​About 

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William Masters is a painter exploring the idea of relationships as an abstract subject. His interest in the relationships between the panels within each artwork, the artworks across his practice, and the unconventional found tools and the surprising methods they produce, is rooted in his belief that truth resides in the bridging of gaps and his desire to express coherence underlying apparent difference.

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A first-year MFA student, he received his BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2023. 

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His work has been shown at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, the Masur Museum in their 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, multiple Maryland Federation of Art Juried Exhibitions, the 2025 Gallery 14C Art Fair, and in a 2026 solo presentation at Canopy by Hilton in Jersey City. His commissions include three permanent installations at Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.

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He has been awarded residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Columbia University, New York Academy of Art, and Project 14C. He was selected as a 2026 Art on the Block NYC Art & Engagement Fellow, received a Highly Commended distinction from the Homiens Art Prize, and was awarded Washington University’s Cushing Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting.