About

Manu Williams is a German multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. After studying Fine Arts in the US, she built a career as a Creative Engineer in interactive media before returning to her roots in the visual arts during the pandemic. Her practice spans photography, collage, digital media, and AI-assisted works, unified by an exploration of nature and the human condition.

In her photography, Williams uses slow-shutter technique to reveal the unseen energy flowing through both natural and urban environments. By capturing motion and light over time, she transforms the ordinary into vibrant, layered abstractions that reflect the spirit of place. These works are not simply representations but collaborations between artist, camera, and the forces at play—whether natural or human-made. Her images invite viewers to slow down and look beyond the surface, discovering deeper emotional and spiritual connections within an ever-changing world.

Selected Exhibitions

2024 “Molecular”, NFT NYC | Artist Village, Javit’s Center, NYC

2024 “We Are Nature”, Transportation Hub Displays via Artcrush, Belgium

2024 “Limits”, Artcrush, Times Square Display, NYC

2024 “A Siren’s Call”, Nox Gallery, Chiapas, MX

2024 “A Siren’s Call”, Museo Chiapas de Ciencia y Tecnología, Chiapas, MX

2023 “Plug’N Pleasure”, Cyberpunk VOl 5 Superchief World Tour

2022 “After Our Time”, Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles

Artist Statement

My practice is devoted to what the eye usually overlooks: air currents, crowd rhythms, the quiet turbulence of trees and streets—and the parallel drift of thought. Working across photography, collage, digital media, and AI-assisted processes, I approach each medium as a partner rather than a tool. In the long-exposure photographs, time is the primary material; by extending the shutter, I allow light to chart how places move—their frictions, moods, and microclimates. These works are not straightforward representations but negotiated images shaped by intention and chance, by engineered systems and organic forces.

My background in interactive media informs this methodology:
I design conditions and invite environments—natural, urban, algorithmic—to co-author the result. The resulting abstractions are grounded yet fugitive, asking viewers to linger, to sense rather than categorize. Ultimately, I’m pursuing a poetics of attention—work that slows perception, surfaces the subconscious, and reconnects the viewer to the energies that structure lived experience.