn Williams, McKinney Gallery 100,
West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
Handiwork. The Mantis Collective, Harrisburg, PA.
2008 Potential. Works by Helen Tegeler and Shawn Williams, Rose Lehrman Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College,
Harrisburg, PA.
2007 Constructions. Hess Gallery, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA.
2006 Work Space. Doshi Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2005 Do-it-Yourself. Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
2004 Work in Progress. Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2024. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2021 Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2020 ‘Reconciliation’ 2020 Kreft Juried Exhibition, Concordia University Ann Arbor Kreft Center for the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI.
Print – Making an Impression, Hess and Lyet Galleries, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA.
2019 Finding Your Voice in America Today, Kelwood Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2017 Vessels, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
HACC Faculty Exhibition, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA.
2016 To Be the Void: Sublimity & Contemporaneity, International Cultural Center of Krakow,
Krakow, Poland.
Politically Charged, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA.
Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX.
Edinboro National, Printmaking 2016. Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
SCCA Invitational. Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts, Columbia, PA.
2015 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2015. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Figure Show. Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts, Columbia, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
Winter Group Exhibition. Garth Gallery, Columbia, PA.
2013 Art on the Fly. Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts, Columbia, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2012 Manhattan Graphics Center Juried Exhibition. Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY.
Degrees of Abstraction. MFA Alumni Exhibition, University of Delaware @ the Crane Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2011 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2011. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
2010 To Build a Better Mouse Trap. The Infantree Gallery, Lancaster, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition. Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
Identification Please portfolio. Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.
Identification Please portfolio. Perdue University.
Identification Please portfolio. Stephen F. Austin State University
81st Annual International Juried Exhibition. Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA.
2008 Thingamajigs. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
The Space Windows Exhibition. Lancaster, PA.
The Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial. Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.
If the Hat Fits. The Arts Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX.
2006 However the Hat Fits. Invitational Portfolio, 2006 Mid Atlantic Printmaking Conference.
CFEVA Exhibit, Philadelphia Public Schools, Administrative Building Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
10/10, Parlor Gallery, Lancaster, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2005 Rearranged/Redefined: Domestic Objects Reconsidered. Main Line Art Center,
Philadelphia, PA.
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2005. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Connecting our Faculties. HACC faculty exhibition at Hamilton and Arronson Galleries,
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. HACC Faculty exhibition at Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA.
2004 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2004. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
William Penn Foundation Exhibition. CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA.
The Man Show. K Space Art Studios, Corpus Christi, TX.
Winter Exhibition @ Moore College of Art & Design, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2003 Sculptural Prints. A Group Exhibition of 3D Prints and Photographs,
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Creative Artists Network at SEI. SEI Investments Company, Oaks PA.
Baltimore Bound. CFEVA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Fall Exhibition. CFEVA, Morgan, Lewis & Blockius, Philadelphia, PA.
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2003. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Off the Wall: Small Works. CFEVA, Morgan, Lewis & Blockius, Philadelphia, PA.
Spring Group Exhibition. CFEVA, Gregg Conference Center, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
Winter Exhibition. Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA.
2002 Fall group exhibition. CFEVA, Morgan, Lewis & Blockius, Philadelphia, PA.
14th Annual Harrisburg Gallery Walk, Dixon University Center, Harrisburg, PA.
Off the Wall: Small Works, Instant Gratification. Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA.
Spring Group Exhibition. Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA.
Faculty Exhibition. Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
2001 America’s 2000. National Juried Exhibition, Northwest Art Center, ND. (Catalogue)
19th Annual Juried Exhibition. Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, Inc. New York, NY.
2001 Mid-American Print Council Member’s Juried Exhibition. Ronald Barr Gallery, Indiana University, IN.
Hot Off The Press: An Emerging Curator looks at Emerging Printmakers. Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA.
The Future is Now: MFA Regional Exhibition. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Bieber/Ham Gallery,
Wilmington, DE. (Catalogue)
Artist’s Ourselves. Faculty Show, Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE.
Eleven On The Run. Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Newark, DE.
2000 Artwork Formerly Known as Prints. Art House, Newark, DE.
MFA First Year Show. First year graduate student exhibition, Recitation Gallery, Newark, DE.
Art of the State: Pennsylvania ’99. State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
1998 Pressed and Pulled VII. Georgia College & State University’s 7th National
Printmaking exhibition, Milledgeville, GA. (Catalogue)
California University of Pennsylvania’s Regional Art Exhibition. California, PA.
Harrisburg Area Community College Student Art Exhibition. Harrisburg, PA.
COLLECTIONS
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA.
SGC International
Virginia Commonwealth University
Amity Art Foundation
University of Miami
Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES attended
2015 SGC International Conference, Knoxville, TN.
2010 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Philadelphia, PA. NCECA Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
2008 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Richmond, VA. NCECA Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
2006 G.A.S. Conference, St. Louis, MO.
2005 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Washington, DC.
2003 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
2001 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Austin, Texas.