Will Stovall

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Will Stovall (Ph.D. Yale University, 2018; M.F.A. Bard College, 2025) is an artist based in Washington, DC. He completed a dissertation on the institutional imagination of German philosopher Jürgen Habermas. His paintings were the subject of a solo exhibition at Ulrik and have been featured as cover illustrations for Oxford German Studies and Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. In addition to his interest in visuality in the German philosophical tradition, he has presented research and organized exhibitions on the art history of Washington, DC, and is the editor of Of the Land: The Art and Poetry of Lou Stovall (Georgetown University Press, 2022). Eden and Inferno, 2020, oil on canvas, walnut frame, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm.). Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught Faces and Goalie, 2021, oil on paper pinned on linen, 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (17.1 x 14 cm.) Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught Watchers, 2021, oil on linen, 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (11.4 x 13.3 cm.) Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught Watchers [verso], 2021, oil on linen, 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (11.4 x 13.3 cm.) Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught