PAUL VILLINSKI has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, in 1984. He lives with his partner, painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in New York City and the Catskills. Notable exhibitions include “This Present Moment: Crafting a Better Future,” the 50th Anniversary exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC; a mid-career survey, “Paul Villinski: Farther,” at the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA; “Paris-London: Music Connections,” at the Museum of Immigration, Paris, FR; a solo exhibition, “Burst,” at the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; “Passage: A Special Project,” at the Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; “Material Transformations,” at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL and Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; “Second Lives: Re-purposing the Ordinary,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; and “Prospect.1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. Villinski’s “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer redesigned and rebuilt into a solar-and wind-powered mobile artist’s studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and was featured in the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City”, in New York, NY. Villinski’s work is widely collected, including major public works created by commission. In 2015 he installed “Skycycles,” three full-scale “flying bicycles” suspended overhead at “Ocean Breeze,” an NYC Parks and Recreation Track and Field facility, through the New York City Percent for Art Program. “Dream Desk” was completed in 2014 as part of the City of New Haven Percent for Art Program. Suspended over the entranceway of the East Rock Magnet School, the “flying school desk” features hand-written statements by hundreds of the school’s students describing their dreams and aspirations. “Air Chair,” a winged wheelchair, is part of Miami International Airport’s permanent collection, and hangs in the American Airlines terminal. “Gather,” an installation of hundreds of kinetic, realistically crafted, aluminum butterflies, was commissioned for the main atrium lobby of the University of Michigan Mott Children’s and Von Voitlander Women’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. In 2015, a large, site-specific, butterfly installation called “Encircle” was completed for the main entrance lobby of the White Plains Hospital, in Westchester, New York. Other public collections include the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC; Museum of Arts and Design, NY; New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY; National Soaring Museum, Elmira, NY; Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; Louisiana Children’s Museum, New Orleans, LA; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; and Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. Corporate collections include Fidelity Investments; Microsoft; Progressive Insurance; ADP; McCann Erickson International; New York Life; Ritz-Carlton; Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; Holland America Line; 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY; The Alexander Hotel, Indianapolis, IN; Hotel Van Zandt, Austin, TX; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA, and many others. His work has frequently been reviewed in periodicals including ARTnews; Artforum; Art in America; Sculpture; Interior Design; Design Bureau; New York Magazine; ID; The New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Los Angeles Times; Washington Post; Houston Chronicle; International Herald Tribune; Village Voice; Seattle Times; New Haven Register; Toronto Star; Times-Picayune and many others. Villinski’s work is featured on a 2020 United Nations Postal Service stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Serenbe Institute, GA; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; the Millay Colony, NY; the Ucross Foundation, WY; the Djerassi Foundation, CA; and the Villa Montalvo Arts Center, CA. He has lectured frequently in university and museum settings. He is represented in New York by Morgan Lehman Gallery; in New Orleans by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery; in Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Tayloe Piggot Gallery; and in Palm Desert, California, by Austin Art Projects. In 2019, Vivant Books published and extensive monograph documenting three decades of the artist’s work. An avid pilot of gliders and single-engine airplanes, metaphors of flight and soaring often appear in his work. With a lifelong concern for environmental issues, his work frequently re-purposes discarded materials, effecting surprising and poetic transformations. PURCHASE VILLINSKI’S MONOGRAPH HERE CURRICULUM VITAE Education1984 BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY1982 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA1974-76 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions2024 Flight Patterns, Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, (upcoming)2023 Soaring, Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA2022 Fabula, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA2021 Homeward, KW Contemporary Art, Kennebunkport, ME2020 Volta Art Fair, New York, NY, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery2019 Now, Morgan Lehman Gallery, NYTayloe Piggot Gallery, Jackson Hole, WYJackson Hole Contemporary Art Fair, Jackson Hole, WY, exhibited by Tayloe Piggott Gallery2018 Flower Bomber, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA2018 Reprise, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA2017 Farther, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA2016 Beyond, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY2015 Departure, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LALift, Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA2014 Paradigm, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)Paul Villinski: Burst, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX2012 Alight, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WYPassage (Special Installation) The Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin2011 Passage, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)2010 Glidepath, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA2009 Emergency Response Studio, Rice University Gallery, Houston, TX (catalog);Also traveled to Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX; The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, TX;and Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CTPulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY2007 Air Chair, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, CW Post Campus, Brookville, NYJanet Nolan and Paul Villinski, Art-O-Mat, Long Island City, NYMetamorphosis, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY2006 Airlift, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LAPortent, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, CanadaWishful Thinking, Scope New York Art Fair, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery2005 Aloft, Gallery 138, New York, NY2004 Annette Cyr & Paul Villinski, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Emerging Artists Program, New York, NY2000 Lumenroom: Paul Villinski & Linn Meyers, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA1998 Stephanie Dalpra & Paul Villinski, Zoön Gallery, New Haven, CTEllen Harvey & Paul Villinski, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Emerging Artists Program, New York, NYPaul Villinski / David Krepfle, Artspace, New Haven, CT (Curated by Marian Griffiths, Dir. Sculpture Center)1997 Work, 3-D Laboratory, New York, NY1990 The Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, NY1989 Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY1987 St. Peter’s Church at Citicorp Center, New York, NY Selected Corporate and Private Collections3-D Construction / 3-D Laboratory, New York, NY21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KYADP Corporation, Chicago, ILThe Alexander Hotel, Indianapolis, IN (commission)Axinn, Veltrop, & Harkrider, Attorneys, New York, NY (commission)Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, Attorneys, New Orleans, LABrooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn, NYCaesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV (commission)Centre Reinsurance, New York, NYCleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Attorneys, New York, NYCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OHDr. Carl Djerassi, San Francisco, CA, (Founder, Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program)El Encanto Hotel, Santa Barbara, CAFerrin Pharmaceuticals, Parsippany, NJFidelity Investments, New York, NYFBS / Gulf States Toyota, Houston, TX (commission)Paul and Elizabeth Giamatti, Brooklyn, NYHolland America Cruise LineHotel Poydras, New Orleans, LA, (commission)Hotel Van Zandt, Austin, TX (commission)John A. Levin Company, New York, NYJones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Attorneys, Washington, DCMarriot Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMcCann Erickson International, New York, NY (commission)McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Attorneys, Washington, DC (commission)Idina Menzel, Los Angeles, CAMicrosoft, Fargo, NDMound, Cotton & Wollan, Attorneys, New York, NYNew York Life Insurance Company, Parsippany, NJ (commission)Nomura Securities International, New York, NYNu Skin, Provo, UT (commission)Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OHThe Carlyle Group, New York, NY (commission)The Colorodan, Denver, CO (commission)The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, Truckee, CA (commission)The World Bank, Washington, DC (commission)Rogers Family Office, Oakland, CA (commission)Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (commission)Sheryl Sandberg, Lake Tahoe, CA (commission)Sawmill Capital, White Plains, NY (commission)Second Line Studios, New Orleans (commission)Linda Grey Sexton, Atherton, CA (commission)Tommy Hilfiger, New York, NY and Paris, France (commissions)Waters Design, New York, NYTina Weymouth and Chris Franz, Westport, CTMichelle Williams, Brooklyn, NY Public CollectionsArkansas State University, Jonesboro, ARBlanton Museum of Art, Austin, TXChrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VAEisenhower Medical Center, Palm Desert, CA Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, MELouisiana Children’s Museum, New Orleans, LAMaguire Museum of Art, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PAMcNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TXMiami International Airport, Miami, FLMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, NYMuseum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FLNational Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WYNational Soaring Museum, Elmira, NYNew Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LAOgunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, MESmithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DCTaubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VAUniversity of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MIUniversity of Nevada, Reno, NV, Angela Smilanich LaboratoryYork Hospital, York, ME Awards & Fellowships2020 Villinski’s work featured on United Nations Postal Service commemorative Earth Day Stamp2017 Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills, GA2012 Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills, GA2009 Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills, GA2008 Artist-in-Residence, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY1992 Artist-in-Residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY1991 Artist-in-Residence, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA1988 Agnes Bourne Fellowship in Painting, Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant Artist-in-Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY1984 Michael S. Vivo Prize for Excellence in Drawing, The Cooper Union, New York, NY1982 David Berger Award for Excellence, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA Public Artwork Commissions 2022 Celebration, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk VA2018 Currents, Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA2008 - 2015 Skycycles, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program: large-scale suspended sculptures for the Ocean Breeze Athletic Facility, Staten Island, NY, installed winter 2015.2015 Encircle, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY: a large-scale butterfly wall installation for main lobby2011 - 2014 Dreamdesk, New Haven, CT, City of New Haven Percent for Art Program: a large-scale suspended sculpture for the East Rock Magnet School; installed spring 20142009 - 2011 Gather, University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s and Von Voightlander Women’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI: a large-scale, kinetic wall installation for the main lobby area; completed 2011 Visiting Artist / Lectures / Panelist / Juror / Teaching 2020 Panelist, Art and Our Environment: An Essential Dialogue, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC2019 Conversation and Book Signing with Sculptor Paul Villinski, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY2017 Panelist, re|imagine, Brown Arts Initiative Inaugural Symposium "RE|ACT", Brown University, Providence RI Visiting Artist Lecture, Taubman Museum of Art. Roanoke, VA2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, The Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL Lecture, National Soaring Museum Annual Symposium, Elmira, NY2015 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Hollins University, Roanoke VA2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX Visiting Artist Lecture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA2011 Artist Lecture, Houston Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX2010 Juror for exhibition Water: More or Less, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TXPanelist, Art and Environment, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Mar. 24, 2010 Panelist, Art, Science and Sustainability Community Symposium, Richland College, Dallas, TX, Jan. 30, 2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Portland Community College, Portland, OR, Jan 19, 2010 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, State University of New York, New Paltz, Mar. 10, 20102009 Panelist, Strategies for Success in Challenging Times, The International Sculpture Center Symposium, Hamilton, NJ, Oct. 10, 2009, moderated by Jennifer McGregor Visiting Artist Lecture, Sculpture Department, University of Texas, Houston, TX, April 23, 2009 2008 Panelist, (re)Generation: Three Artists, Three Cities, the Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NY, Oct. 12, 2008, moderated by Lily Wei Visiting Artist, PS 96, Bronx, NY, organized by The Museum of Arts and Design Education Department 2007 Panelist, Pricking the Conscience: The Political, Radical, and Shocking in Embroidery, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, Nov. 15, 2007, moderated by David McFadden Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR1990-93 Adjunct Lecturer in Art History, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY