{"id":2043,"date":"2026-02-26T06:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/?post_type=artist&p=2043"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:29:54","slug":"willliam-britt","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/artist\/willliam-britt\/","title":{"rendered":"Willliam Britt"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016
\n<\/b>Birds of a Feather<\/i>, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\n\u00a0<\/b>Visions from the Edge,\u00a0<\/i>Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

2015<\/strong>
\nBEAUTIFUL MINDS pure vision,\u00a0<\/i>ROCA, West Nyack, NY
\n\u00a0<\/b>Somoza Palooza<\/i>, Metropolitan West, NYC
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

On the Outside Looking In<\/i>\/Outsider\u00a0Self Taught Art from the U.S. and Europe<\/i>
\nRidgefield Public Library, CT<\/span><\/p>\n

2014<\/b>
\nSavant-Garde, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\n<\/i>Clifford Chance Law Firm, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2013
\n<\/b>Personal Space,\u00a0<\/i>Pure Vision Arts, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/b>Pure Folk,\u00a0<\/i>American Folk Art Museum, NYC
\n<\/b>20th Annual Outsider Art Fair,\u00a0<\/i>The Mart, NYC
\nVisions from the Edge,\u00a0<\/i>MCLA, Gallery 51, Adams, MA<\/span><\/p>\n

2011
\n<\/b>Innocence & Experience,\u00a0<\/i>Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\n6th Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons<\/i>, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY<\/span><\/p>\n

2010<\/b>
\nLabor of Love,\u00a0<\/i>Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\n5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons<\/i>, Gallerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
\nOutsider Art Fair<\/i>\u00a0NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2009<\/b>
\nParadise Found Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\nPure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
\nOutsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2008<\/b>
\nModern Primitive\u00a0<\/i>Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\nPure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea<\/i>, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2007<\/b>
\nCity Folk<\/i>, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\nPure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery<\/i>, NYC
\nUrban Visionaries<\/i>, Pure Vision Arts, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2006<\/b>
\nBestiary<\/i>. Van Der Plas Gallery. NYC
\nPure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea<\/i>, NYC
\nPure Vision Arts<\/i>, NYC
\n14th Annual Outsider Art Fair<\/i>, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2005<\/b>
\nPure Visions in the City<\/i>, Pure Vision Arts Gallery, NYC
\nArt View<\/i>. City Museum of Washington D.C.
\n13th Annual Outsider Art Fair<\/i>, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2004<\/b>
\nArt View Carnegie Institute<\/i>, Washington D.C.
\n12th Annual Outsider Art Fair<\/i>, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

2003<\/b>
\nPure Vision Arts Group Exhibition<\/i>, Credit Suisse First Boston NYC
\nPure Vision Arts, NYC
\nArt View<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 Carnegie Institute. Washington D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

1986<\/b>
\nJ. P. Kennedy Award for Artistic Achievement<\/i>. Washington D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

1985<\/b>
\nThe Gallery,<\/i>\u00a0Westchester Community College.\u00a0 NY<\/span><\/p>\n

1984<\/b>
\nNew York State Representative\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 National Gallery for the Arts,
\nWashington D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

1983<\/b>
\nMe and My Imagination Rockefeller Center<\/i>, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

1976<\/b>
\nFirst Annual NY State Southern Regional \u201cA Very Special Arts Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Major Accomplishments<\/span><\/p>\n

1986 \u2013\u00a0J. P. Kennedy Award for Artistic Achievement<\/i>. Washington D.C.
\n1984 \u2013 Represented NY State with his painting,\u00a0I Love New York,<\/i>
\nNational Gallery for the Arts, Washington D.C.
\n1983 \u2013\u00a0Me and My Imagination,\u00a0<\/i>National Art Show, Rockefeller Center, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo of artist by Matthew Septimus<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

William Britt is an accomplished and internationally recognized self-taught still-life and landscape painter with a developmental disability who is represented by Pure Vision Arts. Born in 1935, he was sent to the infamous Willowbrook State School in Staten Island New York as a child where he remained for 34 years. A frustrated young boy, Britt was given paints by his doctor and encouraged to express himself.
\nAfter the closure of Willowbrook, Britt moved into a group home in Westchester, New York where he continued to further his artistic technique. He now lives in his own home with an attached art studio and woodworking shop where he crafts his frames as well as furniture in West Haverstraw, New York, an area known for its natural beauty.<\/p>\n

Britt\u2019s masterful, intricately detailed paintings in the folk art tradition have garnered him several awards, including a Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Award in 1986 for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. At a presentation at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Maya Angelou read her poem, \u201cWilliam Britt\u201d to honor William\u2019s contribution and experiences.<\/p>\n

Britit\u2019s work is included in an ever-growing number of collections including those of Nancy Reagan, Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Prince Charles and the Emperor of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2045,"template":"","class_list":["post-2043","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}