In conjunction with Act Natural, Robin F. Williams's first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom and the gallery’s first international pop-up presentation, P·P·O·W is pleased to host a conversation between Williams and UK-based artist Suzanne Treister, moderated by Associate Curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Hannah Woods.
Expanding upon Williams's previous investigations into horror films and the feminization of AI assistants, the works in Act Natural fuse art historical, literary, and pop culture references to create their multivalent narrative compositions. Drawing on this new body of work, Williams and Treister will discuss their distinct artistic practices and shared interest in the intersection of science, technology, and mysticism.
Act Natural is currently on view at No.9 Cork St. through Saturday, October 24.
No RSVP necessary. Seating will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Robin F. Williams: Act Natural (Installation View) No.9 Cork St., London, UK, October 8 – October 24, 2026. Photo: Damian Griffiths
Robin F. Williams (b. 1984) received their BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. They have presented solo exhibitions at P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Morán Morán, Mexico City, Mexico; Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan; and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA; among others. Robin F. Williams: We’ve Been Expecting You, Williams’s first solo institutional exhibition, was on view at the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH in 2024. Their work is in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; CC Foundation, Shanghai, China; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; and X Museum, Beijing, China; among others. In spring 2026, The FLAG Art Foundation presented Williams’s work as part of their Spotlight series, pairing a never-before-exhibited artwork with newly commissioned text by novelist Ottessa Moshfegh.
Suzanne Treister (b. 1958) has been a pioneer in digital, new media, and web-based media art since the late-1980s. Treister studied at St Martin’s School of Art and Chelsea College of Art and Design and currently lives and works in London, UK. Recent exhibitions include solo and group shows at the Tate Modern, London, UK; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Madrid, Spain; Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France; The Ryder, Madrid, Spain; and Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK; among others. Treister’s work is held in private and public collections including Tate Britain, London, UK; Science Museum, London, UK; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland; and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria. She presented her fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, Kabbalistic Futurism, in 2023. After debuting at Modern Art Oxford, UK, in October 2025, Suzanne Treister: Prophetic Dreaming, the artist's first major institutional retrospective is currently on view at Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland, through March 14, 2027.
Hannah Woods is Associate Curator at Whitechapel Gallery, where her recent projects include Senga Nengudi: Performance Works 1972-1982, Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations, Hamad Butt: Apprehensions, and Sonia Boyce: An Awkward Relation. She has also organised performance programmes for Lygia Clark: The I and You and The London Open Live. Woods is founding editor of motor dance journal, a print publication dedicated to dance and performance practices, and has curated independent projects at San Mei Gallery and Maxmillian William.
