Cynthia Willett Studio
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:
2024: Arco Arte, Carrara, Italy
2020, 2022: Marble Workshop, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Italy
RECENT PROJECTS:
2024: Black and White Exhibition, Louisville KY
2024 Home
An international literary and artistic project
Project link:
https://issuu.com/magdabr/docs/linking_worlds_home_booklet_final
2023 Dream Workshop
Zoom workshop for Art Instructors "Using the Exploration of Dreams as Vehicles of Self-Expression, Self-Examination and Creative Visualization."
Kiev, Ukraine
Project link:
https://view.publitas.com/69e224bf-8fa4-4689-b5d3-449f8af4d11e/2dreams-new/page/1
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