My Story
“Every piece I create begins with a story — sometimes mine, sometimes yours. My art is an invitation to pause, reflect, feel, and connect with something deeper and greater than ourselves. I work in charcoal, graphite, acrylic paint, mixed media, and photography, translating moments of resilience, hope, and beauty onto canvas, paper, and beyond.”
Lakeshia Williams, known professionally as L. Renee Williams, is a visual artist whose creative journey began in childhood with pencil, paper, and crayons. After pausing for many years to build a career in medicine, she returned to art in 2022 with renewed purpose. Her practice spans custom portrait drawings in charcoal and graphite as well as large-scale abstract mixed media paintings that explore themes of transformation, healing, resilience, and spiritual connection.
Born and raised in Kentucky and based in the U.S., Williams also works as a travel medical provider, a role that deeply informs her art. Her proximity to both the fragility and strength of the human spirit in the surgical setting influences her approach, translating lived experiences into visual language rooted in reflection, storytelling, and emotional depth.
Williams’s artwork has received international recognition through exhibitions, publications, and awards. In 2025, she was selected for the Women in Art Biennale in London, featured in Arts to Hearts Magazine – Issue 10, and included in the International Artist Award Book, distributed globally. Her growing list of honors underscores her emerging presence on the international art stage.
Through both her portraits and expressive abstracts, Williams blends realism with symbolism, gesture, and texture. Her work invites viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with narratives of becoming, resilience, and light.
Publications, Awards, & Selected Features
Exhibitions
2025 - Women in Art Biennale London, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, United Kingdom | Artio Art Gallery
2025 - Red Dot Miami, Miami, Florida, United States | AGI Fine ARTs
2026 - Interconnecting Lines, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain | Artio Art Gallery
2026 - Interconnecting Lines, One Art Space, New York, United States | Artio Art Gallery
2026 - Women in Art Biennale London, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, United Kingdom | Artio Art Galler
Publications
ARTIO Magazine — Issue 15 | July 2026
Cover Feature & Artist Interview
Interview title: Empathy and the Language of Human Experience
A featured interview exploring the relationship between materiality, empathy, personal experience, and transformation through the artist’s mixed-media practice.
ARTIO Magazine — Issue 11 | Artist Feature
Pages 36–37
Featured works:
Threshold I: The Between
Threshold II: The Arrival
A two-page presentation of the Threshold series, exploring pivotal decisions, transition, personal growth, and the movement from uncertainty toward possibility.
Arts to Hearts Project — Artist Interview
She Needed Art to Remember Who She Was Beneath All the Roles She Played
An artist profile examining the personal journey behind the work of Lakeshia Williams, professionally known as L. Renee Williams, and the role of art in identity, healing, and rediscovery.
Arts to Hearts Magazine — Issue 10 | 2025
The Great Book of Artmakers — 2025 Edition
100 Emerging Artworks — 2025 Edition
International Artist Award Book —2025
Awards & Recognition
Luxembourg Art Prize | 2025
Certificate of Artistic Achievement, issued by the Pinacothèque on December 1, 2025, in recognition of artistic quality in connection with participation in the international selection.
The Woman Artist Award — 5th Edition | 2025
Recognition associated with the fifth edition.
Women in Art Biennale — London | 2025
Selected artist in the digital exhibition.
Women in Art Biennale — London | 2026
Artist selection and exhibition participation. Confirm the final participation details before publication.