About
Jere and Emma Williams at the C+D 2023 award ceremony.
Jere was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia State University after completing work on an M.A. degree in philosophy in 2000 and an M.F.A. degree in sculpture in 2002. In 2000, Jere began a teaching career in sculpture, woodworking, art theory, and the philosophy of art at the Atlanta College of Art. He taught in private secondary and middle schools from 2005 until 2024. He currently lives in Savannah, GA with his wife Sally, and he is working full time in his woodshop now.
Jere has exhibited and published work around the country. His academic work has been published in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and the International Journal of Social Science and his sculpture has won numerous awards.
Awards
2025 Crystal Bridges Museum Art Fair, BEST IN SHOW Award, Bentonville, AR.
2023 Craft + Design 2023, Elizabeth Scott Bocock BEST IN SHOW Award, Richmond, VA.
2022 Artfields 2022 Solo Exhibition Award– Lake City, SC.
2017 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, New Waves 2017, Honorable Mention – sculpture It Will Return Even Without the Receipt.
2016 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, New Waves 2016, People’s Choice Award – sculpture We’re Having Fish For Dinner, Honey!
2013 ASID/IIDA Interior Design Excellence Award 1st Place (Custom Furniture) Richmond,VA
2002 Dean Dreyer 1st Place Juror’s Award (Georgia State University School of Art all school exhibition). Atlanta, GA
2002 Most Outstanding Graduate Sculptor award (Georgia State University)
2001 Purchase award recipient at Georgia Perimeter College 3rd Biennial, Decatur, GA
2001 Highland Woodworking Chair Comp. (3rd place). Atlanta, GA
2001 Most Outstanding Graduate Sculptor award (Georgia State University)
Jere has also worked extensively with nonprofit companies, leading teams of students in pro bono graphic design projects. He was a board member with the Visual Art Center of Richmond (nonprofit) for two 3 year terms ending in 2022. And he collaborates with other artists in dance and theater companies, making installations and sculptural elements for their productions.