Heather Williams

Heather Williams was born in St. Croix US Virgin Islands and raised in Brooklyn , NY.  She achieved a Masters in Art Therapy at Pratt Institute and worked with the domestic violence population for over ten years providing group and individual therapy. She earned a Masters in Fine Arts in Art Practice from the School of Visual Arts in 2020 at the height of the pandemic.  Her short film, Safe Passage II was awarded honorable mention at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago in 2021. She has also been awarded residencies at Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF) at Mana Contemporary, ArtCrawl Harlem at Governors Island, NY and a Sustainable Arts Fellowship at Gallery Aferro, NJ. She authored her first children's book titled, “We Use OurWords” to support social skill development in young children and her work was recently acquired by The Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia. Her sculptures and abstract paintings are in many private collections.