After
finishing his MFA in 1969, Williams moved to New York and by 1969 he had a piece at MoMA, was included in the Whitney Biennial and was helping to
curate an important
show at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where he helped found the artist - in - residence program that is still going strong.
He has attended residencies at Skowhegan, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, the Kavli Center for Theoretical Physics and the National Center for atmospheric Research, and recently
finished a three - year stint at the National Science Foundation in D.C. Aaron has
curated several
shows for MASS, including Wally, Methods of Entanglement, Ping Pong, Systems of Growth and Decay, and 20 MB — several of which touched on issues of technology and science.