Education
2014-2019
California State University, Long Beach. Studio Art Major, Concentration in Painting and Photography
Awards and grants
2020
Helms Bakery "Projecting Possibilities" Installation. Culver City, CA (October 2020)
Art Share L.A. Not Real Art Grant. Los Angeles, CA (March 2020)
2014
Panorama of Traditional Artists Guild of Paramount Open Show. Paramount, CA Second Place Winner (March 2014)
2012
Panorama of Traditional Artists Guild of Paramount Open Show. Paramount, CA Third Place Winner (March 2012)
Solo Exhibitions
2016
California State University, Long Beach, Africana Studies Student Association’s “ The Sight, Sound, and Soul of Black Art” Festival (March 24, 2016)
2015
California State University, Long Beach, Africana Studies Student Association’s “The Sight, Sound, and Soul of Black Art” Festival (February 15, 2015)
Group Exhibitions
2020
The Black Woman is God "Reclaim, Reconfigure, Re-Remember" Virtual Exhibition. Oakland, CA (November 13, 2020)
Helms Bakery "Projecting Possibilities" Installation. Culver City, CA (October 2020)
Art Share L.A. Not Real Art Grant Virtual Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA (March 2020)
"Femme Fatale", Darkside Collective, Los Angeles, CA (July 20, 2020)
2019
"The Possibility of Blackness", Innerspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (November 11, 2019)
"Our. 2", California State University, Long Beach Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA (September 29- October 3, 2019)
"Black and Brown Unity Festival", Otis College of Art and Design, Culver City, CA (July 20- July 2, 2019)
"Our.", California State University, Long Beach Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA (February 4- February 9, 2019)
Publications
2020
Detester Magazine, "Featuring Artist Tijera S. Williams" (October 2020)
https://detester.org/publications/54tjera
SONKU Collective, "Family Legacies" Vol. 2, Spring 2020 (May 2020)
https://sonku.org/the-magazine
Gumbo Media, Issue 001 "Black", Chicago, IL (February 2020)
https://gumbomedia.com/magazine
2019
Diafano Magazine, Vol1 Iss2, Barcelona, Spain (December 2019)
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/62963720/diafano-magazine-vol1-iss2
F*EMS Zine, Issue 15 "Strength", Melbourne, Australia (December 2019)
VoyageLA Magazine, Hidden Gems, "Meet Tijera Williams", Los Angeles, CA
(December 2019)
http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-tijera-williams-na-long-beach/