Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020
Volta Art Fair, New York, NY, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Reverb, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (upcoming)
2019
Now, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY,
Jackson Hole Contemporary Art Fair, Jackson Hole, WY, exhibited by Tayloe Piggott Gallery
2018
Flower Bomber, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Reprise, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017
Farther, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
2016
Beyond, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2015
Departure, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Lift, Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA
2014
Paradigm, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Burst, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2012
Alight, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
Passage (Special Installation), The Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin
2011
Passage, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2010
Glidepath, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009
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, CT
Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Air Chair, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, CW Post Campus, Brookville, NY
Janet Nolan and Paul Villinski, Art-O-Mat, Long Island City, NY
Metamorphosis, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Airlift, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Portent, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
Wishful Thinking, Scope New York Art Fair, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2005
Aloft, Gallery 138, New York, NY
2004
Annette Cyr & Paul Villinski, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Emerging Artists Program, New York, NY
2000
Lumenroom: Paul Villinski & Linn Meyers, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1998
Stephanie Dalpra & Paul Villinski, Zoön Gallery, New Haven, CT
Ellen Harvey & Paul Villinski, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Emerging Artists Program, New York, NY
Paul Villinski / David Krepfle, Artspace, New Haven, CT (Curated by Marian Griffiths, Dir. Sculpture Center)
1997
Work, 3-D Laboratory, New York, NY
1990
The Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, NY
1989
Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
1987
St. Peter’s Church at Citicorp Center, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks, Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT (upcoming)
2020
Ornithology: Patterns In Flight, Gallery Bergen, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
2019
Art Miami Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Art on Paper Fair, New York, NY, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Art Market San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Paris-Londres, Music Migrations, Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris, France
Yard, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
2018
Guns In the Hands of Artists, Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT
2017
Chasing Bugs, Insects as Subject and Metaphor, Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
2016
Art Market San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Bedazzled, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY (catalog)
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Exchange, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin, Germany.
The Nest, an exhibition of art in nature, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
2015
ArtMRKT, San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Artist/Inventor, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Guns in the Hands of Artists, Aspen Institute for Aspen Ideas Festival and Aspen Action Forum, Aspen, CO
Travelled to Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Reimagined, Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL
Rodin to Warhol: 60th Anniversary Gifts and Recent Acquisitions, McNay Art Museum San Antonio, TX
Sampling, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2014
ArtMRKT Hamptons Art Fair, Bridge Hampton, NY, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
ArtMRKT San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, exhibited by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Breathless, Rush Arts Galleries, New York, NY
Butterfly, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Guns in the Hands of Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Icarus: an Exploration of the Human Urge to Fly, Center City Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Re: Collection, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Ritual and Residue: The Art of Drink, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
State of Emergency, Davidson College Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson, NC (catalog)
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2013
Art Speaks: A Way With Words, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
Miami Project Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Material Transformations, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL (catalog)
Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL, Jan – Apr, 2014
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2012
Luxuriant Refuse, The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, TX
Making Mends, The Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2011
ArtMRKT Hamptons Art Fair, Bridge Hampton, NY, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Art by Choice, The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
Contemporary Souvenirs, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Festival of Ideas for the New City, exhibition of Emergency Response Studio organized by The New Museum, New York, NY
Flora and Fauna MAD About Nature,, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Jersey Bounce, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Metamorphosen - Verwandlungen, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
P .2 Projects, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
Pink Moon, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Prospect Lafayette, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA (curated by Dan Cameron)
Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2010
Found on Facebook, Arthur Berger Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY (catalog)
Never Can Say Goodbye, former Tower Records store, New York, NY (curated by No Longer Empty)
Opening Ceremony, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Sixth International Bogota Art Fair, Bogota, Columbia, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2009
Cutters, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, (catalog)
In Stitches, Lelia Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, (curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody; catalog)
The Narrative Thread, Lyons Weir Ortt Gallery, New York, NY
Thread Baring, University of Wisconsin Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, (catalog)
You Killed My Pretty Things, University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008
2, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC
Flocks and Feathers: Birds in Science, Culture and Art, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Full Circle: Recycled Into Art, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
Next Art Fair, Chicago, IL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
P .1 Projects, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial, New Orleans, LA, (curated by Dan Cameron; catalog)
Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (catalog)
Sexy Time, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Journeys, Summer Dreams, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Waste Not, Want Not, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
2007
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
New and Used, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (catalog)
The Elements: Air, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, (catalog)
2006
Art Queen Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
Flight Plan, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Toronto, Canada
2004
Scope: Miami, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Scope: New York, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
Surface Tension: Macyn Bolt, Joe Goodwin, Paul Villinski, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2003
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
Scope: Miami, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
2002
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2001
Aether, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, (catalog), also traveled to: Untitled(Space), New Haven, CT
Amalgamation, John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (catalog)
Familiar Moments: portraits, intimate and universal, Gallery 138, New York, NY
2000
Art from Detritus, John Jay College, New York, NY
Checked, Museum of Modern Art Coat Check Room, New York, NY (Organized by Cindy Tower)
Unfolding Visions, The Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York
Revisiting a Century: Highlights From the OMAA Permanent Collection, The Ogunquit Museum of
American Art, Ogunquit, ME
1999
Art in the Rock, Quarry Road Cave Site, Branford, CT (Curated by Cindy Tower)
Hook, Corporate Art Directions, New York, NY
LTD, Margaret Bodell Gallery, New York, NY
Projects ‘99, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (juried by Bill Arning and Martha Wilson)
Scraps, D L Cerney, New York, NY
Ucross: An Invitational Exhibition of Fellowship Artists, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY, (catalog)
1998
Dangerous Cloth, American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY (Curated by Lois Martin)
Grab B.A.G.!, Margaret Bodell Gallery, New York, NY
1997
New Work ‘97, Artspace, New Haven, CT (Curated by Marian Griffiths)
On Air, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY (Curated by Paul Villinski)
Realism in 20th Century American Painting, The Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME (catalog)
Showcase ‘97, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Suture, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Annie Herron)
1996
A la Mode, Sauce Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
A Large Show of Small Works, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (Curated by Paul Villinski)
Art From Detritus, (Curated by Artists Talk On Art in conjunction with the National Coalition for Recycling Third Annual Convention), Pittsburgh, PA, (catalog)
Brookworld, Soho Arts Festival, 122-124 Thompson St., New York, (Curated by Cindy Tower; catalog
Crest Hardware Show, Crest Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NY, (Curated by Gene Pool)
Keep Breathing Keep Shouting, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Painting and Works on Paper, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (Juried by Stephen Haller, Lisa Lawley, Richard Vine)
Tinsel Tower, Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Other Rooms / The Job Show, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York. NY, (Organized by Four Walls)
Mirror, mirror, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
1994
The Surreal Landscape, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Queens, NY
1993
Small Works, New York University, Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY (Juror:
Wouter F. Germans van Eck)
Varieties of Vision, Brooklyn Union Gas Co. Community Galleries, Brooklyn, NY
White Male Rage, PDG Gallery, New York, NY (Curated by Charlie Finch)
1992
167th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY (Curated by Paul Georges)
1 rm mtn vu, Fuel Gallery, Seattle, WA (in collaboration with T. Ellen Solod)
Good Work, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Poetic Utility, Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY
PS Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Salon of the Mating Spiders, Annie Herron Test-Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ten From Queens, PaineWebber Art Gallery, New York, NY (Organized by the Queens Museum of Art; catalog)
1991
A Fragile Balance, D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, New York, NY
PS Galleries, Ogunquit, ME
1990
Color ‘90, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Kenneth Bernstein Gallery, Long Island City, NY
1989
Through the Window, Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
1988
Seeing the Figure, Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
Studio K Gallery, Long Island City, NY
1987
Annual Juried Exhibition, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (Juried by Susana Leval; catalog)
Consonance, ISD Incorporated, New York, NY (Curated by Steven Harvey)
Long Island City Artists, Studio K Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Media-Science, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (Curated by Alan Frumkin and The Queens Council on the Arts)
1986
Self and Others, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
What I Did on My Summer Vacation, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Salon/Saloon, Bill Rice Studio, New York, NY (Curated by Steven Harvey)
1984
Dry Ireland Project, Danceteria, New York, NY
1983
i.e., Monday, Club 57, New York, NY
Corporate Art Directions, New York, NY
Lower East Side Polygon, Danceteria, New York, NY
Bibliography
2019
Freiman, Lisa, Et al. Paul Villinski (monograph), Vivant Books, San Francisco, CA
Grave, Lenore. In Paul Villinski's work, once discarded objects take flight. Jackson Hole News & Guide, August 28, 2019, pg. 11
2018
MacGillivray, Catherine. A Flutter Of Butterflies, Inside Out, Issue 34, Fall 2018, pp. 67 69, Cayman Islands
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2017
Allen, Mike. Taubman show goes on despite art theft, Roanoke Times, June 8, 2017, pg. B1, B8
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2016
Burton, Johanna; Jackson, Shannon; Willsdon Dominic, editors. Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of the Common Good, New Museum and MIT Press
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2015
D'addario, John. Where You've Been Where You're Going, The New Orleans Advocate, November 12th, 2015, pg. 20-22
La Ferla, Ruth. Resilient and Happy to Take Things in Stride, New York Times, May 17th, 2015, pg. ST6
2014
Chagollan, Steve. With a $134 Million Facelift, Santa Barbara’s El Encanto Hotel Is Ready For Its Closeup,
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Marbut, Max. Artists Recycling at MOCA, Jacksonville Daily Record, Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 22,2014, pg. A-2
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2013
Bradbury, Dominic. The Iconic Interior: Private Spaces of Leading Artists, Architects and Designers, Abrams, 2013
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2012
Breysse, Emma. Ready for takeoff, Jackson Hole News & Guide, Sept. 5, 2012, pg. 11
Clemans, Gail. In ‘Making Mends’ at BAM, works tell stories of loss and of healing, The Seattle Times,
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Dayton, Kelsey. A Flight of Fancy, Jackson Hole News & Guide, Sept. 5, 2012, pg. 12D
Edwards, Meghan. Absolutely Breathtaking, A new perspective on the past year in interiors, architecture, fashion,
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Goodman, Wendy. Breaking the Fourth Wall, New York Magazine, June 4, 2012, pp. 44 – 47
Lightfoot, Judy. ‘Making Mends’ at BAM: healing and more, Crosscut, March 9, 2012
Linquist, David. Museum to curate artwork for hotel, The Indianapolis Star, Mar. 9, 2012, pp. B1, B4
The Lucy Ann Lance Show / Damian on Design, WLBY Radio, Ann Arbor, MI, interview broadcast April 7, 2012
Smith, Abbe. Artwork cleared for landing at school, The New Haven Register, Feb. 6, 2012, pg. A3
2011
Barron, James. A Metal-Gate Makeover, The New York Times, May 3, 2011, pg. C1, 5
Del Campo, Lauren. Trash-bin Butterflies, Design Bureau, July – August, 2011, pg. 35
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Gilkeson, Kyle. Modern Mobile: High Design for Traveling Homes, Design Bureau, May - June, 2011, pp. 36 – 37
Landa, Robin. Take A Line for A Walk: A Creativity Journal, Wadsworth Publishing, 2011
Love Earth: 100 Eco Designs, published by Viction Workshop, Ltd (China) 2011, pp. 176 – 177
McFadden, David Revere. Sky-Bound, catalog essay, Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY, 2011
Naves, Mario. Pink Moon, City Arts, April 20 – May 3, 2011, Vol. 3 Issue 8, pg. 12
Pittel, Christine. Wide Open Spaces, House Beautiful, April 2011, pp. 64 – 75.
Swinkels, Dorothe. Signalmente, Textiel Plus, (The Netherlands), May, 2011, pg. 14
Van Ryzin, Jean Claire. Blanton atrium gets a lift from ‘Passage’ installation, Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 20, 2011, pp. F1, F5
WNET-TV, NY Channel 13. Sunday Arts: “Flora and Fauna, MAD About Nature” aired July 31, 2011
2010
Bookhardt, D. Eric. Flight Pattern (review of Glidepath), Gambit, New Orleans, LA, May 4, 2010, pg. 48
Chung, Juliet. A Retailer Snags a Steal, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 15, 2010, pg. D8
Contemporary Music Review, Villinski artwork used as cover illustration, Vol. 29 Part 3, 2010.
Getlen, Larry. A Tower-ing Work of Art, The New York Post, Jan. 17, 2010, pg. 42
Jackson, Candace. Running on Empty, The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2010, pg. W12
Rossbund, Krissa. Silver Polish, Traditional Home, March 2010, pg.94
Warner Brothers Television, a major work by Villinski appears on the set of Gossip Girl, Seasons 4, 5, and 6,
airs internationally from Sept. 27, 2010
2009
…et dans le Monde, (review of Second Lives), Air France Magazine, (Paris), Feb. 2009, pg. 27
Beninato, Karen Dalton. The Artistic Greening of a FEMA-Style Trailer. Louisiana Homes and Gardens,
Jan. 2009, pp. 22 - 23.
Bigge, Ryan. A Picture and a Thousand Words, The Toronto Star, Jan. 25, 2009
Birmingham, Mary. Cutters, catalog, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Britt, Douglas. Artist Villinski responds to disaster, The Houston Chronicle, Jan. 29, 2009, p. E8
Britt, Douglas. One Artist Responds to Hurricane Katrina, The Houston Chronicle, Jan. 30, 2009, p. E4
Carter, Leo. All Trailer, No Trash, The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, TX, Jan. 30, 2009
Catlin, Roger. An Artistic Statement on Living Efficiently, The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT,
Sept. 10, 2009, p. 22
Conlon, Cath. Interview with Paul Villinski, KPFT-FM Pacifica Radio, Houston, aired Mar. 9, 2009
Davenport, Kimberly. Paul Villinski: Emergency Response Studio, catalog, Rice University Art Gallery,
Houston, TX
DiNoto, Andrea. Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, American Craft, Dec. 2008/Jan.2009, pp. 42 - 44
Gage, Marjorie E. Clique, (review of Second Lives), New York Spaces, Nov. 2008, p. 24.
Genocchio, Benjamin. Taking Conceptual Art On the Road, The New York Times, Oct 18, 2009, pg. CT11
Grenader, Nonya. Emergency Response Studio, Journal of Architectural Education, Oct, 2009, pp. 142 - 143
Johnson, Laurie. Making Art out of a Disaster, (interview with Paul Villinski), KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio, aired Jan. 26, 2009
Kemp, John R. Prospect .1 (review), ARTnews, Jan. 2009, p. 124
Kiniry, Laura. Made on Earfh: Trailer (Re)Made, Make:,Vol. 18, May 2009, p. 22
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. Arts: Villinski, Rice Magazine, Rice University, Houston, TX, No. 3, Jan. 2009, p. 42 - 43
Kuehne. Rachelle. Inhabit: Blackened Beauties, Midwest Home, Aug. 2009, p. 35, pp. 44 - 47
Lassell, Michael. Glamour, Making it Modern, Filipacchi Publishing, New York, NY, 2009, pp 20 - 21.
Leonard, Fiona. Rescue Me, G Magazine, (Australia), Sept. – Oct., 2009, p. 19
Mandel, Brynn. FEMA trailers on display, on trial, Republican-American, Waterbury, CT, Sept. 25, 2009, p. 9B
McCash, Doug. Conceptual Art with a Bitter Ecological Bent, (review of You Killed My Pretty Things),
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, Sept 25, 2009, Lagniappe, pg. 12
Mckagen, Duff. Pleasure Cruiser, The Houston Press, Feb. 11, 2009
Menking, William. FEMA Special, The Architects Newspaper, Oct. 7, 2009, pg. 6
Michael, Tom. Interview with Paul Villinski and Jonathan Ferrara, KRTS-FM Marfa Public Radio,
aired Mar. 13, 2009
Schambelan, Elizabeth. Being There, Artforum, Jan. 2009, pp. 172-177
Simonetta, Luisa, and Salsi, Laura. Elle Trend, Elle Italia, (Italy), Feb. 2009, pg. 82
Tae-woo, Hur. Cover Artist: Paul Villinski, Asiana (in-flight magazine of Asiana Airlines), Seoul, Korea,
Sept. 2009, cover and pp. 2-3
Wei, Lilly. New Orleans Report, Deliverance: The Biennial, Art in America, Feb. 2009, pp. 43 - 52
2008
Bernstein, Fred A. Talent Pool, Metropolitan Home, Nov. 2008, pp. 142 - 151
Berwick, Carly. Encouraging Wards, (preview of Prospect .1), ARTnews, Oct. 2008, pp. 66 - 67
Bookhardt, Eric. Recommended: Paul Villinski: Emergency Response Studio, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA,
Dec. 9, 2008, p.61
Bookhardt, Eric. The Big Easel, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, Oct 28, 2008, pp. 19 - 24
Browning, Dominique. A Collection in Need of Definition, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 10, 2008, p. D15
Cameron, Dan. Prospect .1 New Orleans, catalog, Picturebox, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Churner, Rachel. Big But Not Easy, (preview of Prospect .1), Artforum, Sept. 2008, p. 20
Cruz, Araceli. Total MADness, (review of Second Lives), The Village Voice, Oct. 12, 2008.
Del Rio, Victor. Prospect .1 reinterpreta la catastrophe de New Orleans, El Cultural, (Madrid),
Nov. 11, 2008, pg. 32
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Elder, Gaye. Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, (England), Winter 2008, pp. 28 - 33
Esplund, Lance. The Magical From the Mundane, The New York Sun, Sept. 25, 2008, pp. 15, 18.
Foster, Mary. New Orleans Hosts International Art Show, The International Herald Tribune / Associated Press, Nov. 3, 2008
Giovannotti, Micaela. La Mostra Dopo la Tempesta, (review of Prospect .1), Exibart (Italy), Oct. 2008, pp. 36 - 37
Gurewitsch, Matthew. On West 53rd Street, MoMA Has No Monopoly on Art, (review of Pricked: Extreme Embroidery), The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 1, 2008, p. D6
Kahn, Eve M. After the Deluge, ID Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008, p. 18
Kaufman, Jason Edward. Can New Orleans reinvent itself as a fine art destination?, The Art Newspaper
(England), Dec. 2008, p. 11
Keeps, David A. Behind the scenes at CA Boom, The Los Angeles Times, Mar. 13, 2008, Home and Garden, online edition
Klimiewcz, Joann. M.A.D.’s New Digs, The Hartford Courant, Sept. 28, 2009, pp. F1, F4.
Lieberman, Paul. Our trash is this artist’s treasure, The Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2008, pp. E1, E22
McCash, Doug. Artistic Outposts – A Trailer Untrashed, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA,
Nov. 1, 2008, Inside Out section, pp 22 – 24
McFadden, David R. Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, catalog, The Museum of Arts and Design, NY, 2008
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, NTV Broadcasting Company, (Russia), aired Feb. 24, 2008
The Season at a Glance, (review of Second Lives), New York Magazine, Sept 1-8, 2008, pp. 102 - 104
Illustration for The Green Issue, The New York Times Magazine, Apr. 20, 2008, table of contents pp. 10, 12
Saltz, Ina. Remixing the Museum, Step Inside Design, Nov.-Dec. 2008
Itinerary: Prospect .1 New Orleans, Sculpture Magazine, Dec. 2008, p. 18
Smith, Roberta. Using Old Materials to Put a New Face on a Museum, The New York Times, Sept. 26, 2008, p. E3
Smith, Roberta. In Katrina’s Wake, a New Biennial, The New York Times, Sept. 7, 2008
Tutwiley, Mary. Artist Creates What FEMA Can’t Even Imagine, The Independent Weekly, Lafayette, LA,
Oct 30, 2008
Weiss, Marion Wolberg. East Enders in New York, (review of Pricked: Extreme Embroidery),
Dan’s Papers, Bridgehampton, NY, Issue #40, Jan. 11, 2008
WNET, NY, Channel 13. Sunday Arts Choice: “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery,” aired Mar. 30, 2008
2007
Budick, Ariella. Soaring Imagination, (review of Air Chair), Newsday, New York, NY, June 13, 2007,
cover “Part 2” and pp. B4 - B5
Little, Elizabeth. Powered by the Air, The New York Times, Sept. 21, 2007, Escapes Section pp. F1, F5
McFadden, David Revere. Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, catalog, The Museum of Arts and Design, NY, 2007
2006 Bookhardt, D. Eric. Flights of Fancy, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 19, 2006, p. 47
MacCash, Doug. Fresh Eyes; N.Y. artist Paul Villinski turns storm debris into signs of hope, rescue and rebirth in his new show ‘Airlift’, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 1, 2006, “Lagniappe” section, p. 13
Mack, Diane. Airlift: Interview with Paul Villinski, WWNO-FM, New Orleans Public Radio, aired Dec. 1, 2006
What do you say to a blank wall?, Shop, Etc., Aug. 2006, p. 76
2004
Gordon, A. L. On The Town: Out and About with A. L. Gordon, (review of Scope: NY), The New York Sun,
Mar. 15, 2004
2001 Birke, Judy. In ‘Amalgamation’, forgotten objects get fresh lives, The New Haven Register, Jan. 14, 2001, p. E1
Hoffman, Hank. How to get into a good collage, The New Haven Advocate, Jan. 25, 2001, p. 26
Shaw, Kurt. Three Art Stories, (review of Aether), Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Aug. 31, 2001, “Ticket” section p. 7
Skodol, Ali. ‘Aether’ mingles idea of art and space, Yale Daily News, Apr. 20, 2001, Weekend Arts p. 1
Thomas, Mary. Transcendent works reach for the ‘Aether’, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 1, 2001, p. C6
Villinski, John. Paul Villinski, The Metaphor Sponsors the Reality: An Artist Discovers Paragliding, Paragliding Magazine, Aug. 2001, pp. 24 -27, 40.
Zimmer, William. The 20th Century, All Pieced Together, (review of Amalgamation), The New York Times,
Jan. 28, 2001, Sec. CT, p. 14
2000
Kadet, Anne. Scraps” Imbues Trash With Personal Meaning, Tribeca Trib, New York, NY, Jan. 2000, p. 32
Modzelewski, Eve. ‘Shadow garden’ provides an escape from winter hustle, (review of Lumenroom),
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 22, 2000, p. E-4
Shearing, Graham. The transformative magic of shadows, (review of Lumenroom), Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Nov. 10, 2000, “Ticket” section p. 31
Zimmer, William. First, Take A Piece Of Paper, (review of Unfolding Visions), The New York Times,
Sept. 17, 2000, Sec. WE, p. 15
1999
Giacalone, Michael. Rooms With A View, (review of Projects ‘99), Long Island Voice, Aug. 19-25, 1999, p. 48
Harrison, Helen A. In Islip, Experimentation and Installation, (review of Projects ‘99), The New York Times,
Aug. 29, 1999, p. 20
Moldenhauer, Susan. Artists From Ucross, catalog, The University of Wyoming Art Museum, 1999
O’Brien, Jay. Hands-on Creation: A Word with Paul Villinski, Frontiers, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Jan. 1999, pp. 3-4 and cover.
Shelton, Jim. A Natural Perspective, (review of Art In The Rock), The New Haven Register, June 8, 1999, p. B8
1998
Dentzer, Bill. Hot Wheels: Guggenheim exhibit roars though the 20th century, Gannett Newspapers, Westchester, NY, June 26, 1998, pp. 1C-3C
1997
Chapman, Francis. Artburger: Wood Grain, Death, Discoballs and Bad Moods, (review of Suture),
Waterfront Week, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 30, 1997
Culver, Michael. Realism in 20th Century American Painting, catalog, The Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME, 1997
Elving, Belle. The Language of Gloves, The Washington Post, Oct. 16, 1997, p. T05
Lubell, Ellen. Common threads: a show to leave you in stitches, (review of Suture), The Star Ledger,
Newark, NJ, Feb. 3, 1997
MacLeod, Chris. Material World, (review of Dangerous Cloth), Resident, New York, NY, Sept. 29, 1998, p. 17
Nahas, Dominique. Review of On Air, Review, Vol. 2, No. 11, New York, NY, Mar. 1, 1997, pp. 8-9
Osgood, Charles. Small Church is Big Patron of the Arts, interview on The Charles Osgood Show ,
WCBS Radio Network, aired nationally Oct. 21, 1997
“Lost” exhibit intrigues one beholder , York County Coast Star, Kennebunk, ME, , Sept. 17, 1997, p. 5B
1996
Chapman, Francis. Artburger: Brooklyn Goes to Soho, (review of Brookworld), Waterfront Week,
Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 12, 1996
Koplos, Janet. Review of Brookworld, Art in America, Dec. 1996, p. 92
Smith, Roberta. Review of Brookworld, The New York Times, Sept. 13, 1996, p. C30
Review of Brookworld, 10 O’clock News, WPIX, NY, Channel 11, aired Sept. 10, 1996
1990
Passport to the Arts (featured solo show at Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Center), WNET, NY, Channel 13. aired Aug. 1990
1989
Who’s Who in America, 1994 - ; Who’s Who in American Art, 1989 - present
1987
Herzfeld, John. Special Delivery, Artnews, Nov. 5. 1987, p. 18
Leval, Susana Torrella. Annual Juried Exhibition, catalog, The Queens Museum of Art, NY, 1987
Public Artwork Commissions
2018
Currents, Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2008 - 2015
Skycycles, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program: large scale sus pended
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 lobby
2011 - 14
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 2014
2009 - 11
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
2008 - 15
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.
Public Collections
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, MEv
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Angela Smilanich Laboratory
Selected Corporate and Private Collections
3-D Construction / 3-D Laboratory, New York, NY
21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY
ADP Corporation, Chicago, IL
The Alexander Hotel, Indianapolis, IN (commission)
Axinn, Veltrop, & Harkrider, Attorneys, New York, NY (commission)
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA
Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn, NY
Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV (commission)
Centre Reinsurance, New York, NY
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Attorneys, New York, NY
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Carl Djerassi, San Francisco, CA, (Founder, Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program)
El Encanto Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA
Fidelity Investments, New York, NY
FBS / Gulf States Toyota, Houston, TX (commission)
Paul and Elizabeth Giamatti, Brooklyn, NY
John A. Levin Company, New York, NY
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Attorneys, Washington, DC
McCann Erickson International, New York, NY (commission)
McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Attorneys, Washington, DC (commission)
Microsoft, Fargo, ND
Mound, Cotton & Wollan, Attorneys, New York, NY
New York Life Insurance Company, Parsippany, NJ (commission)
Nomura Securities International, New York, NY
Nu Skin, Provo, UT
Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH
The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, Truckee, CA (commission)
Rogers Family Office, Oakland, 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)
Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz, Westport, CT (of Talking Heads)
Waters Design, New York, NY
Michelle Williams, Brooklyn, NY
Awards & Fellowships
2020
Villinskis work featured on United Nations Postal Service comme morative Earth Day Stamp
2017
Artist in Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2012
Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills,GA
2009
Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills,GA
2008
Artist-in-Residence, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
1992
Artist-in-Residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
1991
Artist-in-Residence, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA
1988
Agnes Bourne Fellowship in Painting, Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
1987
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant
Artist-in-Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
1984
Michael S. Vivo Prize for Excellence in Drawing, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
1982
David Berger Award for Excellence, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Education
1984
BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
1980-82
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1974-76
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Visiting Artist / Lectures / Panelist / Juror / Teaching
2020
Panelist, Art and Our Environment: An Essential Dialogue Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2019
Conversation and Book Signing with Sculptor Paul Villinski, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2017
Panelist, re|imagine, Brown Arts Initiative Inaugural Symposium "RE|ACT", Brown University, Providence RI
Visiting Artist Lecture, Taubman Museum of Art. Roanoke, VA
2016
Visiting Artist Lecture The Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL
Lecture, National Soaring Museum Annual Symposium, Elmira, NY
2015
Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Hollins University, Roanoke VA
2014
Visiting Artist Lecture, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Visiting Artist Lecture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
2011
Visiting Artist Lecture, Houston Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
2010
Juror for exhibition Water: More or Less, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TX
Panelist, 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, 2010
2009
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, AR
1990-93 Adjunct Lecturer in Art History, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York,
Long Island City, NY
Related Experience
1997
Sculpture Lift licensed by MCA Records as cover art for promotional CDs and limited-edition vinyl records of number one selling single Lakini’s Juice, by the band Live
1993
Created settings for Tongues and The War in Heaven by Sam Sheppard and Joseph Chaiken,
Directed by Lenard Petit, NADA Theatre, New York, NY
1991-98
Advisor, St. Peter’s Church Art & Architecture Review Committee, (curated exhibition series), New York, NY