Personal exhibitions
Numerous personal exhibitions since 1977
2017
10 December 2016 / 28 May 2017 Haiti, the island under the wind
An exhibition of voodoo « drapos » made in Haiti in Valentin Valris’ workshop in Port au Prince.
Musée du Nouveau Monde La Rochelle. France
2016
10 May to 31 July 2016 L’Océan Noir The Black Ocean, O Oceano Negro.
Room of the Collective relegation.
Camp de la Transportation. Saint Laurent du Maroni – French Guyana.
2014
Nov 25- Dec 12- The Black Ocean in Goussainville France.
16 October-7 November. And I endlessly create myself: The Black Ocean series,
Ann Arbour University of Michigan,( USA) +Catalogue in English.
23 April- 17 May Vodouns and Orixas Galerie Philippe Lawson Paris
26 May – 15 June The Black Ocean in Guyana, Kourou, Cayenne.
2013
25 Nov- 1 Dec 2013. L’Océan Noir, The Black Ocean, O Oceano Negro.
Orléans (45) France Maison des associations 46ter Rue Sainte-Catherine Orléans
1-31 August L’Océan Noir, The Black Ocean, O Oceano Negro.
Salvador de Bahia. Brazil. Museu Casa do Benin: Rua Padre Agostinho Gomes 17, Pelourinho
4-16 June. « The Black Ocean » Mediathèque d’EVREUX, France.
2012
10 April-29 May « Lire est ce bien sérieux? Bibliothèque l’Heure Joyeuse 75005 Paris
3 May- 3 June « Vodouns » Collages MC2a PORTE 44/.
44 rue du Faubourg des Arts – 33 000 Bordeaux
3 May- 3 June. The Black Ocean. Museum of Aquitaine. Bordeaux, France.
2011
December 2-22. L’Océan Noir French Institute Lomé. Togo. 6th Festival of Black Divinities
5-10 October L’Océan Noir Maison du XXI siècle-FIG de Saint Dié les Vosges. France
May 25-June 26 Pastels and collages CCF de Pointe Noire. Congo.
21 March- 20 June. The Black Ocean in La Rochelle Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France.
2010
29 Oct- 31 Dec The Black Ocean, From one Africa to another at the Musée Africain, Lyon, France
29 June- 10 July L’Océan Noir La médiathèque Philippe-Vial Voiron 38500 France
8 June – 8 July L’Océan Noir. Médiathèque des Diasporas Cotonou Benin.
As part of the exhibition Regard Bénin 1.0
28 April – 2 May L’Océan Noir at the Salon de Genève. Switzerland
5 – 30 April . The Black Ocean: Europe, Africa, America.
A suite of applied narratives. Lincoln University NE. USA
26 March -18 April The Black Ocean in Bologna. Museo Civico Medievale. Bologna Italia
3 – 8 March 2010 The Black Ocean at the Brussels Book Fair. Belgium.
7 to 13 March 2010 L’Océan Noir at the CCF in Bamako, Mali.
4 February-13 June 2010 Exhibition L’Océan Noir at the Fondation Blachère in Apt France.
23 January to 20 February 2010. L’Océan Noir at the Centre Culturel Jean Cocteau. Les Lilas 93 France.
10 December 2009- 5 January 2010. The Black Ocean at the Musée du Quai Branly. Paris. As part of the exhibition Artists of Abomey
23 November- 17 December L’Océan Noir at Collège Jules-Verne Déville-lès-Rouen. France
2009
28 April – 23 May William Wilson: sovereign art. Galerie Philippe LAWSON 16 rue des Carmes Paris 75005
30 May – 3 June
First exhibition of L’Océan Noir at the Festival Etonnants Voyageurs in Saint Malo France.
2008
7 March-April – 24 May William Wilson (Retrospective) at the Maison de Arts de Laon (87) France
2007
4-8 May Ecorces de Corse et Terres d’ailleurs (cork sculptures)
Gloria Mundi 9 passage Annibal Paris 14
2005
1 to 27 November 2005 Pastels and sculptures Halle ST Pierre 2, rue Ronsard Paris 18.
30 April to 17 July As part of the « Champs libres » exhibition Sculptures, paintings and pastels. Chapelle de Pontgivard (Marne) Region Champagne Ardennes.
2004
15 April-31 August William Wilson- Works.
Headquarters of L’Oréal Floréal St Ouen 92
2003
30 October-30 November Pastels and drawings Gallery ROCKET Tokyo, Japan
2002
7 April-12 May Oils/Canvas Jernigan-Wicker Fine Arts San Francisco USA
2001
14-December to 20 January Paintings, Pastels and Prints Galerie Agbe & Gbalicam Paris
18-31 December Sculptures Le Coeur Fou Paris 2
2000
7-27 October Pastels and prints Centre Charles Baudelaire Maurituis Island, Indian Ocean
14 Sept-16 Oct My Hut on the Champs Elysées Exhibition at the Publicis agency Champs Elysées Paris
1999
26 Feb-5 Mar Pastels and drawings Gallery ROCKET Tokyo, Japan
1998
3 Dec-10 Jan Paintings Sculptures Galerie Porte 2a Bordeaux France
8-18 Dec Original pastels of the « Universal Declaration of Human Rights » Palais des Nations, Geneva Switzerland
1997
10 Dec-10 Jan Paintings, sculptures, pastels, prints
McCANN Erickson Gallery Levallois. France
6 Nov-6 Dec Pastels and assemblages Galerie R. Treger Paris.
1996
7-17 Nov MAC 2000 Pastels and prints Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris
7 Sept- 13 Oct William Wilson at Numaga Gallery « Paintings, sculptures, pastels, prints » Auvernier, Switzerland.
27 February- 15 April Journey to Arizona, Jernigan-Wicker Fine Arts Oil/canvas and pastels San Francisco USA
1995
8 June- 30 Sept Le Voyage en Arizona Giant pastels Galerie Loft, Paris
1994
9 April-31 May Phantasmagoria Pastels and prints Savannah Gallery London GB
1993
23 Sept-13 Oct Têtes à histoires Pastels Galerie Christophe, Paris
1992
20 Jan-20 Feb Dessins d’Afrique Centre Culturel Français de Lomé. Togo
10-29 Feb Portraits of chairs Institut Français d’Innsbruck. Austria
1991
28 May – 30 June Portraits de chaises sculptures Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris
1990
26 April – 12 May Chairs on the wall and theme books Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, France
1988
17 May – 4 June WW Paintings Galerie J.P. Christophe, Paris, France
19-30 October Paintings and tutus around the « Petites Pièces de Berlin ». Cie Bagouet. Objects and drawings on the theme of dance, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1987
2-8 April Journal de voyage Drawings and serigraphies. Atelier La Transatlantique, Paris, France.
4-31 May Travel diary Drawings and silkscreen prints. La Maison Française, New York University, NY, USA.
1986
30 Oct – 4 Nov Pastels and paintings » « Le génie de la Bastille 86 » Paris France
1985
10 April – 20 May Pastels Fondation Strafor, Paris, France.
1-31 Oct Pastels and paintings « Les Ateliers Fantasques », Octobre des Arts, Lyon, France
5-21 Dec Paintings Leonard Perlson Gallery, New York, USA
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1976
First exhibition Drawings » La Maison pour tous » Rue Mouffetard Paris 6