1962 Born in Canton, OH
1985 B. A., Yale University, New Haven, CT
1990 M. F. A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Discrepancies, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin, Germany
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2009
Le Grand Mash Up, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Swallow Street, London, England
"Killed", Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
ar/ge kunst Gallery Museum, Bolzano, Italy
2008
Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA
White Light Cinema, Chicago, IL
Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2007
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Extracted: Recent Films by William Jones, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
2006
Is It Really So Strange?, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
There should be a new word for happiness., David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Tate Modern, London, England
2004
Is It Really So Strange?, Golinko Kordansky Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
2001
Rice Media Center, Houston, TX
1999
Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1998
Scratch Projections, Cinéma L'Entrepôt, Paris, France
1997
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA
1992
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
1991
Film in the Cities, Saint Paul, MN
Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, ART
2009
Beg, Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The Man Who Wasn't There, The Barber Shop, Lisbon, Portugal
Is a Show, Is a Shop, Is a Book, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
The Show Continues Upstairs, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, Germany
Smell it!, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
The Collectors, curated by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Nordic Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
The Pain Game, curated by Ellen Blumenstein, Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Matthew Brannon, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, William E. Jones, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Screwball Asses, curated by Hedi El Kholti and David Jones, The Company, Los Angeles, CA
The Porn Identity: Expeditions into the Dark Zone, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2008
Formal Issues, curated by Jeffrey Rosen, Community Center AKTA, Tokyo, Japan
Pruesspress@Rental, Rental Gallery, New York, NY
History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnarowicz, P.P.O.W., New York, NY
The Dulcet Clime of the Bedchamber, curated by Nicholas Weist, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
The House That Lust Built, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Records Played Backward, curated by Daniel Baumann, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Figures, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
You, Whose Beauty Was Famous in Rome, Andrew Berardini and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Virtuosic Siblings: Berlin/Los Angeles Festival of Film/Art, curated by Ariane Beyn, Goethe Institut, Los Angeles, CA
BodyPolitcX, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Modes of Disclosure, Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Good Morning, Midnight, curated by Bruce Hainley, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY
The Backroon, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France
The California Files: Re-viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory, curated by Ariane Beyn, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Otra de Vaqueros, The Backroom, Celda Contemporánea, Mexico City, Mexico
2006
many, many guys and girls, all real beauties, Circus of Books, West Hollywood, CA
The Backroom, New Langdon Arts, San Francisco, CA
Having Been Described in Words, Orchard, New York, NY
2005
Bebe le Strange, D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
Sugartown, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
2004
The Art Chicago International Invitational, Golinko Kordansky Gallery Booth, Chicago, IL
2003
Inaugural Exhibition, Golinko Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
A Show That Will Show That a Show Is Not Only a Show, The Project, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Ars Moralis, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst Barbara Claassen-Schmal, Bremen, Germany
Urban Pornography, Artists Space, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, FILM AND VIDEO
2009
Summer Knowledge, Artists Space, New York, NY
Cinema Politica, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England
Chisenhale Gallery, London, England
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Million Different Loves, Lodz, Poland
Quito Erotic Film Festival, Quito, Ecuador
Elective Affinities, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Young and Evil, REDCAT and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
États généraux du documentaire, Lussas, France
Home Works IV, Beirut, Lebanon
Pornfilmfestival, Berlin, Germany
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
Fruit Farm Film Festival, McMinnville, OR
The Young and Evil, tank.tv & Tate Modern, London, England
Mai 68 International, Cinémathèque française, Paris, France
Transitional Objects, Art in General, New York, NY
É claro que você sabe sobre o que estou falando?, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
14th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
20th Mix Festival, Sun Factory, New York, NY
15˚ Mix Festival Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, touring to Grarulhos, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Niterói and Brasília
Reeling Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Pink Screens Alternative Gender Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Pornfilmfestival Berlin , Berlin, Germany
QFest Houston, Angelika Film Center, Houston, TX
Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia
The Dangerous Hours of the Peeping Race, InDPanda International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong
Outfest, Los Angeles, CA
Identities Queer Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
New Festival, New York, NY
InsideOut, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Little Rock Film Festival, Little Rock, AR
53rd Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Indie Lisboa International Independent Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
9th Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Buenos Aires, Argentina
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London, England
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
Alternative Visions, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006
IFC Center, New York, NY
Butt Magazine Screening, Tate Modern, London, England and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Flanders International Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium
Antwerp Film Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Cinematexas, Austin, TX
Vela, Copenhagen, Denmark
Izola Film Festival, Izola, Slovenia
Tomorrowland, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Scanners: The 2006 New York Video Festival, New York, NY
Indie Lisboa International Independent Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
7 Inch Cinema, Birmingham, England
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore
2005
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
City of Los Angeles (COLA) Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
13˚ Mix Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Brasilia and São Paolo, Brazil
thefilmworks, Manchester, England
San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
The Queen's Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Antwerp Film Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Fusion Festival, Los Angeles, CA
2004
FACT, Liverpool, England
2003
DV8 Identities, Vienna, Austria
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2002
Les Yeux de l'Ouïe, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
2001
Tucson Sex Worker Film and Video Festival, Tucson, AZ
Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2000
OVNI 2000, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY Unwashed, Unwed, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Revelation Film Festival, Fremantle, Australia
1999
Alternative Visions, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
International Festival of New Cinema and New Media, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Visible Evidence, UCLA Film and Television Archive, Los Angeles, CA
Testing The Limits, National Film Theatre, London, England
Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Video: Cheap and Priceless, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
1998
Film House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Image Film/Video Center, Atlanta, GA
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
Sex Worker Film Festival, Cinema 21, Portland, OR
Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
1997
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
International Documentary Film Festival, Odivelas, Portugal
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Personal/Public/Private, Northwest Film Center, Portland, OR
The Alternative Screen, American Cinematheque, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Hey There, Good Neighbor, The '90's Channel, Boulder, CO
The Alternative Screen, American Cinematheque, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Disorder Today, The American Center, Paris, France
Cine City: Film and Perceptions of Urban Space, 1895-1995, The Getty Center, Santa Monica, CA
There's No Place Like Home, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
American Film Institute Video Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Video In, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1993
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles Festival, Los Angeles, CA
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Family: There's No Life Like It, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Canada
1992
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH
New Year/New Work, Artists Space, New York, NY
Festival International du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Reel Time, P. S. 122, New York, NY
The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The New Festival, New York, NY
Sydney Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
1991
Denver International Film Festival, Denver, CO
Outcomes, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2009
Durfee Foundation Artists' Resource for Completion Grant, Durfee Foundation
Danish Art Council Grant
2007
Art Center College of Design Faculty Enrichment Grant
2006
J. Paul Getty Trust Fund Fellowship, California Community Foundation
2004
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department (COLA) Grant
Art Center College of Design Faculty Enrichment Grant
2000
Durfee Foundation Artist Fellowship
1999
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1997
Best Experimental/Independent Film, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1995
A.F.I. Independent Film and Video Maker Program Grant
1992
Brody Arts Fund Fellowship, California Community Foundation
William E. Jones currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA