Laura Cleary Williams (b. 1986) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work investigates the emotional and embodied language of mark-making through drawing, embroidery, and textile installation. Working primarily in graphite, silk tulle, and thread, Williams constructs ephemeral spatial compositions that hover between presence and absence, memory and forgetting. Her practice is rooted in the belief that gesture is a form of knowledge—visceral, fragmented, and deeply human.

Williams holds an MFA in Printmaking from SCAD-Atlanta (2012), where she attended on full scholarship, and a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (2009). She also studied at the New York Crit Club in 2024 as part of the Canopy program. Early in her career, Williams was part of the team at SCAD's Southeastern Center for Printmaking, where she collaborated on major print projects with Kiki Smith and Valerie Hammond. She went on to co-found and direct Straw Hat Press, a fine art publishing studio specializing in collaborative printmaking.

Her recent solo exhibitions include Ghosts: Memories of Time and Space at Wavelength (Chattanooga, 2025) and The Auras I See at Good Art Co (Greenville, 2023). Williams has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including Kai Lin Gallery (Atlanta), Warnes Contemporary (Brooklyn), Equity Gallery (New York), and Teufelhof Basel (Switzerland). Her work has been featured in New Visionary, Studio Visit Magazine, Suboart, and Beyond Words Literary Magazine. She is a 2025 artist-in-residence at Stove Works.

Williams lives and works in Chattanooga, Tennessee.