"I took a pottery class in high school and fell in love instantly. I think I knew right then that this was what I wanted to do in my life. To this day, I still enjoy the feeling of making large pieces on the potter's wheel ." -- Cher
CHERYL WILLIAMS, ARTIST
Williams became interested in creating artwork in 1975 through an introduction to clay. Today her art is available in a variety of mediums which include; clay, paintings, and stone sculpture.

Williams was born in California, and now resides in Ashland, Oregon.

PROFESSIONAL ART TRAINING
1980-1982 College of San Francisco
1976-1977 San Francisco Art Institute

SELECTED SHOWS
2011 Illahe Gallery – Ashland, OR
2010 Illahe Gallery – Ashland, OR
2006 A Horse Of A Different Color Gallery – Jackson Hole, WY
2003 Freed Gallery – Lincoln City, OR
2003 Edgewood Orchard Galleries – Fish Crook, WI
2001 ERL Originals Gallery – Winston Salem, NC
2001 White Lotus Gallery – Eugene, OR
1998 Freehand Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
1998 Oregon State University – Corvallis, OR
1995 Maclaren Markowitz Gallery – Boulder, CO
1993 Freehand Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
1992 Alliance Museum Shop – Indianapolis, IN
1992 Elizabeth Fortner Gallery – Santa Barbara, CA
1991 Gallery 8 – La Jolla, CA
1991 Fireworks – Seattle, WA

PUBLICATIONS
2007 The Artful Home Book 1995 American Style Magazine
1999 Bon Appetit Magazine 1995 House Beautiful Magazine
1998 Southwest Magazine 1995 Washington Post Newspaper
1995 White House Collection of American Craft (Book) 1995 Chicago Tribune Newspaper
1995 Smithsonian Magazine 1991 Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1990 Matter Magazine

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
International Domestic
Johannesburg Grand Hyatt, South Africa The White House – Washington, DC
Takeshiba Intercontinental, Tokyo Bay Racine Art Museum, WI
First Lady of Russia; Mrs. Yeltsin MCI Telecommunications
First Lady of Ukraine; Mrs. Kuchma Sallie May Foundation
First Lady of France; Mrs. Chirac Swissotel, Atlanta, GA
President of the Philippines; Fidel Ramos National Broadcast Corporation
Ambassador of Bogotá, Columbia American Broadcast Corporation
Four Seasons, Hong Kong Columbia Broadcast Systems
Paramount Studios

P.O. Box 1283, Ashland, Oregon 97520 (541)531-3677