Autumn 2025
Relic Veneration and Corpse Inspection from the Late Middle Ages
I'm taking a course with Dr. Jamie Brummit through the library of Morbid Anatomy about holy materials and mourning art. I'm enjoying contemplating the divine value in all objects.

September 2025
iNaturalist Ambassador
I was invited by iNaturalist, a wildlife observation app to act as an official ambassador while I continue to lead bioblitzes and give workshops of using the database to assist in conservation research, find local wildlife and keep track of our observations.

Summer 2025
Back in the Biophilium Field Station to lead research residencies on neurology, evolution and rewildling.

May 2025
I have been invited to be the keystone artist representing Ottawa fore the Rewildling Arts Collective.

Spring 2025
Big Week of Birding at Point Pelee National Park.
I identified and photographed over a hundred species of birds, most of them migratory birds birds heading further north for breading.

Winter 2025
Artist in residence at the Griffin Ceramic Studio, Montreal
Practicing my hand building to produce ritual vessels for taseomancy and sauna splashing.

2024
A Big Year of Birding
In 2024 I traveled the world photographing wild birds. 353 species is by far the most I've identified in a single calendar year, including Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes, Skimmers, Boobies and Penguins in the Pacific, Warblers at Point Pelee National Park and Flamingos in the Black Sea.

Summer 2023
I'm thrilled to be reunited with my beloved Canadian wildlife and will stay here for the summer while I write and illustrate The Book of Spores.

May 2023
Artist in residence at Dereenacappara, Ireland

March & April 2023
Artist in residence at Greywood Arts, Killeagh, Ireland

March 2023
Artist in residence at the
Tyrone Gutherie Center, Monahagn, Ireland

February 2023
Writer in residence in
The Cabin at Road Books,
Ballincollig, Ireland

January 2023
To open the first monthly Death Club for artists meeting I led
a meditation on radical mortality acceptance.
Click the elephants to hear the meditation.

December 2022
My article Underworld Root Beer from the Rhizosphere
was published in the Earth Keeper's Handbook
by EcoArtSpace Page 16 & 17. Click to see the book.

November 2022
Reading of Fungi Lust for the Fuck Plants class
with Beyond Form Creative Writing.
Click to hear the reading.

May 2022
During 2 weeks birding at Point Pelee National Park and 2 weeks birding in the Gaspesie I photographed 200 species.

March 2022
Talks on Botany, Mycology, Birds and death

Fall 2021
This drawing and my poem Marmalade Milk
was printed in the Mushroom Society of Utah's Fungiphile Journal

Summer 2021
The Cecropia Moth and the Tachinid Fly
was printed in the OFNC
Trail and Landscape Journal

Spring 2021
My painting and poem
Light of Bone and Feather
was printed in
The Caterpillar Magazine

February 2021
I gave a talk about Biophilia
on Creative Mornings

December 2020
Feathered Sky Lizards
A book of poems and paintings

Fall 2020
My story Thunder Mushrooms
was printed in the NYMS Journal

Fall 2019
My film Grave Reflections
was exhibited in the
Death and Photography show
Step Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

Winter 2019
La Ceiba Grafica
Artist in Residence
l'Ordunia, Mexico

Fall 2018
My work was exhibited as part of the
Chaos Fungorum
at the Co-Lab Gallery, Toronto

Fall 2018
My work was exhibited in Art+Science
at the Boutiful Davis Art Center, Utah

Winter 2018
Mapping Cusco while in residence
at the Healing House, Peru

Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
Writing about mushrooms while in residence at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Oregon

36 Questions to Fall in Love
With Yourself

Summer 2017
Obsidian Occultation
Artist in residence at Snaggy Mountain, NC
to view the solar eclipse through this polished obsidian lens

April 2017
SoftWEAR
Artist in residence studying wearable tech with
Artscape Gibraltar Point in Toronto

Fall 2016
Grass Mask

Spring 2016
Winner of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Art Award

Fall 2015
Infamous Mushrooms
Residency in the Amazon jungle to study and paint mushrooms
at the Sachaqa Art Center, Peru

Sept 3 -7, 2015
The Shaman's New Mask
An exhibition of masks that embody contemporary magic.
MFA Sub Gallery, VA, Concordia University, 1395 rene Levesque

Winter 2015
The Alcorian Spirit of Spider Webs, Constellations and Lab Equipment
Installation by Alexis Williams exhibited at the UCC Art Gallery, Oregon
group exhibition: Flocks of Secrets Swarms of Lies, with work by Ayatana Residents

Jan 2015
Micrographia

Moksha
The Illustrated Book About Death

Spring 2014
The Mushroom Oracle
Smart phone app free download

NYC Under the Microscope

Nov 2014
Bio-Art research expedition IndieGoGo campaign

Summer 2014
From Cave Painting to Transgenics:
Biology in Art History
a talk by Alexis Williams
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

June 2014
Ebb and Flow
Solstice Forest Meditation Installation

Australian blog ArtBusiness interviews Alexis Williams

All the stuff that's not the art: copyright, tax, grants and residencies.

April 2014
Counter-Balance
Culture Vultures' residency catalogue produced by Alexis Williams

Tuesday, 1 April 2014 at 12:00-13:00
Hearing in the Dark
Artist talk on the use of ritual in art
Hexagram Resource Center EV 11.705
Concordia University, Montréal

Entropy of Identity

Freedom from Identity, 2014, a video by Alexis Williams will be screened at the MECA, Spain.

2014 Marrakech Bienalle
Here, Now, Where?

Between Words, 2013 a sound piece by Alexis Williams will be played in taxi cabs as part of a project by radio art collective Saout Radio.

Morocco. Jan. 2014
Sidi Ali Artist Residency

The Sidi Ali Artists in Residence Program that facilitated visits to the Moussem of Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouch to study sufi trance ritual interwoven with a program of talks, presentations and  interviews with local spiritual musicians and academics.

Between Words

Sound piece published in the Sound Museum of Silence

Ember Penumbra
Creative process blog

Winter 2013
Finish Snow Labyrinth
40 meter snow Labyrinth built at Arteles Creative Center

Silence, Awareness, Existence Artist Residency In Finland

Dec 1 - 31 2013

S.A.E offered an extreme retreat into existence through art, silence and nature. The program brought together creative minds who were working with the theme of silence, awareness and existence.

OpenSource: Openly Sourced

28 October – 10 November 2013

Parer Place Urban Screens, Queensland University of Technology’s Creative Industries Precinct, Australia

OpenSourced: Openly Sourced focuses on variance in the interpretation of light, and is one in a series of exhibitions throughout 2013 exploring the use of crowd sourcing within moving image. Video work by Alexis Williams is being projected alongside 16 other international artists on this Creative Digital Media Display Site and Exhibition Space.

Unearthing the Mysteries of the Mushroom With Artist and Amateur Mycologist Alexis Williams

Nancy Snipper’s journey with Culture Plus October 2013

All Mushrooms Are Magical: Interview by Montreal Cultural blog Midnight Poutine with artist Alexis Williams. Oct 2013

Guided Mushroom Walk Through the Climax Forest

Brought to you by the Sensorium at the Morgan Arboretum, Montreal

Lead by Alexis Williams Sat Oct 26 2:00pm

Pukaskwa National Park Artist in the Park Residency

Entrance

Manhole cover rubbings at the Nonesuch Gallery, Parsborro, NS
Exhibition of work by Alexis Williams and Fiona Annis
July 10th - July 25th Opening and artist talk Aug 10th

Sunday 7th July Guided mushroom walk
Wednesday 10th July Artist Talk and Opening
Artist Residency,
Main And Station
Parsborro Nova Scotia

Art in the Park

Gyotaku prints available in Richmond Ontario
June 15th

Ravenswing
Gyotaku prints available at Ravenswing
Ottawa's Art's and Music fair May 26th at Minto Park

A Fly Can't Bird
Solo show of Gyotaku prints as part of Ottawa's Chinatown Remixed Festival at Korean Palace restaurant 610 Somerset St. W, Ottawa
May 18th - June 18th 2013

Portage
An exhibition of prints created and exchanged by graduate students from Concordia University and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
April 23 - May 4th

Atelier Circulaire, Montreal

Vernisage April 24th 5:30 - 7:30

Open Studio and Print Sale

Semester Finnisage Saturday April 27th
VA 045 corner of Rene Levesque and Crescent, Montreal

Both and Neither

Catalogue of the prints and poetry of Alexis Williams

Ultramoderne

MFA show @ Art Mur
March 23 to Saturday, April 6

Vernissage: Saturday March 23rd, 4:00p.m. to 7:00p.m

Ultramoderne offers Montrealers a chance to see the innovative work produced by MFA Students in their first and second year of study.

27 Feb - 12 March 2013
ENTRANCE
Solo exhibition by Alexis Williams
Mouse Print Gallery, 1515 St Catherine St W, EV 9 416, Montreal Vernisage 27 Feb

Year of the Snake
Vernisage at Proof Gallery in the distillery district, Toronto Feb 10 '13

January 30, 2013
MFA OPEN STUDIO DAY 

1-3pm Open Studios EV Building, 1515 St. Catherine St. W.
3-6pm Open Studios VA Building,1395 René Lévesque Blvd W.
6 pm Reception, MFA Gallery, 1395 René Lévesque Blvd W.

Free, everyone is welcome!

Hello! I'm a Canadian research artist interested in paradigm shifts in culture related to ecology. I have a love for biology and natural philosophy and I raise giant silk moths. I'm a long time amateur mycologist and travel the world in search of wild mushrooms, witches’ markets, muppety birds and wild things to ferment. My work, which often highlights the kinship of Art, Science and magic is really just an invitation for you to indulge in your geekiest interests.

I design and lead research expeditions for international artists to study biology. I am currently accepting applications from artists interested in studying wildlife ecology, evolution, neurology, birds, mycology and death.

I host a monthly Brain Cafe for artists to talk casually about mental health on the first Thursday of every month. It's free to join.