photo by Jay Rechsteiner

Chiara Williams Contemporary is a peripatetic art gallery and consultancy, drawing on 20 years experience working in the art world, both in private and public sectors. 
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Chiara Williams presents the annual SOLO Award™ in Art Projects at the London Art Fair. Alongside this established platform for nurturing original talent, Chiara works with a small number of internationally-based artists to help further their practices, support their ambitious exhibitions and develop meaningful projects around the world. Chiara is also a collector and continues to work as a freelance international lecturer, consultant and curator.

During 8 years at WW Contemporary Art (which she co-founded in 2008 with Debra Wilson), Chiara Williams curated and hosted over 65 exhibitions, pioneered two collateral UK events at the 53rd & 54th Venice Biennales, established the SOLO Award ™, managed marketing, fundraising and sales, and worked with over 300 artists, curators and writers through exhibitions, exchanges, collaborations, residencies, off-site projects, commissions, publications, talks and workshops. 

Her background also includes 10 years as a lecturer in art history, fine art, design, media and film, alongside working at the Venice Biennale, the British Council and Modern Art Oxford.

​Chiara is also an artist and currently lives and works between London and Margate.

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