William Norton
304 Boerum Street
Apartment 32
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Visual Artist, Independent Curator and Former Gallery Director at
PeepShow Space -the gallery LTD-
37 North 15th Street
Greenpoint, Brooklyn 11222
www.nortonart.net (personal website)
www.nortonartists.com (curatorial projects)
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EXHIBITION HISTORY: (curated exhibitions follow at the end)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
“Styx and Stones: It’s Raining Fascists”, The Boiler/ELM Foundation, Williamsburg Brooklyn, curated by Wade Bonds
2021
“Bootlegs and Bootstraps”, Solo Show, PeepShow Space, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
2018
“Myth of Manhood”, Solo Show, Project Room, M. David & Co., Brooklyn NY, curated by Michael David
2016
“Ghosts in the Machine 2 (SPRING)”, Solo Show, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
2002
“Creation Theories and the Myth of Natural Selection”, Solo Show, FishTank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1982
“Painting in 3-Dimensions, Solo Show, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NYC, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024:
September 19 - October 31 “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue” curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan, the Factory, LIC, NY
September 27-29 “Bushwick Open Studios”, Solo Exhibition in my studio open to the public
October 8- November 3 “Shibboleth” Icebox 4, Williamsburg Brooklyn, curated by Tom Fitzgibbon
October 22-27 “Kameyama Triennale”, Group Exhibition, Kameyama, Japan
“Whitney Museum of American Art, Staff Show”, Group Show, Westbeth Gallery, NYC
“Shapeshifters”, Group Show, Birdhouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023:
“Metal and Plastic”, The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center,Group Show, curated by Yuko Nii
Kyoto Sato Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan. Group Show. Curated by Kei Kihara
“WestSide Exposure:Whitney Museum of American Art Staff Show”, Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street, NYC
“Styx and Stones: It’s Raining Fascists”, The Boiler/ELM Foundation, Brooklyn NY. Solo Show curated by Wade Bonds
2022:
Kyoto Municipal Arts Museum, Kyoto Arts Festival. Group Show. Kyoto, Japan curated by Cake Hara
“Material Witness”, Group Show, Kameyama Triennial, Kameyama, Japan, curated by William Norton
“War is Peace”, Group Show, SFA Projects, 131 Chrystie Street, NYC, NY. Featuring Jason Phillips, Tom Burckhardt William Norton, Dirty Churches.
Kyoto Arts Festival, Kyoto Japan, curated by Cake Hara
“Bootlegs and Bootstraps”, Solo Show, PeepShow Space, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
“Fellow Travelers”, 3 Person Show Featuring Joshua Rosenblatt, Jason Phillips, William Norton, PeepShow Space, Brooklyn, NY. curated by William Norton
2020
“Cat Calculus,” Group Show, Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sharilyn Niedhardt
2019
Group Show, Implexus Art Gallery, Morioka City, Japan, curated by Kazuya Shimodate
Kyoto Arts Festival, Group Show, Kyoto, Japan, curated by Cake Hara
“Mirage Imperfect”, 3 Person Show, Implexus Art Gallery, Morioka City, Japan, curated by Ai Ohkawarai
“Westside Exposure”, Whitney Staff Show, Westbeth Gallery, NYC, NY
“Material Witness”, Group Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
2018
“Pairings”, Group Show, Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NY, curated by Nancy Gesimondo
Benefit for Planned Parenthood, Group Show, M. David & Co. Brooklyn, NY
“Myth of Manhood”, Solo Show, Project Room, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
“Permanent Collection”, Group Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn NY. Curated by Yuko Nii
Group Show, Odetta Gallery, curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan, Brooklyn NY
“My Favorite Piece”, Tokyo Art Collectors Club, Tokyo Japan, curated by Ai Ohkawarai
“Leaving a Mark”, Bushwick Open Studios, Michael David Studios, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn NY, curated by Martin Dull
Kyoto Art Festival, Heian Jingu Shrine, Kyoto Japan, Group Show, curated by Cake Hara
“Material Matters”, Group Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, curated by Melissa Stern
“Size Matters”, Group Show, 100 Bogart Street Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by Norton 

“BorderWalls”, Group Show, The Border Project Space, curated by Jamie Martinez
“Hawthorne Edition”, Group Show, Cross Contemporary Gallery, Woodstock NY, curated by Jen Dragon
“Art for Anya”, Group Show, Charity Event, Paddle8, NYC, NY
“Black and White and R(ead) All Over”, Group Show, Gallery Critical Kunst, Berlin Germany, curated by Peter Hopkins
2017:
“Yellow Chair Holiday Extravaganza”, David and Schweitzer Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“Making Their Mark”, curated by Norton, Group Show, 100 Bogart Street Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“3 Woman Exhibition”, featuring Yukari Edamitsu, Xiaowei Chen, Debra Ramsay, curated by Joshua Rosenblatt, Henry Klimowicz, Chris Ketchie and Norton, the Re Institute, Millerton, NY
“True Believers”, curated by Daniel John Gadd, Group Show, M. David Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Kameyama Triennial (The Boy Who Drew Cats), curated by Cake Hara, Kameyama, Japan
“Life on Other Planets”, 2 Person Exhibition with Chris Ketchie, curated by Henry Klimowicz, the Re Institute, Millerton, New York
“Building Bridges Not Walls”, Group Show, curated by Norton, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
PULSE ART FAIR. NYC, NY, ArtHelix Gallery,curated by Peter Hopkins
2016:
The Art Fair + Plus Ultra, Tokyo, Japan, with Project Artrates
“Exchange Rates”, 2 Person Exhibition, Art Helix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Where's Eleven O'Clock”, curated by Kay Reese, Newark Open Doors, Newark, New Jersey
“Accumulating Experience”, curated by Betty Jarvis, Newark Open Doors, Newark, New Jersey
“Seeking Space:Making the Future Exhibition”, David and Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
“Ghosts in the Machine 2 (SPRING)”, Solo Show, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
Bushwick Open Studios: my studio, Brooklyn, NY
“A Decalogue of Tenebrous Luminaries”, 10 Person Show, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn , NY curated by William Norton
“Permission Slip”, performance 3 days art making in gallery, SHIM, ArtHelix Gallery, curated by Jackie Cantwell & Wilson Duggan
Salon Show [Group Show] GreenPoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Light, Form and Symbol” [Group Show] Williamsburg Art Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Jonathan Judd
“Landscapes, Seascapes, Skyscapes, Escapes”, [Group Show] Brooklyn Fireproof, BrooklynNY, curated by Burr Dodd andHazel Lee Santino
SHIM Invitational [Group Show] ArtHelix Gallery, Bushwick NY
Sly Visitations to the Extraordinary, Parts 1 & 2, SHIM Invitational, curated by William Norton
Greenpoint Gallery, [Group Show 1]
Greenpoint Gallery, [Group Show 2]
Greenpoint Gallery, [Group Show 3]
2015:
Lorimoto Gallery [Group Show], Ridgewood Queens, NY
Brooklyn Arts Council [Group Show}, Brooklyn, NY
SHIM Awards Exhibition [Group Show] ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Small Works: Jeffrey Leder Gallery, LIC, NY, curated by Jeffrey Leder
ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY SHIM Benefit Auction Exhibition
Bushwick Open Studios:
“Audacious, Auspicious, Anfractuous, Anomalous, Asynchronous, Autonomous Artists”, 23 Meadow Street Pop Up, Brooklyn New York, curated by William Norton and Carmen Herrero (Guggenheim Museum)
4 Person Exhibition, 49 Bogart Street Pop Up, curated by Chris Rucker
“Behind the White Walls”, [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], Brooklyn FireProof, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton, Carmen Herrero (Guggenheim Museum), Elisabeth Sherman (Whitney Museum of America Art}, Hazel Santino
“Tonal Vision”, [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], WhiteBox Gallery, NYC, NY, curated by William Norton , Elisabeth Sherman (Whitney Museum of American Art
“Can You Move It All Up One Inch”, [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by William Norton
2014:
Whitney Staff Art Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, Braurer Building
“Portland City Drift”, an outdoor interactive art event, organized by Peter Hopkins, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Appalachwick”, outdoor interactive art exhibition, organized by Peter Hopkins, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Bushwick Open Studios
interregnum due to finding of kidnapped son, battle with “church”, loss back to “church", more financial disruption, drama now over
2002:
“Creation Theories and the Myth of Natural Selection”, Fishtank Gallery, Solo Show, Brooklyn, NY
Fishtank Gallery, Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
UCU Gallery, Inaugural Group Show, NYC, NY
Ace Gallery, One Night Show, Group Show, NYC, NY
Tabak Museum, Group Show, Austria
2001:
Fishtank Gallery, Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
Fishtank Gallery, Performance, Brooklyn, NY
interregnum due to disappearance and loss of kidnapped son
1987:
Soho Center for Visual Arts, Group Show, NYC, NY
1985:
“Salon D’Hiver”, St. Marks Gallery, Group Show, NYC, NY
Nico Smith Gallery, Group Show, NYC, NY
1983:
“Saints”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, Group Show, NYC, NY
“2nd Anniversary Show”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, Group Show, NYC, NY
“Showcase of 4”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NYC, NY
1982:
“Painting in 3-Dimensions”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, Solo Show, NYC, NY
Pyramid Club, Performance, NYC, NY
“What I Do For Art”, Group Show, NYC, NY, Just Above Midtown, Downtown Gallery,
“Color on Structure”, Ben Shahn Galleries,Group Show
William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey
Ian Birksted Gallery, 2 Man Show, NYC, NY
“3 Painters, Process Exposed”, Ian Birksted Galleries, NYC, NY
1981:
K&K Galleries, “Chambers Street Artists”, NYC, NY
United Nations Plaza, United Nations
Women’s League Exhibition, NYC, NY
Alternative Museum, “Emerging Artists”, NYC, NY
80 Washington Square East Galleries, “Small Works”, Juror Ivan Karp
Ian Birksted Galleries, Group Show, NYC, NY
1980:
United Arts Gallery, “On the Surface”, Philadelphia, Pa.
Motivation V Gallery, “New York – Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1979:
Frank Marino Gallery, “Paper Plus”, NYC, NY
Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS1, Queens, NY
1978:
Arte Fiers, Bologna, Italy
1976:
Fort Worth Art Museum, Annual Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas
Curated Exhibitions:
PeepShow Space -the gallery LTD-
REDS to BLUES:
September 2020
Yukari Edamitsu, Jiji Jiyoung Ryoo ,Etty Yanev
TWO STRONG
October 2020
Zhen Guo, Natsuki Takauji
[Rebecoming]
November 2020
Xiaowei Chen
THE SUN ALSO RISES
December 2020
Yuki Okamoto, Koto Takei, Noriko Nokano
FELLOW TRAVELERS
January 2021
Joshua Rosenblatt, Jason Phillips, William Norton
ALCHEMICAL REACTIVES
February 2021
Sonomi Kobayashi, David Miller
IN COLD BLOOD
March 2021
Daniel John Gadd, Chris Ketchie
MELVILLE’S EXISTENTIAL DINER
April 2021
Marcela Silva, Lizbeth Mitty
KAFKA ON THE SHORE
May 2021
Anki King, Elisa Jensen
NATURE DIARIES:
curated by Joshua Rosenblatt
June 2021
Erika Harrsch, Cristián Pietrapiana, Laura Von Risk
PORTAL TO ANOTHER DIMENSION:
curated by Sonomi Kobayashi
July 2021
Tadasuke Jinno, Hiromitsu Kiroo
INSTANT TUNNEL:
curated by Lindsay Leboyer,
August 2021
Mira Dayal
ON THE ROAD:
September 2021
Bill Page, Paul Behnke
HOUSEBROKEN:
October 2021
Melissa Stern, Louisa Pancoast
FUSION: The openness of abstraction in thought and practice.
curated by Wade Bonds
November 2021
Thomas Heath, Pat Hobaugh, Edward Holland and Sasha Meret.
Other Curatorial Projects
2020:
MATERIAL PURPOSE:
I took 8 artists from the USA to participate in the Kameyama Triennial, Kameyama, Japan.
Chris Ketchie, Sonomi Kobayashi, Natsuki Takauji, Daniel John Gadd, Yukari Edamitsu, Etty Yanev, William Norton
"WAR IS PEACE”- the roadmap through 1984
Jason Phillips, Tom Burckhardt, William Norton
SFA Projects, NYC, NY
2019:
Material Witness, Group Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
Fountains, Natsuki Takauji, Solo Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, curated by William Norton
2018:
Size Matters, Group Show, 100 Bogart Street Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by William Norton
Pop Goes the Weasel, Williamsburg Art and Center, Brooklyn, NY. Group Show curated by William Norton
Out on a Limb, Group Show, Brooklyn CiderHouse, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
“3 Woman Show”, with Yukari Edamitsu, Xiaowei Chen, Debra Ramsay, the Re Institute, Millerton, NY, co- curated Joshua Rosenblatt, Chris Ketchie, William Norton
2017:
Life on Other Planets, 2 Person Exhibition with Chris Ketchie, co-curated by Henry Klimowicz and William Norton, the Re Institute, Millerton, New York

Building Bridges Not Walls, Group Show, curated by William Norton, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York


Making Their Mark, curated by William Norton, Group Show, 100 Bogart Street Gallery, Brooklyn, New York


2016:
Size Matters, Group Show, 100 Bogart Street Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by William Norton 

A Decalogue of Tenebrous Luminaries, 10 Person Show, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by William Norton
Sly Visitations to the Extraordinary, Part1, SHIM Invitational, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
Sly Visitations to the Extraordinary, Part 2,, SHIM Invitational, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton
2015:
Audacious, Auspicious, Anfractuous, Anomalous, Asynchronous, Autonomous Artists, 23 Meadow Street Pop Up, Brooklyn New York, curated by William Norton and Carmen Herrero (Guggenheim Museum)

Behind the White Walls, [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], Brooklyn FireProof, Brooklyn, NY, curated by William Norton, Carmen Herrero (Guggenheim Museum), Elisabeth Sherman (Whitney Museum of America Art}, Hazel Santino

Tonal Vision, [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], WhiteBox Gallery, NYC, NY, curated byWilliam Norton, Elisabeth Sherman (Whitney Museum of American Art)

Can You Move It All Up One Inch(Part 1), [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by William Norton
Can You Move It All Up One Inch(Part 2), [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by William Norton
Can You Move It All Up One Inch (Part 3), [select art handlers of NYC's top art museums], ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by William Norton
recent notices and reviews:
TikTok Review by Hrag Vartanian
Interview with Galleria Balmain
https://galleriabalmain.com/news/15?lang=en
ArtSpiel, Fellow Travelers
https://artspiel.org/fellow-travelers-at-peepshow-space/
ArteFuse: Reds to Blues, Jamie Martinez
https://artefuse.com/tag/reds-to-blues-at-peepshow-space/
Structure and Imagery, Confronting Dark Forces, Paul Behnke
http://structureandimagery.blogspot.com/2020/06/william-norton-confronting-dark-forces.html
D/Railed Art Magazine: Deianira Tolema.
http://www.drailedmag.com/2017/11/13/william-norton-on-battling-depression-through-art/
NEO2Magazine, Synchroma:
BTR Today:Art Uncovered, Podcast Interview, Kimberly Ruth
ArtCritical, “The Myth Of Manhood”, Featured Listing by David Cohen on my Solo Show at M. David & Co
Hyperallergic, “A View From The Easel “
DRailed Art Magazine: http://www.drailedmag.com/2017/11/13/william-norton-on-battling-depression-through-art/
Vasari21, Monuments Contest,
https://vasari21.com/the-monuments-contest-and-the-winners-are-part-one/ ,
Vasari21, http://vasari21.com/william-norton/ , Ann Landi
Vasari21, What is Drawing, https://vasari21.com/what-is-a-drawing-part-six/ , Ann Landi
Vasari21, Death of the Gallery, Part 2,
https://vasari21.com/the-death-of-the-gallery-part-two/Ann Landi
Vasari21, How To Talk To A Reporter, https://vasari21.com/how-to-talk-to-a-reporter/
Becky Rodriguez, www.aandbnyc.com, About Working Like a Madman
Kendall Levison, bedfordandbowery.com http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/06/56100/
Becky Rodriguez, www.aandbnyc.com http:www.aandbnyc.com/blog/come- explore-bushwick-open-studios-2015