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Philemona Williamson: Disproportionate Upheavals

Upcoming exhibition
1 November - 20 December 2025
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Philemona Williamson A Crooked Line, 2016 oil on canvas 55 x 80 in (139.7 x 203.2 cm)
Philemona Williamson A Crooked Line, 2016 oil on canvas 55 x 80 in (139.7 x 203.2 cm)

Opening Reception

Saturday, November 1, 2025

4:00 - 6:00 PM

1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, CA

 

Artist Walkthrough

5:00 PM

Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, is pleased to present Disproportionate Upheavals, the gallery’s second solo exhibition with narrative painter Philemona Williamson. The opening reception is Saturday, November 1, from 4:00-6:00 PM. During the reception, there will be a walkthrough with the artist at 5:00 PM. The exhibition remains on view through December 20, 2025.
 
Philemona Williamson, based in New Jersey, is known for her figurative paintings. Williamson’s narratives of childhood and adolescence create a space of fable and memory investigating the dissonance, possibility, and liminal state of transition. With a career spanning over forty years, she creates an iconography both personal and universal.
 
Figures are dynamic, passionate, volatile, familiar, and strange—moving through moments of uncertainty and landscapes beyond control. Toys and objects act as repositories of emotion and memory. Poetic and open-ended, the paintings invite viewers to tap into their own stories of change, chaos, and possibility.
 
Disproportionate Upheavals includes eight paintings created between 2024 and 2025, along with a significant piece from 2016.
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Works
  • Philemona Williamson Dwelling in Discord, 2025 oil on canvas 36 x 40 in (91.4 x 101.6 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Dwelling in Discord, 2025
    oil on canvas
    36 x 40 in (91.4 x 101.6 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson A Crooked Line, 2016 oil on canvas 55 x 80 in (139.7 x 203.2 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    A Crooked Line, 2016
    oil on canvas
    55 x 80 in (139.7 x 203.2 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson On the First, 2025 oil on canvas 48 x 60 in (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    On the First, 2025
    oil on canvas
    48 x 60 in (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson Praying for Thunder, 2025 oil on canvas 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Praying for Thunder, 2025
    oil on canvas
    40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson Slow Current, 2025 oil on canvas 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Slow Current, 2025
    oil on canvas
    40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson Uneven Terrain, 2025 oil on canvas 48 x 56 in (121.9 x 142.2 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Uneven Terrain, 2025
    oil on canvas
    48 x 56 in (121.9 x 142.2 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson Inescapable Tangle, 2024 oil on canvas 60 x 48 in (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Inescapable Tangle, 2024
    oil on canvas
    60 x 48 in (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson Knotted Intentions, 2025 oil on canvas 36 x 30 in (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Knotted Intentions, 2025
    oil on canvas
    36 x 30 in (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
  • Philemona Williamson Unraveled Inkling, 2025 oil on canvas 36 x 30 in (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
    Philemona Williamson
    Unraveled Inkling, 2025
    oil on canvas
    36 x 30 in (91.4 x 76.2 cm)

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