Requiem for the Colony
By Stéphanie Williams
Bees Wax Driftwood
36” x 6” x 24”
2025
Artist Statement: In an era of human-centric disembodiment and lost memories, I create art that helps foster a sense of compassionate ecological stewardship and ethical responsibility. As a beekeeper and an artist, I look beyond the human gesture to delve into the profound relationship honeybees share with the spaces they inhabit revealing the delicate balance of ecosystems. Bridging the sensory and the conceptual, my work foregrounds tactility as the primary essence of experience, highlighting the vitality of our interconnected relationship with nature.
I am fascinated by the aesthetic of raw materials. Rusty rebar rods staining concrete blockhaus, found wood, wax and propolis all imbue my color palette and reflect the dance between decay and new life. Facing the wretched, sordid cycle of self-destruction, my work suggests that humanity could be a sublime Phoenix in constant rebirth from its ashes.
What do we stand to lose when we disengage from our senses and the tangible world? This inquiry into the post-body era fuels my introspection, dialogue, and resistance. Through my images, object and installations, I invite you to join me in an exploration of rediscovering the true beauty and significance of our relationship with the more-than-human world.
Artist Bio: Stéphanie Williams is a French-American artist, designer, educator, beekeeper, and mother, born and raised in Normandy, France. After years of wandering and making, she now happily calls Beverly, on the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, home.
Since 2007, Stéphanie has exhibited her work extensively throughout New England and beyond. She has been invited as a guest artist on numerous occasions, including being the featured artist at the University of Scranton in 2023 and a presenter at the 2025 Massachusetts Beekeepers Conference. Her work has earned several awards and scholarships, allowing her to attend prestigious artist workshops at institutions such as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, ME) and Penland School of Craft (Penland, NC).
Stéphanie holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Clark University (2025), a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Caen (1996), and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (DN MADE DP) from Brest, France (1993).
Her studio is located in Beverly at Porter Mill artists’ studios.
“My work is steeped in nostalgia and rebirth. The interconnectivity of nature with the human-made is the genesis of my sculptures, as is a greenhouse's. Like Salad Days, [my work] offers a counterpoint to the non-analog: they are rooted in experiences, care, imagination, and emotional presence.”
-Stéphanie Williams, Beverly, MA.
Requiem for the Colony
By Stéphanie Williams
Bees Wax Driftwood
36” x 6” x 24”
2025
Artist Statement: In an era of human-centric disembodiment and lost memories, I create art that helps foster a sense of compassionate ecological stewardship and ethical responsibility. As a beekeeper and an artist, I look beyond the human gesture to delve into the profound relationship honeybees share with the spaces they inhabit revealing the delicate balance of ecosystems. Bridging the sensory and the conceptual, my work foregrounds tactility as the primary essence of experience, highlighting the vitality of our interconnected relationship with nature.
I am fascinated by the aesthetic of raw materials. Rusty rebar rods staining concrete blockhaus, found wood, wax and propolis all imbue my color palette and reflect the dance between decay and new life. Facing the wretched, sordid cycle of self-destruction, my work suggests that humanity could be a sublime Phoenix in constant rebirth from its ashes.
What do we stand to lose when we disengage from our senses and the tangible world? This inquiry into the post-body era fuels my introspection, dialogue, and resistance. Through my images, object and installations, I invite you to join me in an exploration of rediscovering the true beauty and significance of our relationship with the more-than-human world.
Artist Bio: Stéphanie Williams is a French-American artist, designer, educator, beekeeper, and mother, born and raised in Normandy, France. After years of wandering and making, she now happily calls Beverly, on the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, home.
Since 2007, Stéphanie has exhibited her work extensively throughout New England and beyond. She has been invited as a guest artist on numerous occasions, including being the featured artist at the University of Scranton in 2023 and a presenter at the 2025 Massachusetts Beekeepers Conference. Her work has earned several awards and scholarships, allowing her to attend prestigious artist workshops at institutions such as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, ME) and Penland School of Craft (Penland, NC).
Stéphanie holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Clark University (2025), a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Caen (1996), and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (DN MADE DP) from Brest, France (1993).
Her studio is located in Beverly at Porter Mill artists’ studios.
“My work is steeped in nostalgia and rebirth. The interconnectivity of nature with the human-made is the genesis of my sculptures, as is a greenhouse's. Like Salad Days, [my work] offers a counterpoint to the non-analog: they are rooted in experiences, care, imagination, and emotional presence.”
-Stéphanie Williams, Beverly, MA.
