Title: too, artist book
Authors: William-Alexander
Did we plan the making of this book in advance? No.
Were any specific photographs inspired by specific drawings or specific drawings inspired by specific photographs? Not really.
So, how did we get to this oddly cohesive sequence of drawings and photographs?
We drenched ourselves in the same substance. In other words, for two weeks, we lived in the same cottage and made the same walks in the same landscape.
As such, I would argue that there is a third author, who’s not-so- hidden hand shaped this work: County Donegal, Ireland.
William-Alexander is an artist duo whose collaborations are inspired by the islands and coastal landscapes of the northeastern Atlantic. They combine the work of Wilma Vissers and Alexandra Huddleston, playing with abstraction and figuration in the representation of space and place. ‘too’ is their second artists’ book.
Status: published, September 2026
Imprint: none
Works # 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 © Wilma Vissers
Works # 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 © Alexandra Huddleston
Text:
“Walking as Collaboration: A Residency at Drim Cottage, Glencolmcille, Ireland”, Creator’s note by Wilma Vissers, January 2026
“The Road to Glenlough”, A short story by Alexandra Huddleston, 2025
Design: Erdem K.Köroglu
Language: English
Medium: Soft cover, laser print
Size: 5.8125 in by 5.8124 in by 0.125 in think (148 mm by 148 mm by 3 mm)
Edition: 50
For details on purchasing contact the artist directly at: kyoudaipress {at} gmail.com
About the Authors:
Alexandra Huddleston is a photographer, writer, and walking artist. Her recent works move the viewer through time and space, expressing what it’s like to be walking within an ever-changing landscape.
Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and Bamako, Mali, her upbringing has led her to explore landscape and culture from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. Between 2009 and 2014, she walked thousands of kilometers on pilgrimage in Spain, France, and Japan—journeys that led to her current walking art practice.
Alexandra presents her work to the public through books, exhibitions, and lectures. She holds a Masters of Letters in Fine Art Practice from the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. She studied broadcast and print journalism (MS) at Columbia University, USA and fine art and East Asian studies (BA) at Stanford University, USA.
Her books are collected in libraries around the world, including the British Library, the Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University’s Hutchins Center Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas J. Watson Library Special Collections, and New York University’s Bobst Library.
https://www.alexandrahuddleston.com
Wilma Vissers was born in Heerlen. She lives and works in Groningen in the Netherlands and in Glencolmcille in Ireland. She was educated at Royal Academy of Art and Design, Den Bosch (1984-1985 (second year) Direction: Graphic Arts and Painting) and at the Academy of Visual Arts Minerva, Groningen (1985-1989 Final examination: 1989 Direction: Graphic Arts and Painting).
Wilma creates paintings, sculptures, drawings, artist books, and installations. Space and emptiness inspire her. Spaciousness and infinity must be present in even the smallest work. For the last 15 years, staying at artists residencies has become part of her work process. She has participated in residencies in Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.
Through staying in foreign surroundings Wilma steps out of her comfort zone. It allows her to experiment and take important artistic steps around the question: What do we call a painting? Traditional painting is a linen or cotton canvas on a frame. Wilma likes to practice painting without using these classical means and to create something more experimental.
The residencies she has attended include Skaffelt Art Centre in Seydisfjordir Iceland and the Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill Island, Ireland. She also participated in “Artsland” in Fermanagh Lakelands, Northern Ireland. She received a grant from the Gerbrandy Foundation for her travel to Iceland. Her work is in the collection of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, the Sunda Municipality on the Faroe Islands, ARTisBOOK in Groningen, and Nival in Dublin Ireland.
