Cynthia Willett Studio

cwillett423@gmail.com

https://www.saatchiart.com/cwillett

 

EDUCATION:

1984:  Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, M.F.A.

1982:  University of Louisville, KY, B.A.

 

INDEPENDENT STUDY:

2020, 2022: Marble Workshop, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Italy

RECENT PROJECTS:

2022 Time: The Concept of Time and The Works of Eight Artists, Virtual exhibition of drawings, photographs and video works

Project link:

https://view.publitas.com/69e224bf-8fa4-4689-b5d3-449f8af4d11e/time-project1/

2020 Form and Spirit, A Virtual Exhibition showing sculptural and video works

Project link:

https://view.publitas.com/69e224bf-8fa4-4689-b5d3-449f8af4d11e/f-s/ 

 

EXHIBITIONS 

2022: Transitions, an international literary and artistic project

Project link:

https://issuu.com/magdabr/docs/linking_worlds_transitions_final_2022

2021 Still: group photography exhibition, Bowen Center for the Arts, Dawsonville, GA

2020 Frozen in Time: a collaborative literary and artistic project

Project link:

https://issuu.com/magdabr/docs/frozen_20in_20time_20final/36

2019 I prefer exceptions: a collaborative literary and artistic project

Project link:

https://issuu.com/magdabr/docs/exceptions_final_without_printer_1_

2018  Pesci in bella vista, MB Lab, Florence, Italy

2018  Selections From the Teachings of James Grubola, Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY

2017-18  Structuring our Habitat, Omni Gallery, Garden City, New York

2017-18  Jour Journal Journey: an online group collaboration

2017 the Muses: an online group exhibition

Project video: https://youtu.be/fRQGVti2v3s

2016 mise–en–scènes: an online invitational featuring experimental video shorts

2015 We Share the Ancient Skies: An Artist Collaboration (remote)  

Website: http://wesharetheancientskies.blogspot.com/

Project video: https://youtu.be/xYXYaPZ7XzQ

2000 Poetry in Paint: Abstraction from the Collection Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA

1999 Gravity/Levity, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA

1998 AQA Invitational, Chung Cheng Gallery, St. John’s University, NYC

1997 Sculptors Thinking Drawings, Police Building, NYC

1994 Drawing the Line, OIA Gallery, NYC

1994 Anthracitic, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC

1993 From Celestial to Earthly, (traveling) from University Museum, La Crosse, WI to Paterson Museum, NJ to Open Gallery, NYC

1991 Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

1990 Sculpture & Drawings, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, NYC

1988 Sculpture & Drawings, Morris Belnap Gallery, Louisville, KY

1985 Drawings, Catherine Spalding University Gallery, Louisville, KY

1986 Motion/Nine Women Artists, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1982 JB Speed Museum Regional Invitational, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

 

UNIVERSITY AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ

Indiana University Southeast, Clarksville, IN

University of Connecticut, New Haven, CT

Yale School of Art New Haven, Connecticut

University of Louisville Alumni Association, Louisville, KY

Louisville Gas & Electric Company, Louisville, KY

Capital Holding Corporation, Louisville, KY

Bochl, Stopher & Graves LLP, Louisville, KY

Stites & Harbison Law Firm, Louisville, KY

Michael Walters Industries, Louisville, KY (former)

 

AWARDS:

Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant

Penny McCall Foundation Grant

Alice Kimball English Travel Fellowship

Yale Graduate Scholarship