Brenda Williams

Brenda G. Williams is a local art advisor and independent curator specializing in emerging contemporary artists. She attended Clark Atlanta University and majored in communications. Before moving to Italy, Brenda worked as an assistant producer; stylist and make-up artist while at Ogilvy & Mather. Williams began her art career in Italy selling works on paper from Galleria Bonomo in Bari, before returning to the states to manage the Eyes Gallery in Philadelphia. After 3 years she moved to New York to work as a set designer on the movie Boomerang and later worked at Sarajo where she sold post-colonial Indian furnishings and accessories as well tribal art and textiles. During this period she also worked at the American Museum of Natural History. In the late 90’s Brenda moved to Los Angeles, landed a job at the Getty Center and began to immerse herself in the contemporary art world, first by taking art collecting classes with KCRW art critic Edward Goldman and, later by working on various independent projects. Brenda currently works at UCLA in the department of Design | Media Arts. In summer 2014, Brenda curated her first LA exhibition Cross Fade, at Walter Maciel Gallery in Culver City. Brenda is currently one of five Culver City Cultural Affairs Commissioners. She is co-curating an exhibition for Equality California during Pride and her second group show, Pretty Big Things at Walter Maciel Gallery.