Willie Stewart
Biography
Willie Stewart, Beasts, 2025, Colored pencil, ink and gouache on cotton board, graphite, acrylic, oil and gouache on canvas over panel, 80 x 64 inches (203.2 x 162.6 cm)
Willie Stewart (b. 1982, Gallatin, TN) lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. He received his MFA in Sculpture from Yale University in 2018, and a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2016. His work has been the subject of solo and two-person exhibitions at Morgan Presents, New York (2025, 2022); Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA (2023, 2019); Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York (2023, 2021); and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, with Brent Stewart (2017). Stewart completed residencies at Pioneer Works (2016), and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2014).
Select Works
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Teachers, 2023 -
Chair, 2023
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Commander, 2025
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Rainy Day, 2025
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Beasts, 2025
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The Last Supper, 2025
Exhibitions
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Fugue States
26 Jun - 29 Jul 2025Morgan Presents is thrilled to announce Fugue States , featuring new works by Maria Haag, Sam Jablon, Rebecca Ness, Terry Rosenberg, Mike Shultis and Willie Stewart, alongside a significant historical...Read more -
Willie Stewart: Constructed Pictures
10 Apr - 7 Jun 2025“I want to make beautiful pictures without concrete meaning. These are the most political paintings I have ever made. Images that console you before they confront you. These paintings are...Read more -
Hollywood at the Hearth: Willie Stewart & Walter Robinson
27 Oct - 10 Dec 2022Sex sells quickly, dreams require budgets and marketing campaigns. For close to a century now America, and more specifically Hollywood, has sold dreams domestically and abroad. The dream business touches...Read more
