"The Environmental Narrative", 2019, Digital, 18" x 24"
"Sad Pill Pattern", 2019, Digital, 8" x 8"
"Floral Ladies", 2021, Digital
"Thesis Final", 2020-21, Digital, fabric
"Thesis Final", 2020-21, Digital, fabric
"Love Letter Branding Assignment", 2020, Digital
"Sugar Thrillz", 2020, Digital
"Heartbroken", 2020, acrylic ink, colored pencil, posca paint marker, 6" x 8"
"Genderless Babies", 2021, Digital, 8" x 8"
"Funky Fitness", 2020, Digital, 11" x 8.5"
"Bubble Gum Gurl Gang", 2020, Digitial
"Bubble Gum Gurl Gang", 2020, Digitial
"Bubble Gum Gurl Gang", 2020, Digitial
"Burnout", 2019, Watercolor, ink, 11" x 8.5
"Lazy Oaf 01", 2020, Digital, 6" x 6"
"Lazy Oaf 02", 2020, Digital, 6" x 6"
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Shahvteeaylah Williams

Philadelphia, PA

Résumé

Artist Statement

My work is colorful, expressive and infused with a sense of comedic relatability. I like to depict fantasy scenarios plucked straight from my imagination. These scenes often feature carefree, mostly black and brown women expressing themselves freely, as well as whimsical animal characters. Clothing is also featured heavily in my illustrations and it often takes on a character of its own. In my pattern design work intended for use in textiles, I use my illustrations to make a garment tell a story. Often, using my light colorful and poppy illustrations to communicate complex and somewhat dark themes.

Artist Bio

Shahvteeaylah Williams was born in Be’er Sheva, Israel on August 27th 1998 and raised in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. She was inspired to start drawing at a very young age by the cartoons she would watch and continued to develop the skill all throughout her formative years. During her time as a student at Central High School, she decided to turn the hobby into a career. She then went on to study illustration at the University of the Arts.

There she would receive The Presidential Award for Creativity and win The Richard C. Von Hess Travel Fellowship and Scholarship in the summer of 2020. This award paid for her final year at university and allotted her 7,000 dollars to take a trip to the country of her choice: Japan. Unfortunately, the covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions that have yet to lift in Japan have prevented Shahvteeaylah from taking the trip. She now spends her time working as a waitress and trying to develop her career as an illustrator.

Education

2021

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration

2017

Central High School, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Arts

Awards & Honors

2020

Richard C Von Hess Travel Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2017

Presidential Award for Creativity, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions

2021

William H. Ely Outdoor Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

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