LaVon Van Williams Jr. – Everything Must Change

November 6, 2025 – March 8, 2026

Kentucky Gallery

Based in Lexington, Kentucky, LaVon Van Williams Jr. creates dynamic narratives via carved and polychromed figures and panels, along with paintings on canvas. Some works speak to his own life, identity, and experiences or to episodes in Black history; others forefront both actual and imagined Black musicians, religious leaders, educators, and others; and some blend the personal and the historical.

Artwork credit

LaVon Van Williams Jr. American, born 1958

The Decision or What Happens When a Dream is Deferred, 1989

Wood, paint

38 x 49-3/4

Collection of LaVon Van Williams Jr.